Generally taking under five minutes, a great music video has hyper-elements for your entertainment. First: music. Music is the highest form of entertainment. It can have the lowest score in the “diminishing return” factor, meaning its ability to amuse you doesn’t diminish over time or over repeated consumption. You can usually listen to a piece …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Trying To Find A Good Book
Lately it’s nearly impossible to find a good book. I tried A Pho Love Story because it looked kind of normal on the front and the premise seemed real enough. It did have a good solid foundation: a boy and a girl with competing restaurants across the street from each other fall in love. It …
Whom
Recently, I was caught up in the vortex of a Writer’s Digest article. It promised a smattering of literary agents and contact info for the same. As I was perusing, I noticed each and every one of them had pronouns next to his or her name. Cute, I thought, but unnecessary. First off, the only …
Good Things Surround Us
Overwhelming is a word which makes it difficult for me to find anything it describes. For every challenge in life there’s a tool to overcome it. For every trial, there’s an equal or better blessing. People around me are the same. I don’t see anyone who is overwhelmed by their troubles. An example of this …
Slowshoeing
Have you ever seen the strangest sport ever? It operates the opposite from all other sports in its arena. While all other mountain sports enjoy a fast downhill and some sweet airtime, participants in this sport are going slow on the downhill. Slow? Not only do they go slow downhill, they go slower than they …
