Where did the wordachoocome from, and why do we feel the need to bless someone whenever we hear a sneeze? Where didachoocome from? This instance ofonomatopoeiaimitates the sound of sneezing. The first syllable mimics the quick intake of breath, while the second corresponds with the tone of ...
David remained in the cell, groaning and moaning. Ingrid and I sat either side of a small wooden table in the airless room. She ordered the guards to wait outside. They did so with neither hesitation nor question. Her outward manner had softened a little but I could not trust her, of...
William Greer during his dashcam confession. "The gun just went off … I couldn't believe what happened … Oh, my God, it's the worst thing I ever did was look in her eyes and watch her die," he told investigators of shooting Tammy Myers in the chest....
35And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any...
Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. New Living Translation The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once an...
How did that come about? Twenty years ago, I never even heard of such a thing. There were people who liked milk and people who didn’t, but intolerance?That’s a pretty strong word. And what’s more, did you know that people are now saying that milk is bad for cats? Have the ...
Another story says that a gypsy curse was placed upon a selfish, young woman after she refused to give food or shelter to the Gypsy. (Note:I am aware that Gypsy is an offensive term and the proper name is Romani for this group of people. I have only tried to present the story as ...
Now I’ve heard that term once or twice removed all my life but never knew quite what it meant. Still, I argued with my THIRD cousin Colon that he was wrong. We became so embroiled in the debate that wherever we were, we would ask random people to tell us who was wrong or right....
While a lot of interesting stuff can come out of more left-field bands dabbling in pop, we also fetishize it, crowding out true experimentation. At least this reviewer did. Then a band comes along like Strawberry Hands that makes you think again about why you listen to music in the ...
A veteran and highly sought-after stunt professional, Wilbur also did the stunts for those two horror movies, as well as action-heavy classics like "Planet of the Apes," "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno," "Escape From New York," "Poltergeist," "Firestarter," "Ghostbusters,"...