by Kevin Burton Some of the entries on today’s word list from Merriam-Webster I learned as a wee lad, by following the news about the federal government. If it hadn’t been for the Nixon Administration and the Watergate scandal, I would have thought hush money was money a parent spends to keep the …
New Beatles Song Is Neither Now Nor Then
by Kevin Burton Think of the individual Beatles’ colossal talents, with egos to match. Think of the group putting together an album. It’s John Lennon trying to get his songs on the record, Paul McCartney doing the same and George Harrison fighting to be heard at all. There is creativity, artistry, but …
Cowboys Have Longest Title Draught In Dallas
by Kevin Burton Sports fans in North Texas and coast to coast, gather round. As we honor the new kings of baseball, the Texas Rangers, who won their first World Series Wednesday, let’s also take a look at the sports landscape in Dallas. Clarence E Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star …
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Texas Rangers Redeem Echoes Of The Senators
by Kevin Burton Futility, barren and bleak as it gets, has been the hallmark of the Texas Rangers. But Wednesday, with the Yankees and Dodgers on their couches at home, The Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to finish off a four-games-to-one, World Series win. World Series win. Texas Rangers? Yes indeed, …
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English Words That Came From Products
by Kevin Burton We’ve got moxie in a can. We’ve got monkey bars and monkey business, and it all comes from Merriam-Webster. This list from the dictionary highlights products that hit the market with varying success but had more staying power as words in the English language. So maybe the inventor didn’t get …
One Final Encore For The Beatles
by Kevin Burton I’m guessing the final Beatles song, to be released later this week, will be neither a bang, nor a whimper. Or maybe it will be a bang, and a whimper and everything in between. That would be fitting for a band that was and is “ way beyond compare” to …
The Story Of Pringles From Cradle To Grave
by Kevin Burton Without this great big clue you would never guess this, or even think of it. With the clue you surely won’t miss. Guess where and how the ashes of the late Fredrick Baur, inventor of Pringles, are buried? Yep, in a Pringles can. Ah but ain’t that America? …
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Hell Is Eternal, Jesus Died To Save You From It
by Kevin Burton “I have been through hell,” was a quote from one of the Israeli hostages released this week by Hamas. Maam, you have been through severe trauma of a degree I can’t imagine, but you have not been through hell. You don’t get through hell. The Bible says hell is …
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More Middle Words From Merriam-Webster
by Kevin Burton Today we continue a look at words and phrases about the middle from the Merriam Webster dictionary. We start with two phrases about being forced into difficult decisions: Devil and the deep blue sea Many phrases that evoke in-between-ness also situate the speaker between two undesirable end points, like the …
Stuck In The Middle With Merriam-Webster
by Kevin Burton I hope you don’t find this a middling effort, but today we bring to you, words about the middle. This is a list from the Merriam-Webster dictionary, but it reminds me of the late, great Gerry Rafferty. While a member of Stealers Wheel, Rafferty wrote “Stuck In The Middle With …
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