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by Kevin Burton I list these songs below, and chances are you’ll pick up right away where I am going with them: “Laughing” and “Undun” by the Guess Who, “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King “Who’ll Stop The Rain” and “Travelling Band” by Credence Clearwater Revival, “Something” …
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by Kevin Burton There was a time when I had multiple dozens of penpals from around the world. More than once I heard this joke: What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call a …
by Kevin Burton Surely you’ve heard this old joke: What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call a person who speaks only one language? American. A wicked, sweeping generalization that. Not entirely fair. But …
by Kevin Burton Apologies right up front here, because Garrison Keillor would do this story better than I. The US Census Bureau announced Nov. 16 that Hartville, Missouri, population 594, is the “center of population” for the United States. Here is what that means, according to the Census Bureau release: “If …
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