LB: Do We Live in ‘The Matrix?’

by Larry Brody

…Or is our worldview contaminated by omnipresent cognitive dissonance? (Asking for an invisible friend.)

Personally, I think we’re all in the Philip K. Dick-verse but haven’t yet made up my mind if Phil’s writing created it or it created his writing. (Although I think I know which of those two he believed.)

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #161 – “How Many Times Have You Died?”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned. read article

America’s Top 10 Broadcast & Streaming Shows 8/08/21

Here’s our latest visit to the weekly Nielsen Top 10 site, loaded with absolutely free info for whomever wants and/or needs it. Which is you, of course. Have a sneak peek:

tv total viewing
for last week

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LB: Two Blog Posts I Find Incredibly Sad

by Larry Brody

Do people working their buns off to become writers really not understand how the English language works?

from https://justpublishingadvice.com/walked-passed-or-past/

At least the above post answers the question it asks. OTOH, we have this:

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How to Become an Editor: 8 Things to Get You Started in 2021

NOTE FROM LB: A couple of weeks ago we published this article on becoming an editor. Here’s another perspective courtesy of SmartBlogger.Com.

by Barbara Sturm

Wondering how to become an editor? read article