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by Kevin Burton Well, the big day has come, and I wish you a Merry Christmas! This covers today and all Christmases. Even after I die, if you’re still chugging along and remember me, remember that old Kev wished you a Merry Christmas. But on this Christmas Day I have a bigger …
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by interestingfacts.com The ubiquity of holiday songs on television, radio, and social media from Thanksgiving through Christmas ensures that we'll be able to sing these anthems in our sleep. But lesser known are the backstories behind these famous tunes, which share common themes but draw from vastly different sources. From centuries-old standards to …
by Kevin Burton Christmas brings with it a combination of the most modern of gifts under the tree and the most old-timey of words used to sing about it. Merriam-Webster dictionary has compiled a list of words we seldom encounter outside of Christmas songs. We bring you more of those today, and we …
by Kevin Burton Uh-oh, I think I may be archaic. Our friends at Merriam-Webster dictionary served up a timely platter of cookies this week, a list of “archaic” words we know from Christmas songs. Well I just used one of these words last week on Page 7! In order to keep this …
by Carol Warner Hrmorning.com When do employers’ ADA obligations kick in? Do compliance requirements start as soon as employees get to work? Or do they begin during the commute — before workers even arrive at the job site? A newly filed lawsuit puts the question to the test. According to the Equal Opportunity …
by dictionaryscoop.com We all remember palindromes from our childhood years. Funny sentences that read the same forward as backward. Some are short, some incredibly long, and while some do make sense, most of them are surrealist, to say the least. From the whimsical “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!” to the succinct …
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by Kevin Burton Even the Apostle Paul asked God the question, made the request. So I don’t feel quite as bad about not initially embracing my own weakness. In fact, Paul asked three times. My idea is to acknowledge weakness when I must, but then work to try to get rid of …
by Kevin Burton I love me some Al Michaels. Our sportscaster-sports consumer relationship goes back more than 50 years. How much do I love Al Michaels? Well, I watched the entire unwatchable Raiders-Chargers game Thursday because he was calling it. I didn’t even have any fantasy players involved. And I’ve been watching …
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by Katie Stavick The Frontiersman Wasilla, Alaska - Two students filed a lawsuit against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Nov. 30, stating that the district has violated their right to free speech. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Ben Kolendo and Quinlen Schachle, both seniors in the District-Kolendo is a senior at Career …
by Kevin Burton Got re-acquainted with an old boyhood pal last Wednesday and I had lasagna for dinner. Sounds like glad tidings, yes? Well maybe not so much. The “lasagna” came out of a can. This all started with an e-mail from the Interesting Facts website, that alerted me to the …
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