What, me worry?
By Jim Ingebrigsten “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” – Erma Bombeck Alfred E. Newman is the
Weather
By Jim Ingebrigtsen I think my first conscious memory of anything weather related was when we lived in Vancouver. I was seven. I remember walking to school and realizing
Donkey weatherman (Is it a donkey or an ass?)
Jim Ingebrigtsen Tidbits Once upon a time there was a King who wanted to go fishing. He called the royal weather forecaster and inquired as to the weather forecast
Raining cats and dogs
Jim Ingebrigtsen Tidbits A relative sent me the following examples of how some of the old sayings we use originated. I am sure they have changed somewhat over time
Hey baby, they’re playing our song … forgotten favourites revived
It’s a fate that has happened to many older hits; going from being heard non-stop to falling off the airwaves into historical obscurity. However not all is lost as these
Men of the cloth, Italian tailors I have known
A gentleman will leave his pocket stitched . . . By Jim Ingebrigsten I first became aware of Italian tailors while in my mid-twenties. I was in the