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         A little free time is allowing us to experience the horror of modern television and fortunately (I think) the extreme pleasure of watching documentaries. Between the horror of modern telly and the fascination of documentaries, I'm getting story ideas faster than I could possibly make notes for!
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         Things are going ok for a change. I even have temporary use of this laptop! Many thanks to our friend! It's Windows11 and has no DVD drive, but I'll make do. (I am trying to figure out why it wants me to shut it down about every hour or two.) I think I might even manage to scrounge a mouse tomorrow! These touchpads are great for those who like them and are able to use them, but they're a thorn in my side. Still, I don't complain about free food or look too closely into gift horse mouths.
         Bottom line is, now I can get back to the things I love --- writing and creative imagery!
         Reading back, I think this would have been more appropriate in my blog, but ah well, I've already typed it. Now, I might type some emails I need to send. Oh, one more thing. If you get an email addressed from me to The StoryMistress, there's a simple explanation. I've not found a way to upload pics from phone to WdC. I don't know a way to get pics into Newsfeed without having the pic in my port and adding the item id# to my Newsfeed. So, I'm sharing a pic of my writing workspace with my friends via email. I'm sending to six or seven in each email --- and hoping I don't miss anyone. I tend to be a secretive sort, and I take everyone else's privacy seriously too. So, the only name which should be visible to everyone is the addressee. The rest are BCC. The next email will probably be addressed to another of my friends (an addressee is always required) so that The Story Mistress doesn't get tired of seeing my writing area.


         Goodnight, my friends.
Last night, I got a few programs onto the borrowed laptop. They're programs I used for years, but they've changed so radically they look like something from the 21st century!!  ('N' just what in Dickens' thunderation is an app?? I think I'm ready to install a few more, using MMiS [Mechanical Manual installation Service]. *Toilet*)
"Humility is easily remembered, but not so easily learned."

--- Shawn C. Bailey ---

         At present, I'm learning as well as remembering. --- PNGravebound- 📓 *Blush* ---
I can't help wondering what Clarence would tell me about my life --- or Clarice either, for that matter. She's a deer, is Clarice.

I know it doesn't sound like much, but one day it will be among my most famous quotes.
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Oh dear deer! *Wink*
"Of all the women in all the world, she had to walk into mine."

--- Leslie Nielsen as Leslie Nielsen as Ryan Harrison in Wrongfully Accused ---
         Many of my friends, both in this community and in others, are facing personal challenges and decisions that will change their lives and the lives of others. I can do no better than stand with my friends or fall with my friends. In either case, I am in good company.

(You can quote me on that.)
         Words and their origins hold a special fascination for me. Spooky Kooky Krista's Newsfeed post about driving a bulldozer piled up some word questions for me.
         For instance, where did the word bulldozer originate and why? (I don't know, but I'll offer my idea shortly.)

Without getting into Latin, Greek, and early Indo-European languages, I invite you to...

Tell us a word and its general origin, and indicate whether you know this to be the origin (from your prior research) or this is your own theory.

         I'm mainly interested in words like bulldozer which seem to have other meanings. "Bull" (a ruminant mammal) + "dozer" (one who sleeps) = "bulldozer" (a machine used to move dirt and other materials). *Think* Q: How did we turn a "somnambulant bovine" into an "earth-moving machine?" My theory is forthcoming. *Smile*
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The scene in my head is this.

         Two people are taking a break at a worksite long ago.
JOSE (to Philipe): "What's that new-fangled machine that person's using to clear the undergrowth?"
PHILIPE: "I just call it a 'bulldozer' because it resembles a bull a little and because since it arrived the bulls no longer have to work. They just doze in the field all day."

         That's my theory. I could look it up, but the theory is probably more amusing than the reality. *Wink* *Laugh*
To put it another way, "How did we turn a sleeping bovine into a Caterpillar? Will the Caterpillar eventually go into a garage and later emerge as a Cessna? *Think* *Rolling*
PNGravebound- 📓 Author Icon - Thank you, Spooky Kooky Krista! I love learning and I absoSmurfly can't resist a good joke! *Smile*
         Writers are usually our own pickiest critics.
         Writers in this community are usually each other's most staunch supporters and most helpful sounding boards.
         I feel privileged to be part of this community and honoured to call everyone I meet here my friend.
Overheard conversation:

First Person: "I'm a native American."

Second Person: "That's cool! What tribe?"

First Person: "NoNo. I'm a native --- American. I was born here."

*Thinker*
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I think it lost something in the telling.
*ElecGuitar**ElecGuitar**ElecGuitar**ElecGuitar**ElecGuitar*

I oft see memorial posts here in Newsfeed for celebrities like singers, actors, our friends and spouses, and others who have died, but I haven't seen a word yet about Ace Frehley of the group KISS. I read recently that Frehley died after a fall at a studio.

My brother was a big fan of KISS and Ace Frehley. Though not a huge fan like my brother, I liked a number of KISS songs quite a lot. All of that aside though, any man's (person's) death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankind. So...

My condolences to Ace Frehley's family and friends and his many devoted fans. He is an icon for his generation and for many generations to come.
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Check out Community on October 16th
There's a few comments there.
"Well, I believe in the love
         that you gave me.
I believe in the faith
         that can save me.
I believe in the hope and I pray
         that someday, it may raise me
         above these badlands!"

--- from Badlands
from the album,
Darkness on the Edge of Town
by Bruce Springsteen
         Writing.com has a full complement of text formatting tools. Which WdC text tools do you use most? Why do so few members use the two most basic tools: justification and indentation?
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Spudy Specter👻 Author Icon - I love the drummer bear! Reminds me of a friend of mine whom I also love, and who is an incredible drummer!!
         It was my intent to reply personally to each commenter's first response, because every response is important to me and I wanted that to be apparent.

         All apologies if I missed someone. Please, let me know if I failed to reply to your first comment and I'll reply as soon as possible. Your comment is as important to me as any.
Stop it! You're gonna make me addicted to the blue highlighter. It's too late now, ain't it? *Laugh* Wait how do I highlight?
On the weather stage for each day, selecting the actors --- rain or no rain, heat or coolness, clouds or clear sky --- is all handled by the overcasting department.

I do wish they'd send memos to the rest of us!
"Lookin' 'round for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through,
Looking into their eyes, I see them running too."

---from Running On Empty
(from album of same title) by
Jackson Browne---
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Kind of how I feel today... running on empty.
As prices grow heavier, increasing numbers of shoppers are complaining of pursitis.
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Sigh, yet another affliction, or in this case constriction.
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" *Thinker*  Well, their wives would have some idea.
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True... but do you really think Melania gives a s***
Sorry, just your quote and comment brought back some memories of some "mutual consent evil" me and my hubby used to get up to with eachother.*Wink* *Wink*
Spudy Specter👻 Author Icon - Honestly, I was having a few memories while I was typing it. *Wink* *Wink*
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