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Why Are We So Mad at Low-Hanging Fruit? Oct. 20, 2024

My So-Called Millennial Life

There's a saying you've probably heard a thousand times: "Don't go for the low-hanging fruit." You s... Read More

Torrent of Mixed Metaphors Rages Like Wildfire Jul. 05, 2023

The Word Guy

"It's just a blatant smoke screen to keep on feathering the nest." This sentence, recently uttered b... Read More

Can You 'Unhurt' Someone? Mar. 04, 2020

Classic Zig Ziglar

I love the story of the little boy who had a bad temper. To solve the problem, his dad gave him a ba... Read More

Some Metaphors Are Beyond Comparison Feb. 05, 2020

The Word Guy

We swim in a sea of metaphors. Our everyday conversations teem with the minnows of comparison: We bi... Read More

Accepting Responsibility Jan. 01, 2020

Classic Zig Ziglar

Today, one of the laments we hear from employers, parents, educators, etc., is that it's difficult t... Read More

Storming Ashore on the Carpet Oct. 28, 2019

Marc Dion

Lives there a legislator inside whose timid breast there does not beat the heart of a lion? You may ... Read More

Great Places Are Hard to Reach Apr. 10, 2019

Terence Jeffrey

"Do you want an automatic?" "Of course." "It will cost you another 25 pounds — per day." "Excu... Read More