Herschel Sterling
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Not a Bad Cure for Writer's Block

This is not a bad way to shatter a writer’s block. Just sit down and start writing whatever random thoughts happen. WHAT EVER it is. Then, you might see something in that. It can become the impetus for something new, or it may shake something loose with what you’re on now. You try it. No, you.

Do you think if I changed my name to Controversial Herschel I’d get way more attention? The answer is in this episode. LOL. idc

Random Thoughts and Memories

These are from some time between 2017-2019


People who think they have to like everything are unlikable. Nobody likes everything. Klangelical Christians and Wokes have that same affectation. At least we can count on them not mating.

Baseball is the greatest game ever hated by jealous people.

Evolution is a decision

Television is an appliance, applied to the viewers by the people on the other end of the plug. That’s why it’s called programming

Little kids are working for pennies a day so we can look at smart phones.

5G wireless technology is extremely disruptive and will, without question, accelerate the 6th extinction and further destroy pineal glands.

Mac operating systems use about 8GB of disc space. Windows use 9-19GB. Linux Ubuntu uses 24MB to 4GB depending on which version. Mine is using 2GB and I can do everything a Mac and Windows can do. Except I really miss Photoshop, because the GiMP program is not very intuitive, but I can figure some things out.

I’m using LED lighting in my place and it’s more calm light. I’m using a total of 60 watts to light the whole place. Usually 4-10 watts at a time. My desk lamp runs on recharchable batteries I can charge from my computer USB port.

By using a single radiant space heater and a misting humidifier I was able to heat my place all winter with the exception of a two week cold snap when i had to fire up the furnace. I have a two bedroom apt. with one room closed off for the winter.

Animals can tell if you love them. Especially dogs.

Horses have very distinct personalities and they are very sweet affectionate when they want to be.

There’s an animal called a Zeedonk which is a Zebra Donkey mix and it makes no sense to me that they are not called Zonkeys.

One does not have to clean a pig stall of their shit because they eat it. I’ve never seen any shit on the floor of the barn. Where is it? He eats it. That’s where.

When I write long form I use a pen and paper, then a typewriter, then a word processor.

I’m not looking forward to making my book cover with GiMP tools.

The big problem with being rich is that one would have to hang around with rich people too much.

A big problem with any taxable income at all is that one has to help pay for all the tanks and planes and bombs.

At the time of this draft, before I started this sentence I was at exactly 420 words. I wish I was at 420 right now, I really do.

Control conditions no more than what is necessary to create conditions.

All things are variations of a single resonance.

If the manufacturing of fabric was halted, there would still be enough material and second hand clothing to clothe everyone on earth for 30 years.

Automation, not immigration is costing people jobs.

African American people are still afraid to travel around in much of their own country. That is NOT OK.

Riced cauliflower is an exceptional replacement for actual rice. Fantastic, tremendous.

Smoked herring fried with a spot of maple syrup and a dash of chipotle sauce is better than bacon. Yes it is. It’s just not crispy. But in terms of the flavor and richness it’s better. Is too.

After you drink Cafe Bustelo, the Puerto Rican ground espresso as your coffee for a week, then go back to regular coffee, it’s like not drinking any coffee.

Creamy cole slaw and pickles is an outstanding addition inside a grilled swiss cheese sandwich. Swirled pumpernickel rye bread with that.

If you get a really bad headache, make a 10 bags of peppermint tea, pour it in a suitable vessel, add enough water to soak your head in it, and soak your head in it for a while.

Scrubbing your horse chore boots with Listerine or some generic equivalent is the only way to get the horseshit smell off of them.

I once had a cat named Dust who would get on the sink and put his head by the faucet and say “aguaah aguaah?” Really. In a cat voice, of course. Really.

There was a man in my home town, and when he got into politics he would canvass our street and talk to my parents. I was a little kid, like 6 or 7 or something. My dad made super strong coffee and this man and his brother would always get me to go get some of my dad’s coffee so they could really canvass a long time. They would leave the cups outside the house on the sidewalk for me to take in the house when they were done. One of them became a State Senator and the other one became a US Congressman. If I’d have known that the Congressman was going to vote for so many corporate subsidies and how he’d vote for so many oil wars, I’d have made sure they got decaf. For sure. Fuck that noise. I was used.

You simply cannot take a hike in the woods without a multi purpose walking stick. It’s not even in the ballpark of acceptable best practice to go without. It’s not even a real hike then.

Dogs remember you for their whole lives because you stink.

These stupid airplanes are always flying overhead looking for weed growing operations. What a ridiculous way for some pilot to use such an awesome skill. How dumb. LOL.

One either knows or one does not know. Belief murders consciousness.

I’m running out of random thoughts and memories and I’m having a hard time figuring out what else to write about for the rest of the month and that’s really good because I want to cleanse my mental palate to write my upcoming series. Yes

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Herschel Sterling
Smell the Inside of Your Nose
Evoking questions for your Smartbrain to ponder. 20... 30 minutes tops. Ease into the morning. I'm Commercial Herschel; Traveler, tradesman, Guardian of my SKULL. Podcasting in all realms. Watch video versions at Bitchute, Howtube, and Rumble.