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Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm is a cool word!
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Andrew Smith
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Old Spice
What is a spice, anyway?
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Andrew Smith
15
Bless Your Heart
Growing up Southern, I got to hear a lot of coded language.
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Andrew Smith
16
Not Going Down With the Ship
There are things that connect our modern world with the ancient Greeks in surprising ways.
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Andrew Smith
7
Full Service Hotels
Ever stay in a hotel?
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Andrew Smith
21
Going Down with the Ship
Maritime law—commonly referred to as the law of the sea—had been dealing with trade between kingdoms for literal millennia, but the most notable effort…
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Andrew Smith
15
Rubicon
In 49 BCE, the Roman Republic was hanging onto its existence by a thread.
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Andrew Smith
24
Fake Fruit Fables
In 1665, an apple didn’t fall on Sir Isaac Newton’s head.
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Andrew Smith
14
Quilts and Quills
My grandmother made a quilt for me, the only son of her oldest son, before she died.
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Andrew Smith
33
Plethora
I’ve always thought plethora was a cool word.
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Andrew Smith
16
Yo Joe!
Did you grow up during the 1980s? If not, I hope the following gives you a bit of a glimpse into what it was like to grow up then.
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Andrew Smith
67
Oxygen Mask
If you’ve been to the top of a mountain, you probably know the air is thinner up there. I recently described this experience like so:
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Andrew Smith
11
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