“#Overfit?” Imani asked her husband Roy, a statistician. “If the algorithm resembles the data too closely, it renders it unable to produce predictive results, so rendering the model useless.” “I mean my jeans,” said she. “They make you look fat,” said the clueless Roy. #vss365

The priest blessed the soldiers of the conquistadors and said “Go forth and #promulgate the faith and save the souls of the savages.” And so inspired with love of God, they went forth with cross and sword and sent countless natives to heaven, albeit without their heads. #vss365

All the snakes feared Eli, a snake-handling preacher, who went from town to town, scaring and saving souls. The new snake, a #taipan, bragged of his venom. The snakes warned him. At the service, the taipan lunged and Eli bit him. The snake wept and died in seconds. #vss365

Love lies #latent in Ray, buried deep by a childhood of hurt and abuse, encased in a shell of fear. He goes through life indifferent, an observer, not a participant, ever wary of threat, with the wound that never really heals, and a heart that never truly beats. #vss365