2021-03-10 23:30
Sometimes I am sad The cure is community I fight beautifully
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2021-03-10 13:30
Uh, tell that to J.K. Rowling. J.K. Rowling and everyone else that made this list. I could list a bunch of uber-successful bloggers too if it were not so late. Probably true for screenwriter… Read More
2021-03-10 01:30
But that’s not specific to agents. That’s all of HR, right? What an odd way to say it though… Guess I need an agent, now that I have pointed it out and all. THIS IS A book… Read More
2021-03-10 00:30
Instabooks 350: booksinreview
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2021-03-09 23:30
Five dollar water Four hours in a small chair My blinking wing there
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2021-03-09 01:30
Well there you have it – tip #2 – how to keep costs down when making a Hollywood western. Keep the animals to a minimum. Makes sense I guess. It’s too many moving parts tha… Read More
2021-03-09 00:30
Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil MindBy: Alan JacobsPenguin Press (September 8, 2020)192 pages Breaking Bread With The Dead is the final book of Jacobs… Read More
2021-03-08 23:30
Now I see all the Inappropriate music Now that I’m a dad
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2021-03-06 01:30
Starlings In Flight This Déjà Vu, I love you Didn’t Need Exercise How To Be Great? Fearfully And Wonderfully Professionalize A Passion Code Examples For Our API Is What T… Read More
2021-03-06 00:30
This video of starlings in flight is both mysterious and majestic. The way that they fly, communicate, and react to each other in real-time speaks to something beyond determinism and mere ph… Read More
2021-03-05 23:30
How you always bring This déjà vu, I love you Will you love me too
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2021-03-05 01:30
Do you know any of these people that didn’t need exercise either? Boy my grandfather was one. He played football in high school like everyone else but would have thought jogging or lif… Read More
2021-03-05 00:30
Big question, right? How to be great? Blogger, and developer Steph Smith has a fantastic take on this with respect to creative work. The punchline is this: To be great, just be good. Repeate… Read More
2021-03-04 23:30
For you and I are Fearfully and wonderfully Made, price has been paid
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2021-03-04 01:30
So, a warning here to be careful when you professionalize a passion. I get it. I mean, I find writing a blog post here and there relaxing, informative, and creative. But what if it was my jo… Read More
2021-03-04 00:30
“The documentation is super intuitive, we do not need code examples for our api.” Haha! For all my business analyst, product owners, quality analysts and developers out there&hel&hell…Read More
2021-03-03 23:30
You are a bad man Is what they say, but what is Evil anyway?
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2021-03-03 01:30
In praise of short chapters? In praise of all short writing. Because blathering on and on is easy. Short impactful sentences are hard. And like I have said before – a certain chapter o… Read More
2021-03-03 00:30
Pretend It’s A City is a Netflix limited series that I just found a delight. Of course, as soon as I heard Lebowitz say that she wished she could be paid to lay on the couch and read a… Read More
2021-03-02 23:30
One quality that great – artists of any stripe – must have is tenacity. Because nobody is going to encourage you to keep going. Not really. Not in the beginning especially, when… Read More
2021-03-02 01:30
If you don’t know Jerry Weintraub, you should. His autobiography When I Stop Talking You’ll Know I’m Dead (Amazon) with Rich Cohen is superb. (Rich Cohen is also superb.) F… Read More
2021-03-02 00:30
Instabooks 349: olvasopszichologus
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2021-03-01 23:30
Headache, choices make Throw the emergency break Ground shake, mistake, wake
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2021-02-27 03:30
How Much Does A Scriptwriter Get Paid? Random Thoughts – 279 A PO Or A BA How People Get Hired Bridger Plateau Dirty Gutters Trash And Waste 17 Copywriting Tips The Hardest Part Of Scr… Read More
2021-02-27 01:30
So, how much does a scriptwriter get paid? The answer is a lot. And this was in the 80’s! Can you imagine today? You might work alone. Maybe with a writing partner. But turning out a s… Read More
2021-02-27 00:30
