Birchoparenthesis

Writing today was a good time. It was with the Moleskine smart pen which aids in digitizing cursive handwriting. So it streamlines the process of getting from the paper to the digital world. The setting was a prosaic convenience store that is by a busy road. Okay caffeine, but the clerks act friendly, and it feels offputting. Maybe the term is creepy. Maybe that is normal behavior for most watering holes. Then, of course, the writer is extra sensitive at all times. An acquaintance had a drama ...

Obsession... bothersome thoughts about a desire or a concern. The thoughts are difficult to banish from one's mind. But going with action to healthy routines is a start in a better direction. Also, one learned about doing the opposite action. Or redirecting by holding onto an ice cube for example. Going outside and exercising is a good rerouting of the thinking. Reportedly 15% or more of people have subclinical levels of obsession. This writer is on the obsessive spectrum. Current obsessions: ...

frequencies sleeping with the radio forgotten we know what he is beginning a new finding the start from an end still and everything one always arrives in the middle of it losing watching spills by a precipice '~~~~~ Day was fine. Upset due to wanting. So a trip twas to out to out of the house and then treats. Composing gives one an ache. Scratch out by Apple Freestyle app. language is a virus {dot} com gave some release after telegraphic style. Cleaned spelling by common AI to...

It didn’t feel light‑hearted when two acquaintances suddenly began living together. One, who was experiencing psychosis, needed an inexpensive place to stay. The other, who is autistic, had already endured a lot of turmoil in his relationships. The autistic roommate’s rigid routines clashed with the psychotic roommate’s erratic behavior. Neither realized they were embarking on a strange, almost mystical journey toward partnership. The older roommate, then in his prime years, could see the direct...

I really love incense and enjoy collecting different scents. The best incense often comes from Portland, OR. In my opinion, a small, independent company there produces the finest quality incense with poetic fragrance compositions. Another company that's closer to me has started copying their marketing style, but while their incense is more affordable and straightforward, it’s still pretty good. Today, I enjoyed a pine-scented incense cone. It was perfectly formed and lit easily, and the sharp, i...

Marilena Pelosi Who Is She? Marilena Pelosi is an elder artist who, in this writer’s view, escaped a traumatizing life in Brazil. What Did She Say? “It’s normal people who become insane. But because I’ve never been normal, I’m not at any risk.” Why Does the Writer Call Her a Superhero? Pelosi’s dedication to her art and her original imagination earn her that title. Her work evokes an inside-out sensation of thought, stirred by the intimate settings and figures she draws. Her body of work i...

Windows is turned off for outside apps, except those from the official store. This writer relies on a few of them. The apps are simple, and after thirty years of using Windows, the file system still feels straightforward. Surprisingly, some of the apps available there work well for this writer—and they’re free. The display on the Windows tab outperforms Apple’s base iPad; it appears more laminated, more refined. The non-dedicated AI tool in use is entirely sufficient. If there were a request fo...

One awakened at predawn, as always. Spouse sleeps in the next room. Lots of caffeine. Doing okay. Tempted to go out on the bus now. Would head to the convenience store next to the walk of shame—that breezeway by the Korean Market where unhoused people congregate along the Avenue. One saw Bella hanging out, someone known from the halfway house during walk-in service days. She is a good writer, familiar from classes at that facility back then. Bella has faced many reversals since writing class. ...

They are handsome and beautiful. The writer enjoys how they look cute and seek one's attention. When I confined myself in the house, they seemed to say, "Come outside and feed us," and broke my spell of inaction. My other friend, the house cat, relished the sight of the jaybirds and hid indoors to gaze at them through the garden window. From appearances, we were both captivated—the cat and I—by the sight of the birds flitting in the big cherry tree. Another writer shared of the "aloha spirit",...

A Change in Focus: This writer's devotion to X box has fallen away; the preference now is to instead craft fabric or browse flea markets. A Practical Choice: The poor resale value of the console led this writer to dust off a wired keyboard and power up the X box instead of selling it. Connectivity Issues: The console is somewhat hobbled because its built-in Bluetooth functionality is reserved for officially approved peripherals. The Browsing Solution: To improve the future experience, this wri...

