Quibbles And Bits: Dolly Parton Edition

by Kevin Burton    Did I dream this? I only saw it once. I mean, I think I saw it once. Did you see this?    I thought I saw on Facebook, the first news about changing the name of the Nashville airport to honor Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 was something along the …

Burtons Cut The Cord In Time For NFL Games

by Kevin Burton    Imagine you went to the grocery store and instead of selecting the vegetables you wanted, you had to sign up for a “vegetable package.”     So, you can’t get fresh green beans unless you also take artichoke, leeks and rutabaga.  “Hey that’s the package, that’s how we sell it, take it …

Quibbles And Bits: Hey Taylor Swift, I Tried

by Kevin Burton    I’ve tried twice now, and I won’t be back here again, to “get” the whole Taylor Swift thing.    The first time around came when Swift started dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and started getting mega-coverage by watching Chiefs games from luxury suites.    I said, Oh my …

Farewell To The Meathead, Closing Credits

by Kevin Burton    I’m supposed to be good with words, but sometimes there just aren’t any.    I’m having trouble expressing my distress at the violent death of Actor/Director Rob Reiner. Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday and their son Nick is now facing two counts of murder. Sadness, disbelief, anger, …

Rise Of The Road Dogs, A Perseverance Tale

by Kevin Burton    I was so sure it was going to happen, I had the headline written: “Bad Dogs! Cellar Dwelling Fantasy Team.”    That was two weeks ago. My K&J Road Dogs, in 9th place at 2-4, were playing the last place team, which was 1-5.  If The Dogs lost, the teams would …

Savoring Food Words From Merriam-Webster

by Kevin Burton    After last week’s posts about the Food Network, we set the table once more with words about food from our friends at Merriam-Webster dictionary.    I have heard the chefs on TV drop some of these words, but other words on the list sound more like Roman or Jewish names from …

Another Helping Of Fun From Food Network

by Kevin Burton    Yesterday we rode the wayback machine and looked at one of my earliest Page 7 blog posts, one that made fun of the weird meals they make on Food Network.    We also established that since that time I have developed an appetite for Food Network and have stopped dialing up …

Food Network, Unlikely Road Dogs For Us

by Kevin Burton    My recipe for relaxation on the road has changed, just a bit, in the last couple of years.     Time was, on the road with my wife, I would put a ball game on the hotel TV before the suitcase got unpacked.    Or even opened.    Football, baseball, basketball. I …

I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together

by Kevin Burton    On the night of the first full day of the return of the American Nazi Party to power in the United States, I watched the first ever episode of the Carol Burnett Show and of Laugh-In.    I needed a laugh.  Badly    I did this via Amazon.  Before that time …

Remembering The Man, Jimmy Carter

by Kevin Burton    Classes let out on the day of Jimmy Carter’s inauguration as the 39th President of the United States. So I watched part of it in the library at the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus.    Carter and his wife Rosalynn famously got out of their limousine and walked …