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Immersion in the digital world: loss and alienation
It should be noted that the matter did not stop at the individual level, but extended to include society as well; as the rapid flow of data of modern life contributed to weakening social ties, after virtual communication..https://alborz8.wordpress.com/2026/10/08/immersion-in-the-digital-world-loss-and-alienation/
Yesterday’s Travels Today
I couldn’t have asked for a better daily prompt.
Let me start this post with a little good news for me. Dagmara and her superb team at SpillWords published another piece from me. If you are willing, here is the link. https://spillwords.com/author/erniedawg
Daily writing prompt What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling? View all responsesI woke up blessed and grateful yesterday morning and the day just kept getting better. I started the morning with only 1 1/2 cups of caffeine before going to a city about 35 miles down the highway. my recent prayers were fulfilled. I am with wheels once again! {Click on the smaller pics to enlarge.}
Eric, the man I bought it from told me it had been garage kept for the first 16 years of it’s life. The last two winters it sat in a field in the UP. he had complete service records and by listening to him and looking at this truck I can truly say he babied it. He offered me a sweet price, a deal was made. So after test driving it my son and I took off for a little byway travels to see how it rode, I love it.
I made a left turn somewhere in the middle of nowhere and was 17 miles from South Bend Indiana. That’s around a 140 mile ride today. On this travel we stopped in Sturgis MI to grab some cat/dog [the pepper chicken was tasty] then walked across the parking lot to the discount cigarette store. As we walked in the cashier was staring at the manger and a customer that was caught stealing vapes.
After the manager tossed the guy he apologized and explained to the cashier if it should happen when he wasn’t around to call the police. We stood around talking to them for almost a half an hour before heading back. It was her first day at the job so we joked about her getting broke in quick and had a little time of enjoyment between us all. I guess this would be the answer to not only the prompt but also prayers. Keep the faith.
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Verify before you are misled!
The Imam must have transmitted the attribution from another book before him, so he is absolved of the responsibility for the error in the reference and the responsibility lies with the one before him.https://alborz8.wordpress.com/2026/10/08/verify-before-you-are-misled/
Absurd Adults guide to giving advice
If you ever had the misfortune to be caught in a doom scroll, you will know that the world and the people who live in it are full of often well meaning advice. . The problem is that most of it is unhelpful. Mainly because you didn’t really ask for it.
What often starts off as ‘advice’ soon drifts into the arena of a marketing ploy. All you have to do to become an instant millionaire is follow these five steps. Want to quite your job and go travelling in outer space, subscribe to my website. Want an athletes physique without doing any of the work, just buy a subscription to my gym programme and you will look like 1980’s Schwarzenegger in 10 days. It’s all nonsense, but it taps into something incredibly human, our desire for a better future.
We live in a time where we have literally never had it so good. The technology out our fingertips is astounding, and continues to develop at pace. The range of food and choice available to most is beyond measure. Medical advances mean on average we will live almost twice as long as our ancestors did, and yet….meh
We still yearn for something better, an ideal outside of our current situation, to be richer, happier, more productive, better. Whatever better means.
So we fill our lives with things that we believe will push us to that ideal. It rarely does. Why do so many millionaires look miserable?
Before taking any advice from anyone maybe we should consider the purpose behind the request, do we want comfort and sympathy, or honesty. Why would anyone choose to give you unsolicited advice if it wasn’t in some way aimed at improving their own situation. Perhaps they would if their is still an ounce of humanity left. I hope that’s the case.
Probably best to remember that no one has all the answers. They have only been on the planet for a very short time, perhaps less than you. So take their advice as an opinion on what might work, not what does work. Only you can decide what’s right for you.
I chose to start writing a second novel for myself. I wanted to expand the horizon of what I believe I am capable of as a writer. I was asked in an interview a couple of years ago whether I thought I had found my writing voice yet. I said that I was getting there. The more I thought about it that more I was unsure as to what the question actually means. It almost feels like a way to label the type of writer someone might become, horror, comedy, romance. Don’t us humans love putting things into nice neat little boxes. I don’t think I fit into a box, although I am sure they will try and do this once I’m dead.
Boxes tend to be helpful for the audience, we take comfort in knowing what we are going to get. If you read Philip K Dick, you know you are getting science fiction. If you read Roald Dahl you know you are getting a slightly barbed moralistic children’s story. It helps give context to the purchase, perhaps this is why some writers use pen names. It gives them access to another box.
