The word traffic originally referred to trade, a meaning it still carries today. It entered English through the Old Italian verb trafficare and noun traffico, as well as Middle French trafique. The precise origin of the Italian terms remains disputed. Proposed sources include the Catalan trafegar, meaning to decant, an assumed Vulgar Latin verb meaning…
Things I Like: Major Payne (1995 Film)
When I was in JROTC in high school, it was actually my brothers who got me into the program. Almost anyone who’s ever sat through a military-style high school class has probably seen Major Payne at least once or twice, despite it being roughly 31 years old now, which is wild to think about. It…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus was born in 85 BC into one of Rome’s most distinguished aristocratic families. His lineage carried exceptional weight. He claimed descent from Lucius Junius Brutus, who had driven out Rome’s last king and established the Republic, and from Servilius Ahala, a figure celebrated for killing a man who sought to make himself…
Things I Like: I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)
I Dream of Jeannie is one of the most classic sitcoms of all time, and that’s not just my opinion, it’s a fact. By the time I got into it, the series was nearly 35 to 40 years old, and no bad sitcom is still airing regularly on cable that many decades after the fact….
Fun Facts and Trivia About Labor Day
The United States stands apart from most of the world in when it observes Labor Day. Rather than joining the international May 1 tradition, the country marks the holiday on the first Monday of September each year, making it one of the few federal holidays that is permanently fixed to a Monday. Labor Day exists…