by Kevin Burton My wife and I loved our South Dakota-Nebraska vacation last fall. We really didn’t want to come home. On the way home I kept a Nebraska station on the car radio well past the point where we could actually hear it well enough to recognize a song. “Hey, if …
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A Heartwarming Family Fantasy Football Story
by Kevin Burton I am 6 feet, 1½ inches tall. My wife Jeannette is only 5’4”. But I bet you five dollars we see eye to eye! How do I know this? I let her know recently that my brother has a whopping eleven fantasy football teams. This knowledge floated for a time, …
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Marriage Advice And Pleasant Surprises
by Kevin Burton There may never be a more heart-felt but quieter airing of Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” than the one at my house Monday. My spirit was sky high because L.A. Rams running back Cam Akers had finally stopped running the ball, and the team just in front of me lost …
Two Teams To Fantasy Football Playoffs
by Kevin Burton This could be my last happy fantasy football moment, so I’ll celebrate it here. In life, as in fantasy, when you can celebrate, celebrate. Enjoy the moment because you never, never know what’s around the corner. In football that oblong ball bounces funny (funnily?) sometimes. Life can be even …
Oh My Word! Scrabble Goes Crazy
by Kevin Burton If you read this column often you know I’m a Scrabble player. Guess I’ve become an old Scrabble player. I used to laugh at my mom because she objected to some of the new words in the Scrabble Players’ Dictionary. I’m not laughing anymore. I have the sixth edition …
The Fickle Bounce Of The Fantasy Football
by Kevin Burton The morning orange juice is sweeter, the song of the birds outside more melodious, even the cats’ litter box is less odoriferous, when all four of your fantasy teams have won. This is silliness, even profound silliness, but it’s a thing, I promise you. Winning at fantasy football is …
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Rage And Despair In The Business Center
by Kevin Burton Dear, gentle, intelligent Page 7 reader, may I ask you a question? What would you say is the key element, all things considered, in the business center of a hotel? What makes a business center a business center? If you were told by a hotel employee that, yes, said …
Lifelong Learning, Exercise For The Mind
by Kevin Burton Had some fun last week speculating about new hobbies that could take the place of fantasy football, should that pastime drive me too crazy. I was picking from a list of 50 hobbies for seniors on the website 55places.com. A few of the hobbies, such as axe throwing, were laughable …
The Unfriendly Skies Of Fantasy Football
by Kevin Burton This is exploratory, just in case. I am doing this just in case. One needs to keep one’s options open. Old dogs need to at least consider new tricks, right? So, the fantasy football flight has encountered some turbulence, shall we say? Four teams, two wins six losses among …
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