Will Win / Should Win

It’s Oscars Day.  If you’re fanatical about movies, this is the night when most of what you thought about what you saw gets tossed out and replaced by either the stuff you saw and said “eh” or the stuff you never thought twice about seeing at...

Big Wig

Meaning: An important person, especially in a particular sphere Origin: Back in the 18th century, the most important political figures would wear the biggest wigs, hence today influential people are called big wigs. Implication:  We’ve still got an important...

Fermented Fruits

And no I’m not talking about Ricky Martin’s back up singers.  Let’s say it’s mid-sixties … oh that’s 1965 for the young’ns.   My mother, you know her, you love her, she was special, elegant and graceful yet ya wouldn’t...