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Continue reading →: The Terrible Poetry Contest, A.I. Edition
It’s no secret that I’ve been down about Artificial Intelligence (AKA A.I.). I’m not alone, although I’m certain I’m alone in lamenting its impact on my favorite blogging pastime: hosting the Terrible Poetry Contest. See; I want writers to have a safe space to creatively make fun of all the…
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Continue reading →: I Didn’t Expect A.I. to Sound So Human
I’ve spent years writing blog posts the old-fashioned way: sitting down, opening a blank page, getting distracted, wandering off, coming back, deleting half of it, and deciding that the remaining half might be “good enough.” That process has always felt very human to me—messy, inefficient, occasionally funny by accident. So…
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Continue reading →: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and The Reason to Create
Hello, and welcome to Let’s Open a Can of Worms. I’m your host, Chel, but you’ll have to take my word for it. Why? Artificial Intelligence. A.I. Commonly bandied around concerned conversations, online and off, A.I. is rampant. Insidious. But, also: unavoidable, efficient, and misunderstood. I’ve kept silent for awhile…
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Continue reading →: Blogiversary!
You know: every year this pops up, I wonder why I initiated this old blog in the summertime. It’s become my sabbatical period since. Oh, well; happy blogiversay to me. Thanks, again, to the lovely friends I’ve found in blogging. You’re the best!
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Continue reading →: Au Revoir, Encore
I caught the sunrise today. I felt surprised to see that it still rises; still drags the cold dark of nighttime sleep up and over the craggy white mountains and awaaaayyy–replacing cold and dark and sleep with warmth, light, and wakefulness. Hope. Purpose. Optimism. I haven’t felt much of the…
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Continue reading →: WINNER of the Terrible Poetry Contest: Valentine’s 2025Happy Commercial Holiday! ❤️ …last week. It’s still not too late to have fun at the expense of V-Day, the main catalyst of terrible poetry. The real question is: who wrote the most terriblest? Wellll… Untitled by Dumbestblogger Shall I compare thee to a horses neigh?Thou art so noisy and…
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Continue reading →: The Terrible Poetry Contest: Valentine’s 2025
Happy Valentine’s, Galentine’s, Single-Awareness, and Day-Before-Half-Priced-Chocolate Day! That’s right: February 14th is coming. The great part of this highly-commercialized veneer of a holiday is that it’s the perfect time to write TERRIBLE POETRY. Why? Because there’s something about wanting to hook up with somebody else that awakens a poetic desire…
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Continue reading → : Uh
Uh was not sleeping. “Uhhhh!” he said, but did not say it so his voice came back to him; that made bad things find him before he wanted to run. He liked to run, but liked where he was sleeping. Uh did not want to make another Place to sleep.…
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