Muji fountain pen For contrast, let's examine a pen with a similar price as the Muji fountain pen-- the Platinum Prefounte. The plastic, Platinum brand fountain pen offers several distinct characteristics. This model features a transparent nib section that allows you to easily monitor the ink level. It has a warmer feel almost instantly to the touch, unlike the cold grip section of the metal pen. The various color options are inviting and less bland than the metal pen's appearance. It is a...

Learned many things by Lurno AI today: How to cook a skillet bake of chicken, zucchini, and rice. Syndicate cryptocurrency as compared to Polygon. Four names of male macrame crafters and their brief biographies. NBK Syndicate online art market proposed to go online this year. Obscure references to Tyvek fabric on neocoties.org. ...

Scanning Handwriting with Samsung Bixby Vision One scanned the handwriting with Bixby Vision v 3.8.22 and from the Galaxy Store That was applied to handwriting done with a gold pen for handwriting recognition. The system is almost as good as the Moleskine Smart System for recognizing cursive handwriting. The liquid ink and the gold pen surpass the Moleskine setup for several reasons: * Gold pen: No battery, gold, biodegradable, and inexpensive options. * It is cursive first. * Aesthetic rea...

What Are Morning Pages? Morning Pages are 750 words of free writing, typically done each day. The blogger has made a habit of writing them daily, a process that usually takes about 40 minutes. This writing exercise is known as free writing, a practice rooted in stream-of-consciousness expression. Imagine a line running from the mind to the hand, through the pen, and onto the page—the words flow along that path, unfiltered and uninterrupted. How many years have you been writing them? At least th...

The writer pulled the trigger of a blind buy on a cheap keyboard case. Since flipping the case to a relative and keeping the keyboard, it is okay, and it was practically free. Cheap Keyboard One enjoys the multi-colored feature to select of backlit keys. One can easily change them to a backlighting color that is suitable, and there is a setting for disco flashing from color to color. The keys may be of scissors switches since the action is responsive. It takes a minute to get accustomed t...

Here it is at the end of the writer's day, and the blank screen resembles a black crow clacking its beak for some sustenance. The writer casts before it the morsels now. The bits are not good, but it is for a moment's peace, and the crow lives a short life in comparison to mine. The poet wannabe wants an audience. The best place of worship for the writer is at a halfway house facility in which there is a large church setting. The parishioners seem to be, a good portion of them anyway, well-meani...

This blogger bought selvedge jeans. Selvedge is a classification for special, elaborate denim manufacturing. It has fine texture and appearance. Demna inspired one to want "self-tailoring." To this blogger, that meant whacking off excess fabric with scissors and then allowing the edge to fray. Since this blogger is of advanced age, people indicated that such a one should not use such undignified adornment. Being enthused about learning hand sewing, one finished the hem of those selvedge jeans wi...

RNote for Windows is a free and open-source app that began its life on Linux and now has a Windows version available for download via GitHub. Rnote feels old-school and technical. Its chief claim to fame is its feature of annotating PDF documents. It has digital ink capacity for stylus input, and it can handle keyboard and computer mouse input, too. Besides other output formats, Rnote has SVG output. Rnote depends on the Windows file system for document organization. Microsoft Journal is a digi...

Terrible message... murder. But the vocal expression of Hendrix and the guitar work cause critics and listeners to listen to it. For the listener, the track came as an offering on the music service today. At the time, it was pre-dawn, and one awaited a bus on an avoided stretch of bus line in a genteel neighborhood. The plaintive and powerful message of Hendrix seemed like a beautiful contrast to the listener's jaded attitude at that time. There is no good time to hear a message of love gone wro...

The writer finds himself amazed by Melville’s Moby Dick, where each page delivers insights that send chills through the mind with waves of comprehension. He marvels at the audacity of the author for crafting a story of a relationship in which Queequeg finds comfort with Ishmael, the story’s main character. Preferring the audiobook version, the blogger listens closely, as the narration is voice acted with careful precision and clear enunciation—since the blogger has fleeting focus when it comes t...

