September 12, 2015

Video Games Day
Play some games!

My brothers and I were so excited the day we got an Atari. Pac Man, Space Invaders, Pong
From there my brothers graduated to various Nintendo systems and beyond. I stepped out of the video gaming world when I couldn't past a specific level on the Original Mario, who has time for that kind of frustration?!

We bought a Wii a couple of years back for our redheads and us. I will play Disc Golf, Bowling, and Mario Kart. No, I'm not good at any of them but we have a good time!

Chocolate Milk Shake Day
How to Make a Milkshake, it's easier than you think!
For adults only: Bailey's Chocolate Milkshake
For adults only: Boozy Chocolate Milkshake
Peanut Butter Chocolate Milkshake
Chocolate Banana Milkshake

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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