PROMPT: Differently

Daily writing prompt
What could you do differently?

Everything except fully autonomic bodily functions could be done differently. That’s the nature of human creativity.

PROMPT: Billboard

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If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

Eyes Front, Jackass!

Alternatively, “There’s a pit viper under your seat.”

PROMPT: The Future or the Past

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Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

How would I know? When I’m doing either – by definition – my mind is wandering. Ergo, I have no metacognitive engagement. (i.e. I’m not timing or encoding— and certainly not recording— mental objects.)

PROMPT: Greatest Gift

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What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

The capacity to decrease entropy in an isolated system.

PROMPT: Colleges

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What colleges have you attended?

Indiana University [IUPUI], Georgia Tech, and Georgia State.

PROMPT: Play

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Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

Yes. Frenetic and chaotic creativity.

PROMPT: Challenges

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What are your biggest challenges?

Finding the humor in the collapse of Western civilization.

PROMPT: Nostalgic

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What makes you feel nostalgic?

Reminders of my time in the military, particularly an overseas tour in England.

PROMPT: Sports Team

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If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?

The Chiaroscuro Churros. The colors would be black and white, and the mascot would be Jaime the Angry Churro, a ten foot high tasty Mexican dessert with rage issues.

PROMPT: Political Views

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How have your political views changed over time?

I’m far less intense in my belief, allowing more room for nuance. The biggest change is seeing the value in a dialectical competition of ideas that would benefit from all political parties being at their most competent and making their most sound arguments. Unfortunately, both political parties where I live are – each in its own way — complete and utter shit.