<![CDATA[By C.S. Beaty: Presenting]]>https://www.chrisbeaty.com/s/presentinghttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XdqM!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55132942-eba4-4c37-aece-3706b2007f23_1080x1080.pngBy C.S. Beaty: Presentinghttps://www.chrisbeaty.com/s/presentingSubstackThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:52:23 GMT<![CDATA[Jackalope Soul]]>https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/jackalope-soulhttps://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/jackalope-soulTue, 21 Apr 2026 10:46:41 GMTI turned 36 on April 16th. It’s not really a milestone age. I guess I’m past the halfway point to 70, but according to the googling I just did, I can expect to live until 76.5. So in many ways, this birthday was meaningless.

This is a post about my birthday, so if you don’t subscribe, that means you hate my birthday.

My wife and I have this inside joke about how my birthday is always terrible. Despite her best efforts, something seems to inevitably go wrong (I’m looking at you COVID). It was sort-of-funny for a while, but last year it stopped being funny. My 35th birthday was solid, but I was just over the humor of things not going well on the day that was supposed to be my day. Adults aren’t supposed to like their birthdays. We’re supposed to shrug it off and say, “oh thanks” when someone wishes you a “Happy Birthday.” We like to pretend that we are so humble and not in the least self-absorbed—and we show this by pretending we don’t care about the day every one else is supposed to care about us. Maybe it’s a defense mechanism, like the way my wife hates Teacher Appreciation week because she always ends up feeling less than appreciated. If we pretend we don’t care, we don’t get disappointed when other people care less than we think they should. But we do care. Only sociopaths don’t care.

My family did a great job this year. They do a great job every year. And nothing seemed to go wrong. And when my brother made an AI emo song with the help of my nephew and niece, I felt seen. It’s great to have others see you. Especially when the thing they see is a jackalope that plays drums and likes hockey.

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]]><![CDATA[My Book Trailer that London Hated ]]>https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/my-book-trailer-that-london-hatedhttps://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/my-book-trailer-that-london-hatedTue, 14 Apr 2026 11:02:55 GMTShortly after my book’s release, I received an AI-generated email from the East London Book Club asking if they could select my book for their amazing book group. “HELL YES!” I thought, and I promptly started exchanging emails with their AI chatbot to finalize the details.

They asked me to record a greeting to their group, which I did:

Want to read some of this book I’m talking about for free? Just tell me where to email the first chapter:

The chat bot thought this video was great. But it also wanted a “cinematic book trailer” and a “landing page.” “That’s oddly specific,” I thought, but not wanting to disappoint my new AI chatbot fan, I sent the AI chatbot a link to my website and tried recording a trailer. And the AI chatbot hated it. And the AI chatbot was convinced all of East London would hate it. No, no, no, this will never do. BUT GOOD NEWS! WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THESE FOR YOU!

I told the AI chatbot no, I would not like their AI chatbot friends to make me a “cinematic trailer” and “landing page” for my book for a small fee. As a matter of fact, I was tired of talking to this AI chatbot altogether. The AI chatbot’s exacting standards had frankly soured me on the entire East London book club.

Besides, I had an email from a book club in Copenhagen that needed my attention, they were really excited to feature my book!

LET’S DO THIS DENMARK!

I kind of liked the video trailer though, so I thought I would share. Maybe it’ll make its way to East London one day.

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]]><![CDATA[POST NUMBER 100]]>https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/post-number-100https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/post-number-100Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:42:10 GMT
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We did it.

We did 100 of something.

Well, I did.

But you noticed, and that counts for something.

But probably not for 100 of something.

Since I started this dumb newsletter over two years ago, we’ve had over 20,900 views and generated $0 of income. Which was exactly what I budgeted. Man, it’s great when something goes according to plan.

I’ve now tried to get you to put your name into this box 100 times. You think I’m going to stop now?

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Least popular post (Sorry UNO hockey):

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]]><![CDATA[Do You Smell That? in Sign Language ]]>https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/do-you-smell-that-in-sign-languagehttps://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/do-you-smell-that-in-sign-languageTue, 16 Sep 2025 10:51:28 GMTI was pumped to get invited back to the Omaha Public Library’s Stories After Dark Showcase on August 15th. Summer the American Sign Language interpreter had the unenviable task of translating a story about sleeping in dog poop.

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]]><![CDATA[Smart Buildings 101]]>https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/smart-buildings-101https://www.chrisbeaty.com/p/smart-buildings-101Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:14:45 GMTBack in the dark days of COVID, I gave this presentation on smart buildings to the Nebraska Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. This was one of my nerdier triumphs.

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