Jake LaCaze

dude with a 'tude


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    always good to start the morning having coffee with an old friend

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    ‘jake, you’re not very professional’

    ha

    joke’s on you

    it’s been said that the only thing that can grow forever is cancer

    but even cancer must stop once it’s killed its host

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    boss: are you as excited for monday as i am?

    me:

    Y’all,

    If a lifetime of writing has taught me one thing: It’s not enough to simply write good. Ya gotta market and sell your craft too.

    So, what better place to start than here, with a small number of people who know me better than online …

    to the oil and gas professionals still angry about portrayals in the show landman:

    i get it. i see you. i hear you.

    as a writer, i hate how the shining has stigmatized writers.

    we don’t all go crazy at some remote hotel and axe through doors …

    thing number five thousand thirty-seven no one tells you about parenthood:

    you better have a second home to keep all your kids' artwork, because HOW DARE YOU EVER throw any of it away

    and don’t even think you can argue you gotta get rid of …

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    JUST SMILE will ya

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    pour one out for our dead homey

    just got a strange look and a laugh from the guy at the mcdonald’s drive-thru

    yeah i’m dressed as a unicorn, but i still deserve dignity and respect, dammit

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    some kid at my son’s school knows what’s up

    ‘Another way to see it is that AI is a mirror, not a monster. It reflects who we already are, not some alien intelligence invading from the outside. The truth is that those who care deeply about art, music, or education have always been a …

    the idea that ai will take your job is scary, not because it’s truly capable, but because those in charge insist it’s more capable than it truly is

    you lose your job

    quality goes down

    customers suffer

    only one party wins in this scenario

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    it’s official

    spooky season is here

    i’m feeling quite literate these days

    might read another book again soon

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    when you finish handwriting the ending of your novel on your lunch break

    yesterday:

    on the way home i saw a kia soul

    nearly rearend another kia soul

    and now i can’t stop thinking

    about the impact we all feel

    when souls collide