by Amaris Encinas USA TODAY Three friends took it upon themselves to manage a Nashville hotel for a few hours. After a late night of partying, the trio was unable to check into their room at La Quinta Inn & Suites because there were no employees in sight. The saga was first …
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Groom Wears Blindfold To Honor Blind Bride
by Heather Campbell Deadline News Lucy Edwards lost her eyesight at just 17 due to a rare genetic condition called incontinentia pigmenti, and married beau Ollie in an intimate wedding ceremony in Kew Gardens, London last month. The 27-year-old took a unique approach to her big day though, requesting that her hubby and …
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From India With Love: Ten Borrowed Words
by Kevin Burton Hindi and Urdu are two of the languages spoken in India. Today, a list of words borrowed from those languages, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. You can thank the dictionary and me today, if you are sleepy, or need to wash your hair: Pajamas: a loose usually two-piece lightweight suit designed especially for …
Blind Man Loses Website Discrimination Case
by Jessica Stemple (The following is a blog from the Valenci Rose law firm from Los Angeles.) Consumers in America and around the world have embraced online shopping for everything from food and fashion to vehicles, medicine, travel, and countless other purchases. But many retail websites are inaccessible for consumers who are blind …
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What If 911 Doesn’t Speak Your Language?
by Kevin Burton Today’s post is kind of a follow-up to yesterday’s story about the best countries for expatriates. The BBC did that story, based on a survey of people who had left their home country and settled elsewhere. My wife read it and asked “What about health care?” The story didn’t mention …
Survey Names Mexico Best Location For Expats
by Kevin Burton I’ve done it before; I could do it again if I had to. So file this under “just in case.” The BBC recently published a list of ten best countries for expatriates – people who leave their home country to live abroad – based on a survey by Internations, the …
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The Sweet Elements Of The English Language
by Kevin Burton Separate an Oreo cookie into its two elements and you’re going to find out, it’s all good stuff. So it is when you start peeling apart words. They’re all sweet to the taste for some of us, even if at times they are bittersweet. Merriam-Webster served up a particularly …
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Shelter Dog Adopts Assisted Living Facility
by John Carlisle Detroit Free Press BELLAIRE, Mich. − He’d had enough of being at the animal shelter, so Scout the dog climbed over one tall fence and then another, crossed a busy highway in the darkness, entered the automatic doors of a nursing home down the road, walked unnoticed into the lobby, hopped onto …
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Dallas Defense Was The Stuff Of Fantasy
by Kevin Burton Before she went to bed Sunday night I told my co-manager/wife that we had lost our Muppets of Beepball League fantasy football opener, because we trailed by 46 points. The opponent was out of players but all our K&J Silvers team had left was one running back and our defense. …
Living As Lights In A Crooked World
by Kevin Burton It took exactly three verses for the Bible to start talking about light. “Let there be light,” God said. And there was light. Read backward to Genesis 1:2 and you see that “the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” …
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