JamesSavik

Working with feral cats takes a lot of patience and neosporin.

Fermi Paradox solved.

Or which thermometer is used. 🤢

You'll want to get out of the way of the strong and independent.

If you don't talk to your cat about nip, who will?

Butt dialing in the 24th century.

Side quest cat strikes again.

Reading and editing my own work and reading published authors, I have noticed that sometimes we fall into and overuse sometimes awkward phrasing. For instance, in one of my favorite authors books, everybody scowls: She scowled at him. The hot dog vendor scowled. I scowled. The cat scowled. In another authors books, everyone must be telepaths as all they seem to do is look a question at each other. This is something we are all apt to do and a place where an editor can be invaluable. Can you identify the use (and overuse) of these little verbal faux pas? What are some of the best of these and, the worst?

I find myself watching Perry Mason now and then. Of course its dated but, it does a good job with its 5 act structure and presentation of a great murder mystery: character, motive, method, opportunity. You can change those elements and move them around but, they have to be there or the whole structure collapses. Some of the best ones are quite old

This young musician is well worth a listen...

(I make cat memes when nervous. Sally is up to cat 2)

Cat 1? Bah. I won't even cancel the BBQ.

I cringe when movies are made of the sci-fi classics. Unless they are done well, they turn out like Verhoeven's rape of Heinlein's classic Starship Troopers. (If I ever catch that prick in a dark alley.) He took a great source, excellent cast and made a joke out of it. What did he come up with? Doogie Himmler. If a studio and a producer does one of these classics, they must respect the source. Verhoeven DID NOT even read the book and it showed. Dune has been done twice already: first by Lynch in 1984 and again in 2000 as a Sci-fi channel miniseries (before they went completely to crap). Neither were perfect but, the Lynch adaptation has become a cult classic despite its wanderings from the novel. I hope the new one is good. Heck, I want it to be great. Good sci-fi that makes money encourages studios making crap to take a chance and try to do better. So far, I like what I see. I want them to focus on the story. It's good enough. Don't make the mistake Disney made with the Star Wars franchise and Witch Kennedy made and try to make it a vehicle for something else. That failed miserably and ruined what was a multi-billion dollar franchise.

Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land Now I understand what you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now

I've recently discovered something interesting. I'm shocked that I've never run across them before. I really enjoy prog rock and I'm shocked that I missed them until now. The link isn't unpacking right: it Marillion and the album is Brave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov2-jWtU-tg

I'm loving it!