by Kevin Burton If you read this blog regularly, you know I am a cat guy. A cat whisperer, my wife says. Today we’ll give equal time to dog lovers, by revealing some of the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s list of words inspired by dogs. According to Forbes, 44.5 percent of US households have …
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Lowes Hates Me And I Hate It Right Back
by Kevin Burton Please know up front this is not one of my angry product/company boycott posts….but I hate Lowes. Please know that Lowes is our go-to store for all things home improvement. Just about all the problems we’ve ever had at Lowes were our own fault, because we bought the wrong thing. …
Disneyland Cats Are Always On The Job
by Caroline Brigagao insidethemagic.com It’s no news that Disney Parks hide some special park features in plain sight, like the hidden suite in Cinderella Castle, Walt Disney’s apartment at Magic Kingdom in Disneyland Park, and the private members-only Club 33, also located in Disneyland Park. However, Disneyland Resort in California focuses a lot of its attention on a “secret attraction” in …
48 Hours The Movie, Starring Our New Cat
by Kevin Burton This is a happy cat story – thank God. I wasn’t so happy around mid-day yesterday though. Sunday after church we ran a special errand, to pick up Lakin, our new 6-year-old cat. The cat rescue place told us Saturday that she had just had her shots and we …
What I Couldn’t Remember, I Now Can’t Forget
by Kevin Burton The Scrabble words deployed against you that get you beat; those are the ones you remember the best. Something kind of similar happened with my Bible memory verses recently. I’ve written previously about my memory verses, typed on paper, taped onto index cards of various colors. I am up …
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It’s All About The Cats At A Cat Café
by Kevin Burton This is a fun story, filled with cute kitties, but with a serious bummer at the end. On the first part of our June vacation, we came across Papa’s Cat Café in Columbia, Missouri. It was easily the most interesting tourist attraction we read about it mid-Missouri. I thought …
Welcome (Not Welcome!) To Kevin’s Ark
by Kevin Burton Our home Bible study has left Genesis for now and gone to Esther. But before we get too far from Noah and the ark, a few more stray thoughts. Or should I say “astray thoughts?” Thoughts that show I have gone astray, at least in the moment. I wrote …
A Heartwarming Family Fantasy Football Story
by Kevin Burton I am 6 feet, 1½ inches tall. My wife Jeannette is only 5’4”. But I bet you five dollars we see eye to eye! How do I know this? I let her know recently that my brother has a whopping eleven fantasy football teams. This knowledge floated for a time, …
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Rubber Bands, An Inelastic Purchase?
by Kevin Burton It hurt my heart to do it, but I did it, last week. Something I thought I would never do. Along with the eggs and bacon and paper plates, and the baking stuff my wife Jeannette got, I also, purchased, rubber bands. Still can’t believe it. But there it …
Hating The Remedy, Loving The Cure
by Kevin Burton Can my cat put two and two together, connect the dots? This I can never know, of course. But I wonder if at any level she connects her recent trip to the vet and her improved health. This much we know: Gabbie hates being put in a cat carrier, …