by Kevin Burton Today we touch on two stories about braille being produced from unexpected sources. NBC Connecticut ran a story about female inmates at York Correctional Facility becoming certified as Braille transcriptionists. Five inmates completed the program Aug. 24. I wish NBC had quoited some of them. But here is part …
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Here’s To Life In The Age Of Invisibility
by Kevin Burton The same little girl said a sunshiny “hi” to me twice in the grocery store Tuesday. This was astounding to me, since I am invisible. You make your circuits in a smallish store and you may cross paths with the same people multiple times. I gave the girl the …
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How Many Fantasy Teams Are Too Many?
by Kevin Burton If having one fantasy football team is great fun (which it is), wouldn’t having more than one team be even more fun? That is the question I asked last year, in my second year as a fantasy manager. I answered it in the affirmative. Yes indeed, great big ridiculous fun! …
Noisy Cauliflower, A Growing Concern?
by Kevin Burton Certain food just calls out my name. Pizza comes to mind. Know what I mean? And it doesn’t have to shout either. I am listening for its call on Friday nights, really most nights. I haven’t heard too much from cauliflower though. But last week I learned I should …
Childfree By Choice: No Kids, No Regrets
by Kevin Burton When Mrs. Groves went around the room asking us fifth graders how many children we wanted to have when we grew up, my answer was two, three or at the most four. This was part of sex education class. Well, you really shouldn’t hold a person to anything they say …
Great Kitchen Marriage: Mac And Cheese
by Kevin Burton Today is the national day for what apparently is a regional dish, macaroni and cheese. Macaroni and Cheese is comfort food for many of us. I have seen it as a much-needed point of agreement. So I hate to insert a note of controversy here. But…. But upon just …
Dr. Pepper Is The Choice At My House
by Kevin Burton Finally I am on the right side of the great consumer steamroller. Usually the foods and other products I like exist in the financial fringes. Marginal sales, minimal customer appeal, and a tenuous position in the marketplace; that is usually where my go-to stuff is, always in danger of being …
I Guess Static Cling Is A Thing After All
by Kevin Burton Serving up quibbles and bits for Saturday breakfast on Page 7. Stray ideas, quick hitters, random asides. It’s food for thought, albeit maybe not real deep thought….. So, I spent the first 90 percent of my workday Friday with a washcloth stuffed inside my shirt. I put on a …
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Just Say “No” To The Fourth Crockpot
by Kevin Burton You’ve been there I’m sure, where I was Sunday. I called it “crawl out of it” day. Perhaps you can think of a better term. The idea is part getting back into a normal routine and part creating a better routine. I felt as if I hadn’t quite recovered …
Latter-Day David Saves Sister With Slingshot
by Kevin Burton So now you know two stories involving a slingshot. And two extraordinary stories they are. Thirteen-year-old Owen Burns heard his sister screaming earlier this month, then looked out a window to see someone trying to kidnap her. Burns grabbed what he had at hand, what he was familiar with, …
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