Tag: fiction
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The Problem with Politics (that’s a bad title)…The Problem with Parents (m’eh)…..The Problem with Economics and Parents Who Like to Argue About Politics…(that’ll do)
I call my parents every Sunday morning, at least I have for the past few years. I have a difficult relationshipwith my parents for a lot of reasons which are mostly historic and I still struggle with many of those issues today, but my mother had health scare and I decided I would attempt to put my feelings about the past aside and I would call them every weekend. I guess I’m trying to be the bigger person or some such thing. With very few exceptions I have kept my commitment to myself, and I call them every weekend, which hasnot always been easy. One of the reasons my commitment has not always been easy is my father’s dedicated political opinions which to be polite, vastly and at times wildly, differ from my own. As a rule I try to follow Socrates’ advise and never discuss politics or religion, especially with those who I know are mostly looking for a fight. My father tics that box too, he loves to argue like most people love to breathe. Personally…
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#36
The next ten Haiku are AI generated. I don’t really have an excuse other than I was playing around with ChatGPT and asked it to write ten haiku about winter in the style of Basho. I thought the poems were worth sharing, so here you go. Since why not I also had AI generate some artwork for…
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Rejection
I received an official rejection letter for a short story I submitted to a fiction journal this week. I have to say I have mixed feelings about it. True I am disappointed and sad, and fighting back my inferiority complex’s response (something along the lines of ‘just quit because the pain of rejection is not…