By Curtis Honeycutt Some people take things literally. Kleptomaniacs take things, literally. Literalists aren’t fans of idioms. Idioms are phrases with figurative meanings; they aren’t intended to be taken literally. Believe it or not, my […]
By Curtis Honeycutt I’m about to hit you with a mnemonic device that will bring the armies of men into peace with the wood elves. That’s right; I have one device to rule them all […]
By Curtis Honeycutt I am a proud, naturalized Hoosier. Although I was born and raised in Oklahoma (Boomer Sooner!), I’ve lived in Indiana for over a decade. If I’ve learned one thing during my time […]
By Curtis Honeycutt I’ll have to admit – I don’t know much about Star Wars. Somehow, I missed the window to watch them during my formative years. Although I have glasses, write about grammar and […]
By Curtis Honeycutt Did you know that redheaded people only make up 1-2 percent of the world’s population? There’s a reason we are so scarce: the sun. I’m that person who can get a sunburn […]
By Curtis Honeycutt Sometimes you can have too many of one thing — like presidential primary candidates, for instance. You can have too many toothpaste options at the grocery store. You can also have too […]
By Curtis Honeycutt Do you want to work your way from the mailroom to the corner office? I can tell you’ve got gumption, kid, so leave it to me. I’ll give you some swell advice […]
By Curtis Honeycutt You may want to sit down for this. There’s a supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park called the Yellowstone Caldera that last erupted in a big way approximately 640,000 years ago. The next […]
By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: we Americans love efficiency. We also become enamored with novelty — new things entertain us until there’s a new shiny object that tickles […]
By Curtis Honeycutt John Lennon famously got in trouble in August 1966 when an interview from March of the same year dug up a single quote where he stated that The Beatles were (at the […]