This phrase goes back to Biblical times, but still holds meaning today with forecasters. Fly in the ointment refers to something in the forecast that is making the forecast more difficult, or more ...

I was quietly reading a marginally interesting book when I noticed a huge, big, fly buzzing around the room. The kind that sometimes bites. “I’d better get rid of that fly,” I thought. Being too lazy ...

For someone who’s been playing with “house money” for 20 years (according to actuarial projections for the year I was born), 28 days doesn’t seem like very long. But, it’s too long for most of them ...