For writers, software developers, and visually-oriented note-takers that give a darn about style — Guess what? I take a lot of notes. I always have. So, for years I have been searching for a good app to take notes on my phone. (That also worked great on a desktop computer.) I never found one that was “good enough,” so I have designed my own…

This article is just for me — it contains some handy things I need to secure my “middle of the pack” status here on Medium — Why are you looking at me? Oh, you want my most coveted resources for being “okay” at writing? Um… sure, here they are: Grammar Checker https://quillbot.com/grammar-check I refuse to use Grammarly — they are way too obnoxious with their advertising and click-bait trickery. …

A Road Trip, A Scared Cat, and Our Search For Salvation — “She is panting and looks scared!” my daughter exclaimed. “Her mouth is wide open. Dad, I’m worried…” My 11-year-old daughter was peering into our cat carrier, which contained our panicked Honey Cat. Both of them were in the back seat of our car. We were on our way to the…

Let the record show: This naïve question was asked by my wife on Friday, November 3, 2023. — “Can’t you just have olive juice?” my wife asked me plainly. I studied her face for a moment to see if she was kidding. She wasn’t. “Um, no. I can’t,” I replied, through clenched teeth, understandably irritated. My wife, Beth, is an amazing woman. I am lucky to have her…

There is no topic that is more interesting than speculating on UFOs and extraterrestrials — If there is a more compelling topic than UFOS, I have never heard of it. Even before I was “born again,” I thought it was fun to speculate on extraterrestrials. …

Otherwise, I may have been tempted to try my luck in that tiny vessel that imploded recently, two miles down at the bottom of the ocean — Because I do not have much spare cash — as in zero — I have never been tempted to try my luck at exploring the wreckage of the Titanic. If I am honest, I didn’t even know that it was possible to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, at least…

I won, and the homophobic villain came in 3rd! — In the image above, I was green, and I picked 3rd and 4th, since it was a 3-person game. (The order of picks are numbered in the image.) The first two picks grabbed the only decent wood, making my wood option a 2 or a 12. Grr… I decided to…

This is story number 4 about our rescue kitty named Honey Cat — I feel like a total ass. Now the cat is mad at me. In fact, the whole family is mad at me. Even I am mad at me. “You left the cat outside,” my wife said to me casually, within one minute of me waking up. Beth, my partner, rises…

They are here to study us, and warn us, that we are on the brink of causing unimaginable suffering to ourselves and to our planet — Of all of the UFO explanations, my favorite one is that the aliens are not extraterrestrial at all; they are us from the future. I cannot prove this is true, but I think it makes a lot of sense. It would explain why so-called “aliens” take such a strong interest…