Smog is a wonderful word. Not used nearly enough, I’d say. There are a number of personages in my life who have started using the term inversion. The people I know who use this word aren’t even meteorologists. Inversion is a meteorological term meaning the atmosphere is layered. Certain portions of the layers are warm, …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Portal
Seeds of the word portal came from Latin, meaning a gate. The word has grown from that simple definition over the years, so it means not only a gate. A portal can also be a door, a simple opening, or an entryway to anything. Current definitions aren’t limited to hollow openings. In medical definitions especially, …
The Sixth Sense
In this article there are potential spoilers. Be warned. M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense is a movie which can be considered a masterpiece for a variety of reasons. It has all the necessary elements. The movie was initially advertised as a psychological thriller with mystery and suspense added. In each of those categories—thriller, mystery, …
To Do List
Things to do: Take time to be a kid. Explore nature. Give a compliment. Give a gift. Build something out of wood. Meditate by the light of a fire. Make your bed. Go to church / temple. Cultivate a garden. Decorate your space. Go to a concert. Go to a museum. Step away from work. …
Opposites
“Opposition in all things,” says Sammy B Lee of the railroad gang. Or maybe it was some other dude. I don’t remember. Maybe it was that dude I read about in the Bible. What was his name? Luke? Harry? Bilbo? Socrates? One of those. What are some opposites? Blue and red are opposites… probably. Black …
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