A bit of experimentation using Veo last night yielded results which have me convinced I might be able to create a full-length movie of the novel I completed thirty years ago. I need to work on my prompt engineering skills, having not provided enough specs well enough, but this first test video isn't far from the goal for the climactic scene of the story REACHERS. The biophysics of the Muphin's swimming approach is way too wonky for primetime, and its safety protocals prevent

Lobop guides Besty on a jarring but wholly necessary Vision Quest.

Betsy and Lobop are heading to visit Phella, deep in the desert beneath many stars.

Only time will tell their tales of being tailed.

Lobop illegally crosses into the USA from Mexico, to cause mild strife and chaos unbounded.

Betsy goes ballistic, and an ugly truth emerges from the aftermath.

Not inclined to satisfy breakfast beer cravings, Betsy only intensifies Felix's morning shakes.

Adventures of a West Texas acidhead.

Warning: rough with lots of leg and foreplay, but more interesting than any I've ever seen. This pair of Giant Lichen Orbweavers ( Araneus bicentenarius ) mated just before sunrise under a sickle moon in a sperm web built by the male between low-hanging branches of a burl oak tree and recently mown ground. I spotted it in the starlight because the male was plucking rhythmically at the web as I was walking past it (luckily rather than through it, which is usually what happe