SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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Me checking my 401k today:

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I'm almost 30 years late, but I'm finally getting around to watching From the Earth to the Moon. Two episodes in, it's really good, but I'm specifically reminded that Kevin Pollak is a goddamn national treasure.

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WTP Vol. XIII #1 – The Woven Tale Press

Excited to share that my travel essay, "Shadow Rails," went live this morning in the newest issue of The Woven Tale Press. This essay grew out of notes I took while traveling solo on Amtrak in 2008, and I'm thrilled the final version has found a good home! www.thewoventalepress.net/wtp-vol-xiii...

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I'm honestly a bit unnerved by the sheer amount of worldbuilding going on in car insurance commercials these days.

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The only hero in that meeting spoke English as a second language, but somehow still wasn't the worst English-speaker in the room.

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Some good news: I got official notification today that I've been promoted to Full Professor here at Indiana State University, effective this fall!

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Chris Drew | williamray

I'm thrilled to share a short(ish) story I've been trying to publish in one form or another since, oh, 2007 or so. (Some of you OSU MFA folks from the 05–07 cohort might recognize it.) I'm so happy it's found a good home at The Courtship of Winds! www.thecourtshipofwinds.org/chris-drew?f...

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