Upload My Mind for Another Lifetime

One of the things I’ve lately lamented is that all my memories and experiences will simply be lost and vanish when I die. I am trying for some immortality with my books, blog, and podcasts. Also, I’ve said in the past that my students are my legacy, though that technically expires in one generation. WhatContinue reading “Upload My Mind for Another Lifetime”

In the Icecubes of My Drink

Another piece from my back catalogue has resurfaced and been completed with the use of AI. Longtime collaborator Jeremy dePrisco took the song I had written and made a recording of it, with some flavoring of Frank Zappa, I believe. I’ve long wanted to do the music video, maybe in Second Life, but AI madeContinue reading “In the Icecubes of My Drink”

ImPromptu

I enjoy these forays into daily writing; I feel like I’m doing something creative every day, if only for a few minutes, and I hope someone is out there actually reading these musings. Occasionally, though, I balk at the prompts. Often they spark my imagination in a way that I can talk about more thanContinue reading “ImPromptu”

Working: Title?

What have you been working on? In my travelogue of the UK trip I mentioned how both Joyce and I wound up with a (non-contagious, thank goodness!) intestinal flu, and then returned home with colds. I still have only a lingering cough, but Joyce has had conjunctivitis twice and is relapsing back into a cold,Continue reading “Working: Title?”

Top 10 Movies

What are your top ten favorite movies? Asking for a top ten list of movies is a bit daunting—you see, I write my daily blog entry during my first cup of coffee and I’m not capable of higher order thinking this early. But I will give you my top three. Incidentally, for a film class,Continue reading “Top 10 Movies”

Commentary on AI Art

Sometimes AI produces useful and even stunning results. And other times…not so much. My blog post yesterday was a metaphor/fable entitled “The Hamster and the Hummingbird.” When I finished pasting it from Notes where I had composed it, I thought, “Hey, wouldn’t it be great to have an AI-generated graphic to illustrate it?” It would.Continue reading “Commentary on AI Art”

Passion!

What is your favorite season of year? Why? Or, how answering a prompt gets a Rod Stewart song stuck in your head. Of course, what I am most passionate about is theatre, directing theatre, and storytelling. Those are of course three aspects of the same thing. They’ve comprised my life’s work, and they are somethingContinue reading “Passion!”

Another Poor Improviser

Or we might subtitle it “The ChatBot Calling the ChatBot an AI”? This scammer didn’t do too well with my improvised responses and may in fact have been a ChatBot for all I could tell. It began as they often do. So glad she is beautiful and kind. it’s good to have self-worth, I guess.Continue reading “Another Poor Improviser”

Life Before the Internet

Do you remember life before the internet? I do remember life before the internet. I spent many happy years there. And while I don’t think we should go back, there are some developments I do wish had never happened. When I first heard about it, the internet seemed to be full of promise. I thought,Continue reading “Life Before the Internet”

Let’s Get Physical!

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? That one improvement I could make in my life? Exercise. Like, regularly. My new Apple Watch, set to monitor my health with the Health app, has been applauding my efforts to move lately while I’ve been gardening. (Although the first day it also told meContinue reading “Let’s Get Physical!”