by Kevin Burton Have you heard of the 37 percent rule? It’s a method for making choices. I just heard of it Friday. Say you need to decide which house to buy, which person to marry, which secretary to hire. Here’s how to go about making that decision, according to Jack Murtagh, …
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Funny-Sounding Words With Serious Meanings
by Dictionary Scoop Words like “cattywampus” and “frou-frou” are more than just fun to say. Sometimes, etymology can take unexpected twists and leave us with gems like “erf” and “dragoon.” To some, these are everyday words in areas like cuisine or urban planning, for others they are a random assortment of letters that might …
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The Psychology Of Color Determines A Lot
by Melanie Davis-McAfee interrestingfacts.com Most of us are familiar with common color-themed turns of phrase, such as “feeling blue” when we’re sad, “seeing red” when we’re angry, or “being green” with envy. Phrases such as these can be traced back to a scientifically substantiated phenomenon known as color psychology, a practice that has …
Adorable Animals That Are Secretly Vicious
by Kristina Wright interestingfacts.com Beneath the adorable exteriors of many wild animals lies a beastly side that’s anything but sweet. The traits that can make an animal seem endearing can also mask a more aggressive nature, one that’s driven by their survival instincts and the protection of their young. When we think of …
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Draw Near To God, He Bids Us, Draw Near
by Kevin Burton If you don’t know the Old Testament you’re going to gloss over, what is now one of my favorite parts of the gospel story. I missed it completely until somebody on one of the radio ministries (I forget which one now), explained it. It has to do with the …
Who’s Hungry For Some Tasty Food Idioms?
by Dictionary Scoop Food idioms have a way of adding flavor to our speech. We have internalized these phrases and no longer notice their edible main characters. What are the origins of these funny lines? Did their meanings evolve over the centuries? Grab a snack and read on to learn the history of food-related …
Crazy Great News, Then Bad News In Fantasy
by Kevin Burton Something truly bizarre happened to my fantasy football teams last week. They won, all six of them. My K&J Tornados team won by 35.08 points. All the others won by more than that! Now maybe that’s not such a great big deal. After all, one point – or in fantasy …
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Italian Words That We Use (Most) Every Day
by Dictionary Scoop The beautiful Italian language includes terms that perfectly encapsulate the meaning of things other languages need more than one word to define. Since food and classical music are two very successful Italian exports, it should come as no surprise that many words we use in English-speaking countries relating to these …
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I Can Still Feel That Mexican Embrace
by Kevin Burton There is a cove that I visit, a path where I meander, to which no one on earth can follow. I don’t go often, but when I go, I go down deep. Out of despair from not being able to break into journalism, I decided at 24 to go …
This God-Man Jesus Receives Sinners
by Kevin Burton What the scribes and Pharisees spat out as an accusation against Jesus, I now cling to for all I’m worth. We turn to a passage in the book of Luke. Jesus was teaching in public as was His custom. The Jewish religious leaders of the time criticized Jesus for the …
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