Fanny had a better doctor. — Ruport the Fox should have seen Fanny’s doctor. Fanny’s doctor had a sign on the wall Would you rather spend one hour each day doing self care, for 24 hours each day dead. Ruport’s doctor’s former patients never saw that sign.

Perhaps you shouldn’t read it — I was starting to write about my gratitude for an act of true heroism. I was vehemently advised not to. New experience for me. Since the act of bravery was a public one, I was able to see how others thought about it. He’s not a hero because he didn’t…

339 disappointments. — On another site, there was a thread that asked everyone to make three wishes. I posted mine as the 340th.

Sad, scary, and all too true. I wish the world (and especially our country) was being less dumb. Dumb is not a strong enough term, but I don't know what a better word would be.

Can you help? — Many American politicians are targeting conservative Christians by advocating policies that don’t seem very Christian to me. Despite this, they are winning elections. This puzzles me. Perhaps American Christians are unfamiliar with the Bible and true Christian values (?) Would Christians recognize Jesus’s Sermon on Mount? While by no means…

I asked ChatGPT to write some Python code to manipulate ms/excel spreadsheets, and it quickly wrote code. No surprise there. The code didn’t work. Still no surprise. After a few iterations, it still doesn’t work. Perhaps a little surprising. Then it gave me instrumentation (print statements) to add to the code, asked me…

A matter of perspective — This is the second “Hot Chocolate for Breakfast Day” in a row. I haven’t needed such a day in a while. It is discouraging to have two of them in a row. It is not a good sign. How can I feel awe and gratitude for the healing powers of hot chocolate that have worked yet again, rather than disappointed that I have had a second day that has called for it? Dead or Alive? We will publish a story every 24 hours as long as we can. Help us stay alive; submit a story today!

I had asked ChatGPT to write a happy ending for Dear Evan Hansen. I was pretty happy with the result. I then asked Google’s Bard to do the same and was disappointed. To be fair, I have been using ChatGPT intensively for months, and this was literally my first attempt to use Bard. Still…

I had asked ChatGPT to write a happy ending for Dear Evan Hansen. I was pretty happy with the result. I then asked Google’s Bard to do the same and was disappointed. To be fair, I have been using ChatGPT intensively for months, and this was literally my first attempt to use Bard. Still…