21 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 21, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

2:00am Four days ago (plus change), I wrote a post about how I was re-considering my relationship with Microsoft Office. Matter of fact, it was the immediately previous post. When I wrote that post, I already had LibreOffice installed… and had since I originally...

16 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 16, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

8:06pm A few months ago, I went on a week-long excursion into the question of leaving both the Microsoft and Apple ecosystems behind. I concluded that the Apple ecosystem was too useful and integrated into my life to walk away from and still use a MacBook as my...

9 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 9, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

12:49pm As of this writing, Torvalin is 39% complete, based on my target word count for novels. That is a damn-good feeling. I think I’ve rambled earlier this week about changing my focus from word count to creating the daily habit. After all, a consistent,...

6 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 6, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

11:17am In a previous post, I mentioned my perennial Quixotic crusade to develop a consistent, daily writing habit. I will confess that my mindset on this is probably rooted in a fallacy. Most of the Pulp-era writers routinely turned out high word counts day in and...

27 July 2025

by Rob | Jul 27, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

8:03am Continuing Education. Aside from my Quixotic crusade to establish a consistent, daily writing habit, the other bane of my existence is continuing education. For anyone who might not have encountered this precise term, continuing education means staying...

25 July 2025

by Rob | Jul 25, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

10:49pm This should be one of my shorter posts. I’m dragging a little bit at the moment, because today’s the second day of fixing my sleep schedule so that I’m on days and evenings, as opposed to afternoons and nights. I’ve made some changed to...