Here’s what most booklovers don’t know. — I see it in almost every house I visit, and every smug background on Zoom. Book lovers proudly showing off their bookshelves, cram-packed in as tightly as possible. Good books, fine literature, expensive hardbacks, leather-bound first editions; all lined up like soldiers on parade with never a millimetre of open…

None of them are completely true, you know — We were discussing comparative religion, and a Christian friend asked “Why would I teach my kids about false gods?” Um, I hate to break it to you… They are all false Look. We as humans cannot know everything. This includes not just the answer to every question ever, but metaphysical knowledge. …

So 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?) …

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: …

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…

More 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. …

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:

Landing 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…