Bunny Trails

This week Shauna and Dan take a look at the Calm Before The Storm. Then quickly learn there is SO MUCH MORE to this phrase! Join them on a whimsical adventure to explore the calm before and after the tempest. #BunnyTrails www.bunnytrailspod.com Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

This week Shauna and Dan talk aviation with "Fly By The Seat of Your Pants". This is a relatively new phrase in the grand scheme of English idioms. But it still has a fun history around it! Hot air balloons, airplanes, and British trousers on this week's #BunnyTrails. Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved Music by Dan Pugh Show notes, updates, and links to everything we do at www.bunnytrailspod.com

Shauna and Dan are full of joy and whimsy as they tackle a gloomy phrase in Under the Weather. Maybe it means you are sick or maybe it means you are drunk. Or in some rare cases maybe you are having some financial difficulties. But the biggest question of all... does this really have nautical origins? And if so... why do we first see it in print from a Texas Revolutionary? We have some, but not all, the answers on this week's #BunnyTrails! Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers! This week Shauna talks about the origins of the possibly less-than-moral proverb. But Dan starts us off with his need for routine regarding masks, then later on coins. We get one random Babylon 5 reference and the duo share parenting goals, all on this week's #BunnyTrails!  Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Science fiction and science fact collide this week as Shauna and Dan discuss the origins and fun pre-history of the word "earworm". And then they talk all about those songs that just won't leave your brain! But don't worry, there is hope as they talk about possible cures, too. So much practical knowledge on this week's #BunnyTrails! Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2021

It's an equine spectacular! This week Shauna teaches us the fun history of "neck and neck", while Dan - punch drunk from too much 2020 - struggles to figure out how the cartoon anthropomorphic horses he has conjured in his mind would conduct a sack race. Plus, the pair struggle with math, distance, and pronunciation. It's a whimsical adventure on this week's #BunnyTrails! Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week we get into the Christmas Spirit while talking about the Christmas Blues. Um, actually, we talk about both! Learn about some of your favorite holiday idioms. Plus, the origins of "White Elephant" gift exchanges. It's all here for your holiday enjoyment on Bunny Trails! Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week Shauna and Dan trip the light fantastic while talking about Phineas and Ferb, the Titanic, and Lin Manuel Miranda. Dan almost hums a song - A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum - for reasons that will become obvious. Skip the light fandango, anyone?  Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week Shauna and Dan discuss retronyms, a new term created for something that already exists, but because another thing has been invented, the original word is confusing and needs further clarification - usually the original term plus a modifying word. Like black-and-white television, which started being used once color TV became a thing.  www.bunnytrailspod.com Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

Shauna looks at the history of the phrase, Wrong Side of the Bed. Dan plays a game. They both make fun of America for failing to learn the metric system. Plus, 3 great book recommendations: Schmegoogle by Daniel Klien Words The Sea Gave Us by Grace Tierney Your Brain on Facts by Moxie LaBouche Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week we talk with about the evolution of language with Daniel Klien, author of the soon-to-be-released book, Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for the Modern Times.  We cover Yiddish roots, the comedic styles of different languages, parallels between Yiddish and the Black community, and the importance of being able to make fun of yourself. 

This week Shauna and Dan discuss the muddied origins of the phrase, "If The Shoe Fits". Shauna stans Hamilton while Dan talks about his first pseudonym - his gamer tag. #BunnyTrails   Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week we talk with Grace Tierney, the author of the new book “Words The Sea Gave Us”. We talk about nautical words, the book writing process, bringing back some interesting words, NaNoWriMo, and Moby Dick’s contribution to our knowledge of sailor-speak. Grace is bringing back Ahoy! as the way we answer the phone instead of Hello. We're totally in for this. Join us for our first "Conversations" episode on this week's Bunny Trails! Find more Grace Tierney! Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week Shauna and Dan are swamped with a special project. So you get to revisit the awesome phrase Bury the Hatchet, which originally aired on October 3, 2018. It doesn't seem like almost 2 years ago... it seems like a decade ago. March seems like two years ago.   Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

Shauna and Dan argue over the pronunciation of Oliver Wendell Holmes' name. Shauna discusses Death Warmed Over while Dan talks about his favorite funeral food. It's macabre on this week's Bunny Trails!     Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

This week Shauna and Dan stay completely sober as they talk about a number of sheets in the wind. This nautical term refers to one of the ropes holding onto the sail... not the sail itself. Which is among the many not-obvious facts you'll learn on this week's Bunny Trails!

This week we explore “Wave a Magic Wand”. Shauna teaches Dan that humans can create works that are far better than their creators, while Dan spends most of his time making Dungeons & Dragons jokes and mis-quoting mythical stories. Shout outs in this one to the Lexitecture Podcast as well as Susie Dent and Sir Patrick Stewart.     Readiness Corner, LLC All Rights Reserved 2020

In this solo work, Dan spends almost 20 minutes talking about mixed metaphors. It's no use crying over spilled beans, cause you can count your bridges before you've crossed them. Check it out! Join the Community!

This week mixes entomology with etymology as Dan explores the phrase Queen Bee. For thousands of years we called them King Bees, despite knowing for a good portion of that time the leader of the honey bee colony was female. Spoiler alert: It's Aristotle's fault. We'll, his and everyone else who contributed (and still contributes) to systemic discrimination in nearly all our institutions. We have earworms, Twitter threads, and long book titles in store for this week's Bunny Trails! Join the Community

This week's episode was inspired by the new book, "You Are An Artist" by Sarah Urist Green - available at your local bookseller now! Shauna looks at the phrase "Work of Art". We search from the Oxford English Dictionary to Urban Dictionary, and loads of places in between, to learn the word "art" used to have a much broader meaning than we see today.   Join the Community Find us at our website