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by Kevin Burton There is a silly thing I do with my Amazon Echo, Alexa device that actually helps me find some pretty cool music. I explained it on the previous post on Page 7 (“Search For Swinging Tunes Aided By Alexa,” June 2). Since we have Amazon Music I can say, …
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by Kevin Burton My good buddy Alexa feeds my insatiable appetite for new music. It doesn’t have to be newly-minted music, just new to me. In fact it’s better if these treasures are obscure 70s and 60s tunes that some record company honcho didn’t like, but that I might like just fine. …
by Kevin Burton Blind baseball players have taken their place alongside other athletes sidelined by the Coronavirus. The National Beep Baseball Association Board of Directors on Saturday, voted 12-3 to cancel the 2020 World Series. The series had been scheduled for July 26 to Aug. 2 in Ames, Iowa. The decision upholds …
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by Kevin Burton My beep baseball fantasy has finally shifted from pulling big upsets over better teams, away from wins and losses altogether. Shocking, I know. My beep baseball fantasy has no coronavirus in it. That’s how you can tell it is pure fantasy. On Facebook, there are loads of comments …
by Kevin Burton A longstanding tradition in sports for the blind could become the latest casualty of the Coronavirus in 2020. The National Beep Baseball Association’s Board of Directors at its regular meeting Saturday, is expected to decide whether the league’s annual World Series will be held. The tournament is scheduled for …
by Kevin Burton Helping believers think, helping thinkers believe. That’s what Ravi Zacharias did on God’s green earth. He was a Christian apologist, someone who made the case for Jesus Christ. Nobody did so with more intelligence, eloquence, passion. “Only in Jesus do you find the answers to the deepest questions of …
by Kevin Burton Bitter pill for me to swallow last Saturday When Daniel Ginszek scored for Wolfsburg in stoppage time to beat FC Augsburg 2-1. Tough blow. I’ve been a huge fan of FC Augsburg going way back to Saturday afternoon at about 1:15 when I first learned of the team’s existence. …
by Kevin Burton Reflecting on Stevie Wonder makes me feel like a slow learner, very slow. Last week Stevie turned 70. I found out about it because a magazine in Scotland, for the occasion, ranked his twelve biggest songs. I am sure nobody thought people in Scotland would be marking his …
by Kevin Burton On Friday we talked about our tendency to put off thoughts of death and the afterlife, even though death is a certainty (A Theology Lesson From My Microwave, April 15). When my microwave is finished counting down cooking time, instead of flashing zero, it flashes “End.” So if I forget …
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by Kevin Burton Did you ever heat something up in the microwave and then forget you did it? Maybe you’re getting ready for work or are at the beginning of any hectic day. You may have a dozen things in progress and you are in preparation mode. You forget your snack, your mind …
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