February 2023 - the gloomy boomer

A Robot Reviews My Novel

February 27, 2023 the gloomer Comments 0 Comment

Although the core function of a chatbot is to mimic a human conversationalist, ChatGPT is versatile. For example, it can write and debug computer programs,[13] compose music, teleplays, fairy tales, and student essays; answer test questions (sometimes, depending on the test, at a level above the average human test-taker);[14] write poetry and song lyrics;[15] emulate a Linux system; simulate an entire chat room; play games like tic-tac-toe; and simulate an ATM.
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You Gotta Be Cruel To Be Kind

February 24, 2023 the gloomer Comments 3 comments

I’m tight suddenly. Peter my window dude’s back in the window business. So I drive to Hayward this morning and grab a check for a cool grand…a little seed money…which I intend to cash at his local branch. He don’t 1099 my ass. This means I’m back under the radar. If he can hang on, keep it together, my financial worries are over…theoretically. Anyway, fuck looking for a real job. Or even a real under the table job. I can…

A Boat Bum

February 23, 2023 the gloomer Comments 1 comment

I’m not a bona fide Boat Bum. Much as I like to think I am, I don’t quite make the grade. I live in a quality marina. I pay a monthly fee to occupy my slip and I’ve never missed a day of rent. My boat (Scruffy) is navigable and currently registered. A true Boat Bum lives out here on Richardson’s Bay. A true dyed in the wool Boat Bum lives off the water. He or She drops a anchor…

Living Under The Radar

February 22, 2023 the gloomer Comments 3 comments

Here’s the deal. You are off the books. You are not engaging with the commercial world legitimately. It’s not your fault. You tell yourself it’s not your fault. You’re old. You’re broke. The pittance you live on will not sustain you within your upscale environment. You choose not to live in a bedroom gulag like Vallejo or Discovery Bay where you might live cheaply. Why do I keep saying YOU? I’m talking about ME. Living under the radar is kind…

Keep Your Chin Up

February 20, 2023 the gloomer Comments 6 comments

Saint Valentine’s Skull
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The Afterlife

February 17, 2023 the gloomer Comments 1 comment

The afterlife (also referred to as life after death) is a purported existence in which the essential part of their stream of consciousness or an individual’s identity continues to live after the death of their physical body….Wikipedia
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