Sensing a pattern

 I wrote a silly short story that appeared in a "Star Trek" anthology 20 years ago, and received almost $300 in small payments spread over 6 or so years. Nothing after that until a notice that the book was remaindered.

Its next appearance was as an ebook.

2020, so far beyond Weird of the World that it broke the calendar, produced 3 checks: $7.69 last January, $5.72 last June, and this month, $0.13.

World-wide publisher Simon & Schuster sent a check for 13 cents. 

ViacomCBS just sold Simon & Schuster to a German media conglomerate; maybe S&S had to get me  off the books.

I'll trade it to the credit union for cash and hope they don't hurt themselves laughing. I did.

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Easy to confuse

 

So I was bummed when I discovered the Mac laptop I bought last summer did not chime on start-up. 

Recently, I learned there's a way to turn the chime back on, but I'm way too scared to mess with coding.

Two days ago, Apple presented a security update.

Now, little Air chimes.

Welcome aboard, grace notes.

😛

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Heavy metal

 

The mysterious "monolith" in the Utah desert failed as an American Stonehenge. Didn't last nearly as long. Too shiny.

Rivets didn't protect it from environmental activists, who saw the damage done by the ignorant people who journeyed into the Land of Hoodoos and Goblins, and took it away. Good on them.

Wiki wiki, copycats showed up in Romania and California.

Somebody tore down the CA version and replaced it with a cross. Because of course.

Burners deep into withdrawal? Popular theory makes it part of a marketing campaign. Google Maps searches indicate it existed for months.

I hope it was Burners.

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