Sep 3, 2019
Fine as Frog Hair
To use the vernacular – from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Richard and Robert Sherman. - Many ask “How are you?” Many answer “Fine.” Why?...
Oct 27, 2018
A Word to the Wise
A word to the wise is sufficient – Benjamin Franklin. - On September 24, 2018, Time Magazine reported that 300 words have been added to...
Jul 1, 2018
Wine Tasting vs. Beer Drinking
I couldn’t even count the number of times I’ve been standing around with some comedians and someone talks about some idea for a joke and...
May 6, 2018
Not Unmeaningless
I have always admired the character who mastered the use of the triple negative, as in the phrase “not unmeaningless.” -George Will. -...
Feb 11, 2018
Singing The Alphabet Song
The Proto-Canaanite script, later known as the Phoenician alphabet, is the first fully phonemic script. Thus the Phoenician alphabet is...
Dec 16, 2017
the 3 letters of joy
“Ocian in view! O! the joy” – William Clark on seeing the Pacific Ocean on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (November 7, 1805) - If one is...
