Ideas
Just thinking
I start all kinds of stories.
Story idea: The main character, let’s call him Marvin, is legally in his 30s, but looks about 50. It opens on the funeral of his older brother. Marvin is devastated
What is your life even for?
(cross-posted) These are the seven themes of my life. Things I strive for whenever I’m not decompressing. Trust. I’d rather die than break a promise. I haven’t broken one since I was 15. I have lied many times in that decade. Some of them hurt more than others. I try to minimize my lies. Laugh. …
Three wishes or six half wishes
Instead of three wishes that will 100% come true, what would you wish for if you had six wishes that each had a 50% chance of coming true. Eternal Perfect Health The ability to find anything Teleportation Perfect Timing1 The ability to stop or slow time Perfect memory Invisibility did not make the list. Sorry….
A quote that’s better than true
“Chimp intelligence is based on mistrust; human intelligence is based on trust.” – D.S. Wilson May 22, 2010
Rule No. 103
Rules for Relationships: Call once, leave a message. Wait. You can call again, but don’t call again unless she calls back. If she wants to be with you, she will call back. If she doesn’t, why are you trying so hard?
Why are these titles six words long?
“You can’t prove a negative!” “Oh, yeah? Prove it!” “… I can’t!”
seth: by the numbers
Number of stars gazed, with the naked eye: 1,118, with the mind’s eye: 10^10. Number of books read, by Card: 23, Pratchett: 20, Palahniuk: 11, Gaiman: 8, Rowling: 7, Bryson: 5, Salinger: 1. Number of books written: 0. Number of Theatre Ink sweatshirts: 8, t-shirts:, 3. Number of years of Hebrew School attended: 7. Number…
“Holy Unforgiving Employers, Batman!” – Jason Todd
“As my sidekick she has to be there for me, but I never have to be there for her. Robin is always there to save Batman, but who cares about Robin? I mean, if she gets caught or killed, I just get a new sidekick.” –Daniel Davenport on his sidekick “Front”
Ironically, he didn't see it coming.