Here’s Why Canada Has No Egg Shortages

by Kevin Burton    Look, I’m not bragging, I’m just sayin’ .We have a source.    No, not giving up my source, go get your own.    I’m not saying the eggs we get are cheap-cheap, not like before. But they’re not 70s gasoline-lines expensive either.    You know where else eggs are not expensive …

Was This The Worst Idea Of The 1970s?

by Kevin Burton    Pet rocks I remember. Mood rings, yep. Little sawed-off Gremlin cars. Yeah, I remember those.     I was part of the 70s. I was on the scene baby! I watched the Jackson 5 cartoon. Didn’t dance much but I sang a lot of disco. I remember the bicentennial and staying up …

Karaoke Machine Inventor Dies At Age 100

by Kevin Burton    Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the world’s first commercially-available karaoke machine, has died in Japan at age 100, according to National Public Radio.    Never knew the man, but boy has he filled up my Saturday nights.    You take a character from Billy Joel’s Piano Man who is“sure that I …

NFL/NBC Greed Leaves A Bad Taste

by Kevin Burton    The NFL has just invited me, and you, to not watch football on TV. You want to be careful doing a thing like that.    It would appear that I can live without it.    This is a working hypothesis. Forgive me for not having it all thought out and laid …

Papa John’s To Pay $175K For Discrimination

by Kevin Burton    Giant pizza-delivery chain Papa John’s will cough up a big chunk of dough, for employment  discrimination against a blind man, according to multiple published reports.    Louisville-based Papa John’s is the fourth-largest pizza delivery chain in the US,  according to USA Today. On its website, Papa John’s lists “the values that …

Oh Baby! Life Begins At Costco

by Kevin Burton    Is there more to Costco than meets the eye?    From UPI March 30, came a story about a Michigan couple who didn’t quite make it to the hospital when their baby was due.    “Emergency responders in Michigan said an impatient baby refused to wait for the hospital and ended …