Had a battle with the wardrobe. Nothing matched. Plaids and stripes collided, like atomic collisions, so disaster inevitably happened. No one wanted to be my friend. No one wanted to be near me. It was a plague of the fashion variety. Everyone thought it would kill them if they got too close. They turned and …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Looking for a car metaphor.
Like running the wipers on a dry day. Fixing the engine when the tires are all flat. Like driving with your lights on in the daytime. Peaceful as driving slower than necessary through a tree-lined street. Like putting small wheels on a car and thinking it’s fast. Like putting giant wheels on a car and …
Update Downgrade
Unless you’re completely off the grid, you’ve experienced this before. I call it Update Downgrade. The Information Technology crowd likes to call any change they make to programs an “update”. Reality suggests otherwise. There is often no up in the “update”. It’s only change. But why would they call it change? That’s dull and might …
Music Mood
Bob Dylan probably didn’t know this when he was writing music, but listening to music can enhance the writing experience. Many writers claim they can have no distractions in the vicinity when they write. Some admit they start to write the lyrics of the song they’re listening to, so they can’t listen to anything. Others …
Categorical Love
A woman whose husband has sports equipment he’s never used. And she doesn’t mention it. A woman who thinks her husband is hot. A man who thinks his wife is hot. A man who picks up the cracker off the kitchen floor, instead of complaining that his wife didn’t pick it up. Dogs who love …
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