Going Through a Phrase
What’s with the phrase “putting toothpaste back in the tube”. People use it to refer to something that is very difficult or impossible to do. “Reversing Brexit? That’s like putting toothpaste back in the tube.” […]
What’s with the phrase “putting toothpaste back in the tube”. People use it to refer to something that is very difficult or impossible to do. “Reversing Brexit? That’s like putting toothpaste back in the tube.” […]
There is no shortage of people seeking to organize a seemingly random and impersonal universe into meaningful patterns. Consider Fred Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers). Fred weighed himself one day and found the magic number […]
I ate some probiotics while I was on antibiotics. There’s a protest in my stomach: probiotics on the right, antibiotics on the left. All was peaceful until my infection, unsurprisingly, sided with the pros. The […]
CNN uses the “Breaking News” mantra way too often. When a newsy event happens, or “breaks”, it only happens once. BREAKING NEWS: Terrorists Strike in Iraq Twenty four hours later, you can’t keep calling that event “Breaking News” […]
The Canadian postal workers are going on strike. Negotiations broke down when the string between the tin cans they were communicating with abruptly snapped. Management suggested switching to smoke signals. Unfortunately, wind garbled the messages. […]
Self-help gurus tell us it’s never too late. It is too late. 300 million guns float around the U.S. and we’re going to control the 300 millionth and first? A guy whose name should probably be […]
I read an article on LinkedIn called 7 Secrets to Make People Instantly Like You. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-secrets-make-people-instantly-like-you-sanjoy-kumar-malik-1?trk=hp-feed-article-title-ppl-follow Instantly? Why the rush? Do you also need instant coffee? I usually give people a few minutes to like me. […]
Some time ago I ran into Warren Buffett at a buffet. Between the clam chowder and butter on ice, there he towered. The single greatest investor the world has seen since Jesus invested in […]
More and more I’m hearing that the world is divided into the halves and the halve-nots. I’m confused as to which is better. If you’re a halve, you can’t be a whole. According to simple […]