How many times have you played a leading role in a real-life winter pageant? You need to gas up your […]
Month: November 2017
A primer on expressions
It’s been only in my adult years that I’ve come across the term “Black Friday.” I’ve heard several explanations as […]
Lots of zeroes in a billion
Listening to a radio broadcast on population trends in the U.S., I was amazed at how anybody could possibly understand […]
They searched in vein
Although it’s now a few days past Halloween, the subject of ghosts, goblins, gore and blood are still relevant. The […]
49 cents can be a dollar
A penny was a lot in my youth. As a child, I used to count each one, hoping the number […]