Keeping The Wolf From The Door

Yesterday in a local store, I overheard a glorious misquoting of an adage from a guy ahead of me at the checkout. This memorable incident occurred when he exclaimed to his partner "I'm sweating like a pig with a big mortgage!" During our recent 1-2 month warm spell, the correct version of that idiom (I'm... Continue Reading →

Let Them Eat Cake!

French Queen Marie Antoinette was executed on this day in 1793. The widow of Louis XVI had been found guilty of treason, cooking coq au vin without garlic and exposure of armpit hair in a public place. A fourth charge of ‘being obtuse’ was dropped after it was discovered she was, in fact, less than... Continue Reading →

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