While I was driving home from the airport I noticed something glittering on the
side of the highway. It was nighttime and my headlights caught it just right as
I drove by. It
To borrow an analogy from a cartoon donkey, an onion is the most obvious thing
that has layers. But when thinking about how to describe a person, a piece of
furniture that has
What’s the first thing you think of when I say Cartoon Bear? Maybe Yogi Bear, or
some other simple-minded creature, ambling through the forest without a care in
the world. Yogi may
I was visiting the corporate offices of a large client and their cube-based,
open-office floors were so large that they had street signs identifying each
row. In both directions just like a city
Often mixed metaphors are used for comic effect, like rocket surgery, but when
used well, they can be very expressive and really tell a story. My girlfriend
has used the expression “it takes