Did you know the Egyptians used to prepare corpses for a second life by embalming and mummifying them? The embalming is fascinating because it was recognized that certain parts of the body decayed in different ways. Much of what was in the gut would not only rot itself, but the flesh and bones around the …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Wrongness
Like a toy store with extremely tall shelves. Like a couch with no cushion. Like a gard-dog with no teeth. Like a rich man with no imagination. Like an empty well. Like a mountain bike with only one wheel. Like a talentless pride. Like salsa with no peppers. Like a spider with no venom. Like …
What’s Your Damage?
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 …
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), …
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