The shortcut to fix Sofia

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Daily writing prompt
How would you improve your community?

Here’s my simple, direct, and plausible fix for my city that could be wrong. Remove most cars. I’m sure there will be people who can’t do it without cars but most people can. Fewer cars can improve the air quality and the average health of the population. The health benefits of walking are significant. Cycling and walking will become safer with fewer cars. There will be fewer car accidents. More space for coffee shops, playgrounds, and small businesses. Kids may discover that there’s a world outside of their phones.

Thraxas and the Sorcerers

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Thraxas, an oversized former “battle mage” with dubious magic skills and incredibly powerful liver, has to lobby for his friend to become the global chief magician. Makri will be the bodyguard.

There are a few tiny issues. A murder. It’s cold. Makri seems to be unable to fight when under the influence and she uses whatever is available all the time. She’s in love with an elf who doesn’t write back.

There will be no sword fights and the battle axe is going to be soft and sad. They’ll have to use their foggy brains this time.

5/5

St Alexander Nevski

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Whoever landscaped relied on flowers like their life depends on it.

I like the flowers more than the cathedral. Something with the symbolic around it doesn’t sit right with me. Perhaps it needs a couple of hundred years of service to get there. The nearby St. Sofia church looks much more authentic and comfortable. Like a place you’d visit for a holiday or an important life event or memorial.

The colours were pretty yesterday.

If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

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If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

I wouldn’t mind a great-grandchild named after me. My name is cool and means happy, or happyin. Not sure where the in came from but it appeared at least a century ago.

Apart from that, perhaps I would name after myself the rule to not deploy important software changes last thing on Friday. Some things are better done at the beginning of the day.

The probability of introducing a problem is greater at the end of the day, and greater at the end of the week when you’re tired. The probability of a problem being discovered when fewer people are around is lower. Weekends also make resolving issues more difficult – critical people might be out of reach or might be surprisingly upset that you reached them.