refurbish Definition: (verb) To make clean, bright, or fresh again. Synonyms: freshen up, renovate Usage: We refurbished the offices in the hopes that a new look would make for happier, more productive employees.    

Pierre Culliford, AKA Peyo (1928) Born Pierre Culliford, Belgian comics artist Peyo is known for creating Les Schtroumpfs, better known to English speakers as The Smurfs. The little, blue characters debuted in a supporting role in Peyo’s series Johan and […]

I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)    

pucker Definition: (verb) To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. Synonyms: cockle, rumple, crumple, knit Usage: She puckered her lips and kissed him on the nose.    

Erich Maria Remarque (1898) Drafted into the German army at age 18, Remarque served in World War I and was wounded several times. From his experience of trench warfare, he drew a grimly realistic picture of the horror of battle […]

One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as powerful as electric batteries—as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. Frances Hodgson Burnett […]

shenanigan Definition: (noun) Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. Synonyms: mischief, devilment, roguery, devilry, mischievousness, rascality Usage: Mr. Jones had had enough of Billy’s shenanigans and sent him to the principal’s office in the hopes […]

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905) Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, and novelist who became the foremost exponent of existentialism in the 20th century. His first novel, Nausea, was one of many works depicting man as a lonely being burdened with a […]

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. George Eliot (1819-1880)    

rejuvenate Definition: (verb) Return to life; get or give new life or energy. Synonyms: restore, regenerate Usage: He was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him.    

  Bronx Chamber of Commerce and NYC Department of Small Business Services present a free “Business Resources Breakfast and Networking Event” on June 29th at the Residence Inn by Marriott in the Hutch Metro Atrium   (Bronx, NY – June […]