by david allan van nostrand | Sep 26, 2022 | Americana, Human Behavior, The world around us
In the 1800s, cowboys of the wild west rode horses all day every day, day and night, rain and shine. Much of their time was spent herding cattle back in the days when everything west of the Mississippi was open range where the deer and the antelope play and...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 19, 2022 | Human Behavior, Social archaelogy, The world around us
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, America’s sweethearts, starred in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, two well-regarded romantic comedies by Nora Ephron, director and screenwriter. Ephron was not involved in the film Joe Versus the Volcano, where Hanks played Joe, a...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 12, 2022 | Language, Social archaelogy, The world around us, Wordplay
In the 1800s, street gangs didn’t have guns. They used cloth bags or socks filled with sand as homemade weapons to conk people over the head with so they could steal their money and their goods. The next technological evolution was the blackjack. Also referred to as a...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 5, 2022 | Human Behavior, Language, Outsiders, The world around us
To throw someone under the bus is to shift the blame to them, usually to deflect it from yourself. It involves betrayal and sacrifice, particularly for the sake of personal gain. It is exploiting someone in a vulnerable position, especially when they are sacrificed in...
