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ChatGPT-Learning a New Instrument

I've been playing with a new-to-me app called ChatGPT.  Just for fun, I asked the app for advice on learning to play a new instrument. Within 10 seconds, the app typed everything I've already been telling you. Week after week after week. Here's the advice ... verbatim.

  QUOTE from Chat GPT::

Learning a new instrument can be an exciting and rewarding journey. Here are some practice tips to help you make progress and enjoy the learning process:


    1. Set specific goals: Clearly define what yo…

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Something To Add To ...

Charles Stanley, Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA, likes to tell this story about the man who taught him to fish. When he got his first catch, he was embarrassed that it was so small, and he just wanted to throw it back. But the man he was with, a deacon at his first church, said, “Don’t. It helps if you have something to add to.” (Maybe back in those days, the law didn't require that you throw back fish under a certain size.)

I’ve discovered there’s wisdom having somethin…

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The Fear of Going Too Fast

>Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer observed a car puttering along at 22 mph. He thought to himself, “This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!” So he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over. Approaching the car, he noticed that there were five passengers, all old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back – eyes wide open and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, said to him, “Officer, I don’t understan…

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