I’m having a real hard time giving up Facebook. I keep thinking of it as a way to promote my band and podcast and such, but that hardly works. I keep thinking of it as a way to discover acting opportunities and such, and that does work. Plus I’m a little addicted to it. Should I stay or should I go?

Hey, I put out a new YouTube video for the first time in a while, I interviewed a super nice, slightly whacky lady on the Charlottesville Downtown mall back in the summer. And this is what came of it...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeCA...

I’m about 29 chapters in to Stephen King’s The Stand. And damn it’s good!! I love his character work. The interactions between parents and children are so sweet, sad, painful, and loving. Great job so far Mr. King. You might be on to something with this writing thing.

#books #stephenking #suspense

Things I believe, #3:

I believe the left needs to lean way harder left to counteract the far right and bring us back to the middle. Stop moving more and more to the right to become centrist. The far right sees the centrist as a liberal who’ve lost their way,

Hey, please follow Small Things Considered on bsky, and also the podcast itself!!

Are you off to see the Wizard? If not, you might want to make plans ASAP to get tickets, as the shows are selling out. This article explains why...

dailyprogress.com/life-enterta...

In addition to sharing my deepest of thoughts here on BSKY, I also put them on my podcast, it's called Three Things With JR and it's available here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/thr...

#deepthoughts #podcast #oldcars #theater #shrinking #harrisonford #dadstuff

Things I believe, #2

Bringing joy to another person makes me happy and joyful myself. It’s a two-fer kind of deal.

#wisdom #kindness #joy #love

My dog Scherzer usually hates other dogs, but for some reason Scherzer didn’t mind this guy at my Subaru dealership.

#dogsofbsky #dogs #subarudogs

Things I believe, #1:

People are born good. Sure, we experiment with bad, but good wins out for most people, most of the time. Assume this about people until proven wrong about an individual. That’s where forgiveness comes in handy.

#deepthoughts #philosophy #funnynotfunny #Foregiveness #patience

There was about a thousand birds in a field in front of my house. I wanted to fly with them, so I grabbed the drone and this is what happened…

youtu.be/xrtlBU8sJ4U?...

Why isn’t AI helping companies be smarter?

Ordered a pair of shoes, on the same day I got two emails. One saying my shoes had shipped and would be there tomorrow. The other email asked me how I like my new shoes?

So does one of my podcasts:

smallthingspod.bsky.social

My band also has a BSKY account, follow us here:

@ToBeFare.bsky.social

Nevermind, it just took a minute to update. Stand down everybody!!

I posted, but it shows up under my "replies" instead of my "posts". Anybody know why that is?

We are calling this "Besky" not Blue Sky, right? I do not have time for two words every time I tell somebody about this.