I started this post on International Women’s Day in honor of my paternal 2nd great-grandmother, Caroline, who was born on March 2nd, 1858. While my
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Just in the Nick of Time: Revisited
While history is one of my favorite things, the history of language is the epicenter of my favorite historical things to explore. For about two
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,
SPAM: A Mystery behind the Mystery Meat
I don’t like spam. I’m sure that you don’t either. Oh, you thought I was claiming an abrupt hatred for the canned ‘miracle meat’? Oh
Proverbs: The Jabo of Liberia
Author of the classic novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes said that “proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experiences”. Like
Just in the Nick of Time: Some more Interesting Idioms and Colloquial Phrases
In my research for my 10 part History of my favorite Idioms and Colloquial Phrases series, I found a lot of phrases that I had
The Pop Culture Kings present The Archives of Wisdom 