The spreadsheet refactoring was worth every minute spent on it. Having a change ripple through 26 tabs without any copy/paste is the way spreadsheets are supposed to work. In my defense, this is the first spreadsheet I’ve ever created with so many tabs referencing each other. I created my first spreadsheet in VisiCalc on anContinue reading “Refactoring 27 & TMT”
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Loophole From Hell!
As I’m sure you’re all aware by now, Marcy’s off in her time dilated magic training. What I haven’t mentioned is that her instructors are aliens (well, not really; they’re dungeon recreations of aliens). They need to know lots of multiverse stuff just as life background. They can pass that on. For any particular fact,Continue reading “Loophole From Hell!”
Kids (one?)
There’s always a “two”. Should I just start out with “one” in these? Anyway… Train of thought: Because today is Farmers Market day, I was thinking about the 12 and 14 year-old boys on the cattle drive (Lessons of an Immigrant Father, which I bought at the Farmers Market). How would kids grow up withContinue reading “Kids (one?)”
Marcy’s Story
Our town needs spatial storage to make harvest work. Where do they put everything? It’s usually shipped away so the elevators only need to hold a fraction of what’s harvested. If the local farmers are consolidating in the town, they’re leaving their silos behind. Marcy is our promising young (sixteen) mage. For reasons, Bob isContinue reading “Marcy’s Story”
Mad Geniuses
I’ve started reading it, again, now that I’m writing, again. From a post yesterday (day before?): Reading like it’s 1999. Kindle Unlimited’s monthly author fund has settled in the $50–67 million range; the first eight months of 2026 alone paid out more than half a billion dollars to authors. In August 2026 the per-page rateContinue reading “Mad Geniuses”
A Long Two Weeks
It’s technically work time, so this will be quick. Chapter 27 is Marcy in the dungeon, from the outside. It takes two weeks for her to out-level our intrepid heroes. That’s a year and seven months inside. Getting the timelines to line up so they could interact was brutal, but I got it! When sheContinue reading “A Long Two Weeks”
How Do You Know You’re Old?
You write an apocalypse scene and: The intrepid heroes try to call their friends and can’t get through They send texts They go to the car to see what’s on the radio If you don’t see what’s missing from that list, you’re old. I don’t know if the phone/Intertube connections will be working or not.Continue reading “How Do You Know You’re Old?”
A Strange Publishing Schedule
I’ve read all the books in my Kindle, again (except the one I don’t like; I see no reason to call it out by name), so I went looking for more. Amazon’s “Customers Also Bought” list included Primal Ascension: Book 1. in the Primal Ascendant Series (The Primal Ascendent Series). Before anything else, the title:Continue reading “A Strange Publishing Schedule”
Prompt Skillz – Third Result
“Third” is probably “final”. Not only are they all blurring together, but I have a lot of decent choices. The odds of anything better showing up are low. two distinct foreground people (large black wolf:1.4) AND (muscular man:1.1) in bluejeans, tight white t-shirt, boots, glowing axe, outside, dry hills, moonlight, photo fantasy style, [anime], [cartoon]Continue reading “Prompt Skillz – Third Result”
Prompt Skillz – Second Results
two distinct foreground people (large black wolf:1.4) AND (muscular man:1.1) in bluejeans, tight white t-shirt, boots, glowing axe, [dick bulge], outside, dry hills, moonlight, photo fantasy style, [anime], [cartoon] Only 16 out of that batch of 1000. [dick bulge] has been removed and another 1000 started. I’m losing my judgement on how much is tooContinue reading “Prompt Skillz – Second Results”
