Alexander the Great… Charles the Wise… Philip the Good… When you die, that’s how you want to be remembered, but not everyone is so lucky. We’ve all had a nickname at one point or another that we hated and we all know the feeling – it seems like they followed us around forever. Unfortunately, for […]
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Emojis have been a staple of internet discourse for decades now. The earliest proto-emojis were just colons and parentheses that people added to statements to vaguely resemble sideways smiley faces. Arguably this grew out of the fact that text offers very few context clues when it comes to mood or sarcasm. The emotion behind the […]
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Campaign slogans have to be memorable, but not for all the wrong reasons. Accidental innuendo, intentional threats, saucy come-ons, and plain old apathy have all been attempted in pursuit of political power. From presidential candidates to small town mayors, here are 10 to remember. 10. “He does things” What makes Senator A.D. Stephens’ campaign slogan […]
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By and large, most people have curious minds. Most of us love a mystery. Maybe not a full on Sherlock Holmesian mystery, but we like to understand why things happen and where they came from. Language can often help with this by giving clues about the origins of things. But language and common knowledge and […]
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If there’s one thing pop culture fandom loves, it’s hate. People can’t get enough hate watching, hate listening, hate whatever else you can think of. Just look how people react to any new installment of Star Wars, Star Trek, the MCU, or the DCEU. Sure, there’s lots of love but there’s plenty of negativity to […]
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The Olympic Games – for over 120 years, they have served as a showcase of supreme sporting skill and athleticism. They have also seen their fair share of controversy, mainly in the form of doping scandals, and even tragedy. The 1972 games in Munich spring to mind. At the same time, they’ve also been home […]
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America has often been described as a litigious country and there’s no shortage of examples of lawsuits we perceive as frivolous or silly. The thing nearly all lawsuits have in common, whether they have merit or not, is that there is a plaintiff and a defendant and they are two separate entities. That said, every […]
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There’s been a big backlash in the media over the last few years against landlords who practice less than hospitable landlording. But it’s hard to be sympathetic to one of the few groups of people still known as lords out there in the world. And while there’s no doubt many landlords are reasonable people who […]
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There are two kinds of talking to God in the world, regardless of your beliefs. In one version, a person talks to their god through prayer and may even say God spoke to them and told them they need to become a veterinarian, or devote their lives to Xbox, or whatever it is. We usually […]
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Nearly every ancient polytheistic culture had gods of the weather. Most of us are aware of Thor, the god of thunder, but there were gods of the wind and rain and lightning and more throughout North and South America, Africa and Asia. Weather has always fascinated and confused mankind. And even today, when we can […]
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