Few Bricks Shy

The phrase “nose to the grindstone” makes no sense. How is pressing your nose to a grindstone a good idea? When I was in college, I d...

I never thought of myself as superstitious. Friday the 13 th ? Throw salt over your shoulder? Black cats? Nah, I don’t be...

I always thought those funny turns of phrase people unwittingly say were malapropisms. But malapropisms are when someone, instead of using ...

You know how it sometimes seems like the  person who can tell you exactly what you need to hear at that moment in your life suddenly shows u...

Complain only when you have to. Some people love to complain. On a Facebook page for parents run by my daughter’s college, one woman c...

What does “farty” mean to you? Because I searched “farty define” and the correct definition is not on the internet! All the definit...

He's lucky he's cute. Tony hasn’t messed in the house for a long time.*  Even so, his superpower remains: Given all the p...