Facts are Fascinating - Give Them a Try
Without a doubt, many "things" (ideas, clothing, traditions, etc.) have a shelf life; they go out of style eventually, and we look back and invariably say, "I can't believe I wore/believed/said that." I'm certainly not immune to this: while I'll continue to listen to my 80s new wave/alternative rock and consider those sounds "classics", I look at photos of myself from that same era and have trouble remembering how it was humanly possible to breathe with my pants hiked up and belted so high. With that said, though, there are certain things that never go out of style, whose shelf life is eternal: two of those things are the movie Uncle Buck and truth. My major in college was advertising, and advertising was part of the Communications college of my university. Every undergrad student who was pursuing a degree in a Communications-related field (advertising, public relations, broadcasting, journalism, etc.) was required to take a semester-long...