He Has Made Me Glad

I love me some Ska music! I love Ska bands because they have talent that just oozes. You have to have talent in order to have the big band sound. You can't fake big band. Coming from a family that loves and appreciates music I have a great appreciation for Big Band. In fact swing, ska, big band are some of my most favorite genre's of music. Unfortunately ska is a hidden gem in the sea of musical tastes. It enjoyed a brief surge in the early 2000's but drifted off the scene. Along with The O.C. Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy, The Insyderz (a Detroit based ska band - woop!) have been disbanded since 2005. BUT rumor is they are reunited and working on a new project - YAY!
Today's song, from The Insyderz, is a sample of why I love ska. The horns are blowing and the tempo is upbeat, it takes me back to Big Band and makes me REALLY happy. Beside the fact that it is Friday so I'm happy about that, this song makes me happy - actually this song reminds me that what, or rather WHO, makes me happy/glad/joyful is God. It is to him alone that credit for my very life goes.
Indeed, he HAS made me glad!
Happy Friday!

He Has Made Me Glad

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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