“Do you know Leo?”   “Leo?” his mom asks.  “Yes, Leo Tolstoy.”  “Leo who?” his mom replies in disbelief – she’s checking to see if she heard right.  I’m right there with her.  He couldn’t have said what we thought he said – so yes, let’s check.   “Leo Tolstoy”, he replies “you know, he wrote War […]

I’ve got your six is a military term.  Basically it means that ‘I’ve got your back’.  The origins of the term comes from an old pilot system in which directions correspond to hours on the clock where 12 o’clock is forward and 6 o’clock is behind so having your six means I have your back […]