If you cannot tell a story to get your point across, you may not understand it well enough yourself.

And, a majority of the people you are trying to inform or convince will not understand anything you are saying unless it is in the format of a story.

I've now learned to eat this cheesy Smartfood popcorn with a wet paper towel and a dry paper towel on the table in front of me.

No more licking my fingers clean before I start using the keyboard.

This, my friends, is the benefit of years of experience.

The wife is facing down the biggest hurricane of 2024 (USA Today) in Atlanta. Expecting statewide blackouts. The big Sephoria event she was attending is probably going to be cancelled. And she only has open-toe shoes. She brings 10 shoes. All open-toe. Silly wife.

Every day I'm encountering people that cannot think abstractly.

If I don't provide a concrete example, they cannot answer the question.

And the latest one was an engineer generating reports.

I have been so clueless for so many years about humanity.

New improvements in the wildfire home-hardening project. I can now enter an address and this box defines approximately where the house is located.
Next: use photos to define the actual perimeter.