A Crumby Way to Treat Someone
When someone gives you just enough attention to keep you on the hook, but they never commit to anything, they’re dropping breadcrumbs
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A Better (Quieter) Leaf Blower
The world has a lot of problems, especially when you look at the big picture. War. Hunger. I could go on.
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The Sounds of Anything but Silence
It’s not just because I’ve worked with audio my whole adult life, but that’s part of it. And it’s not just because I’m hearing impaired, but that’s part of it, too. We, as a society, pay too little attention to sound.
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An AI Guinea Pig for Voice Actors
Not long ago, I wrote about a prospective client with regard to AI. The post attracted attention on Facebook and on LinkedIn. Now, in the words of the late, great Paul Harvey, here comes “the rest of the story”.
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Come On Get Happy
Something weird happened on the weekend. I think I was – how to put this – happy!
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Minding the Mind for Health’s Sake
My two biggest fears – spiders aside – are being kidnapped and held against my will, and getting dementia.
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AI and the Narrator’s Journey
I have used Chat GPT, the artificial intelligence program that came on like a thundering herd of wild horses last year. But I’m not a fan of incorporating AI into my work, and I’ll tell you why.
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You Can’t Know What You Don’t Know (Until You Know It)
Have you ever learned something and wondered, how did I get this far in my life without knowing that? I think we all do it. We have different “wow” moments based on different new nuggets of knowledge.
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Old Friends Acting Our Age
Derek has a weekly breakfast with a bunch of guys he’s known since high school. One of them just had a pacemaker installed. Another, an emergency appendectomy. Still another will have to lie face down for weeks – WEEKS – after eye surgery to repair a detached retina. Four people we know have COVID-19. And all of this happened within the last week.
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So Many (Rhetorical) Questions
For flat-earth believers. If the earth is flat, why are all of the other planets round? And why doesn’t earth ever flip over like a coin? And if it did, what would be on the other side?
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Other People’s (friendly) Dogs
Derek will confirm that I get excited when someone walks toward me with a dog. The animal’s tail begins to wag and my grin widens to match that energy. I always wait to find out whether it’s okay to visit with the dog, but I’m definitely ready for it. The human? It depends. The dog? Always.
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A Little Hummingbird Told Me
We had concerns about hummingbirds. Where were they? Why weren’t they coming back to our yard after seeming to enjoy our eateries last year? We had seen two scouts early in the season, but that was all.
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