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by Kevin Burton Today we’re talking turkey as you prepare for your festive Thanksgiving celebration. Call this food for thought before the actual food. Though ham may appear on just as many tables as turkey on Thursday, you’ll likely never hear Thanksgiving called Ham Day. So feast your eyes now, on ten …
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by Kevin Burton In the aftermath of a Boeing B-17 plane crash in 1935 administrators and pilots invented a way to make sure all safety procedures have been followed, and stopped relying on the pilot’s memory. This was the birth of the mighty checklist, according to the National Day Calendar. Today is national …
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by Kevin Burton World Pasta Day was yesterday. Sorry I didn’t warn you ahead of time, but that was not my only pasta failure. I prepared a contribution to the celebration but it left quite a bit to be desired. It did taste better on day two then when I first made it. …
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Have you ever stopped to consider the amazing list of architectural terms used in scripture? Today I want to talk about building on the foundation of Christ the “Chief Cornerstone.” We, …
by Kevin Burton Politicians, working in committees, will find a way. Bet you five dollars they will. And cows will be cows. This story from the Associated Press out of Wellington New Zealand, marries politics, agriculture and the unseemly but altogether natural acts of cows. “New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed …
by Kevin Burton I don’t think trivia is trivial, do you? Trivial means of little value or importance. Not all of what can be called trivia fits that description. Some is news I can use. Anyway, my friend Tracy sent me the following trivia months ago and I am just now getting …
by Kevin Burton I’m sitting in the dark, on the couch my mom gave us. I hear the sound of a train in the distance. There is romance, poetry in the sound. I’m in the Man Cave and it couldn’t be mancavier. Two smallish beacons of light accompany the night without interrupting …
by Kevin Burton My longtime beep baseball team mate Mike Miller who pitched for the Columbus Vipers is famous for calm under pressure and for saying “It’ll all work out.” So it was his voice I heard in my head Sunday night when I realized, against all odds, I was in position to get four …
by Kevin Burton A North Carolina State University research study offers tips for blind people on how to make social interactions less awkward. I found the story by NC State’s Matt Shipman on http://www.medicalxpress.com. “A recent study highlights the range of uncomfortable situations people living with blindness or visual impairment encounter due …
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by Kevin Burton When my parents issued me flash cards before kindergarten, I wondered why the work “knife” had a K in it when it didn’t do anything. All these years later I hear from Merriam-Webster that not just e’s and k’s but all the letters of the English alphabet are silent at …
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