Brian Shotton

BLOODY KANSAS is finally available on paperback today. I would be humbled and honored if you would buy it, read it, and review it: amazon.com/dp/B0F9YMX2V8 - Written by real humans. No AI in word or art. - Historic fiction set in 1883 Kansas - Strong female lead

Important safety tip. Use hand tools. Not an Uzi. Thanks, Egon.

I don't want to write another obituary for a while. 🥺

Walked through a cloud today. Pretty cool.

In Japan, visiting the Son and the Daughter-in-law. Their Daikin AC unit went out. I asked Grok how to reset the unit. Worked like a charm. Looked like a hero. Thanks @grok

Social media algorithms are funny. I can tell when they switch, "We think you've consumed enough of the content you want to consume, we're changing it... CATS!" Now, this isn't a commentary on cats. I personally don't like them. I am very happy you do. Never have I fallen under the sway of so-called cat videos, so when my feed changes to cat videos, it is kinda obvious. The finger is a little too heavy on the scale.

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The wife and I have been married for 28 years. Learned this week she likes to brush her teeth with warm water... She is a stranger.

Holy crap, @USAA! Whatever system you think you have to help people, both account holders or potentially new customers, it is horribly broken. I just called @USAA because my Father-in-Law (a Navy Veteran) WANTS to sign up. It took me 5 minutes of circular menus from their automated/AI driven conversation menu system to finally talk to a person, who proceeded to tell me he couldn't help me because my number is attached to an account and when I call, the system identifies me as an account holder. I said, great. I am. Let's sign up a new account. He said he couldn't help me. I said, "Is there a number he can call to talk to a person to sign up?" The agent said he didn't have one. He gave me that same number to call that I just called. We proceeded to discuss the difficulty of just trying to become a customer. He said it was simple. I said, I have two people here who beg to differ. The fact that my Father-in-Law is still not signed up after two phone calls supports my supposition. Also, I had agreed do a survey at the beginning of the phone call. The first question, "How would you rate your call to USAA today?" One being bad; ten being good. I said "One." It said, "I didn't get that." I replied again. It said to use the keypad. I pressed 1. It was quiet, then said, "It didn't get that." and hung up. Well played USAA. Well played.

The world is a vampire. Long 45 days. Busy, draining season. My wife's mother passed. She was an amazing woman. Wrote the obituary. Helped organize the funeral and assisted her dad where I could with the house, farm, and insurance aftermath for few weeks. Pro tip, make sure all your passwords to all the important accounts are available outside a password protected electronic. Then got sick. Haven't written anything of fiction for a minute. My creative (and physical muscles) feel weak. And, to my great pleasure, they will stay that way. Going to Japan to see The Son. Can't wait. Haven't seen him in 3 years. Then back home for The Daughter's wedding. I was hoping to get the 5th and last book in my supernatural Christian series SONG OF THE SWORD done by the end of the year, but that is a bridge too far. Anyway, that is me on this day, the 12th of August, in our year of the Lord 2025.

It is interesting how once=hated chores are the refuge of heartbreak.

Man, these kids need some School House Rock.