by Kevin Burton You who are reading this, you are the merchandise of Christmas. So am I. If your Christmas tree is surrounded by brightly-packaged presents, that’s all well and good. Christmas morning on that level can be a joy and I hope yours is. Each year we see messages from people …
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The Science Behind The Great Santa Debate
by Kevin Burton Just so you know, the one who knows when you are sleeping, awake, bad or good etc., is God, not Santa. I believe this is true, despite the research of Mr. Ethan Siegel, writing in Forbes Magazine. He says there is, or could be, a Santa and he uses science …
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We Could Be The Next NFL Analysts
by Kevin Burton When our TV is on these days it’s usually on football, and we are no mere observers. We’re not perfect with predictions, but my wife and I both have keen insight as to what might happen in a given game. A typical pre-game assessment goes something like this: …
Songs With Green in The Title
by Kevin Burton Our series “Flying Colors” is back, today looking at songs with green in the title. Since we’re celebrating green, how about a little peppermint? Make mine Peppermint Rainbow. That Maryland-based band had a number 32 hit with “Will You Be Staying After Sunday,” in May of 1969. That’s your bonus …
A New Spin On Quarterback Controversy
by Kevin Burton Never heard this on CBS, FOX or NBC Sports. Not a peep, not on television anyway. It seems NFL quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick Foles are both Christians. So a few years ago when they competed to be the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback it gave an interesting twist to the …
The Christmas Tree As 2020 Therapy
by Kevin Burton The Chicago Tribune says people put up Christmas trees early this year as a sign of hope in light of the pandemic. Not department-store early, like mid-October, but before Thanksgiving in many cases. For the first time in as long as I can remember, my family won’t be putting …
Burning Question: Which Burner Is Best?
by Kevin Burton You may have heard, a social media debate is, uh, simmering. Which stovetop burner is the best to use? Which one is your favorite? Oh great, another way to divide Americans. And, it appears I am on the outside looking in, again. As with the arrangement of letters on a typewriter keyboard, …
These Songs Meet My Gold Standard
by Kevin Burton Should have known better than to listen to a Van Morrison tune without lyrics in front of me. I touched briefly on his mumbling last week in a post about my favorite song “Come On Eileen” (I’m Going To Hum This Tune Forever, Dec. 4). Morrison has a message …
Learning The Language Of Heaven
by Kevin Burton It’s great fun to translate words and phrases into Spanish and then back into English. Sometimes the result makes me laugh, sometimes it makes me think. In Spanish you ask “How old are you?” by saying, “Cuantos anos tienes?” Translated back into English it means “How many years do you …
Sinister Deer Alliance Threatens Mankind
by Kevin Burton Have you heard the news? Oh dear. Or should I say, oh deer! While human s of various hues and political bents invent ways to humiliate and torture one another, a Page 7 investigation has learned those people may be fighting the wrong enemy. It’s seems it’s the …
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