The #15 Texas A&M Aggies defeated the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide in football, 29-24, on November 10, 2012. (This would be Alabama's only loss and the team would win the national championship…
"Each day of our lives we make deposits in/into the memory banks of our children" is a quotation that has been printed on posters; the saying has been posted at many schools and has been…
The National Security Agency was formed in 1962 to improve foreign intelligence within the United States government. The agency was so secret (especially in its early years) that even its existence…
"Our most important assets go home every night" is what a labor-intensive company's executive might say. The saying has long been popular in Hollywood, where a studio's greatest…
Voltaire (1694-1778) wrote in a 1719 letter to M. de Genonville, "On doit des egards aux vivants; on ne doit aux morts que la verite." ("We should be considerate to the living; to…
"You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here" is what a bar manager might say to his last remaining customers at closing time. "In the old days, the cry in the…
Author Salmon Rushdie said in 1990, "Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one." The quotation has been frequently cited in books and in…
Mister Softee ice cream trucks feature "Baby Raddle" -- a soft-serve vanilla ice cream cone with half chocolate sprinkles and half rainbow sprinkles. The Big Gay Ice Cream truck offers a…
"It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow" is a popular automotive adage. It's more exciting to see a car overachieve (a slow car going fast) than it is to see…
"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" is an auto racing adage. The races are usually held on Sunday; an automobile company that had a winning car on Sunday was said to have had increased sales…
"Maintenance doesn't cost -- it pays!" is a saying in many businesses. If machinery isn't properly maintained, the cost to repair it is often greater than it would have been if…
Bill Roundy is a cartoonist who reviews bars and draws them on his Bar Scrawl blog. Roundy is on Twitter @bartoonist (bar + cartoonist). The Brooklyn Paper (brooklyn, NY) publishes many of his…
Lysol (known for its cleaning products) began an advertising campaign that portrayed their products as "healthing" (health + helping). Lysol trademarked "healthing" on January…
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" (or, "You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide") is a statement frequently given by someone who wants to…
The "Grasshopper Cocktail" from 1950 (1/3 creme de menthe, 1/3 creme de cacao, 1/3 cream) helped give birth to the "grasshopper pie." The name comes from the green color, just…
The Grasshopper cocktail is made with one-third crème de menthe (providing the green color, like the color of a grasshopper), one-third drème de cacao and one-third cream. The cocktail has been…
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913; the Federal Reserve Bank issues Federal Reserve Notes (dollars) -- the currency of the United States. Some critics of the Federal Reserve have dubbed…
Edward Snowden, an American technical contractor, revealed information about a classified National Security Agency (NSA) spy program to The Guardian newspaper in June 2013. Snowden believed that…
An old joke has a famous psychiatrist addressing the inmates of a mental institution. "Do we all know why we're here?" the psychiatrist asks. "Yessir," one inmate replies.…
"HALT" stands for "Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired" and is used in many Alcoholics Anonymous programs. If a person is feeling one of these HALT symptoms, that person is likely to…