We don’t even notice car crashes anymore because they’re so common. It must be true then, that the things we have in the most abundance are what we take for granted. “3 car pile-up leaves 2 dead, 8 injured.” Says the news. The reply goes something like this: “But what kind of music were they …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
First Ride
Not really the first ride, but the first ride since Spring began, this latest was also the muddiest. Run-off from the mountain snow became little streams that went down parts of the trail. I couldn’t see them until I was right in them, so avoiding the mud was not really possible. It flipped up off …
Imagination Is Everything
You know how it goes. It’s night. The lights are off. When you look into the corner of your room, there’s someone sitting there who shouldn’t be there. Whoever it is, they wear dark clothes, and an even darker expression on their face. They don’t move, but you’re staring so intently at this mysterious person …
Near-Life Experience
Is a near-life experience as important to you as a near-death experience? Or do you assign more significance to the unknown? No one knows what it’s like after death except the already dead, and they’re not usually very conversant with the living. So when we come really close to death, almost dying, which is it …
Panic Attack
The all too common panic attack. Not interested in jamming on about what to do to cure them, no sir. I’d rather have a go at how to create one. Sure, panic attacks aren’t fun to those who are in the middle of one, but to anyone who isn’t currently under attack, they can be hilarious …
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