Toy soldiers go mostly unnoticed, even though they outnumber us by at least one hundred to one. Since 1893* these little warriors have been stamped out in a variety of poses, ready for battle. They are not printed in squads but in battalions. They’re printed by the thousands and sold one hundred at a time …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Writing Prompts
Money. “If you can guess how many ones are in my wallet, I’ll give you both of them.” Obedience. Levels of obedience: Obey out of fear; Obey to gain a reward; Obey out of love. Portal. Doors in floors. The fastest one scores. Screen-saver. Instead of a screen-saver, have a screen-Savior. An image of Jesus …
Cat Street
My neighbor to the north of me has a kitten. You’ll never guess where it likes to hide. In trees. I’m not so sure it’s all cat. It might just be part squirrel. *Professor squirrel. To the south, my neighbor there has a cat, fully grown. It likes to climb. When it can’t jump high …
Finding Your Bike
The Apple Airtag is a security device Apple has created to operate with an application on your cellphone. The Airtag is a stand-alone device with functions of the MyTracker app which Apple has used to help people find their phones. The MyTracker application uses the network of all connected Apple products nearest whatever device is …
Combination Words
You know how people want to ridiculously and unnecessarily combine words? You know how they end up making mostly useless words like this: a dream catcher is a “datcher”, a beneficial organism is a “borganism”, and a significant other is a “so”? These didn’t end up sounding the way the person intended. I mean, a …
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