Today is National Brown Bag It Day.  The beginnings of this day seem lost in obscurity but that doesn’t stop the National Day Calendar from proclaiming and promoting it.  That’s okay because it brings back memories for me. This day was often during the last week of school.  The cafeteria was shutting down and we… Read More »

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President Biden has fallen many times in his presidency, whether it was going up or down the steps of Air Force One, walking across a stage, or falling off his bike.  The media pokes fun of him, mocking him for being clumsy and elderly.  However, the public seems to be forgetting that most world leaders… Read More »

“What is that?!?”  This was exclaimed from a couple of lady bus drivers early one morning in the bus barn parking lot.  It was voiced from myself as well as I had just gotten out of my truck when this thing appeared.  Thankfully, I was walking in with an older man who has done a… Read More »

Today is National Waitstaff Day.  I’m writing this nearly a month before the celebration, but my wife and I went out for supper tonight and, sure enough, we had a waiter.  The timing of the writing of this devotional could not have been planned any better! According to Zippia.com, there are over 1,609,224 waiters/waitresses currently… Read More »

Each day, I pick up a student towards the end of my route.  Mom has driven him to the end of the drive and waits in her car until I get him loaded.  I close my doors, check the traffic, and then return her wave before pulling away.  Well, she did something a few weeks… Read More »

The English language is full of idioms that are confusing to Americans, much less to a person trying to learn English as their second language.  Many of those idioms have been around for a while and we have only a vague idea of what they mean and no clue about their origin.  Such is the… Read More »

Friday, May 17, 2024 – Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024.  The breaking news took our breath away as we heard about a cargo ship hitting the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, MD.  Immediately, we began to envision 9/11 happening all over again, only this time, the terrorist attack came in the water rather than… Read More »

The last “M” of MGM Studio belongs to Louis B. Mayer and the studio was formed in 1924.  In May 1927, Mayer created the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  The purpose of this non-profit was to advance and improve the film industry.  And on this day in 1929, the first Academy Awards night… Read More »

There is an old adage that says, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”  This phrase has left us skeptical and cynical and for good reason.  We’ve certainly been burned by those great “offers.”  As I read an article written by Douglas Jones called 23 Ingenious Life Hacks To Boost Your… Read More »