What Does Falling In Love Do To Your Body?

by Nicole Villeneuve interestingffacts.com   “The heart wants what it wants,” Emily Dickinson wrote. But as it turns out, falling in love actually has little to do with the heart.    Instead, the soaring feelings we experience have more to do with brain chemistry and our body’s response to the chemicals. While researchers are still working …

“Bachelor For A Day” Changes Cat Litter!

by Kevin Burton    So, what happens at the Burton household when Jeannette is away visiting relatives? Well it’s not fodder for a screenplay, I can tell you that.    You can call it bachelor for a day if you want, but this truly is not that.  We have long since commenced functioning as a …

A Beautiful Gift To A Father Going Blind

by Kevin Burton    Few sights in life are as breathtaking and heartwarming as a woman in her wedding dress.    Seems that is true even when the woman is not yet a bride. And it’s especially true, when a loving father is going blind.    Reporter Hollie Carr from the Dorset Echo, in England, …

No Problem Youngstown, We Have Enough Gas

by Kevin Burton    Like most people, my wife Jeannette took driver’s education in high school. But it’s the driving advice of her father that never leaves her mind.    He counselled her never to let the gas tank go below half filled. So when she says we need gas, I know we’re not in …

Honeymoon Days And A Potty-Placement Row

by Kevin Burton    Ah Hounslow!    On the desktop of my office computer is a picture of the “Hounslow Central” sign which was in front of our nearest train station while we were on our honeymoon in London.    Our adventures started there that week, and took us all around the capital city, to …

Nuclear Food, Goop Avoidance, Super Salads

by Kevin Burton    I invite you to step today, if you dare, into Kev’s Kitchen.    Just yesterday on Page 7 we looked at some jargon used by professional chefs and servers as they communicate in their busy restaurants.  At our house we don’t use too many of their terms. We do say “behind” …

“Fantasy Football Anthem” Tells The Truth

by Kevin Burton    All love to Kevin Rowland and to Dexy’s Midnight Runners, makers of Come On Eileen. All love to Eileen, all love to Johnnie Ray, all love to bib overalls.    But I may just have a new all-time favorite song.    It’s called Fantasy Football Anthem, and it’s by Holderness Family …

From Merriam-Webster: Your Cheatin’ Words

by Kevin Burton    Here’s where country music meets the dictionary, a sleazy list of words from Merriam-Webster about adultery and/or its aftermath.    The Bible doesn’t have a hierarchy of sins, at least that I can find, but I sort of do.  Marital infidelity is very close to the worst in my estimation.    …

She Did The Mocking, I Did The Drafting

by Kevin Burton     In business, you have to give a report to the CEO from time to time, so she knows what’s going on.    It’s called being accountable. And this is serious business.    So it was Thursday that the CEO of the Burtons’ fantasy football company paid a visit to the Mock …

Cookies Crumble, But Our Love Marches On

by Kevin Burton    Late last month my wife Jeannette did something to jeopardize our marriage.    We were at Subway and I heard her say to the sandwich artist, “..and we want three chocolate chip cookies…”    Three chocolate chip cookies.    As you know, three is an uneven number. It’s quite a bit …