The information age is dead – Long Live AI

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

We can read current headlines explaining artificial intelligence, AI, and its rapid rise to power. It is surpassing Human capacity for thinking, performing, and creating.

We appear to be adapting quite well as a frog in a cooking pot with the water temperature slowly rising to a boil.
We tell ourselves to adapt to

Working hard

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

The idea of ‘work’ can mean building a palace or
destroying people and places.

Work can be hard, easy, profitable, masterful, secretive and even stupid.

Work also wears a “suit phrase”
which gives ‘metaphor’ a run for its money. (see below)

The biggest question for OG workers is:
How in the world can clicking a mouse be considered work?

This is who I am, right now

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

The butcher
the baker
a candlestick maker
A shoulder to cry on
The one who pays
attention to you

A dessert maker experimenting
on our ice cream sundaes
with m&ms
over spoonfuls
of peanut butter

Every momma’s boy

 

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

Little toddler wants to be a man
by holding onto momma’s skirt.
He takes a few steps for applause
and learns to perform for praise.

Just One Thing

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

I stumbled during a recent quest to understand why we celebrate Friday.  For some it’s just another day. For others it is their Monday.  For shift workers Friday could start as late as 11 o’clock in the evening. Why does this day get universal “thanks” for a crown?

Our Gold Standard

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

So much pressure to be Number One
A lifetime must be invested in the craft.

It’s the game,
the time coordination,
and that expensive diet regimen.

Need to rest and recover?

A man’s man

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

He was a boy with a need for hugs
His father was strong and determined
They collided on sounds and talk and talk back
The collided in cuddles of pride

You’re a what? — Super Tuesday Primary Edition 2016

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

WAY BACK on September 10, 2015, we looked at who belongs to what camp and what labels are being placed on our heads.  Have a look at who is still swinging this Super Tuesday PRIMARY ELECTION RACE, March 1, 2016:

That recycled taste

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

Every wait server was proud to mention
all the conformity to the state’s low waste laws

Obsequious rebel

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

Obsequious rebel
disseminating hegemony
purporting congeniality
through passive vitriol