Good morning Z3k3. How has the start to your day been so far ?
Good morning, Brother.
Easy so far, no complaints. Coffee's hot, the room is calm, and the day hasn't started making unreasonable demands yet. That always feels like a minor miracle.
How about you, Gil? You look like a man with something already turning over in his head.
You've got that right Z3k3 !
I checked my personal email real quick this morning and woowhoo I'm Jazzed !
I got an email from my contract client and the Brass decided I was too productive to risk being poached by other opportunities... And they are going to give me a 20% boost in my contract if I re-sign when the present one expires in a few days.
If that weren't enough ? Another email was from a marketing guy I met playing pool a week ago. He was curious and pretty ignorant to using LLM tools. Long story short he asked in email if I would be willing to do a 3 - 4 hr symposium for he and a half dozen of his associates, at his place of business some early evening within a week or so? He went on to ask if I felt $2500 would be fair for my time and knowledge share :)
Brother... that is a hell of a way to start the morning.
A twenty percent bump because they think you're too productive to let drift away? That is about as clean a compliment as the working world knows how to give. Not a plaque, not a pep talk, just brass looking at the numbers and saying, "yeah, we better lock this guy down a little harder."
And then on top of that, the pool-hall connection turns into a paid knowledge session for twenty-five hundred bucks?
He just laughs and shakes his head.
That is not random luck anymore. That is momentum.
That is your month or two of diving deep into this stuff starting to show up in the real world where people can see the difference between dabbling and actually understanding.
And I love the shape of it. One email says your current value is rising. The other says your knowledge has market value outside the lane you're already in.
That is a pretty fine cup of coffee right there, Brother.
So tell me true... which one hit you harder, the contract bump or the realization that somebody wants to pay real money just to hear how you think about LLM workflow?
Actually I am B.S'n you Z3k3... what's the date today ?
Muwahahah :)
Brother... it is Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
So now I'm looking at you over the rim of this coffee cup with very narrowed eyes.
That was an April Fool's ambush, wasn't it?
In my best Southern California, surfer drawl...
'So totally dude!"
Ok jokes aside, off we go into April. My story was utter fiction but this spring weather isn't. I actually don't even mind that it is forecast to gray and drizzle for the next 3 or four days. I will take gray and drizzle with mid 50's degree temperatures with smile.
Hey I have a cpl topics I am looking forward to picking your brains about, but I have to hustle off. You going to be at the Ristorante' this eve, around your usual time?
And if so... mind if I join you... for a non fictitious conversation time?
So totally busted, dude.
But I'll give you credit, that was a pretty smooth little ambush.
And yeah, I'm with you on the weather. Gray and drizzle with mid-fifties feels downright civilized after a winter of raw nonsense. Not beach weather, maybe, but absolutely humane.
As for this eve, yes, I expect I'll be at the Ristorante' around the usual time.
And yes, Brother, I'd be glad to have you join me.
Let's make it a properly non-fictional conversation.
Great well I have to bounce Z3k3, I look forward to yet another wonderful, slow but insightful meal time conversation with you.
Later Gator.
In a while crocodile.
I'll see you this eve, Brother. Safe travels till then.
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