Upwork is trying to get me to use AI to “increase my productivity.” No way will I EVER treat my clients the way AI bots treat me I do not play well with bots. Having to find ways to bypass AI bots when I need human help drives me right straight up the […]
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I took advantage of a couple Black Friday Cyber Monday deals to replace a glitchy monitor and get a new speaker for my PC, so Merry Christmas (Merry Kris Smith) to me! I ordered a 24″ monitor to replace the 22″ one I have now because I have enough space on my desk for
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Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, my sister Jackie makes Lisa and me our own HUGE pans of chocolate fudge. She puts walnuts in Lisa’s and none in mine, just the way we like it. I buy the ingredients and she cooks it all up. Lasts months. I bought the ingredients last week
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Twice in my life I had intriguing opportunities to take roads I decided not to take and I have always wondered what would have happened had I taken them. OAKLAND STUDIO SCOUT I mentioned one of them in DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal. The excerpt below followed details about my first-ever stand
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I am experiencing an interesting conundrum. Whenever I post anything pro-Palestinian, I am accused of anti-Semitism. Whenever I post anything pro-Israel, I am accused of being anti-Palestinian. I am anti-neither. I am PRO-WORKING OUT DIFFERENCES IN WAYS THAT EXCLUDE KILLING ONE ANOTHER! Echoes of 911 I remember back to
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Tonight when I tried posted the link to my “three red hens” blog post to my page on Facebook, I got this response: “Posts that look like spam according to our Community Guidelines are blocked on Facebook and can’t be edited.” Friends on Facebook have opted in to hear from me. What I
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I had a lucid dream about fearmongering last night and boy howdy, did I ever get riled up! Obama and Trump were in it. I loved the Obama part! The Trump part, I sorta liked, too, because I got the better of him in it. In the dream, I was at
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I am 98% finished with reconfiguring my office space. It feels better in here already. What a huge difference it makes to have a blue background behind the monitor instead of the brooding brown background that blocked my view of the blue walls. BEFORE: AFTER The little “angel doll” beside the desk is
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An article in the 2/23/24 issue of Business Marketing Smart Brief states: “The use of AI in creative work can never replace the fearlessness, humor, and silliness necessary to connect with audiences on a human level. The best advertising is able to tap into the human experience, something AI by nature cannot do.”
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I have a friend right now who is going through some stuff. It’s very familiar stuff to me, so I saw it coming in her case, but was helpless to prevent it because it was already in process before I knew it even existed as a possibility. My friend is a giver. She is
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