"Here's a way to think about what the masses regard as being 'good' things. If you would first start by setting your mind upon things that are unquestionably good—wisdom, self-control, jus-tice, courage-with this preconception you'll no longer be able to listen to the popular refrain that there are too many good things to experience in a lifetime." —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.12

Exciting news!I'll soon be announcing the pre-order date for my upcoming poetry collection, "Poems from the Edge of the Apocalypse", on Amazon.In the meantime, I'm looking for advance readers—bloggers, reviewers, and poetry lovers who’d be willing to read an early copy and share a post on social media and leave a review on Amazon when the book goes live.

To say the last couple of years of my life have been crazy is an understatement. The last twenty-four months have been a series of successive challenges and transitions. Family illnesses and deaths, moving, friends becoming distant, home-renovation just to name a few.

I’m always trying to think of ways to cut through the negative noise in my own head, things like—excuses, defense mechanisms, comforting lies, fears, past trauma, victimhood mentality, etc. These things always stand between where we are and where we want to be.

There's a great quote attributed to Albert Einstein, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.” Keep it simple.It’s well known that Ernest Hemingway had a love of simple sentences. Get to the point."Don't act grudgingly, selfishly, without due diligence, or to be a contrarian. Don't overdress your thought in fine language. Don't be a person of too many words and too many deeds.... Be cheerful, not wanting outside help or the relief others might bring. A person needs to stand on their own, not be propped up." —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 3.5

AI is Getting Crazy GoodMy talented friend and renowned tattoo artist Greg Lehman sent me the above picture today. As you can see he’s really mastering ChatGPT. It’s pretty clear, at this point, the only limits to AI are our imaginations and how good we are at crafting prompts.