Press Pause For Thought
Michael RobertMy collected writings about pop culture, sustainability, writing, history, and many other things.
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Story Cubes: Dec. 18, 2025; and an AI-version too
Introduction
The image you see is tonight’s roll of the Story Cubes (check out recent entries for the background here).
As a prompt, I set a timer for 15 minutes, and wrote without stopping (and minor editing during the writing). At th...
Story Cubes: Dec. 7, 2025
(I am writing this while my daughter is at swim lessons)
Jayne’s map sat crumpled in her satchel, folded into an angry ball moments earlier upon her realization that this quest was futile. It had led her on a pointless route so far. While...
Story Cubes: A New Writing Challenge
A few years ago I received a small gift from one of my closest friends, Anna. Just a little token of kindness, she gave me a set of Story Cubes.
Story cubes and a nice note
My understanding is that they can be used in a game with friends...
Book review and "Notes"
It’s been awhile! This is on me. I started a new full-time job in October and guess what, that sorta stuff keeps ya busy!
So, I must admit that while I do fully intend to keep this project alive, it’ll be far less frequent then it has eve...
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Today I’m announcing a brand new addition to my Substack publication: the Designedly Miscellaneous subscriber chat.
This is a conversation space in the Substack app that I set up exclusively for my subscribers — kind of like a group chat o...
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Minneapolis since 2019. Work in Marketing Technology. Also write about pop culture, sustainability, and creative things for fun. Dad, Nerd, 40+ yr old soccer player & runner, and aspiring novelist.
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