"You'll never leave where you are until you decide where you'd rather be" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. Mike Murdock, American televangelist and pastor of…
A popular one-panel comic strip (cited in print since at least April 2009) by "BRIAN" has this dialogue: BUNNY: Don't forget. You are what you eat. BEAR: I need to eat a skinny…
"The butler did it" is a clichéd solution to a murder mystery novel or play. The saying has long been associated with American author Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958); her novel The…
"Golden brown and delicious" is a popular description of certain foods as served. "Golden brown and delicious" was said of bacon in 1909. The initials "GBD" have been…
The Jerusalem artichoke (or sunchoke) has been nicknamed "fartichoke" because, as some suggest, the dietary fiber inulin can't be properly digested and causes an Ex-Lax-like effect…
Cicadas (insects) invaded many communities in the United States in 2013. Several news stories involved eating cicadas. Isa Betancourt, entomologist with the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel…
"Being right too early is the same thing as being wrong" is a popular Wall Street saying, as is "being late is the same thing as being wrong." It is very difficult to time the…
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) -- often given as "STEM fields" or "STEM education" -- is a popular acronym for a scientific area of specialization.…