| No Images? Click here   I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about why we say things the way we do — or as Michael Scott would say about Toby, “Why are you the way that you are?”Luckily, my colleague Caroline Bologna has the same questioning mind. This week, she dove into why we say “AM” and “PM,” which we all say but far fewer us likely know where it comes from.Like much of our language, the abbreviations stem from Latin words; a.m. is short for a Latin phrase, “ante meridiem” (or “before midday”), while p.m. is short for “post meridiem” (or “after midday”).Some say it’s “after midnight” or “past midday,” but that isn’t exactly true...Curious to know more? Read on! LOL Kelly Kincaid has worked as a flight attendant for 10 years. An avid artist, she decided to meld two things she loves and start making cartoons about life as a flight attendant. She shared 25 of them with us; they’re funny, engaging and give you an inside line to what it’s really like to fly the not-so-friendly skies.
Long read I'm loving:Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of Viagra’s approval by the FDA. HuffPost health reporter Anna Almendrala talked to experts about what’s changed since then and interviewed Millennials about why they take the little blue pill. It’s an interesting read on American culture over the years.
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