What ya'll know about Bean? It's an uncluttered, free word processor. I used it to write Sun Juice Mechanics; books one and two! My favorite feature is that it allows you to create and re-use templates! Naturally I've got a Trade Paperback template on deck. And I'm about to create an Illustrated novel template for use as well. I just need to decide on the size I want.

Click the image and jump on over and download the latest version. While you're there, be sure and hit the link to the various screen shots on display too.

Just remember, it's macOS only.

I visited my site using the Way Back Machine and was immediately transported in time. Back to when the internet was new. I used Photoshop and Dreamweaver back then. Got pretty good at it. Used Adobe Flash too. In fact, Flash was thee app to have. Those were fun times.

Sites were graphic intensive as hell. Take a look at the pics above and below. Web pages were dominated by pngs and jpegs with hot spots. No more. Now it's fancy prose with a static image. Text with blue links dominate the scene today.


I see a return to graphic intensive pages. The same way Photoshop and Flash helped web sites rank high back in the day, URLs featuring 3D and ai, and immersive environments utilizing sound and feedback will push web pages to the front today. I'm talking personal web sites at that.

Home grown pages aren't competing with the giant government monitored and controlled social media platforms yet. There's just too much traffic directed at those monstrous constructs. That's going to change though. Folks are starved for an authentic internet experience. Like we used to have.

No need to use the Way Back Machine to experience the real internet. Personal and independent sites will be the coming wave. All you have to do is hit those links tucked under those 'handles' you find on your favorite Social Media Platforms. Take a chance, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Take care, and keep creating.

Hollywood loves dysfunctional black people. Yes, this includes super powered black people. I’m talking about Wonder Man. Maybe this is why I’m hearing so many great reviews from a certain demographic. I’m hearing phrases like, “This is one of the least Marvel-like shows to air to date. I love it.” And then there’s, “Oh wow, this reminds me of those buddy cop movies from back in the 80s.” Meh.

I wanted to see Wonder Man tossing trucks and smashing robots and smacking heroes and villains alike. I wanted to see a man filled with power and confidence. I wanted to see the beginnings of the introduction of Wonder Man into the MCU as a fully realized character of substance. We got eight episodes of a maladjusted adult child trying to find his way at damn near 40. No thanks.

I assure you that if one Simon Williams featured in this latest Marvel outing was a certified badass, folks would be pissed. They’d be screaming about race swopping and DEI and what not. In my opinion this is why we didn’t get Simon Williams the rich industrialist. A guy strong enough to floor Thor with a single punch; if you know you know. Instead we got a super powered Black man with no direction; hence what the f$%%k is he supposed to do with the Mandarin after having taken him in his arms and flying away with him?

At the end of the day this is disney. I'm not expecting much. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Insert failed interracial relationship here because we can't have healthy Black heterosexual relationships in media. Yup … Wonder Man sucks.

It seems to me, that I should be posting on my own site FAR more than I post on any social media platform. If and when I post on social media, imma hit up the various groups of like minded folks on FB. Twitter, Bluesky, and Linkedin will get the occasional update here and there. That said, probably won't get any hits, but hey, it's my site and it's been going nonstop since 2009!

Speaking of twitter. It's getting harder and harder for a man of my sensibilities to utilize that platform. For obvious reasons.

Black people really do need a huge social media platform to signal-boost the best of our various communities.

What ya'll know about Dr. Ray Carver? What is his connection to Claudius Mu? When Sun Juice Mechanics drops you'll know the origins of the Daathverse.