Esther Schindler
@estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Chocoholic. Baseball. Cats. Technology. Not always in that order. She/her. Let's be kind to one another. Gaze upon my LinkedIn profile and admire:
Approach today with the joy my brother brought to his 1940s encounter with a chicken
My Amazon review of Death by Dumpling Need a lightweight summer read? This cosy mystery is set in a Chinese restaurant in Cleveland. And look, how many novels are set in Cleveland?! https://amzn.to/4wOIhP4
My mom ensured I got early training in how to be a cat lady sure to make @catsofyore.bsky.social smile
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”—Eleanor Roosevelt
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.– Macaulay
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.--Kurt Vonnegut
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."– Abraham Lincoln
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.– Ann Landers
There is a theory that states: ‘If anyone finds out what the universe is for, it will disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.’ There is another theory that states: ‘This has already happened….’– Douglas Adams
BOOK REVIEW TIME I loved _A Bitter Cut_, #14 in the Lady Darby Mysteries. Ready for an escapist historical mystery set in 1830s England, a good ol' "murder at the house party" whodunnit? This'll do it for you (though you should start with #1 in the series, really). https://amzn.to/4vMID8x
“Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.” - Eric S. Raymond
"A writer like me must have an utter confidence, an utter faith in his star. It's an almost mystical feeling, a feeling of nothing-can-happen-to-me, nothing-can-harm-me, nothing-can-touch-me." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.– US Constitution
My mom's advice: Wear clean underwear. You might be in a car accident and have to go to the ER. You wouldn’t want to be embarrassed by your underwear.
We don't have time to stop for gas; we're already late.-- M. Cleron (Commenting on how software projects are often run)
"There are days when the result is so bad that no fewer than five revisions are required. In contrast, when I'm greatly inspired, only four revisions are needed." -- John Galbreath
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. --E. L. Doctorow
"Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry." --Gabriel García Márquez