The phrase, or question, “What’s your damage?” really deserves a revival. Everyone is damaged somehow. Everyone has their pet peeves and their pet biases. I have yet to meet anyone who is perfectly sane. There is a high percentage of people who are fantastic actors though, so we see most people with their sane faces …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
The Last Day of February
For all the persons born on the 29th of February, I have a proposition. What if, instead of dropping your day off the map, we dropped another day? Think of it this way: your birthday is missing from the calendar for three year increments, then every fourth year it returns—but it doesn’t have to be. …
Associative Meaning
One fun thing about words is that they can have one meaning by themselves, then a different meaning when combined with another word. Consider the words Wash and Bag. Together they are a wash bag. Simple enough. Separate and alone, they each have a multitude of meanings. A fun and valuable exercise (for your brain), …
Valentine
February is the time all those who fell in love start thinking about things more serious. Like what to do when that special someone finds out you don’t care for puppies. Oh sure, they’re cute—both the puppies and the special someone—but the puppies don’t excite you, the same way puppy poop doesn’t excite you. So …
Evidence
Recently, I was told, by someone who was objectively observing me, that I’m “one of those people” who must have evidence. I accept. I agree. Show me the evidence. Evidence comes in two main forms. There’s empirical evidence, and there’s empyreal evidence. Empirical evidence is temporal, tangible, often visible. Chromosomes, for instance, are evidence which …
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