I don’t know if I fit into any boxes yet. My first novel, Chopsticks was a ghostly thriller. I recently had a short dystopian science fiction story, Remnants published with Corollary magazine. My second novel is a comic fantasy about a selfish and weaselly anti hero called Caspar Quince. Perhaps the underlying themes are the commonality, but it doesn’t mean you have to stick to one type of writing because it has yet to be categorised. I think the same goes for any activity you choose to undertake. You might have the common themes of giving you challenge, bringing you joy or simply enjoying the compensation, but they exist at the very essence of what drives you forward.
Not that I received this directly, but I heard it the other day and it stuck with me.
Imagine you had 6 months left to live. What would you do with that time? What would you insist on? What would give you joy?
Do that thing, now, then live the rest of your life that way. After all, you never know how long you have.
I started off by saying that advice is offered often without it being asked for, then spent a few lines telling you what you should do. You see, the absurd adult in me contradicts themselves constantly. But perhaps its better, rather than to tell someone what they should do, is to offer something useful, in the hope that it might help. Advice is like a small gift. You might love it, you might hate it. You might even ask if they have kept the receipt. You might put it in a cupboard and then regift it to someone else.
Keep the things that help you move forward, and discard those that don’t. Life is a strange mystery that unravels in real time. You never know when that nugget of advice might come in useful.
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Travelling Alone, But Not Necessarily Lonely
You don’t have to be outgoing to connect with people. Sometimes, you just have to be open enough to let a conversation happen.
I have always considered myself an introvert.
I enjoy my own company. I can spend an afternoon walking around a new city, sitting in a café, taking photos, observing people, and getting lost in my own thoughts without feeling the need to talk to anyone.
And yet, I love travelling.
Which sometimes makes me wonder: How do introverts actually meet people while travelling?
I don’t walk into a hostel and immediately introduce myself to everyone. I don’t naturally approach a random group and ask if I can join them. And I certainly don’t wake up in a new city thinking, Today, I am going to make five new friends.
That’s just not me.
But over time, I’ve realized something.
Meeting people while travelling doesn’t always have to mean making friends. Sometimes, it’s simply about allowing yourself to connect.
It can be a five-minute conversation with someone sitting beside you in a café.
It can be asking a stranger to take your photo.
It can be chatting with a hotel receptionist about where to eat.
It can be exchanging a few words with another traveller while waiting for a train.
It can even be the familiar smile from the barista because you’ve returned to the same coffee shop for the third morning in a row.
These little interactions may seem insignificant, but somehow, they become part of the story of a trip.
I think small groups work better for me
I’ve discovered that I don’t necessarily need a big social environment.
A small walking tour, a cooking class, a local food tour, or even a quiet café can create opportunities to meet people without the pressure of being social all the time.
There is something comforting about having a shared experience.
You don’t have to think of something clever to say because you already have something to talk about.
“Where are you from?”
“Is this your first time here?”
“Have you tried this food?”
Sometimes that’s enough to start a conversation.
Cafés are probably one of the easiest places
Perhaps because I love coffee, cafés have become my little social experiment while travelling.
I can sit quietly with my cappuccino, watch the city outside, write something, scroll through my phone, or simply enjoy being there.
And occasionally, a conversation happens.
No pressure.
No expectations.
Just two strangers temporarily sharing the same corner of the world.
I like that kind of connection.
Stay somewhere that makes interaction possible
I’ve also learned that where you stay can influence how much interaction you have.
I usually like staying somewhere close enough to the places I want to explore, but not necessarily right in the middle of the chaos.
I want convenience during the day and a quiet place to retreat to at night.
For an introvert, that balance is important.
You can spend the day surrounded by people and still have your own peaceful little corner when you need to recharge.
Say yes occasionally
This might be the hardest part for an introvert.
Sometimes you have to say yes.
Yes to a small invitation.
Yes to sitting at a communal table.
Yes to joining a short tour.
Yes to talking to the person beside you.
Yes to trying something you wouldn’t normally do.
Not every yes will turn into a friendship.
Some conversations will last five minutes.
Some people you’ll never see again.
And that’s okay.
Travel doesn’t have to give you lifelong friendships every time.
Sometimes it simply gives you a beautiful moment with someone you happened to meet along the way.
And don’t forget the locals
Some of my favourite travel interactions aren’t necessarily with other tourists.
They’re with people who live there.
The taxi driver who recommends a restaurant.
The shopkeeper who tells you what something means.
The café staff who remembers your order.
The elderly woman sitting outside a shop.
The person who notices you’re looking at a map and points you in the right direction.
These encounters remind me that travelling isn’t only about seeing places.
It’s about experiencing people.
You don’t have to become an extrovert
I think this is the part I have finally understood.
