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 …

When The Chips Were Down, I Came Through

by Kevin Burton    Briefly, I stuck to my guns, relied on my own resources, ever so briefly. And I can’t tell you why.    This was misguided, but I rebounded quickly and it all worked out.    It was just after 8 p.m. and my wife Jeannette approached, walking with purpose into the mancave …

Love To You Who Are Grieving On Christmas

by Kevin Burton    It’s deeply upsetting to me that my mother was in a hospital, alone on Christmas Eve, in what could easily be her last Christmas season.    There isn’t a phone in her room and I don’t believe she grabbed her cell phone for an emergency trip to ER Monday night. So …

Taking The Shake Out Of Shake ‘n Bake

by Kevin Burton     I am not definitively saying that Wal-Mart, distributor of Vibrant Life cat litter, is squeezing customers financially. I didn’t do the documentation.    You see, my boyhood pastime of reading the back of cereal boxes did not linger into adulthood and cause me to read for information, such things as cat …

Girl Scout Cookies Are Marketing Magic

by Kevin Burton    Let’s open another box of cookies, shall we?    Yesterday on Page 7 we established that October is National Cookie Month.  If you’re like me you have let several Octobers go by without having this knowledge.  But it/s never too late to make up for lost time.    One of the …

Go Crazy Cookie Monster, Go Crazy!

by Kevin Burton    It hurts my heart to know that in 2007, Cookie Monster began talking about cookies as a “sometimes food.”    This was in response to growing levels of childhood obesity in the United States. In 2006 the people at the Sesame Workshop (formerly Children’s Television Workshop) started emphasizing healthy eating and …

If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Order Pizza

by Kevin Burton    So we’ve had two days of flapping jaw concerning pizza – that’s eating and talking – with no real pizza production.     Time for action!    Page 7 now steps inside the Burtons’ fully-equipped, modern kitchen for take one of homemade pizza. We’ve already put a take two into the equation …