Shades of Game

Microfiction or microstories are bits of #writing exercises that are meant to stretch the creative muscles. I'm having a creative December, so I'm gonna be posting lots of art and words and other related stuff. With my microstories I like the idea of committing to a work for 30 minutes and fleshing out a story in 200-300 words and then moving on. And forcing myself to do it from a random prompt makes it so that I don't write 30 stories about time travelling robots. Today's is kind of an allegory for a kid stumbling onto social media. See a theme here?

➚ nvl-grm - Wilderness Lost

Friday the 2nd of December, 2022, during prime time.

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High School

8r4d A proud dad secretly snaps a photo as the Kid and her cast come back on stage for a bow. #thekid #theater

Thursday the 1st of December, 2022, around lunch-ish.

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Writing Desk

For my #creativeadvent challenge I've got a list of daily creative chores to do for the first twenty four days of December. While you're scarfing little chocolates from your advent calendars, I'll be #writing #painting and #posting. This is your feed for that. Like for today, I did the first of my December #microfiction posts linked below:

➚ nvl-grm - Holiday in Europa

Thursday the 1st of December, 2022, in the morning.

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Online

As the year wraps up I’ve dabbled in what I’m (right now) calling the addict’s last puff on the drug known as corporate social media. And as we creep into 2023 when I need to think less about the moral and ethical impact of my high technology use, I can spend more time thinking about and writing about my low tech fun, fire, food and cast iron cooking, right? I've written a short little post about that here:

➚ when they go high (tech) we go low (tech) - Cast Iron Guy

Thursday the 1st of December, 2022, in the morning.

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Da Bus

8r4d Reluctant transit buddies this morning.

Wednesday the 30th of November, 2022, in the morning.

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My Kitchen

It’s been a couple weeks since we got back from our trip to Manhattan. While my daughter loved Broadway, I really got into the food, in particular hunting down a couple good bagel bakeries and sampling their authentic wares. Of course, this left me yearning for some New York back home, and wondering if I could replicate them in my own kitchen. Check out the recipe:

➚ Sourdough Bagels, New York Style - Cast Iron Guy

Monday the 28th of November, 2022, in the late morning.

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New York City

Another video from my New York files, this time a quick scan of the many views and sights we saw in the Big Apple.

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, at the dinner hour.

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Online

I've been cautiously dipping my toe into the (decidedly non-corporate) fediverse of social media by spinning up an account on Mastodon. It has been an interesting week watching the platform soak up Twitters migrants this past week, including yours truly. Come follow me:

➚ Brad (@8r4d@mstdn.ca) - Mastodon Canada

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, before dinner.

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New York City

Another short video from our New York trip earlier this month, this one featuring the kid and some of her adventuring highlights.

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, in the late afternoon.

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New York City

A couple weeks back we took a short trip to New York City. I took about 30 minutes worth of footage on my phone, but I put together a much shorter sampling here.

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, deep after noon.

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NYC

8r4d I put together a little video from a few seconds of the thirty minutes of footage I took in NYC. It's over on Youtube and when I upgrade this site to let me embed videos maybe I'll repost it. For now though, you need to click the link:

➚ New York 2022 - YouTube

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, deep after noon.

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Universe 6B45z

8r4d It was rain-snowing this morning downtown and we got a rainbow... in November. The simulation is officially glitching.

Friday the 25th of November, 2022, posted after lunch.