Image source: Pixabay This morning, I woke up in a small studio flat, alone. I haven't always been alone, of course. Everyone who has made it past infancy began their life living with at least one person

Image Copyright @sidekickmatt My Chip Advisor Result is: BBQ! What this says about me: Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why.

Lost. Broken. Hurting. Lonely. Found. Repaired. Healing. Looking forward. I'll be there as soon as I can, but I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before. I've died a couple hundred deaths

Come on, it's not so hard. Have you ever told someone something like that? You almost certainly meant well. However, think about the last time someone told you the same thing. Try to recall how you felt

I don't need to take a shower. I'm not going anywhere. I don't need to grab a snack. I ate yesterday. I don't need to clean my desk. If I can see Discord over the pile of empty cans, I can see this too.

Throughout my life, I have accumulated a great deal of stuff that, honestly, I can never really hope to use. Sometimes it's stuff I'm done using, but I don't want to throw or give it away because it might

First, if you have not yet read @celestal's post entitled I don't know..., go do it now, and if you were going to vote my post, upvote that one instead. This post started life as a comment on that post,

A few days ago, @m31 made a post on a concept she called "mind jumping." Aside from the awesome artwork (seriously, look at that brain), the idea of the post was: what if we could take our

"Together, then?" Sedna asked, a shake in her voice. She gazed at Neil through tearful eyes, a determined expression on her face, and offered her hand. Neil took it in his own, caressing it lightly

First off, I'm a dolphin I guess? First order of business: it's become customary around here to announce to the entire blockchain when you cross the line of 5k powered up SP, as if everyone cares for some

I spoke with a tree today. I am experiencing a transformative time in my personal life. I have been feeling a lot of things. There are several things that I thought I knew about myself that I find myself

I've been called "paranoid" too many times to count, with varying degrees of endearment attached. I've been told by friends, acquaintances, and strangers alike that I have some serious "trust

Are Steemians a different breed of human? In a way I think we are. Some of the best conversations of my life have been with Steemians. I think that is because there is a gathering of like minds here. I

Hey everyone. I'm @lemony-cricket, and that's the last time I'm going to start a post like that. Probably. Unless I feel like it. Time to change things up a bit I've been getting in my own way of writing

Hi and hello! @lemony-cricket here and... I know some people miss the view counters on Steemit. I've even seen people blame their absence for a lack of engagement, and I understand that mindset. View counters,

Hello friends! I'm @lemony-cricket, and if you chuckled at the title, you're exactly my kind of person. If you rolled your eyes at the thought of someone turning such an innocent phrase into something

Hey everyone; @lemony-cricket here, and intellectual property is possibly one of the hardest pre-Information-age concepts to kill. But it's dying, as we speak... and that's a good thing. Adapted from image

Hello readers; I'm @lemony-cricket and I was just waiting for everyone else to stop posting. I'm still here, and I will be until the witnesses turn out the lights; I promise. Charles Ponzi, the original

Hi everyone. @lemony-cricket here. Let's learn about block ciphers and modes of operation! We're nearing the end of our introduction to encryption, but don't be sad! I'm really excited to get into digital

Hello there! @lemony-cricket here. Last week in Encryption Pt. 2, we learned what stream ciphers were. This time, we're going to take a closer look at a specific algorithm called Salsa20 in order to understand