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Crying Is Allowed; Stopping Is Not

It’s now Friday of the “Vacation Week” I’d mentioned in my previous post (Taking a Vacation – No, really!). My son and I are in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, right at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The original…

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Taking a Vacation – No, really!

Hudson Valley with Hang Glider

It’s been far too long since I took a proper vacation. I won’t get into all (any) of the details as to “why”, but … suffice it to say, it’s been over a decade. That’s (been) changing this year, due…

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Feeding a Nostalgia Itch – Disappointment

For the past few years, I’ve had a lingering itch in the back of my head to revisit the town where my grandparents (both long since deceased, with my grandfather passing a couple of decades before my grandmother) lived. I…

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It Seemed Like A Simple Question, Part 4 (End)

This post (and its companion pieces) is the result of an extended conversation with an AI research assistant that started somewhere entirely mundane and ended up somewhere I wasn’t expecting. It got heavy enough that I felt it was worth…

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It Seemed Like A Simple Question, Part 3

This post (and its companion pieces) is the result of an extended conversation with an AI research assistant that started somewhere entirely mundane and ended up somewhere I wasn’t expecting. It got heavy enough that I felt it was worth…

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It Seemed Like A Simple Question, Part 2

This post (and its companion pieces) is the result of an extended conversation with an AI research assistant that started somewhere entirely mundane and ended up somewhere I wasn’t expecting. It got heavy enough that I felt it was worth…

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It Seemed Like A Simple Question, Part 1

This post (and its companion pieces) is the result of an extended conversation with an AI research assistant that started somewhere entirely mundane and ended up somewhere I wasn’t expecting. It got heavy enough that I felt it was worth…

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AI Consciousness and Science Fiction

I had an intriguing conversation with a Claude AI instance which, I think, touched on some interesting (at least to me) topics and left me with a desire to create a T-shirt … even if only for myself. Here is…

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Saga of The Last Banana

Back in my tweens, I lived in an apartment in New Jersey with my mom. We would often buy a bunch of bananas. They would then sit on the counter and, slowly, be eaten. Well, they’d mostly be eaten. I…

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The Detective’s Tale

Darius Beckford glanced at the wall clock. Its hands moved – slowly, relentlessly. He pushed back from the desk, rubbed his eyes, and muttered under his breath. Hours spent staring at notes and evidence. Absolutely nothing. Realizing the day had…

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The Chosen Ones’ Tale

Doran Terrell had heard many a tale of yore, of heroes past – saving various people and lands; but he’d never expected to be called to be one himself. That sort of thing never happened to simple fieldworkers from Clayshear….

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Using AI As a Creative Partner

About a week ago, I proverbially kicked myself in the butt and decided I needed to get back to doing some writing. I’ve definitely wanted to develop more Pub Tales (it goes with the site, right?). Additionally, I’ve had an…

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