Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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The Democrats Need A Brock Purdy; The Republican Party Needs A Normal Party
“To sleep; perchance to dream: ay there’s the rub: for in that sleep of death what dreams may come?” from Hamlet by William Shakespeare Two octogenarians meet in a bar. The Republican says to the...
Our Mind Worm Problem
The Sick RoseBY William Blake O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Social media, artificial intelligence and virtual reality are...
The Frolic Cafe – an update
I'm working on a new book - The Frolic Cafe. I started this project some time ago but abandoned the idea for lack of time. I am now well into the writing/editing phase. Below are several collages you may recognize. These were the featured art for the first draft of...
The Politics of Passion
Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them David HumeThe best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity William Butler Yeats Looking forward,...
A Personal AI answers the Proust Questionnaire
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. In this age of Artificial...
AI Mania
It’s just a computer.To paraphrase Richard Quest:Just a computer? It all begins with a humble computer. Whether writing your first program or running big programs for those at the top, making their mark, closing deals around the clock. Every computer has power and...
The Case For Brainstorming
"I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?” Rodney King, 1992 I first met Hanley Norins in 1977 when I was rebuilding the Sea Gull Restaurant...
New Paul McHugh Book Event
Think in the Morning friend and author Paul McHugh is coming to Mendocino's Gallery Bookshop. I hope to see you there next week to listen to Paul read from his new book."Author Paul Mchugh, a Mendocino alumnus, shall join an Authors Showcase at The Gallery Bookshop...
The Sea Gull Blogs – Mendocino A Half Century Ago
Sea Gull Restaurant Stories© 2023 David Herstle Jones The Sea Gull Restaurant was a popular hangout in Mendocino during the 1970s and 80s. Lots of things happened there, good and bad. Think in the Morning has posted memories of several of these happenings in our...
What Might Be; What Is
I see things. Out of the corners of my eyes. Bears in the woods. Snakes in the grass. Spiders in my bed. Warnings. They aren’t really there. But, they might be. And that’s the point. Better to see what isn’t there than miss what is. The dead watch us. They are out...
Short Stories in situ
Unfinished Short Stories© 2024 David Herstle Jones Think in The Morning Short stories are currently being edited for publication.
This I Believe
“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible...