Word Ninja
@wordninjaru.bsky.social
100% human. I'm a screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and passionate inhabitant of this crazy planet. Just trying to make sense of it all.
I've reached the age of invisibility. I'm so invisible that the young woman at the coffee counter took my order and came back 2 minutes later to see if I wanted to order something. No, it wasn't busy. In fact, I was the only customer. She just didn't register my presence. I have become unmemorable.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I've reached the age of invisibility. I'm so invisible that the young woman at the coffee counter took my order and came back 2 minutes later to see if I wanted to order something. No, it wasn't busy. In fact, I was the only customer. She just didn't register my presence. I have become unmemorable.
Sing. Sing a song...
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MELODIES OF THE HEART
Sing along
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August 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sing. Sing a song...
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Some valleys feel deeper than others...
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CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN
A view from the valley
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August 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some valleys feel deeper than others...
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Life is not a story...Damn it!
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LIFE IS NOT A STORY
Damn it.
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July 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Life is not a story...Damn it!
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A public service announcement from 100% HUMAN... WARNING: SUBSTACK IS CONTAGIOUS open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
WARNING: SUBSTACK IS CONTAGIOUS
MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS IT!
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July 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A public service announcement from 100% HUMAN... WARNING: SUBSTACK IS CONTAGIOUS open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
Sorry, Miss. My Dog Ate My Substack. open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
MY DOG ATE MY SUBSTACK
Excuses, excuses...
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July 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Sorry, Miss. My Dog Ate My Substack. open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
An introvert's nightmare...but a crucial part of being a screenwriter. Ugh! At least I don't throw up any more... open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
I hate pitching. But at least I don't throw up...any more.
Here’s my pitch to you, dear reader: for about $1.25 per week, you can make this writer ridiculously happy...and isn’t spreading happiness what life’s all about?
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June 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
An introvert's nightmare...but a crucial part of being a screenwriter. Ugh! At least I don't throw up any more... open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
Warning! This week's 100% HUMAN will give you Desiderata Flashbacks...
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MY TOILET DOOR EDUCATION
It's not what you think.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Warning! This week's 100% HUMAN will give you Desiderata Flashbacks...
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When there's cognitive dissonance between the internal narrative and the grey-haired reality... wordninjaru.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
WELCOME TO 'GOD'S WAITING GYM'
SIT UP(S) AND BE GRATEFUL
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May 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
When there's cognitive dissonance between the internal narrative and the grey-haired reality... wordninjaru.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
We have less than 10 days to stop this. I've just signed the petition calling on the new Environment Minister to reject Australia's biggest fossil fuel project. SIGN NOW! nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
#rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas
#rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas
SIGN NOW: REJECT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT!
Sign the petition: REJECT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT!
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May 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We have less than 10 days to stop this. I've just signed the petition calling on the new Environment Minister to reject Australia's biggest fossil fuel project. SIGN NOW! nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
#rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas
#rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas
Busting some myths about mothering, just in time for Mothers' Day! wordninjaru.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...
A MOTHER'S LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDS...and other bollocks.
Mothers' Day Musings
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May 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Busting some myths about mothering, just in time for Mothers' Day! wordninjaru.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...
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64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, water or medicine. Children are starving.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
May 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, water or medicine. Children are starving.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
I don't reckon I could be a plumber or a surgeon. Do you reckon you could be a writer? open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM?
And why are they so annoying?
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May 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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April 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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window seat scritches for the handsome little man
April 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
window seat scritches for the handsome little man
Here's my weekly 100% HUMAN essay from the heart. Hunt what makes you happy! Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
'GLIMMER' HUNTING
HINT: They're everywhere!
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April 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Here's my weekly 100% HUMAN essay from the heart. Hunt what makes you happy! Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
Been a tough week/year/decade... Big shout out to all the creatives who persist...and persist... open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
DON'T WORRY. BE HAPPY...LATER!
The trouble with deferred happiness.
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April 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Been a tough week/year/decade... Big shout out to all the creatives who persist...and persist... open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
Posting my weekly bite-sized essay from the heart a day early so it coincides with the third anniversary of my near Death experience. Enjoy (being alive)!
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DEATH BECAME ME
Death is a masterclass in Life
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March 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Posting my weekly bite-sized essay from the heart a day early so it coincides with the third anniversary of my near Death experience. Enjoy (being alive)!
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We've hit the masked and hoodie-wearing "federal agents" detain legal US resident grad students on the streets because they co-authored opinion articles stage of fascism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=417i...
Video shows federal agents detaining Tufts student
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston
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March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We've hit the masked and hoodie-wearing "federal agents" detain legal US resident grad students on the streets because they co-authored opinion articles stage of fascism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=417i...
Greenland is not for sale.
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We stand with the people of Greenland
We’ve seen it before — when powerful nations take over smaller ones, chaos follows.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Greenland is not for sale.
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If you didn't vote for Kamala Harris. If you voted third party or didn't do your civic duty at all on election day.
This is ON YOU.
I hope you never sleep at night.
This is ON YOU.
I hope you never sleep at night.
March 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you didn't vote for Kamala Harris. If you voted third party or didn't do your civic duty at all on election day.
This is ON YOU.
I hope you never sleep at night.
This is ON YOU.
I hope you never sleep at night.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
Maybe you're a Karen, too... open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
THE KAREN CONUNDRUM
When is a Karen not a Karen?
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March 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Maybe you're a Karen, too... open.substack.com/pub/wordninj...
The Prime Minister wants to introduce new laws to let destructive salmon corporations bypass environmental protections. I've signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition to protect the Maugean skate - will you join me?
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End salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour—protect the skate
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March 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Prime Minister wants to introduce new laws to let destructive salmon corporations bypass environmental protections. I've signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition to protect the Maugean skate - will you join me?
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...
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