John Burkholder

I am a bit at a loss of what is next. I started going down the road of making a new company. Then the big push from AI came and made me evaluate what I should do next. The company idea was to fulfill a hole in how cloud release management was done. But after doing some prompting in Google Bard, I figured out it was about to pre-empt that business line. So I focused on my existing job to make new policies and processes for web design and integrating AI into some of our processes. This seems to be a good thing as we are finding more and more use for Microsoft Syntex, ChatGPT, and others.  In my personal life, I finally figured out how to relax, and even get healthier without changing my eating habits or exercising. It was a lot easier than people think. I just eat less, and take a multi-vitamin. So far, I feel better moving around, and the unfortunate side effect, I keep needing to pull up my pants and tighten my belt. I fear stepping on the scale, so that isn't going to happen. Assu

 I watch technology all the time. I see where it is going, how it can help people in their lives and in business, and how it can be used to harm humans. Right now, we have some humans fighting change as much as possible and some pushing for progress. It divides not only our country, but even the lowest levels of community. A good friend of mine lives in a very small town in central Illinois and he observes the push back to the times of Jim Crow laws, lower educational standards, and "heal thy self" mentality and struggles to understand why they dismiss science when they use that same science to get better crops in the field, drive that new pick-up truck with all of the creature comforts included, and purchase their flags to show how much they wish to support a traitorous regime from the 19th century.  It is the other side... the science-driven, cancer-solving, social structure that are pushing toward a singularity. Even with the continuous advancements to making things happen

 It wasn't until I found out my birth mother had Behcets that I could finally put all of the pieces together of what I have dealt with all my life. Behcets is a rare disease that may or may not be genetic. In my case, it is. My birthmother had it, I have it, one (possibly more) child has it. For me, I have shown symptoms throughout my life. It most commonly shows in puberty, but I suspect they will find the genetic version is life long. This week, I had the worst flare-up I have had in a very long time. I have counted 3 mouth ulcers around the teeth and gums, and one nasty bastard right by the vocal cords in my throat. Talking is an impossibility. Accompanying this round is joint pain. That means the few stairs I need to climb become more of an effort. Anyway, I hope you all are staying healthy. I hope this all goes away soon.