Finally got to my first Twitter post ever. I’ve been on a campaign to delete as many tweets as I can. Knocking off the low-performers, the dumb posts, written in haste, zero-engagement, etc. I could only go so far back in the timeline before the infinite scroll stops scrolling. Twitter stops showing older posts at …
Author Archives: Shawn
Click Here To Pay Tax Now
Well, dammit. I didn’t withhold enough federal tax throughout 2022; now I have to pay the shortfall. It’s really not much, considering how much was withheld and how much I owe according to my tax bracket. But still, no refund this year. Haven’t had to pay when filing since 2000-ish when I made a clerical …
Ellipses
Dreams are telling me about the same voices with the same ticks having the same conversations with the same jokes about the same topics in the same places. I don’t need dreams to point that out. I see it in my waking life. But I appreciate the soothsaying nonetheless. Dreams are nerves experiencing randomness, jumping …
Current Political Discourse
A: “Stop setting the house on fire!”B: “What? I’m not, and you don’t have any proof.”A: “The matches are in your hand!”B: “It’s not illegal to have matches.”A: “No, it’s not, but you’re setting the fucking house on fire!”B: “Sir, I’m gonna have to ask you to calm down.”
Eros: Miss, I’m Sore
I was bemoaning to a friend earlier tonight, what with the major icy weather event we’re having here in Austin, that I seldom get holed up in my house long enough that I connect with my creative drive to produce something artistic. The weather here is just so nice year round (until it is definitely …