Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

I agree, it certainly has its uses. Sometimes answering the questions it poses during exchanges helps me articulate ill-formed ideas rattling around in my skull, so there's that. It's also pretty effective at finding the kind of typos you tend to miss after you've scanned a piece a dozen times, and ...

Been playing with ChatGPT lately. Any concerns I've had about Artificial Intelligence supplanting the real thing have been somewhat allayed; concerns about misplaced faith in its abilities, not so much. I was introduced to it last year. My ex-wife underwent a medical procedure requiring strict dome...

A beautiful young woman, quietly, without rage or drama, articulating what I've been unsuccessfully trying to since November 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARTf7u7xH0&t=11s

for some men, success is money & power
for others it's celebrity and adulation
guess that makes me a failure
all I need is laundry on the line & a walk in the woods

I had an uncle who introduced me to the holy writ of Gaines, et al -
Don Martin
Spy vs Spy
What - Me Worry?
slyly seditious

heartbreaking, devastating...
astounding, depressing...
may I add infuriating, despairing

My daughter (Rebecca) decided to go by her middle name (Diane) all throughout 1st grade. It caused some confusion when she decided to switch back, but her teachers felt it was important that she have some say about establishing her own identity. (Rebecca, BTW, came from one of her mother's ancestors...

In that case, thank you! I adored HP Lovecraft as an adolescent, and I wanted to write an homage in his "cosmic horror" vein, but with a more contemporary edge - and with the volume turned way, way down - no squirming tentacles, rotting zombies, or bat-winged demons. For all his originality, HPL was...

Been missing your words.



Thx for reading & saying, sasha ~

may I take that as a positive?

This is a cleaned up version of something I'd posted at the old AC. It was actually based upon a dream I once had (pretty much the same dream Neil had in the story after his false awakening).

You're not alone, so don't feel bad. I hate my iPhone because I don't understand it, and have never learned how to use it. It was given to me as a gift/payment for fostering my ex's dog last summer, and as a lifeline for all the time I spend alone in the woods. It's useless to me because I don't kno...

ah, you beat me by 2 minutes, Steve!

I suspect this has a lot more to do with oil than with narcotics. Let's face it, Trump is a weak-minded, myopic dunce, hopelessly addicted to money, adulation, and the illusion of power - and so easily manipulated. (Look at that FIFA "peace prize" award... I was laughing & throwing up in my mouth at...

                                                                             Part 1 – Prelude “What do you make of this?” Tom asked, reaching across the table to hand me the figurine. I set my coffee cup down and took the object from him. I turned it over a few times and shrugged. “Not much,” I sai...

ah, got a lot of Coltrane on my car's playlist.... and a phrase from "Syeeda's Song" has been stuck in my head for a day or two....