Oh for sure, as do I. I just find it weird how listening to “I’ll Be Missing You” and “Stronger” and deciding they sucked years ago, allowed me to sidestep a moral quandary/personal reckoning that many folks had to go through.

In hindsight, two of my better decisions were not caring for either the music or the personages of Sean Combs and Kanye West. Little did I know it would save me grief decades later.

I have not yet worked my way to Max Allan Collin’s Hard Case work, sounds like it will be worth it when I get there.

In "fairness" some people reportedly find lots of AI stuff extremely "profound" - and I even believe some of them. It's just that then they show you the "profound" AI Work in question and wind up telling you much more about themselves than about the technology, none of it good.

I have read The Once and Future King and it is good, especially the first two books.

While it took me way too long to realize I don’t like modern fantasy, I discovered I adore medieval fantasy. So Beowulf, Parzival, Gawain and the Green Knight scratch that itch much better.

They’re okay. You’re not missing anything. I am grateful that I read them because it helped me understand that, except for Tolkien, there is almost no high fantasy work I enjoy. Pulp fantasy is great though.

I’ll be eligible for parole, come Valentine’s Day.

Surprise is on our side.

Now I’m in Tom Waits’ top 100 listeners in Apple Music. If you follow your dreams, anything is possible! Happy birthday Tom Waits!