1. Is it too much to ask for a washing machine that doesn’t flood your house? Ugh. 2. People get hired for the oddest of reasons, if you want to know the truth. 3. “I’m not… Read More
2021-02-27 00:00
Instabooks 348: originalbookworks
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2021-02-26 23:30
Do I switch or stay A PO or a BA IT groundhog day
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2021-02-26 01:30
Not until I began working did I have an idea of the insane ways that people get hired. I mean, you think that job X comes open, the opening is made public, people are interviewed, and the be… Read More
2021-02-26 00:30
Bridger Plateau is just outside of Bozeman, Montana – from what I can gather. I mean, it’s gorgeous in the spring/summer, from the looks of it. But I can imagine winter there wou… Read More
2021-02-25 23:30
Tensions of their face Dirty gutters, trash, and waste Sad commuters haste
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2021-02-25 01:30
These 17 copywriting tips are just 🔥. No lie. #1Write with your eraser You get 100 bucks for every word you rub out from your title: #2Don’t exaggerate An honest line always fe… Read More
2021-02-25 01:30
Probably the hardest part of screenwriting is getting your foot in the door? But this is often the most difficult part of everything else too. Don’t be discouraged now – stay wit… Read More
2021-02-24 23:30
The years make that which I love grayer and colder Just love and mold her
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2021-02-24 01:30
I am sorry but, Cafe Of The Pink Turtle is just a fantastic name for a restaurant. It’s memorable and it’s visual. I can almost see a bustling counter with plates pilled with hom… Read More
2021-02-24 00:30
Thinking, Fast and SlowBy: Daniel KahnemanFarrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition (March 1, 2013)499 pages Thinking, Fast and Slow is a book about how people make decisions. See, we have two… Read More
2021-02-23 23:30
Writing one more post Hunched over this computer The trade I love most
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2021-02-23 02:30
Do movies about Hollywood never make money? Seems like it could be anecdotally true… It does resonate that most industries are not good at introspection. I mean, who wants to celebrat… Read More
2021-02-23 01:30
If you feel stuck writing, the answer might be as simple as a shiny dime. See, people’s tendency is to pick topics that are too big and then get bogged down in the scope of it all. I h… Read More
2021-02-22 23:30
To get paid just to Lay here reading a book to Read and think and look
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2021-02-20 04:30
Random Thoughts – 278 5 Things I Learned Reading: Story Craft The Story Of Mother And Daughter Why Didn’t You Stop Him How To Get People To See A Movie Tears Fighting And Threats… Read More
2021-02-20 03:30
1. Don’t break power laws at play. Don’t break power laws at play. Don’t break power laws at play. 2. Mothers and daughters. 🙄 3.a After all these years, I still wa… Read More
2021-02-20 02:30
Here are 5 things I learned reading: Story Craft, By: John Erickson (Amazon). 1. Content beats style. 2. Erickson wrote with a dog under him too. 3. Less words is better. 4. Good writing is… Read More
2021-02-20 01:30
I do not think that stories of mothers and daughters are easy to tell. How could they be? All the growth, change, love, conflict, and emotion wrapped up into one little thing – it&rsqu&hell…Read More
2021-02-20 00:30
Instabooks 347: enchantedlibraries
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2021-02-19 01:30
In 1956, Soviet leader Khrushchev delivered a speech denouncing Stalin’s crimes. A heckler shouted “You were his colleague, why didn’t you stop him?” Khrushchev barke… Read More
2021-02-19 01:30
You get people to see a movie the same way you market tons of other things. It’s about the principle of association. You open a new store by getting Justin Bieber to come to the grand… Read More
2021-02-18 23:30
A cheese stick can be Tears, fighting, and threats, and plea We’re sisters, you see
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2021-02-18 01:30
The cheap way to make a movie is obvious, if you think about it. Simply use cheap labor. Don’t hire anyone on one of those highest paid people of the year lists. For that matter, don&r&hell…Read More
2021-02-18 00:30
This video of camping in a Jeep in the snow is great. I wish I had done more things like this in my youth (if I could have afforded it). No lie though, Drew Simms eats better on the road tha… Read More
2021-02-17 23:30
