Today’s post is inspired by a recent episode of Mike Rowe’s podcast, The Way I Heard It. If for some reason, you don’t know who Mike Rowe is, check his somewhat irreverant bio here. The Way I Heard It is a series of short mysteries for the curious mind with a short attention span. Episode…
Quick question… is the voice of the announcements in the airport a person or a computer? Hmm, perhaps you’ve never stopped to think about it before. My answer would probably be computer. I would be wrong. Ironically enough, I saw the headline for this story the night before I headed to the airport on…
What time is it? Cereal time! My youngest daughter, Felisa, is a dedicated cereal eater. She’s not a breakfast eater, though. No way! Offering her food before 10 a.m. should be done at your own risk. She likes to eat cereal though and it has become a regular bedtime snack, a time that is now…
On a recent trip, my son Ryan posed a question. Why do we have escalators? They’re just stairs but more expensive than stairs. How did the escalator company convince a business that it should spend money on moving stairs? Hmm. That’s a good question. So I added it to my list of things I should…
Hello and welcome! Just a quick note to share my vision for this blog. As mentioned on my welcome page, I’ve always been fascinated by those little behind-the-scenes glimpses and tidbits of trivia about the world – how things work, where common phrases come from, what it’s like to work in a certain profession, the…