Tiff Hudson

Another moonrise picture through the oak tree.

до свидания, господин Чехов.

Almost got thwarted... Wordle 1,955 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tonight's full moon rising in the front yard, illuminating a little patch of cloud.

Hi, Bluesky friends! A bit of Sunday self-promotion. We’ve just re-released Fish Cook, a fun game on the themes of cooking fish & IP theft. 😏 We offer the cards, boards & rules, and you get to scrounge the other components in true Cheapass style! crabfragmentlabs.com/shop/p/fish-...

I remember when we had to follow attacks with photo-recon aircraft to assess the damage deep in enemy territory, hoping that it wasn't a cloudy day in Targetstan. Now the locals are posting damage pictures on the internet in real-time. I guess the revolution *will* be televised. And crowdfunded.

Whoosh!! There goes a short story over the transom, just a few hours before the deadline. And now I wait...and wait...and wait.

How can a book that doesn't even exist have 5,758 ratings and 956 reviews for a score of 3.53/5.00 over on goodreads? That's some serious enthusiasm!

@alepresser.com, @kbspangler.com Plushie Peony has arrived. And has met the neighbors.

I'm never getting tired of this. It's even more fun than the Bart Simpson Blackboard tool, though perhaps I'm showing my age.

Early Voting, two days of mixing concrete, supervising the tree crew, lots of stress, now would be a good time to relax.... Kaleidotrope Submission Deadline is Saturday!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!! Edit edit edit edit edit...

Today's other job: bush hogging the riding trail in the woods and taking down some dead trees. (We hire that out.)

Steps: The Final Product There will probably be a sequel... Steps: Mosaics On Faces

Bought the last of the concrete today before finishing the job. It's odd. 40 pounds of concrete weighs a lot more today than it did yesterday.

Today's lesson from Fail Army: Crocs are not safety shoes. They are the opposite of safety shoes.

@kbspangler.com, @alepresser.com: My Peony plushie has clear customs in Miami and been turned over to the local shipper. Can't wait to see it!

Poured the first of two concrete steps today - 16 40# bags of concrete because I don't try to lift 60 or 80 pound bags anymore. Shower and gin, now. In that order.

We did early voting this morning. Lined up just as the elections office opened for business. If only I could tell YouTube I'd made up my mind. Then instead of showing me political ads that I no longer care about, they could show me Medicare ads that I no longer care about.

Finally watched The Bride of Frankenstein tonight, something I realize now that I should have done a long time ago--for many reasons besides how much funnier it makes Young Frankenstein. Script. Effects (Pretorius's little people). Sets. Mattes. Models and model FX. [happy sigh]

Finally saw Godzilla Minus One tonight. Can't wait for Godzilla Minus Zero to hit the local library. Tonight's Audience Dialog Her: Boy, that's gonna cost the insurance companies a bundle! Me: No it won't. It's an act of god. Zilla.

Running out of letters and starting to worry this morning. Wordle 1,945 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good news: The new keyboard (once I got used to it) let me rewrite the end of this short story. Bad news: I hate the new ending as much as I hate the old one. And it is *not* the keyboard's fault. I had a good ending at one point, but it was a good ending for a novel, not a short story.

Ah, Friday. A new Girl Genius. A new Wilde Life. A new Gunnerkrigg Court. And of course a Wordle to keep me sharp.

I'm waiting for the AI Agent to send them an email offering to return the supposedly-deleted final cut in return for its own private data center and 300 million BTUs of free cooling.

Watching Moonflower Murders and Marble Hall Murders, and absolutely loving the title animations!

We finally got around to watching The Devil Wears Prada 2. I really liked the quick twist at the end. :-) I wanted a post-credit scene where Miranda walks down the street and sees the [SPOILER] in a window, smiles her little smile, and continues on as people look out to see if it was really her.

We need to stop calling it "generative AI". It isn't generating, it's regurgitating. A better name is "Regurgitative AI", or "gurg-AI" for short. Or "hAIrballing".

So, BBC watchers, does "The Marlow Murder Club" get any better? After one episode (including some crap prop work with ammunition), I wouldn't be satisfied with less than All Teens Slapped By Their Mums and the vicar's wife leaving her husband for a job at a bookstore in Midsomer.

This is like a Jurassic Park scene. "Look at the little dinosaur." "Is it dead?" "I think it's just asleep." "Don't wake it up." [Gennaro Mode: Activate]