EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Shibboleth

EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Shibboleth

“Say shibboleth 5 times in a row if you can.” Shibboleth Definition (noun): custom, tradition, mode of dress, way of speaking, widely held belief, slogan, catchword, or truism that distinguishes on group from another: (as in widely held belief) “it is a shibboleth...
Tempus Non-Fugit

Tempus Non-Fugit

We’ve all heard the expression “tempus fugit” or “time flies,” which is especially true on vacation or if you are 1 day ahead in Australia. (Here’s one you haven’t heard “fruit flies — in a food fight” since we just made it up. See above. LOL 😂) But time doesn’t...
Vimeo Killed the Radio Star

Vimeo Killed the Radio Star

Too right. In 1979, Buggles, an oversized sunglasses-wearing English band, wrote a prescient and catchy-as-all-get-out earworm called “Video Killed the Radio Star.” It was no accident that when MTV debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981, Video Killed the...
Nothing To Declare

Nothing To Declare

This morning as we sat down in front of the computer to write a blog post and stared at the blank screen, waiting for inspiration to strike, it dawned on us that for the first time maybe ever, we were blocked. Try as we might, “we got nothing.” Zero. Zip. Nada. Zilch....
BD Eyes

BD Eyes

Beady eyes are round and shiny usually with malice or greed like this. BD eyes are often — but not always — squinty and narrow from research, research, research, networking, evaluation of potential partners, back-to-back face-to-face meetings, writing and reading term...