these idioms and colloquial phrases sometimes sound completely ludicrous out of context, but many of them have very real and amazingly explainable origins.
Burt Bacharach: International Man of Music
Everyone from the Hollywood elite to your grandma enjoys riding down the road and listening to their favorite songs on the radio. We will hear
Defining a Disciple using 1st-Century Lenses
It wasn’t until I heard someone speak of the events of one of my favorite Bible stories in a 1st-century perspective that I realized the
Pepsi: Born where?
“Well, you know Pepsi started right there in Chinquapin.” That is something we would hear every time we passed through Chinquapin. We would respectively respond
Toilet Paper: Getting to the bottom of its history
It’s something that we all do. It’s just something we don’t discuss. I’m referring to using the bathroom. Whether it’s the lingering smells that cause
Office Space: Not another butthead movie
Imagine a movie with enough lasting pop culture influence that a Texas senator runs an ad parodying an infamous scene from that particular movie. Well,
The Masks We Wear – Part 1: Crime and History
There are hundreds of different prisoners who could have been the Man in the Iron Mask. In the 1998 Leonardo DiCaprio movie entitled The Man in the
