If you’re a carb lover like me, nothing completes a Thanksgiving meal quite like dressing…boatloads of bread, celery, and other ingredients & spices to complement that beautiful bird protein. Some people don’t call it dressing, though…they say stuffing. In these unprecedented times, knowing how to properly refer to that magnificent mound of moist bread seems…
Most folks aren’t very well-versed on human anatomy, which is why many of us call biceps “guns”, elbows “funny bones”, and heads “noggins”. So, when throat irritation & coughing spring up after you swallow something in a weird way, you might say that the food “went down the wrong pipe.” But what’s actually going on…
We absorb a lot of how we socially interact at an early age, from it not being polite to cough without covering your mouth, to saying thank you whenever people give you things like money or gifts. And, what do we do when someone rears back & lets loose a violent burst of snot &…
We have a guy named Thomas Holley to thank for the legal pad. A 24-year-old dude working at a paper mill in Holyoke, MA, in 1888, every day Holley & his co-workers would throw out the “sortings”, which were basically a lot of scrap pieces left over after cutting paper into the correct sized sheets.…
Leaving an umbrella opened up to dry inside your home or office might make you feel a tad uneasy, but you’re not alone in feeling that uneasiness. Opened an umbrella indoors is right up there as s harbinger of bad luck alongside breaking a mirror & a black cat crossing your path. While the beginnings…
What exactly are mutts & mixed-breed dogs? Are they the same or different? Mutts & mixed-breeds are basically the same thing. As the latter title would suggest, they’re made up of more than one breed of dog. Purebred dogs have registration papers that confirm the dog’s single-breed lineage, while mutts aren’t registered & either/both parents…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is brought to you by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning. If you’ve ever tried to close the doors of an elevator before they did it themselves, you’ve probably wondered, “Does that button really do anything at all?” Well, the simple answer is…disappointing. Most door-close buttons in U.S. elevators do not work. They’re actually…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is sponsored by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning. We all know that washing our hands is important. But, much like towels, can bars of soap that we use to clean ourselves get dirty, too? First, what is soap? Usually made of sodium or potassium salts from fatty acids & alkaline solutions, derived during…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is brought to you by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning. Some national holidays get a little muddled in our minds, most notably Memorial Day & Veterans Day. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has encountered enough of the confusion to have dedicated an entire section of their website to explaining the difference between…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is brought to you by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning! We all know of that one particular brand of chicken made with its “famous blend of 11 herbs & spices”. But, have you ever stopped to think not what those exact herbs & spices are, but what herbs & spices exactly are? Herbs…