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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Beholden

about 22 hours ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

I tend not to add to finished posts. Seems too much like hard work.

1 Like

Kåre เลียม Enga

about 23 hours ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

I will post... something... akin to your nothing then add to it later in the day. I had to be careful in Thailand due to the 12 hour difference. "Brilliance" happens when my inner light goes on. Somedays I survive in darkness.

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Beholden

a day ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

Excellent! You learn fast, TJ.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

a day ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

I like the way you think. I have the same problem, but it sometimes lasts all day long. And, not only for blogging, but also for commenting. Perhaps I need to develop "The Nothing Comment".

Something like this:

I read what you wrote and commented; you can now read what I wrote.

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Amethyst Angel 🍀

a day ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

Well stated. I'm only here because I need to get my blog interaction over with quickly, though I feel bad saying it. Thankfully you're a good humored sort

2 Like

Beholden

a day ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

I take it in the spirit in which it is meant!

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Ned

a day ago
In response to "The Nothing Post"

May I say that your talent for saying nothing so eloquently is unmatched, or does that sound rude even when meant as a compliment?

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Beholden

Mar 7, 2025 at 1:40am
In response to "The End of the World"

Go to it, friend!

Polaran

Mar 7, 2025 at 1:01am
In response to "The End of the World"

I don’t think the 1% risk is something we can just ignore. While some may say people are overreacting or merely selling stories, I refuse to just stand by and watch. After all, someone has to protect the world.

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Ned

Mar 6, 2025 at 8:01pm
In response to "Carry You Home"

I definitely felt a folk music vibe and though the couple danced more elegantly, I could imagine a square dance called to this beat.

1 Like

May 19, 2024 at 6:49am

#1071366

AI and All That

AI and All That

The palindromic Damon Nomad has put up a Newsfeed post about publishers requiring guarantees from writers that they have not used AI in their submissions. I am amazed that they should think that this constitutes an effective defence against such cheating (which is what it is, after all), since cheats can hardly be expected to tell the truth having already demonstrated their nature in this regard.

What astounds me even more is the number of writers who dabble with this demon called AI. If there is anything that threatens the profession of writing more than AI, I have not had the imagination to conceive of it so far. And, that so many writers play so merrily with the means of their own destruction is incomprehensible to me.

I am stupid enough to have thought that writers, of all people, would have the sense to do nothing whatsoever to assist in the fortunes of AI. If there is one invention that should be uninvented now, while we still can, it is AI.

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