I get it. We’re bored. Too much time on our hands. So we spend half our waking hours on Facebook. Then we get tired of being on the Facebook. So we start taking online quizzes.Surely you’ve seen them. The latest one that caught my attention while I was on a news site was called, “Almost ...
When was the last time y’all cracked open a dictionary? If you’re like me, it’s probably been a minute.That’s because dictionaries have been available on the internet since 1996, when “Merriam-Webster OnLine” debuted. How much less space a dictionary takes up on a bookshelf when ...
The late Johnny Carson first came to prominence on American TV when he took over the hosting chores for a quiz show called “Do You Trust Your Wife?” in 1957. The show’s format had the host ask pairs of married couples questions that allowed each male contestant to answer for himself or ...
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F. Scott FitzgeraldIt’s not quite fall, but I daren’t argue with the man who created “The Great Gatsby.” And so, just as life starts over, so too does our sporadic News Quiz. And remember, you needn’t give your ...
Although I was never a diehard fan of the Rolling Stones, it was hard to hear last week about the death of drummer Charlie Watts. Watts, 80, died only a few weeks after it was announced that he would miss the band’s upcoming tour “as he recovers from an unspecified medical procedure.” I ...
I am Doc. Doc I am.That Doc-I-am!That Doc-I-am!I do not like that Doc-I-am!Would you like to get the jab?I would not like it, Doc-I-am!I would not like to get the jab!Would you like it here or there?I would not like it here or there.I would not like it anywhere.I do not like the needle, man!I ...