A new stage of life Just wish it was not so soon I left things undone
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2021-02-13 02:30
On Having A Secure Financial Base Elsewhere Of A Crawling Baby Fit Extremely Cheap Art This Is My Ideal Workday So The Grocery Store Is Packed Never Scorned Screenwriting On Finding Less Str… Read More
2021-02-13 02:00
1. I want to be the kind of person who shows up for funerals, weddings, and every minor celebration in between. 2. Now this is a workday. 3. One of the great parts about marriage is occasion… Read More
2021-02-13 01:30
How comforting it can feel to have a secure financial base elsewhere. But do not over complicate this! You do not need anything fancy. For Larry McMurtry, the safe play can be “writing… Read More
2021-02-12 23:30
Pitter patter pit Of a crawling baby fit It just lasts a bit
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2021-02-12 01:30
Fiction is cheap art to produce. It makes sense of you think about it. I mean, all that is required is food to eat and a place to sleep. Heck, with supportive parents you could make a go of… Read More
2021-02-12 00:30
A friend and I got to talking about our ideal workday yesterday. Of course, the conversation quickly let to talk of living off dividends. But that was not the question! The question was: &ld&hell…Read More
2021-02-11 23:30
It might snow an inch So the grocery store is packed Elderly ransacked
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2021-02-11 01:30
I have never scorned screenwriting either, Larry. Probably because I don’t know enough about it to have a strong opinion… I mean, until I read up a little on copywriting, I had… Read More
2021-02-11 00:30
We all want less stress, of course. Right? Right. But how do we get there? I like the point that Derek Sivers raises with this story. Option A is stress and worry and everyone grumpy.Option… Read More
2021-02-10 23:30
Dark of morning when It’s cold outside, deep within These covers I hide
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2021-02-10 01:30
Do you quickly forget what you have just written too? Ugh. On the bright side of it, I often discover a gem now and again when I look back through my archive. In fact I ran into this yesterd… Read More
2021-02-10 00:30
If you have the option, rent out the entire theater. Cause I just want to say – we did it for my birthday last week – and it was fabulous. We did what we wanted to. And we stretc… Read More
2021-02-09 23:30
My last child grew Out of the baby stage fast Week and moths surpassed
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2021-02-09 01:30
If the last luxury available to you is flying private, congrats! You made it. (In a monetary sense.) I mean, if you know that a bigger house, a better car, more clothes – or whatever e… Read More
2021-02-08 23:30
A quiet night to Read and reflect, writing too Still thinking of you
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2021-02-08 01:30
[If you are interested, here is 39. 38. 37. 36. And 35.] 1. Fear can be a funny thing. But we should not let it control us. 2. I have more respect for old things. Things that have… Read More
2021-02-06 01:30
Random Thoughts – 276 We Should Feel This Way About Our Jobs Enabled Me To Get Work On Building My Personal Monopoly Hurt Me Because They Hurt You Where Hud Was Filmed (The 1963 Movie)… Read More
2021-02-06 00:30
1. Children can’t have coffee and Advil for breakfast – put them to bed earlier. 2.a This is the only reason to get into the movie business. 3. Simple and easy are – comple… Read More
2021-02-05 23:30
We should be thankful for our jobs. Hear me our! See, there are one of two things at play when you are employed. First, you are in a job you love. Life is great. You are happy, and things co… Read More
2021-02-05 01:30
I think there are many serendipitous ways that we can manage to get work. My wife got one of her first jobs because she had worked for a Congressman. I was offered a job once because someone… Read More
2021-02-05 00:30
This is how I too will be building my personal monopoly over the next decade or two. Who knows where it will end up… But it starts with writing online and not stopping. I happen to th… Read More
2021-02-04 23:30
The mean things they say Hurt me because they hurt you If you only knew
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2021-02-04 01:30
Come to find out, the movie Hud (1963) was filmed in Claude, Texas. I had no idea. This passage jumped out to me because that’s just right up the road! It’s West Texas though, so… Read More
2021-02-04 00:30
Instabooks 346: isherwoodfineart
