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The dog network
On my walks,the news I getcomes fromcanine internet. My pals and Ihave virtual talkswith a sniffymessage box. Humans thinkwe sniff and pee’cause that is allthey ever see I, though, knowexact locationsto learn a tonof information. That’s why I stopand go no further.It’s not a hydrant;It’s a server. -Chocolate Continue reading
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October 24
In 1929, October 24 was Black Thursday, the day the New York Stock Exchange crashed by 11 percent. Then on October 24, 2008, it was Black Friday, the day most of the stock exchanges around the world crashed by 10 percent or more. You might say the value of stocks those days dropped like a… Continue reading
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Psst! You’ll never guess…
Whether you’ve heard Heard it Through the Grapevine or not, you’ve probably heard of hearing through the grapevine, and you’ve probably heard things through the grapevine. But have you ever heard why you’d hear things through a grapevine in the first place? The grapevine, as a metaphor for people passing information individually, one-by-one, dates back… Continue reading
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October 23
If the weather is accommodating wherever you happen to be today, it’s a good day to venture outside, find a patch of grass or forest, lean down, and say loudly, directly into the ground, “CONGRATULATIONS!” The sound will carry through the earth and with luck, will be appreciated by some tiny, burrowing mammals. Because today… Continue reading
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A very Nobel day
October 22 should win the Nobel Prize for Coincidences, because not two, not three, not four, but five Nobel Prize winners share today as a birthday. To take them in chronological order: Ivan Bunin was born in 1870 in Voronezh in the Russian Empire. He became a writer and was called the “heir to the… Continue reading
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October 22
We only have one day before the anniversary of the Great Disappointment. Although to everyone except the one group that at least claimed to be disappointed, the rest of the population generally continues to be not disappointed at all over how things turned out. It all goes back to October 22, 1844, in Low Hampton,… Continue reading
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October 21
In the early days of exploring and settling North America, several European nations claimed territories or colonies or areas as “property” of a sort. The territories were generally consolidated into independent countries: Canada, the US, and Mexico. But France still has a North American territory. Not everyone knows about the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre… Continue reading
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A good listener. When I want.
On my walks I meet my palsand usually we say “hi.”A sniff or two to seal the dealand then it’s just “goodbye.” But sometimes (not with everyone)We both just want to play.And so we do, and humans?We don’t care what they say. -Chocolate Continue reading
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Grid your lions
Back in the British Isles of more than a thousand years ago, sloping off in a group to pummel the crew from the next town or county was common enough that everybody knew the first steps were to “kilt” your skirt or robe so your legs would be free (possibly to run the other way… Continue reading
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October 20
Depending on how you arrange the digits of a date, today is either 20-10-2024 or 10-20-2024. Statistically speaking, it’s 10-20-2024 for about 88.5% and 10-20-2024 for the 11.5% of the world that puts the month in the first position. In both positions, though, October 20 sometimes represents World Statistics Day in about 49.5% of the… Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
Check out my newsletter, Artisanal Scribbles, where I’m grappling with writing, authentic human authorship, integrity, and the craft of beauty in the AI age. You can also find some of my old software projects at GitHub. Nothing very impressive. I mostly wrote tiny utilities in Python and shell scripts. I’m mostly retired from coding nowadays.
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