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 …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
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 …
Candy Critic (Holiday Edition)
Conversation Hearts (Sweethearts): The scandalous candies which carry messages such as, “R U 🙂 ?” Well, just hope the person you give these to has a sense of humor, or at least shares your sense of humor, or you might get some little candy hearts back with messages like, “U R Alone”. Hershey’s Kisses: Little …
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