Genius.
Of course the tools matter. But in the end, it’s not about the tools.
Use your sunscreen
There’s a public service announcement on the radio that tells me “you have to put on sunscreen every two hours.” OK, but that’s going to be inconvenient at 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00 a.m.
On the possibility of being real
However you choose to live is real, of course.
What kind of real do you choose to be?
(Writing by the stellar Maggie Stiefvater.)
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Let them think you were born that way.
”It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
~ Ernest Hemingway
Supermoon safety tip
Werewolf alert. Which is an alert TO werewolves, and an alert for others ABOUT werewolves. Don’t let your Supermoon gazing distract you to the point that you do not hear the stealthy approach of a werewolf.
Vehicles that make you look younger
There is a local radio ad with a woman – she and her husband are in their sixties, and she wants to buy a red Jeep instead of one that is black, white or silver because she wants to think out of the box and look younger.
I think the only way a red Jeep would make you look younger is if the windows are heavily tinted and you never get out.
I bought a newer vehicle recently. The old one was silver. The newer one is black. I don’t look any younger. Perhaps I chose poorly.
Three wishes
If you ever get three wishes, try to order them such that you still have one ‘undo’ wish left.
Wish #3? Wish very carefully.
The book you’re writing
Forget the books you want to write.
Think only of the book you are writing.
~ Henry Miller
Better hard-boiled eggs
If you ever make hard-boiled eggs, here’s a tip you might want to try. Bring the water to a simmer, THEN add the raw eggs and proceed as usual. Adding the cold eggs to the boiling water results in eggs that are easier to peel. I’ve done several dozen eggs of different sizes and freshness since I heard of this tip, and the ease of peeling – along with the egg peeling cleanly – is greatly improved.
Some say very fresh eggs don’t peel as neatly or cleanly, but with this technique, the freshest eggs I boiled peeled easily.
Also worth doing – poke a little hole in the big end of the raw egg with something like a pushpin before putting it in the simmering water – it decreases the chance of the egg cracking while cooking.
How a sentence is made
I have been learning about sentences from Gertrude Stein, HOW TO WRITE:
“A sentence is made by coupling meanwhile ride around to be a couple there makes grateful dubeity named atlas coin in a loan.
This is what they all do.”