Last week, Webb’s “Weird Words” celebrated a major milestone with our 100th vocabulary column. That somewhat self-indulgent piece comprised a description of my weekly writing process; but it also mentioned another recent milestone: Sometime in the past month or so, the running master-doc—the one from which I draw my lists each week—managed to cross 3,000
Your next free weekend is going to be excellent, knock on wood. The moon will be in the right phase and there’s no Friday the 13th on the horizon, so you’re good. Your lucky socks are clean, you found two pennies this week, and a money spider crawled across your arm yesterday, yay! The weekend
That welt on your arm really itches. Must’ve been a mosquito that bit you, or maybe a fly or another bug of some sort. Doesn’t matter, it’ll stop itching by morning but in the meantime, you scratch, scratch, scratch. If you were a character in the new book “One Yellow Eye” by Leigh Radford, though,
As of this week, Webb’s Weird Words has wended its way to 100 articles. In celebration, your overworked columnist is taking a break from actual lists of oddball terms. Instead, this word-Smith figured faithful readers might enjoy an inside look at how the pieces get written — my process, as it were. And … as
“Forty and fabulous! With a sprinkle of sass and a dash of class.” I found this quote funny, but not quite accurate. Forty. Welp, unfortunately, guys, this is true. It was another big week in our house last week. I rolled into my forties. Friends and family kept asking how I felt about turning forty.
Though not exactly a household name, the comedy team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker — colloquially shortened to ZAZ — seems to have perfected the spoof movie genre with their uproarious Airplane! (1980) and three successful Naked Gun movies (1988-94). Wikipedia points out that spoofs had been around since the days of silent film, generated
Even during a heat wave, denim is part of most folks’ weekly or even daily uniform. It’s such a versatile and durable fabric, which makes it quite functional during a hot, hot heat. But what of wearing denim with denim, aka the Canadian Tuxedo? Is that appropriate for summer, or a fashion faux pas? While
ARIES – Mar 21-Apr 20 Try to get the whole picture before you proceed, Aries; otherwise, you may be moving along blindly and that can make matters worse. Patience is a valuable asset right now. TAURUS – Apr 21-May 21 Taurus, sometimes a major conflict ends when one party walks away and finds something better
Universal truth is always true for everyone everywhere. It is truth of first importance (see 1 Corinthians 15:3). It provides us with true north. Note: This is the fourth installment in the “What is Truth?” series. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. There is truth that is not always true for everyone everywhere. It
I think one of the best parts of summer is all the fresh produce and everything we can do with it. The choices and possibilities are endless. What is your favorite thing you look forward to? That first bite of sweet corn with butter and salt? Stuffed peppers straight from the garden? My peppers are
As we have already discussed, the physical realm is governed by universal truths, also known as laws. The same is true for the spiritual realm. We become aware of these spiritual laws through Scripture as revealed by the Holy Spirit. For a full explanation of the Spirit’s work in revealing spiritual laws, read 1 Corinthians
