The Most Underrated Inventions of Our Time

The Most Underrated Inventions of Our Time

At one time or another most of us have debated what are the greatest inventions of all time. Penicillin, the printing press, computers, and of course, for those of us with more primitive thoughts (meaning you), “the Pill” (birth control or Viagra, take your pick) are all typically bandied about. So important are these that Continue Reading

I Was in a Parallel Universe

I Was in a Parallel Universe

Stephen Hawking is right, after all. There are such things as parallel universes. I was in one just the other day. It started about 4:00 p.m. I’d been busting my you-know-what for weeks, working all sorts of crazy hours meeting crisis deadline after crisis deadline. My boss walked into my office, put his arm around Continue Reading

10 More Funny Quotes from Women

10 More Funny Quotes from Women

The Daily Quote  is a very big part of our site. And in case you haven’t noticed, every one of them has been uttered by a man. Believe it or not, women actually say some pretty funny things, too. So here are 10 funny quotes whose authors are women (if you missed Part 1, click Continue Reading

5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Thanksgiving

5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Thanksgiving

Year after year, we gather with our families at the end of November, fill our faces and watch football. But how did all this stuff become tradition? Here are five traditions and how they got started: 1. Why is Thanksgiving celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November? In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the date Continue Reading

Team Nicknames That Never Saw the Light of Day

Team Nicknames That Never Saw the Light of Day

In this age of political correctness, it’s not at all surprising that many of the more unique team nicknames have never been made public. But my sources have uncovered some of the more interesting monikers.   UDDERLY RIDICULOUS The WNBA’s Chicago Sky thought to capitalize on their male counterparts’ nickname, Bulls, but WABTOOL (Women Against Continue Reading