It may be no secret that I love music. We all do, don’t we? Music keeps us sane during the dull moments of a day. Music propels us through exercise routines. Music gives us a reason to pretend we’re fantastic singers when we’re alone. It also gives us emotional stimuli. That’s a fancy way of …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Boosting Creativity
One method I use to boost creativity is to challenge myself to write 42 lines in 42 minutes. There isn’t any sort of limit on subject matter, or how lines are written. Punctuation, grammar, and even style are unnecessary. The only limit is the time to write out these 42 one-liners: one minute each, though …
Humans Make Assumptions
The wonderful and insightful Tony Robbins made the observation that people are either auditory in their focus or visual. It’s possible to discover which one someone is by their word choice. Does the person say, “I hear you,” or do they say, “I see what you’re saying”? If you tell them to go left, do …
Candy Critic (Hallowe’en Edition)
Smarties: A small pack of discs, they’re challenging to open without losing any, but once you get the skill, you’ll consider yourself a smarty. Dum Dums: Small suckers with a large selection of flavors, Dum Dums also come in small packs, or monstrously large packs with like a thousand suckers. The monster size packs, of …
Candy Critic (Mystery Edition)
Some of the more mysterious candies are difficult to find, to eat, or to believe they even exist. Here are a few of those: Mary Jane: Caramel candy with a feminine name. A Mary Jane (the candy kind) is hard, hard caramel. The lightly toasted flavor is nice though. Slo Poke: Caramel candy by a …
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