Politics has a strangle-hold on science. You can’t get a straight scientific idea out of some so-called scientists because they fear their peers. They fear being on the wrong side of a political rally, so they spin their scientific hypotheses like a politician spins an apology into a non-apology. When scientists are swayed by public …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Citizen Pyromaniacs
Where I come from, we have an annual tradition of burning everything. We call it the Fourth of July, and it’s symbolic of something, or maybe many things, but whatever that symbolism represents is up to debate. Could be death, could be destruction. Could be symbolic of burning money. It could even be symbolic of …
Writer Types
There are so many types of writers. As a writer, you try to persuade others. In every case I can imagine, the writer’s goal is to persuade. A skywriter’s goal is to let everyone know that Harold loves Ingrid. The poet tries to elicit an emotion. The spin doctor tries to confound. The philosopher aims …
Any tech that requires CUTTING yourself to remove it is NO BUENO.
Remember when phones were huge? We laughed at how huge they were. The oldest satellite phones looked like an Army issue two-way radio. Of course the satellite phone was pretty neat in the right hands. People who wanted to show off. Soon after though, phones were getting smaller. It was good. You could fit a …
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Tell me an escalator doesn’t look like a playground and I’ll tell you how boring you are.
How to ride an escalator: Approach confidently, do not hesitate. Step onto the first available tread. Grasp the handrail firmly. If you’re escorting children, lift them and place them squarely behind your belt or suspenders, or store them in your purse. Children have been known to slip between the treads of escalators. Children who get …
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