A person needs the motivation support provided by the smartwatch, especially when working from home. Additionally, health data from the device is crucial due to the current poor state of personal health. Before the era of smartwatches, there was an obsession with time itself. This fascination led to a gravitation toward Swatch watches and the concept of Swatch Internet time, resulting in a sizable collection of those watches. The interest even extended to luxury timepieces from other brands unde...

The writer learned about AI-generated poetry and the concept of the "uncanny valley" in the expression of a gap in depth of poetry of AI and that of more meaningful poetry of human creators. AI models learn by analyzing literary texts, allowing them to mimic the nuances of human poetry. Some people use AI as a creative tool, raising questions about ownership: does the poetic work belong to the AI, the human director, or the literary texts that trained the AI? This remains uncertain. This unders...

Listening to Yppah, I find their melodic, mysterious lyrics rival those of the Cocteau Twins. A bumper sticker that reads, "Don't honk, I'm trying to understand the Cocteau Twins," perfectly captures a relatable sentiment. Cafe Chill helped shape my musical taste, and Yppah’s diverse sound continues to impress me. I’m grateful for affordable, quality earphones—modern technology, including streaming and smartphones, has greatly enhanced the music experience. My childhood memories include the Wa...

The pouch one assembles from yarn goes very well. It is an "easy" level of difficulty, and that is a step up from one's previous "beginner" level. The goal was the glorious Gucci B Bag emblazoned with the obnoxious yet desirable G-G signs. But this crochet project will replace that idle desire for the Gucci bag. It is called a hobo bag, which is amusing to the writer since that is what one would be if fate had been less kind. Bought some soft, cotton-blend yarn in bulky weight to go with the pat...

The writer observes that Inspire is an open platform requiring an account, though most posts are publicly accessible, much like a blogging site. While earlier concerns about teens posting with angst or suicidal ideation have lessened, the platform still feels like a vast mansion with countless rooms. This makes it difficult for users to find others to network or chat with meaningfully. Many use the "discussion" threads as personal blogs, replying repeatedly to their own posts. Occasionally, the ...

Writing ink offers limited colors and less thrill compared to digital ink. It’s difficult to share or edit ink drawings easily. In contrast, ink writing and a fountain pen is timeless, affordable, mechanical, repairable, biodegradable, and portable. Digital ink’s main advantage is its shareability, such as converting to NFTs or quick erasure, but these lack the tactile and enduring qualities of physical ink. Since the pandemic, digital media’s ability to bridge isolation may be a key benefit of ...

'Starbucks told me that there was "no status" for my drink 'The peer support network for mental health told me that the "connection was unstable." 'There was a setting in a popular graphics design program where my text would have "no style." 'A peer support manager said that he tells his auditory hallucinations to "leave a voice message. " Jokes about lacking style, status, or stability are few and far between for the blogger. Humor shared within a community facing chronic challenges lifts ...

Internet Time What is it? A one-time-zone scheme started by the Swatch Group in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the Swatch Group proudly made Biel, Switzerland, the dateline or primary reference place for that scheme. So it doesn’t have any bearing on today’s planning. To the blogger, Internet Time remains a quaint relic of pop culture. Each day in Internet Time is composed of 1,000 units called beats. A beat is equivalent to 1.44 minutes in standard time measurement. In 1998, the Swatch Group planned...

During meditation, the blogger unexpectedly shed tears, influenced by years of preserved pain, leading to a sense of gratitude. A guided session highlighted sadness as a common meditation companion, echoing the idea that tears signal true engagement. Earlier, while listening to Moby Dick’s prologue and crafting yarn, tears appeared again—seemingly random yet meaningful, aligning before the quote about tears marking the start of genuine meditation. ...

Even during his most difficult moments—especially a rough patch years ago—the writer’s friend never gave up on him. That kind of loyalty means everything. ▣ The writer has been living with a brain illness and working through recovery for the past thirty years. While many people close to him took more of a sink-or-swim approach, this friend stayed. His town is full of beautiful trees and flowers that bloom right through winter. The writer loves bundling up and heading out for walks in the cold, ...