Curations from the Human Jungle
[This is a very dicey subject for writers, especially of original fiction. The Internet has democratized publishing, but to such an extent that the surviving world is unnavigable. In other words, there's so much uncurated garbage flowing off of emancipated keyboards that's it's impossible to tell what is worth your time reading. Hence, "Bring Back... Continue Reading →
Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com [I'm 78, and I wear hearing aids. And I hate them. They're uncomfortable, and they overlay the world with a veneer of artificiality. It's hard to explain. I wake up in the morning, and the world sounds as it should. It doesn't sound muffled or far away. It sounds... Continue Reading →
["Tell them I said something .." supposedly, these were the final words of the Mexican military general Santa Ana when the assembled masses were keeping a death vigil outside his second-story bedroom. OK, he said something ... so what was it? What pearl of wisdom did the great being crystalize in his final moment? For... Continue Reading →
[We don't give ourselves permission to listen to things any more. We're so addicted to multi-tasking that we've got to at least watch something at the same time. That's a shame, as Silverback Digest podcasting partner continually points out to us. Even if we listen while driving we're "doing" at the same time we are... Continue Reading →
[I've always considered myself part Canadian. I think it's because when the colonists declared independence, my people went North in order to remain loyal subjects. It wasn't until many generations later that they ventured South again to the land of baked beans and sox of red. We share a heritage of codfish. SB SM] A... Continue Reading →
[I'm working on an extended piece of fiction. It will debut in Silverback Digest soon. As I'm working on it, I keep asking/saying "Who cares?" This piece answer that. Telling stories is an end in itself. Stay tunesd for "Still Time." SB SM] https://oldster.substack.com/p/when-the-waiting-is-over When the Waiting Is Over Heather Abel on longing, a kind... Continue Reading →
[I fully realize how hypocritical it is for me to copy and paste a Dave Barry article into Silverback Digest, then to think that this somehow makes me funny. It's just ... he's a lot funnier and entertaining than I am. Sad, but true. This one I found steal-worthy, because it includes links so that... Continue Reading →
[We left you yesterday at the point where women were proving themselves equal or superior to men in the profession of typesetting. Better luck next time, gents. HOWEVER, the victory proved to be Phryrric as manual typesetting itself became obsolete. It's an oft-told tale, but one that holds great relevance for today's marketplace. SB SM]... Continue Reading →
https://publicdomainreview.org/support [Every job I've held in my professional life has been linked to printing and publishing. I've lived the technology and lived through it. That's why it is relevant in today's world of AI job apocolypse hysteria. We'll live through it ... I think. BTW, this is an organization very deserving of support. Link is... Continue Reading →
[You'll be astonished ... (famous person) HATES these 5 (everyday item) ...Amazing 70 year-old looks great in cellophane bikini ... These hearing aids will astound you for only $39.95!!! You get the idea. It's the headline, not the content, that matters. It's the art of clickbait, and I fall for it on nearly a daily... Continue Reading →