May 7, 2019 - This little phrase is considered a “proverb.” Proverbs are short and expressive sayings, in common use, which are recognized as conveying some accepted truth or useful advice. However, it does present us with a few obvious questions i.e., what is a gift-horse? Why shouldn’t you look in its mouth?

March 22, 2019 - Henry Starr claimed that he had robbed more banks than both the James-Younger Gang, and the Doolin-Dalton Gang put together. He began robbing banks on horseback in 1893, and ended up robbing his last bank in a Nash automobile in 1921.

March 8, 2019 - I know you have witnessed this strange ritual many times: A baseball player steps into the batter’s box, hits the plate with his bat, then spits. After each pitch he then steps out of the box and spits again. Or, you have seen a football player get down in his stance, stare at his opponent, then spits before the ball is snapped. I have often wondered about this spitting ritual done mostly by men. Personally I have never felt the need to spit just to be doing it, so I guess that is why I don’t understand.

February 18, 2019 - There is nothing quite as upsetting to a young lad as being falsely accused of a crime. Now understand, I was not an angel around nine or 10 years of age, but being accused of a heinous crime was a shock to my total being.