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2021-02-03 23:30
West Texas weather Eighty today, snow next week Let the heavens speak
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2021-02-03 01:30
The reason to get into movies is the same reason to get into any other formal business, I suppose. Money! I get the sentiment. I mean, I love this blog and all. But you can buy it for the ri… Read More
2021-02-03 00:30
If you don’t know, watching someone work (who excels at their given field) can be a joy to watch. Michael Jordan in his prime A great debater driving her point home and dismantling som… Read More
2021-02-02 23:30
If I could tell you The way that we feel today Lots to do and say
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2021-02-02 01:30
Well, yeah, if there were no book and no author then the moviemakers would be home free. Free to do as they wish (Isn’t that what we all secretly want?) Unfortunately, most films begin… Read More
2021-02-02 00:30
This is a bad kind of favor, via Seth Godin: The first favor is when you ask a friend or colleague to do something for you. The second favor is when you ask them to do it precisely the way y… Read More
2021-02-01 23:30
Printer is broken Coffee is stale and phones down Monday come around
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2021-01-30 00:30
1. There is one space after a period, not two. 2. I see this nearly once a week at work. 3. Some people can’t to the movies without popcorn and a Coke. I was once like that with cheese… Read More
2021-01-29 23:30
I do not want to Do much of anything this Afternoon dismiss
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2021-01-28 23:30
A day like this can Go whichever way you choose You get to decide
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2021-01-28 01:30
Let’s free our children from playing roles that we have put them in. Or, sometimes, roles they have put themselves in. Here are 6 ways we can do it #1 – Show them a different ver… Read More
2021-01-28 00:30
Boy, do I wish that I could have handled reluctant students like this when I was in grad school. I was a Teaching Assistant and frequently graded the work of undergrads. It would have been a… Read More
2021-01-27 23:30
Fake air and fake light I’ll take the turkey on rye My home in the sky
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2021-01-27 01:30
You know what is demanding and exhausting? Parenting is. Not in some whiny way that you wish for a different life. Not in some childish way that puts yourself first. Parenting is hard becaus… Read More
2021-01-27 00:30
Instabooks 345: lulumoonowlbooks
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2021-01-26 23:30
A line of code is A tiny little robot Working there for you
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2021-01-26 01:30
Has anyone ever cut you with a glance, maybe a simple word? Of course they have. But here’s the thing: If a stranger is capable of this, what can a parent do? We all know the answer. W… Read More
2021-01-26 00:30
I am not a developer or a quality analyst but I have sat near this as a BA/PO. And this is spot on. It’s obvious that A goes to A(1), right? Simply because A can go in B(1) is not a su… Read More
2021-01-25 23:30
A Monday morning With time best spent exploring Excel file boring
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2021-01-23 01:30
Random Thoughts – 274 Affirm The Rightness Of Your Kids? Describe Your Parental Praise? $100,000,000 A Year On YouTube Sugar Is What Is Hard To Kick Denying Your Children Important Exp… Read More
2021-01-23 00:30
1. Why do children sleep bad when they are sick? That’s the only time I sleep well. 2. Quit denying your kids beautiful things! 3. Ok, no food after 6 PM. That is – quite enough… Read More
2021-01-22 23:30
I like this idea of affirming the rightness of the little people living in our homes. At the end of the day, I think I want my children to know that: I loved God. I loved them. I thought the… Read More
2021-01-22 01:30
So I guess we need to describe our parental praise… It’s a small thing, really. But for reasons described headdre, the small innuendo matters. See, you can’t heap praise a… Read More
2021-01-22 00:30
Ok, I am sorry. For all of us scraping out here, trying to make $50,000 a year blogging – it is absolutely insane that someone can make nearly $100,000,000 a year on YouTube. I mean, w… Read More
2021-01-21 23:30
Forget all the drugs Sugar is what is hard to kick Love me some pie though
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