Passed Down Metaphor I heard a story once by an old school sales guy. He was telling me a story he was told when he started. And since this even happened, him telling me the story, about ten years ago, the original story, as far as I could tell, is from maybe the […]
Self Generated Stories
TV Fixer Once their was a technician. A repairman. A TV repairman. He had theories. About the origins. Of TV shows. And didn’t trust anybody. To fill his brain. With stories. Or characters. What’s Their Angle https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jan10_Loop.mp4 Unless he fully understood. Their intention. […]
Open Dreaming Loops
Secret Writer Once there was an author. A secret author. He wrote many books. Under many names. Different from his own. If you do find his book. And start reading. This will begin. So Far So Good https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec15Loop.mp4 Like a regular fantasy book. Kings and queens. […]
Magic Money Man
Master of Skills Once there was a magician. Who did tricks. And real magic. Mostly from the stage. Sometimes on the street. Sometimes it was real. Mostly sleight of hand. Secret Magic Gifts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov27Loop.mp4 But sometimes. When he was feeling particularly generous. He would perform his […]
Building Future Memories
Necessary Transformation Once there was a retreat. To transform young boys into men. At first this was only for at risk groups. Potential criminals and killers. But soon they enjoyed a lot of success. So plenty of parents wanted their children to participate. It was modeled after ancient coming […]
Bank Shot Homework Assignment
Paper News Once there was a newspaper boy. He moved into town, and started to deliver newspapers. These papers looked very familiar. The information seemed very comfortable. Even though most people got their news online, they still enjoyed reading the paper news. This Guy Knows His Stuff https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct11Loop.mp4 And this […]
Oration Origin Story
Once Upon A Time I have this friend who started going to Toastmasters. He’s really, really, shy and really, really introverted. His boss wants to promote him but this would required he travel around and give speeches on behalf of his company. So he requires that in order to get the promotion, […]
Juggling Hobbies
Food Cult Openings I used to know this guy in my Toastmasters group, a place where you can not only learn public speaking, but meet some pretty fringe type characters. He said he’d joined this kind of food cult, where they had very strict restrictions on what you were allowed to eat. He’d […]
Jigsaw Story Puzzle
Relaxing Weekend I went to my local library a couple weeks ago, something I do to relax and kill time on the weekend. I picked up an interesting looking book, and sat in my favorite chair next to the window with a nice view of the park. But I started reading through book, […]
Social Proof Hallucination
End Of Stone Age The stone age ended when ancient humans figured out how to smelt ore, get the metal out and make tools and weapons. They’ve found very intricately decorated bowls in some of the oldest mines. They suspect it’s the humans giving gifts to the gods of the Earth in exchange […]