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WHAT POPS OUT

“Kids Say the Darndest Things” was a TV show originally hosted by Art Linkletter in the late 1950’s and then reprised by Bill Cosby. The show featured the wisdom that came out when children opened theirmouths. Here are two gems:“I wish our family could stop...

IN SEARCH OF…

It appeared in the late 1970’s and early 80’s. It was a TV series dedicated to a search for things mysterious, puzzling or missing. It rarely solved the mysteries; it just asked the questions. There is also a theme of “searching” woven throughout the pages of...

TIME AND WORD CHANGE

As time goes by (sometimes creeping by and often flying at break-neck speed), words evolve. What a word meant when I was young means something completely different now. It seems like just a few years ago when a person asked for “tea” it usually was met with “sweet or...

DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGED

We are directionally challenged. Not just because GPS does the work for us. We arechallenged with the concept of in and out. Here is the principle: “What we get OUT of something is in direct correlation to what we put IN.” We say, “I have one of those bicycles, but it...

ENEMIES/RIVALS

Some of the great sports rivalries of the past two generations: Duke vs North Carolina, Ravens vs Steelers, Cardinals vs Cubs, Orioles vs Yankees, Lakers vs Celtics. Other, PC vs Mac, Apple vs Android, Coke vs Pepsi and Republican vs Democrat. When kept in...