You can't stop with just one!

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip. Diane Duane

Raise your hand if you have ever eaten just one single potato chip?

Yeah, I didn't think so! I don't know of anyone who can eat just one. And Diane Duane aptly points out in today's quote that reading is just like that. Reading is addictive. But why? Because it opens up worlds of wonder, expanded worldviews, opportunities for further education, reasons to look forward, pleasure and so many other things. Unlike potato chips, however, reading doesn't add to your hips! Haha!

I hope you read. It doesn't have to be as many books as I read per month, just read! Find the pleasure in it, allow it to challenge you and introduce you to new-to-you ideas, discover new worlds. Don't know what to read? Go to a site like goodreads.com and begin cruising around different genres, find one that interests you, jot down some titles and go to the library. Want to know what I'm inhaling each month? You can find my bookshelf and reviews of books I'm reading by clicking here.

Reading. Start it and you'll find you can't stop with just one book!

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.

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.

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.

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