by Kevin Burton The seasons are changing, calendar and sports calendar; the time is changing (spring forward Saturday night, kids), too much is changing. Any number of poets have rhapsodized about the beginning of spring and all it symbolizes. OK, I’m good with that. But as a sports guy in the man cave, …
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Visiting Johnny Carson’s Boyhood Home Town
by Kevin Burton There was a time when one man captured this nation’s attention, made us laugh and in a way, held us together. And that national smile began with the first five notes of that song, The Tonight Show theme. “Daaaaa dum dum daaaa daaaa….” You heard those notes and …
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These Guys Were Really Into Chocolate
by Kevin Burton More than once I’ve gotten myself into a sticky situation and needed rescuing, but never like this. Two workers were rescued by firefighters after falling into a vat of chocolate at the Mars-Wrigley plant in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania June 9. “It’s a real life Willy Wonka story,” wrote http://www.entrepreneur.com. “At …
A Week To Show Appreciation To Teachers
by Kevin Burton One of the things I said I would never do, is teach. I thought there might be some payback coming. I reasoned that if I got back anything close to my just desserts after tormenting my teachers for so long, I’d be in serious trouble. May 2-5 is National Teacher …
New Coke, The Worst Corporate Idea?
by Kevin Burton Did you miss Bad Idea Day last week, April 23? Well it wasn’t actually named, per se. But New Coke was introduced on that day, in 1985. That’s good enough for me. What was the worst corporate idea of all time? Who’s to say? But New Coke is often …
Please Stand By For Stupid Word Tricks
by Kevin Burton So I’m not a plumber, not a fashion designer, I do words. Words are what I do. I got skillses and stuff. I’m qualified. Not to brag, but I know my palindromes backward and forward. So now and then you may see, here on this platform, some of …
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