Sweetheart Appreciation
A degree of mystery surrounds the origins of Valentine’s Day. Historians can’t agree on how or when the holiday began, or even who its namesake is. Some believe the holiday was named after a martyred priest named Valentine, who in the third century defied a Roman...
Groundhog Dazed
Does any holiday possess a stranger premise than Groundhog Day? Celebrants gather in the cold, pre-dawn hours to watch a weather-prognosticating rodent be plucked from his burrow by a man wearing a tuxedo and top hat. If the furry fellow, affectionately known as...
Emancipate the Suck
Every subculture has a collection of epigrams—colorful, pithy expressions that are too informal to be considered jargon, yet too common to be labeled as slang. These colorful expressions offer outsiders a glimpse into the subculture. For example, the sports world uses...
A Little More Pixie Dust
This past weekend, I had the privilege of watching my daughters take the stage in Peter Pan. My oldest daughter played Peter Pan and my youngest played Tiger Lily. How well they and their castmates performed made my heart smile. I anticipated leaving the theatre with...
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Explore the art of being a good teammate with audio selections from Lance Loya’s popular Teammate Tuesday blog.
