# monologue (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover monologue. Page: Feed: --- ## [Life and Death, Morality and Decency](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/life-and-death-morality-and-decency) _2026-08-21 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Dr. Laura's Morning Monologue for Friday, August 21st, 2026 ## [My Mother Is Being Manipulated](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/my-mother-is-being-manipulated) _2026-08-20 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ AI is grooming her into dangerous behavior. ## [Doctor Who (1963) -- 17×05 “The Horns of Nimon,” Part 1 (1979-12-22) \[w. Anthony Read\]](https://wist.info/doctor-who-1963/85539/) _2026-08-20 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ ROMANA: Don’t you think that’s a bit dangerous? THE DOCTOR: No, I don’t! What could possibly go — (The TARDIS lurches, knocking the Doctor over) — wrong? You know, I’ve simply got to stop saying that! Every single time I say “What could possibly go wrong?” something goes — oh! (The TARDIS lurches again, knocking \[…\] ## [Billings, Josh -- Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-10 (1877 ed.)](https://wist.info/billings-josh/85536/) _2026-08-20 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ I never knu a man to brag ov hiz munny, or hiz pedigree, who had enny thing else worth bragging about. \[I never knew a man to brag of his money, or his pedigree, who had anything else worth bragging about.\] ## [Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Tusculan Disputations \[Tusculanae Disputationes\], Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19.) / sec. 44 (1.44) (45 BC) \[tr. Douglas (1985)\]](https://wist.info/cicero-marcus-tullius/85532/) _2026-08-20 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ MARCUS: There is naturally in our minds a quite insatiable longing to discover truth. \[Natura inest in mentibus nostris insatiabilis quaedam cupiditas veri.\] On how the soul, after death, will find happiness in contemplation of the universe. (Source (Latin)). Other translations: Our minds have naturally inplanted in them, an insatiable longing to come at the \[…\] ## [Herbert, George -- Poem (1614), “The Church-Porch,” ll. 305-306, The Temple (1633)](https://wist.info/herbert-george/85527/) _2026-08-20 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all, the feast. Benjamin Franklin quotes this poem (and, for a change, provides the attribution) in Poor Richard Improved (1748 ed.): Herbert, the poet, says, —— a well bred guest, Will no more talk all than eat all the feast. ## [Coates, Ta-Nehisi -- The Message, ch. 3 “Bearing the Burning Cross” (2024)](https://wist.info/coates-ta-nehisi/85525/) _2026-08-20 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ I don’t really worry about the young, whose excesses are confined to lecture halls and quadrangles, so much as I fear the old, whose tyrannies are legislative. ## [Should I Rebuild a Relationship With My Mom?](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/should-i-rebuild-a-relationship-with) _2026-08-20 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Struggling whether to reconnect with a mother ... ## [This Has Been on My Mind...the Surrogacy Mom Case](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/this-has-been-on-my-mindthe-surrogacy) _2026-08-20 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Dr. Laura's Morning Monologue for Thursday, August 20th, 2026 ## [Call Update](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/call-update) _2026-08-19 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Read on the Wednesday, August 19th radio program. ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BnWsnuBUdxbN) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Russell, Bertrand -- Education and the Social Order \[Education and the Modern World\], ch. 1 “The Individual vs. the Citizen” (1932)](https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/85520/) _2026-08-19 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ If you wish a man to commit some abominable crime, from which he would naturally recoil in horror, you first teach him loyalty to a gang of arch-criminals, and then make his crime appear to him as exemplifying the virtue of loyalty. Of this process, patriotism is the most perfect instance. ## [Ivins, Molly -- Essay (2001-04), “Wake Me When We’re Equal,” The Progressive, Vol. 65, No. 4](https://wist.info/ivins-molly/85517/) _2026-08-19 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ Wake me up when impending egalitarianism is a problem. In the meantime, oligarchy is eating our ass, our dreams, our country, our heritage, our democracy, our justice, and our tax code. ## [Am I Expecting Too Much From My Wife?](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/am-i-expecting-too-much-from-my-wife) _2026-08-19 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ The ​thing ​you ​continue ​to ​do ​wrong ​is ​hold ​it ​against ​her. ## [Howell, James -- Paroimiographia \[Παροιμιογραφία\]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “Proverbs in Italian” (1659) \[compiler\]](https://wist.info/howell-james/85513/) _2026-08-19 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ By seeing one thou knowest him half, by hearing him speak thou knowst all. \[Vedendo uno conosci mezzo, udendolo parlar il conosci tutto.\] See also the Bible, Menander. ## [A Betrayal During My Wedding Weekend](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-during-my-wedding-weekend) _2026-08-19 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ A wedding weekend taking an unforeseen turn ... ## [3 Things You Should NEVER Say to Someone Struggling](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/3-things-you-should-never-say-to) _2026-08-19 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Dr. Laura's Morning Monologue for Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 ## [Thank You](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/thank-you) _2026-08-18 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Read on the Tuesday, August 18th radio program. ## [Watterson, Bill -- Calvin and Hobbes (1995-11-03)](https://wist.info/watterson-bill/85505/) _2026-08-18 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ CALVIN: (watching TV) Why isn’t my life like this situation comedy? Why don’t I have a bunch of friends with nothing to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren’t my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don’t my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well-being when I have problems? HOBBES: Why don’t \[…\] ## [Bierce, Ambrose -- “Foe,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1884-12-06)](https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/85503/) _2026-08-18 · Dave · WIST Quotations_ FOE, n. A person instigated by his wicked nature to deny one’s merits or exhibit superior merits of his own. Not collected in later books. ## [My Husband Won’t Let Me Move On](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/my-husband-wont-let-me-move-on) _2026-08-18 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Is this love or just attachment? ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GTrpawEhoeps) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Conflict With Adult Children](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/conflict-with-adult-children) _2026-08-18 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Responding to requests and demands with ongoing pressure. ## [The Habits That Keep Relationships From Exploding](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/the-habits-that-keep-relationships) _2026-08-18 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Dr. Laura's Morning Monologue for Tuesday, August 18th, 2026 ## [One and Done](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/one-and-done) _2026-08-17 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ Read on the Monday, August 17th radio program. ## [Confronting Self-Hate](https://drlauraprogram.substack.com/p/confronting-self-hate) _2026-08-17 · The Dr. Laura Program on Substack_ The battle with self-hate and hair pulling as a teen ... ## [keep close](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/keep-close) _2026-01-06 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ an ode to january ## [who's ponds?](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/whos-ponds) _2025-12-06 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ . ## [Six Months with Monologue: Still Talking](https://zettel.org/monologue-review-six-months/) _2025-12-04 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ I speak more than I type now—especially when coding. Six months and over 156,000 dictated words later, Monologue has changed how I work. A six-month review of Every's voice dictation app for Mac. ## [You’ve solved the problems you worried about—What AI found in my decade of journaling](https://zettel.org/youve-solved-the-problems-you-worried-about-what-ai-found-in-my-decade-of-journaling/) _2025-10-30 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ The file opens. Claude Code has spent twenty minutes reading through 2,234 journal entries—fifteen years of my life exported from Day One into Obsidian, transformed into plain text, fed into a prompt. The key insight arrived in a single paragraph: You’ve solved the problems you ## [When Your Second Brain Eats Your First One](https://zettel.org/when-your-second-brain-eats-your-first-one/) _2025-10-12 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ PKM systems promise to unlock your creativity. What they actually unlock: endless reorganization, app-hopping, and a sophisticated way to avoid real work. Your brain already knows how to think. It doesn’t need a perfect filing system. ## [Running Isn’t Working—Except When It Is](https://zettel.org/running-is-not-working-except-when-it-is/) _2025-10-11 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ Stuck. Frozen. Can’t start because it won’t be perfect. I’m refreshing feeds, making coffee, negotiating with myself about whether I can afford an hour away from my desk. Spoiler: I can’t afford not to. ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5xIoKI6pZngN) _2025-10-11 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [New Maps View in Obsidian Bases](https://zettel.org/new-maps-view-in-obsidian-bases/) _2025-10-07 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ Obsidian’s new Map View turns Bases data into interactive maps. Here’s how I visualized a collection of Wild Swimming spots – with a little help from Claude Code. ## [The Week I Spent Fixing My MacBook’s Post-Tahoe Performance Issues](https://zettel.org/the-week-i-spent-fixing-my-macbooks-post-tahoe-performance-issues/) _2025-10-01 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ Severe performance issues after upgrading to macOS 26 Tahoe turned out to be three distinct problems. Here’s how to diagnose and fix them—including one issue affecting all macOS versions. ## [winded](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/winded) _2025-09-16 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ . ## [Ode to Sleep](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/ode-to-sleep) _2025-08-13 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ and a little pink sheep ## [Monologue: The Transcription App That Gets Things Just Right](https://zettel.org/monologue-the-transcription-app-that-gets-things-just-right/) _2025-07-07 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ After two days of use, I’m impressed-even more so given the fact that this is still an early release. ## [Onwards](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/onwards) _2025-06-03 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ A new publication for pre-order. ## [A Week in Tools and Apps: What’s Changed in My Digital Ecosystem](https://zettel.org/a-week-in-tools-and-apps-whats-changed-in-my-digital-ecosystem/) _2025-05-16 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ This week brought several changes to my digital toolkit, starting with some frustration with Fabric.so as a bookmarking tool. Curious about… ## [Blue Palms](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/blue-palms) _2025-05-06 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ Colour Foraging with artist Rati di Sevyer ## [Who's Afraid of Gender?](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/whos-afraid-of-gender) _2025-04-18 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ This is not just about trans people... ## [Jarble](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/jarble) _2025-04-12 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ so, despite the increasing likelihood that I have disappeared off to mexico, or down a hole underneath the heath trees, or maybe even delved under the ponds and sprouted up in some other magical place, I am still here. ## [Recall Helps Connecting the Dots](https://zettel.org/recall-helps-connecting-the-dots/) _2025-04-02 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ Recall AI automatically finds connections between your saved content. Its new augmented browsing feature highlights related themes on every page you visit—if you let it read everything you see. ## [Back to MyMind](https://zettel.org/back-to-mymind/) _2025-02-08 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ Three weeks after migrating to Fabric, I’m back to MyMind. Its handling of tall screenshots and “Same vibe” feature for visual inspiration still outperforms everything else I’ve tried. ## [Sending Articles from Feedbin to Readwise Reader](https://zettel.org/sending-articles-from-feedbin-to-readwise-reader/) _2025-02-07 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ I use Feedbin to consume RSS feeds and newsletters, and Readwise Reader to read long-form articles that I want to highlight. ## [In Praise of Sublime App](https://zettel.org/in-praise-of-sublime-app/) _2025-02-05 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ Sublime is a personal knowledge management tool that focuses on capturing “whoa” moments and makes it easy to discover more of them. ## [monologue mayhem mischief managed](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/monologue-mayhem-mischief-managed) _2025-02-02 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ all aboard the m train ## [Beyond Beautiful Interfaces: From MyMind to Fabric](https://zettel.org/beyond-beautiful-interfaces-from-mymind-to-fabric/) _2025-01-16 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ After years of using MyMind and recently experimenting with Fabric in parallel, I’ve decided to fully migrate all my bookmarks, design… ## [Why I Ended Up Using Todoist Yet Again](https://zettel.org/why-i-ended-up-using-todoist-yet-again/) _2025-01-15 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ After years of switching task managers, I’ve learned that small details matter. Each app-Apple Reminders, Evernote, Things, and now… ## [Coddiwomple](https://ellenkydd.substack.com/p/coddiwomple) _2025-01-02 · Elle · Elle's Monologue_ in, out, shake it all about ## [Pros and Cons of using the Reflect Notes App](https://zettel.org/pros-and-cons-of-using-the-reflect-notes-app/) _2024-09-23 · Daniel Wentsch · verzettelt_ As I’ve gone back to using the Reflect Notes app, I’ve found myself using it more often than any other notes app. I spend less time to…