Last week the National Arts Centre hosted an event with author Malcom Gladwell to raise funds for the United Way. Ottawa journalist Mark Sutcliffe interviewed Malcolm (I’m taking liberties and going first-name basis because Malcolm did the same when referring to Tiger Woods), and Mr. Sutcliffe (no liberties here) did […]
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“I couldn’t care less” makes a lot more sense than “I could care less” when someone wants to indicate that the subject at hand holds zero, zilch, nada interest for them, but it’s the latter expression that seems more popular. In my mind this is due to one of two […]
Of all the expressions I don’t understand, “thank goodness” is my favorite. Without any other consideration, however, I’d regard the term a step above mere noise or throat-clearing. Although the first word conveys a sense of gratitude (of course), the expression as a whole is so deprived of meaning that […]
“You can’t compare apples to oranges” is a fine and meaningful expression within certain contexts: for example, if someone says that the movie version of a book had better special effects than the book, it’d be fair to take that person to task for comparing apples to oranges. They’re comparing […]
After posting the first bike log, several friends (including friend-of-the-blog Matt Surch) encouraged me to dive in and bike every day. At the time, one of the things I wondered was what kind of excuses I’d come up with for not taking in my bike (“I’ve got an early meeting”, […]
I have no issue with people who prefer the expression “feed two birds with one worm” to “kill two birds with one stone”; I use either one, with a slight preference towards the latter. My issue is with people who think that the former is the politically correct, non-violent version. […]