Given the middle name Riddle sixty-two years before his nation-stumping disappearance, James Hoffa was born on Valentines Day in 1913 in Brazil. Not that Brazil – Hoffa’s Brazil was southwest of Indianapolis where his dad was “a poor coal miner”. Not to be confused with all those wealthy coal miners we hear so much about….
Archives for May 2006
ADVICE OF THE DAY – How to grab an extra hour’s sleep!
The alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. Hit snooze. When the alarm sounds at 6:03, hit snooze again! Same for 6:06. And again at 6:09, 6:12, 6:15, 6:18, 6:21, 6:24, 6:27, 6:30, 6:33, 6:36, 6:39, 6:42, 6:45, 6:48, 6:51, 6:54, and 6:57. There! Aren’t we refreshed?
Dear Bossy
What is the origin of the phrase Shoot the Shit? – Word Smith —————- Dear Mr. Smith, The phrase Shoot the Shit most likely began as “shooting the bull” – early target boards were fashioned from barrel ends which were painted in black and white concentric circles resembling a bull’s eye – so historically when…