Quibbles And Bits: Introductions Are In Order

by Kevin Burton     As you know, fantasy football is over for the year. Yesterday was Tuesday but I didn’t have any waivers to do, no lineups to set, no injuries to check on.    Nothing to do really.    So over the course of the season I have been noticing there was this woman …

Ten Joyful Words From Around The World

by Kevin Burton    Happiness is a sunny place to be on a slow and sweet Saturday morning. Happiness has its shadings and degrees.    Happiness observes no borders, but it is expressed differently and more specifically in the various parts of the world.    This we explore today with a list from Merriam-Webster dictionary.  …

Walk As Abraham Walked, By Faith, Not Sight

by Dr. Charles Stanley In Touch Ministries    Are you walking by faith or by sight?    You can live according to the plan of God, or you can muddle along, hoping things will work out.     I know from experience that it can be agonizing to take a step of faith when you don’t …

Students Take Action To Save Bus Drivers

by Andy Corbley Good News Network    When an Ohio school bus driver began to suffer a medical event, a brother and sister took action that may have saved her life.    Footage taken from a surveillance camera inside the bus shows 8-year-old Catrina sitting in the seat nearest the driver, who began to have …

Bombshells And Chill Pills, Slang In Our Times

by Kevin Burton    The 70s was the grooviest decade there ever could be.  I mean it was far out! I know because I was hip to the trip back then.    But to-ge-ther as we were, we didn’t invent slang. That has been spoken forever, and continues to this day.    Here’s a Dictionary …

Weather Talk, Mark Twain, Raining Diamonds

by Kevin Burton    “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”    That quote isn’t original with me and it’s not original from Mark Twain either, according to some sources.    The quote actually came from Twain’s friend Charles Dudley Warner, according to quoteinvestigator.com and brainyquote.com.    Never knew that.    …

City Folks Adopted These Agricultural Terms

by Dictionary Scoop    A number of words that are used regularly started in the fields. Terms tied to crops, livestock, and tools found their way into everyday language and stuck around.    Take a look at the following 12 examples. You might be surprised how many common expressions have their roots in the soil! …

Rebuilding My Personal Wall And Temple

by Kevin Burton    Contemporaries Ezra and Nehemiah were key figures in rebuilding the nation of Israel after Babylonian exile. I hope to hang out a bit with those boys this year.    The Old Testament book of Ezra describes the rebuilding of the temple and Nehemiah the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. The …

Lakin Loves Boxes, Any Size, Anytime

by Kevin Burton    We’ve got a cat fact today that is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, at least for our youngest cat.    I’ve been piecing through a Good Housekeeping article, “20 Surprising Cat Facts You’ve Never Heard,” presenting the facts and responding to them.   “How well do …

Road Dogs’ Story Ends In Fantasy Glory

by Kevin Burton    I was distraught, or as we say in the biz, tilted.    Spoiler alert: Colby Parkinson saved me.    And so, in the aftermath the end of the fantasy football season, I am contented, with three championships to show for my efforts (out of eight leagues), having played “Celebration” by Kool …