Blogging Tips 2025

The Times They Are A’ Changin Bob Dylan Since my last Blogging Tips’ post, much has changed. Thus, before year’s end, I felt it was time to offer up some reflections and recommendations. For those unfamiliar with my background, I began with a professional blog which eventually became a nationally recognized. I then took onContinue reading “Blogging Tips 2025”

Going Postal at the Department of Motor Vehicles? A September to Remember

A mundane banking transaction became troubling. My longtime bank teller succumbed to a bout of prosopagnosia. My drivers’ license had expired and I was sans identification. She could not recognize me. I became a non-entity. Despite ample funds, the transfer would have to wait. We laughed. The next day, I went on-line to obtain aContinue reading “Going Postal at the Department of Motor Vehicles? A September to Remember”

For the Sake of Eyes

The commodity of popularity is an oddity. It is independent of talent, intelligence, reason, beauty, athleticism, or goodness. Despite that, it’s a money maker! Popularity’s financial equation is simple. It converts to eyeballs. These eyeballs, when placed with cyberworld platforms, create clicks, views, and impressions. In turn, this digital particulars are monetized and converted intoContinue reading “For the Sake of Eyes”

In Search of Moral Intelligence In the Age of AI: Going Postal in July

In trying to complete a July blog post, I ran into an AI brick wall. My one-man-blogging-band broke up! My AI band mates dropped me like I was Pete Best, Ozzie Osborne or Don Felder. Oh my! My blog’s lyrics were apparently bad. I used a naughty word- the “K” word. Yes. Somehow, I brokeContinue reading “In Search of Moral Intelligence In the Age of AI: Going Postal in July”

June’s Micro-Postal Moment of Bliss

“All creative work is derivative” Nina Paley Thanks to the great artist Nina Paley, I consider myself a creator. After exploring through others’ work, hopefully I am able to produce a new derivative nugget. The reality is that inventive tools and past accumulated knowledge fuel creative work. Blogging solo also involves another level of creativity.Continue reading “June’s Micro-Postal Moment of Bliss”

The Psychic Cat’s Purrrfect Prediction: Plus A Bonus Prediction

The Psychic Cat is not a numbers cruncher. The feline goes by feel. Observation combined with chess move- like- implications helps generate purrrfect prognostications. The Post “Internet Search Engine R.I.P. 2024” was statistically confirmed. Using an AI search, the Psychic Cat got the statistical data. The feline had previously read the data from an actualContinue reading “The Psychic Cat’s Purrrfect Prediction: Plus A Bonus Prediction”

The Keys To Going Postal in February

Damn my keyboard! Software gremlins, spellcheck, auto-fill, failure to save, and utter carelessness enrages me. No matter what, every post is stained with a mistake, a typo, a missed word, or an inappropriate one. Sometimes you do things out of joy and not perfection. Bull puckey! “Keys” are needed to address the technological difficulties ofContinue reading “The Keys To Going Postal in February”

Going Postal In January: A Moment of Unhingement

At the Farmer’s Market this January, I stood looking westward. There, I witnessed the apocalyptic mushroom-like cloud hovering over the Pacific Palisades’ wildfire. The eclectic Los Angeles Market was safely located twenty miles from the disaster zone. I was one of the fortunate to not be impacted. As a result of power outages, however, IContinue reading “Going Postal In January: A Moment of Unhingement”

Project 2025

Anthony Robbins’ Awaken the Giant Within deserves credit for many of my life successes. Mr. Robbins’ goal setting methodology makes repeated achievement possible. Thus, for 2025, the Ten Commandments Projects’ Robbinsesque goal ideas are laid out below. The blog’s overall agenda is to make posts that are universal or timeless.  Sometimes, however, pointed current eventsContinue reading “Project 2025”

Did AI Become My Old Boss? Going Postal in October

When I once clerked in a Civil Litigation Law Firm, a partner assigned me writing and research projects. Upon task completion, I would meet with him to go over the drafts. Every time he went over my writings, he eviscerated them. His red pen bloodied all four corners of the pages. My work product diedContinue reading “Did AI Become My Old Boss? Going Postal in October”