The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: random

  • Living in a Liminal World

    Because we don’t know what’s in store for us, people are starting to freak out.

  • The Great Tapestry

    We are all connected.

  • A Random Story

    Sometimes when I can’t think of anything to write, I’ll rely on the Random Word Generator for inspiration. That made me wonder if there was a Random Image Generator. Yay! There is! So today I decided to get a random image and then write about it. What follows is the story I came up with…

  • Puzzling

    I kill quite a bit of time playing Magic Jigsaw Puzzles on my laptop. It keeps me out of trouble. And it allows me to stop mind grinding on things. Sometimes it just feels good to allow yourself to go on automatic pilot, you know? The app provides you with a free puzzle of the…

  • Arbitrary Deadlines

    When you feel as though you’re not meeting a deadline, it can be extremely stressful. That is, if you’re like me and you like to meet your deadlines. It doesn’t seem as though everyone does. But given the amount of anxiety they produce, it surprises me the number of arbitrary deadlines I come across on…

  • Annoyed at Buick

    I’ve been seeing these teaser commercials on Hulu. They’re by Buick, and you see customers being shocked, surprised and/or delighted, but they don’t show you why. They encourage you to visit www.buick.com/surprise to see the rest of the story. For weeks I didn’t see the rest of the story, because I felt it was irrelevant.…