It’s February and it’s Blog Post 95. I’m not going to make comments about being grateful to be alive or that I’m going to thrive or that this blog is live. I’m not going to say it’s time to deep dive or that the moment has come to join my hive, for we will survive. I didn’t even say that February has arrived. Rhymes are good and sometimes they jive but not this time with blog 95. I may be a poet who doesn’t actually have the knowledge that I am one but that’s not all this blog is about. It’s about substance…that is out there. You’re welcome.

Hell: The Update

Thank you for all the messages of encouragement. My health is doing better. Recent treatments have had a positive affect and we feel closer to figuring things out. I am hopeful to share more good news going forward. Stay tuned.

Roy-man-tic

It’s Valentine’s Day this month. You should almost be finished with the monthly payments on chocolate and flowers from last Valentine’s Day. Did you know that I’m a sucker for rom-coms? My wife hates that and will often refer to the movies I want to watch as ‘Hallmark Movies’. Now, I don’t consider the movies I like, ‘Hallmark Movies’ as they’re too fairy tale but I do like a good ‘happily ever after’. Some of my current favorites are Stuck in Love, Wedding Season, and Always Be My Maybe. I really enjoyed Spontaneous but didn’t like the ending. I’m also a big fan of the Modern Love series.

Ongoing Novelling

With the above knowledge, you would think that I’d write a romance novel or at least have a love story in it. I didn’t and it doesn’t. That’s just not what the story is about. There is only this brief moment of love interest:

She is belle, he thought. Dark hair, nearly as tall as him, he was indeed ‘enchanted’. Her Quebecoise accent caused the hair on his arms to dance as his heart kicked inside his chest to get out. He hung on her every word, even providing an occasional smile to the conversation. He longed for his French to be fluent enough to be witty, charming, funny. Unfortunately, he had just ‘umms’, and ‘uhhhs’.

Roy-bot Blog

As Meta targets my interests with ads for Spanish lessons, book writing tips, and the latest in nervous system lab studies, it also advises me on how to write blogs. I know how to write blogs and they’re amazing. The latest ad on my timeline said, “Write blog posts 10x faster with robots.” What a great idea! I ordered a robot but it didn’t work out. He said it was against his programming to impersonate. The R2 unit it came with had no such issues and tried to blog for me. Here’s an excerpt: “Beep boop beep beep… “ So you can see why the robot experience didn’t work.

I think they’ve been using robots at one of the local news agencies here in Vancouver. They posted the following headline:

“He had tested positive for Covid test in a post mortem.”

They should test the testers who test the testers who test the writers who write the tests that tests their ability to use words.

Words of Wisdom.

1. Make your own protein shake. Then at least you can say, “I did it my whey.”

2. Read signs. Here’s the photo my robot wanted to use.

3. Nursing Tip. From the Bottom of My Chart: If someone is choking, do The Mundheimleich Maneuver. It’s just like the Heimleich maneuver except the rescuer is insanely gorgeous.  

Thanks for reading this month’s blog. The journey towards releasing my first novel continues. Stay tuned for more excerpts and updates. It’s now time for the ending joke but after WoW #3, it almost doesn’t need one…Yes it does! Enjoy.

The charging station doesn’t work for that phone.

Maybe it’s because of the cover?

I tried without. It’s not the case.