Author: Vince LaBarbera

There are many words and phrases baby boomers and the generations before them used that rarely are in vogue today.

While volunteering at the St. Therese Food Bank recently another volunteer added some grapefruit to items already in a food

After completing requirements for a master’s degree from Northwestern University in December 1964, I immediately was subject to the military

Near the end of my 30-year career in the Public Affairs Dept. at Indiana Michigan Power in Fort Wayne, the

April Fools’ Day is one of the most widely recognized non-religious holidays in the Western world. Children prank parents, coworkers

The “wearing of the green” on March 17 in honor of St. Patrick, along with all the parades with their

The above proverb means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. The exact origins of

“Izzy! Izzy, come! Izzy, where are you? There you are! Wait a minute, what have you got? Izzy, put that

Why do we say “Merry Christmas” and not “Happy Christmas?” Most people often use the word “Happy” for the New

“Octo” is Latin for “eight,” this once having been the eighth month of the year in the Roman calendar. In

The month of September has three landmark days: Labor Day, Sept. 5; Patriot Day, Sept. 11; and the First Day

Leading scientists have not really been able to unravel the cause of one of life’s greatest mysteries: why ever so

My wife and I enjoy watching old television shows on Antenna TV, especially The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson who

As we get older many things change not only within our bodies but with the language we speak. It’s no

As most of us know – often times too late — April Fool’s Day is an annual opportunity on April 1

When Valentine’s Day rolls around every year on February 14th I can help but think of the trials and trepidations

An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. When you

According to The New Yorker, one of the most popular Thanksgiving-related myths in American history is the notion that Benjamin

The complete invocation reads: “From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and other things that go bump in the night,

To misquote Perry Como:“Catch a ringing phone and put it in your pocketjust let it fade awayCatch a ringing phone

I’m not into Facebook but a friend sent this the other day and I just have to pass it on

A nickname is a familiar or humorous name given to a person instead of or as well as one’s real

A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual finds particularly irritating to a greater degree than would be expected based on

“School days, school days, dear old golden (prank) days” …college pranks, that is, under the Golden Dome at the University

Last year I penned a story for the February 28 issue of The Waynedale News titled: “Should we ‘Beware of

With the unofficial holiday titled “Employee Appreciation Day” observed on the first Friday of March this year, I can’t help