Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·PinnedMember-onlyMy Good Travel, Bad Sex StoryPurgatory in Paradise Cove They say that the best travel stories are the ones that go supremely wrong. The train that leaves the station with all your stuff aboard while you get a gelato on the platform. All you have left is a handful of kopecks and a mango ripple cone. The toxic tummy…Travel17 min readTravel17 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·3 days agoMember-onlyGod Wrote the BibleSo there! — I was once told that the Bible is the Word of God and is not open to interpretation. This was declared in a straightforward, decisive manner, as if from the Almighty Herself. But the ‘Word of God’ is open to interpretation, I told him. (It’s always a him, isn’t it?) …Christianity2 min readChristianity2 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyHow Do I Get to Heaven?Jesus isn’t sure — Semi-serious post here. I don’t believe in many improbable things about religion, especially Christianity. The whole Heaven and Hell thing seems to be a wildly expensive but unfunded boondoggle. Sort of like the old time-share adverts. Nevertheless, Jesus is pretty clear about how to get there. Matthew 25 tells it: …Religion4 min readReligion4 min read
Published in The Bad Influence·Nov 5Member-onlyWhat’s Going on Here?Is Medium an empty shell? — Medium1 min readMedium1 min readWhat’s Going on Here?Is Medium an empty shell?----4
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Oct 31Member-onlyEmbrace NaNoWriMo!You have 31 days of November to write 50,000 words — That’s right. This year, this November has an extra day for writing. Normally you’d think that if you had to meet the National Novel Writing Month challenge of completing fifty thousand words in the month of November, you’d have thirty days. No more, no less. But if you think about…Nanowrimo 20223 min readNanowrimo 20223 min read
Published in Rogues’ Gallery·Oct 26Member-onlyTits and Lots and Lots of CornMore discoveries in AI image creation — Warning. This whole article is NSFW. Assume that if you click a link it may take you to a page that is totally not what you want popping up on your phone at the church social. If you scroll down you’ll see more artificial breasts than are good for you. …Artificial Intelligence6 min readArtificial Intelligence6 min read
Published in Rogues’ Gallery·Oct 24Member-onlyA Nude Goddess Waved at Me!AI makes a dab hand as an artist — I recently wrote a story based on some artificial intelligence images of the Normandy invasion, for example, this one:Nsfw4 min readNsfw4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Oct 23Member-onlyStarbucks in ParisLanding for a Latte — The women of Paris had sewn their hearts out for the Liberation. Elmer and Buddy weren’t sure that their sergeant would like the alterations to their combat uniforms, but hey, war is hell and comfort is king and it had been a long road from Omaha Beach. “Last I saw…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Oct 20Member-onlyOh How the Money Rolls in!Tracking your Medium earnings — I was wading through some of the more interesting quarters of Medium yesterday when I discovered the notorious unclad model Jan Sebastian describing her accounting system. Tracking Medium Money💰Daily! It’s kinda cool to know where you stand, right? 🔧 🔨 Tools rock!jmacgallery.medium.com It seems that she finds out her daily income — top marks for the step-by-step directions how to find that number on both desktop…Medium9 min readMedium9 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Oct 19Member-onlyThe Flowers that Bloom in the SpringTra-la! — I might as well throw away all my expensive cameras, lenses, tripods, and stuff. The above photo was taken with my phone in the backyard. Handheld, of course, no tripod, no special settings. I just selected “Portrait”, aimed at the flower, and hit the tit. All that fuzzy bokeh background…Photography1 min readPhotography1 min read
