So am I going to write this week? It's Friday. Due tomorrow. At first I was thinking about homelessness. Serious subject. Important subject. Sad subject. Lots of fodder. Not really enough time now due to other priorities. Maybe next week. I moved on to the fact that I want to write a cookbook. Maybe start on that? Introduction? Reasoning? Make it part of this completely ignored unread site? Nyahhh. Then I considered data processing; the cycle. Garbage in, garbage out. The integrity of the data. Analysis. Where does analysis fit? Maybe. Fodder: readily available and of little value. An apt description for all the good that my attempts at presenting serious, important, sad realities does. Hopeless Happiness. Fodder. Perhaps instead of “A Philosophy of Happiness and Hope” I should change the tagline to Garbage In Garbage Out. I input serious, important, sad realities, objective expertise, consensus fact, perceived by a vocal majority as fodder, garbage, and because (unfortunately) perception is reality, the resulting output is garbage. Collection. Preparation. Input. Processing. Output. Analyzing. Repurposing. Seven steps in which we should dig deep for information, meaning and purpose. In most instances it feels instead like we barely scrape at the surface for the first five steps, completely ignore analysis to choose convention and/or groupthink, and only repurpose according to bureaucracy, dogma and tradition. A new recipe requires collection of new information; data. Preparation is the process of sorting and filtering the ingredient list and directions to add, remove and/or alter amounts, times, temps, methods according to personal preferences based on experience and taste. In addition, preparation necessitates a mindful ordering of the unfolding to come. Input takes the ordered plan and the raw ingredients, transforming the first two steps into adaptable form (washing, rinsing, peeling, chopping, pouring, measuring, cracking, spooning, mincing, slicing, dicing, wrapping, draining, beating, softening, sifting, stirring, cutting, coating, whipping, chilling, separating, drizzling, brushing, brining, proofing, rubbing, melting, marinating, lining, squeezing, whisking, dredging, grinding, greasing, pounding, shredding, clarifying, grating, crushing, zesting, coring, drying, kneading, seasoning, rolling, blending, shaping) to feed into the processing tools for conversion into output. Processing is the simmering, heating, searing, cooking, roasting, baking, sautéing, braising, toasting, broiling, frying, boiling, fermenting, grilling, smoking, cooling, thickening, mixing, melding, mashing, dressing, thinning, glazing, smashing, fusing, sprinkling, pinching, dashing, topping, finishing, all within the processing tools working toward a desirable output. Output: service. Analysis: taste. Repurposing: improvement. My best effort is always yet to come. QIQO: Quintessence In Quality Out.