by Kevin Burton This is not easy. Chances are, your record in this regard is better than mine. As Christians we are to be grateful to, and trusting of God, not just in the good times, but also in times of trial, sometimes severe trial. “When you’re going through a trial, it’s natural to focus …
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Learn The Secret Language Of Restaurants
by Dictionary Scoop The restaurant business has developed its own slang to simplify communication between coworkers and keep customers undisturbed. Keep reading and discover which meanings lie behind those enigmatic terms. 1-“86” The term “86” sounds like a secret agent’s moniker or a code used to set a major event in motion. But when someone …
Spirited Facts About 7 Unusual College Mascots
by Bennett Kleinman Inbox Studio College sports are full of charismatic mascots that exemplify school spirit. Among those legendary characters are several oddball creatures boasting amorphous shapes and unlikely origin stories. These wacky sideline staples are beloved by students at their respective institutions. In their honor, here are some spirited facts about seven of the …
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Can You Lose Your Accent While Singing?
by Tony Dunnell interestingfacts.com A peculiar phenomenon often occurs in the music world: You hear someone sing, and then hear them speak, and the two accents clearly don’t align. The British Grammy-winning singer Adele, for example, speaks with a distinct North London accent, but when she sings, that inflection largely disappears, replaced by a more …
God’s Mercies Are New Every Morning
by Kevin Burton Don’t you love the first snowfall of the season? Silent and clean, a beautiful white blanket. Frozen for sure, but warming the heart. And don’t you hate the 17th snowfall? Actually after about three it’s, enough already! Oh but that first one. How beautiful to wake up to a landscape covered in …
Steve Miller’s “Rock’N Me” Still Rocks At 50
by Kevin Burton One night a jock on my go-to FM radio station, WNCI in Columbus, said “I think this is everyone’s favorite song right now.” He was speaking of “Rock’N Me,” by the Steve Miller band, which was number one on the Hot 100, 50 years ago today. I nodded in agreement when the …
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Eight Cold, Cold Facts About Antarctica
by Michael Nordine interrestingfacts.com There’s more to Antarctica than cold weather and penguins, though it does have plenty of both. And while we’ve learned much about the elusive continent since it was first discovered around 200 years ago, it maintains an air of mystery like few places on Earth. Interesting facts abound when it comes …
Quibbles And Bits: Blogger Breaks A Bone
by Kevin Burton You take your edges where you can in life, and here’s one of mine: Though I missed National Cat Day on Oct. 29, and thus missed my time hook, we are still in National Cat Week (I think). That’s the ticket baby, National Cat Week! And ain’t that chicken soup for a …
Stay Tuned For Words Associated With Radio
by Dictionary Scoop Once, families gathered around the radio, not a television set. Broadcasting the news, music, and comedy, radio shows changed how people spent their evenings, but also how they talked. Here are ten stories of words born during the last 100 years. 1-“Broadcast” came from farming Long before anyone owned a radio, farmers …
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I’m Going Special Delivery, According To Plan
I’m Going Special Delivery, According To Plan by Kevin Burton A beep baseball memory from 17 years ago came back to me recently. During the first-ever game for the Wichita Sonics team I started in 2009, playing against visiting St. Louis. We took a big lead, shouting multiple “So-nic BOOM!” cheers. Between plays, one of …
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