If you’re an introvert, you don’t have to transform yourself into the most sociable person in the room just because you’re travelling.
You don’t have to fill every silence.
You don’t have to make friends everywhere.
You don’t have to be constantly surrounded by people.
You can travel quietly.
You can explore alone.
You can have your coffee alone.
You can take yourself to dinner.
And still be open to connection.
Maybe that’s the beauty of travelling alone.
You have the freedom to choose when you want company and when you want solitude.
And somewhere between the two, you discover that being alone and being lonely are not the same thing.
Sometimes, all it takes is one conversation.
One shared laugh.
One recommendation from a stranger.
One person who briefly crosses your path and becomes part of your travel story.
Then you continue walking.
Alone, perhaps.
But somehow, not quite alone anymore.
-jhiebeyondborders💖
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A noisy modernization… human anxiety and loss of self
It should be noted that the matter did not stop at the individual level, but extended to include society as well; as the rapid flow of data of modern life contributed to weakening social ties, after virtual communication...https://alborz8.wordpress.com/2026/10/08/a-noisy-modernization-human-anxiety-and-loss-of-self/
Verify before publishing
Those who post on social media should be patient and not rush to publish such messages. The desire to be first and to spread goodness does not justify rushing to publish everything that reaches us; safety lies in patience and verification.https://alborz8.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/verify-before-publishing/
Verification and clarification
On the authority of Anas bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Deliberation is from God, and haste is from Satan.” Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi and authenticated by Al-Albani.https://alborz8.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/verification-and-clarification/
Interpretation of the saying O you who believe, if a punk comes to you with a news… ﴾
To say that some of the sahaabah have fallen into sin and transgression - based on the belief that they are infallible - does not mean that they are unjust, because it is the lecher whose testimony and narration is given who insists on sin and disobedience, and it is not the sahaabah who insists on that.
What’s A Country That’s At The Top Of Your Bucket List?
Daily writing prompt What’s a country that’s at the top of your bucket list? View all responsesAt the very top right now is Brazil! I would love love love to walk on the beach with a cocktail in hand and take in the surroundings. Specifically though I would love to go to the Rock In Rio festival. Over the years this festival has had some MASSIVE names perform. In 1985 there was 1.4 million attendees across the weekend for Queen, Iron Maiden and AC/DC and the bands it attracts today are just as great.
This year alone they have had Elton John, Avenged Sevenfold and Bring Me The Horizon!
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If Aliens Arrived Tomorrow, What Would You Ask First? Not About Their Technology. 🛸
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
Imagine aliens landed on Earth tomorrow. 👽
I wouldn’t ask how they built their spaceship.
I wouldn’t ask how far they’ve travelled.
I’d ask something much stranger:
“What did your civilization learn too late?”
Because if they’ve crossed galaxies, their technology probably isn’t the most interesting thing they could teach us.
Maybe they learned something about survival, relationships, progress, or the mistakes every intelligent civilisation eventually makes.
Their answer might tell us more about our future than their spaceship ever could.
So if you had 60 seconds with an alien, what’s the one question you’d ask? 👇
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Interpretation of the saying O you who believe, no one makes fun of people, so that they may be better than them ﴾
It is forbidden to ridicule, despise and ridicule people, as it is proved in the correct Hadeeth about the messenger of Allaah that he said: ((pride in the truth and looking down on people))[
OF QUSADHU; KABAJA KEE EEGI; JIREENYA KEE IJAAARI
1. Of Qoradhu, Fedhii Kee To’adhu Osoo beektuu fedhii kee to’achuu dadhabuurraa kan ka’e, of miidhaa jirta. Ammas yoo of hin argatin, waan xixiqqoo fi bu’aa hin qabne irratti of fixuu fi of dadhabsiisuu irraa of eegi. Jireenya kee keessatti wanta si fayyaduu fi wanta si miidhu adda baafadhu. Of beekuun, of to’achuun, akkasumas murtoo sirrii kennuun bu’uura jireenya tasgabbaa’aati. 2. Kabaja Kee Eegi; Daangaa Kee Beeki Bakka kabajni kee hin madaalle hin ijaarin. Nama kabaja […]
Something to write home about.
What’s the most underrated life skill? View all responses Quite the conundrum. But then again, part of my composition is to take things deeper and make them wider than merited. Perhaps just the way I have learned to process, learn and hopefully, eventually grow. Lord knows I have spread plenty of manure around for the past six or so decades. One would think that ample ground to blossom and bloom. Sigh.... My initial impression was guided towards an aptitude of presence. […]https://mytemporaryassignment.com/2026/10/06/something-to-write-home-about/