There’s a lot of noise about ChapGPT. Had to check it out. Turns out it is pretty cool. So I've used it off and on, here and there. Not too much, and I purposely typed like I was talking to google. I heard online, and I heard from friends that it could do more. A good buddy asked it to make a lesson plan to help his daughter learn about constellations. Was very impressed, he said. Showed me the plan and everything. Cool I thought, and went back to treating it like google.

I’ve officially lost my mind. My mental capacity is out to lunch. Goodbye to the thinking part of my brain. Now it’s just a heavy pile of mush in my skull. How will I continue to function as a sane person anymore?

One of the funniest moments in any living things life is when it stands still. That moment of pure confusion over what to do next. It’s not boredom. It’s not tiredness. It’s unplanned, and always unexpected. For me it usually happens in the living room. I’m walking from the kitchen, take a right into the living room, and before I can make another turn to my final destination I stop, and momentarily forget everything about who I am, where I am going, what I am supposed to be doing, or what to do next.

I’m at the rock climbing gym with my daughter, and we are having a good day. The ritual starts with the smelly bag of harnesses, chalk, and climbing shoes. They come out, we put them on, and head over to the bouldering wall. Today there aren’t many people, so we get our pick of the liter. This particular gym in Houston is much larger than our spot at home, so there are a lot of options.

When my daughter was young, she got a purple reclining chair from her Grammy. It's pretty plush for a kids chair, tilting back with ease while lifting your legs into a comfortable position. A kid's kind of luxury. It’s such a cool chair that I have seen a lot of adults try to sit in it. When they see it in the living room, it puzzles them. Looks too fancy for a kid, but too small for an adult. So they approach the enigma, and see that it stands well below the level of the rest of the couches. But they can’t shake that enticing feeling, and so after a few seconds of study, they sit.