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Texas: ok, I'll make the air temperature more bearable but in return I get to make the sun 10x brighter 😵

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So after my daughter and wife both started to point out the fact that I habitually hold my breath, I started to pay attention to it, and have discovered that I do it ALL THE TIME. I've long suffered from dizziness when standing up and now I'm fairly certain this contributes to that problem, also according to the internet it's quite bad for my health. The only thing I've read thus far in terms of treating it is meditation and yoga. Anyone else suffer from this very strange condition?

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"when I came off Twitter, the world suddenly improved. It became a better place to live in, and the quality of my life improved immeasurably, the sun started to shine and the little birds started singing in the trees. I wasn’t feeling so ill in my body, so worn out and depressed by it all. As far as I can see, social media makes you sick." -- Nick Cave in "Faith, Hope and Carnage"

"when I came off Twitter, the world suddenly improved. It became a better place to live in, and the quality of my life improved immeasurably, the sun started to shine and the little birds started singing in the trees. I wasn’t feeling so ill in my body, so worn out and depressed by it all. As far as I can see, social media makes you sick." -- Nick Cave in "Faith, Hope and Carnage"
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In search of a solo small biz consultant to teach me how to get the current books in order and manage some expenses I'm incurring prior to making any money. Plan B is one of these online services but I'd prefer an individual, preferably local to DFW or TX.

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"Songs arise out of suffering, by which I mean they are predicated upon the complex, internal human struggle of creation and...as far as I know, algorithms don’t feel. Data doesn’t suffer. ChatGPT has...endured nothing, it has not had the audacity to reach beyond its limitations, and hence it doesn’t have the capacity for a shared transcendent experience...ChatGPT’s melancholy role is that it is destined to imitate and can never have an authentic human experience..."

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Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #218 - I asked Chat GPT to write a song in the style of Nick Cave and this is what it produced. What do you think? Verse 1: In the depths of the night, I hear a call A voice that echoes, through the hall It’s a siren’s song, that pulls me in Takes me to a place, where I can’t begin Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Verse 2: I walk the streets, with my head held high I’ve got my demons, but I’ll make them fly I’ll dance with the devil, and I’ll play his game I’ll be the one, to call his name Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Bridge: I’ve got the blood of angels, on my hands I’ve got the fire of hell, in my eyes I’m the king of the abyss, I’m the ruler of the dark I’m the one that they fear, in the shadows they hark Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Outro: So come with me, to the edge of the night Where the darkness and the light collide We’ll walk the line, between the good and the bad And we’ll see, who comes out on top in the end.
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Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #218 - I asked Chat GPT to write a song in the style of Nick Cave and this is what it produced. What do you think? Verse 1: In the depths of the night, I hear a call A voice that echoes, through the hall It’s a siren’s song, that pulls me in Takes me to a place, where I can’t begin Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Verse 2: I walk the streets, with my head held high I’ve got my demons, but I’ll make them fly I’ll dance with the devil, and I’ll play his game I’ll be the one, to call his name Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Bridge: I’ve got the blood of angels, on my hands I’ve got the fire of hell, in my eyes I’m the king of the abyss, I’m the ruler of the dark I’m the one that they fear, in the shadows they hark Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Outro: So come with me, to the edge of the night Where the darkness and the light collide We’ll walk the line, between the good and the bad And we’ll see, who comes out on top in the end.

Dear Mark, Since its launch in November last year many people, most buzzing with a kind of algorithmic awe, have sent me songs ‘in the...

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Yesterday I was catching up on a local musician who's not only really good but has had some modest success. I followed the link to his website from his Wikipedia page and landed on the new WordPress setup screen. For a minute I considered completing the WordPress setup and trying to track him down to give him the admin credentials so that some hostile party couldn't do so. But I ended up just closing the tab and backing away, sad at the state of everything.