by Kevin Burton Songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were married in 1962. The next year they wrote “Chapel Of Love,” perhaps the most famous pop song about a wedding. In 1964 The Dixie Cups took Chapel of Love to number one on the Hot 100, where the song enjoyed a three-week honeymoon. …
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My Phone’s Not Dumb, You’re Dumb
by Kevin Burton One last petulant blast. That’s all this is, I fear. BBC business reporter Suzanne Bearne did a story on the return of the “dumbphone.” I hadn’t heard that anything not a smartphone is considered a dumbphone, but it doesn’t surprise me. Neither am I surprised that flip phones like …
Must Be The Queso That Sells These Chips
by Kevin Burton Covid has changed so many things, I can’t begin to tell you how many, but here’s one change in the Burton household. Whereas before my wife and I would be going to our favorite Mexican restaurant on a pleasant Friday evening, hanging out, chillin’, placing our order and waiting for …
Blind Date In China Goes Long And Wrong
by Kevin Burton Ever been on a date that just…wouldn’t…end? Here’s a story of one such date being reported around the world this week. And you can blame this one equally on the virus and one woman’s biological clock. A 34-year-old Chinese woman was forced to quarantine with her blind date for …
The Games Quarantine People Play
by Kevin Burton A stirring comeback is underway as the calendar year winds down. It’s all about the games quarantine people play, the ones in my household that is. My wife and I have always played card and dice games together, going back to the dating days. Quarantine inspired us to keep …
Kev Company Announces Changes
The company that brought you “no more tears” shampoo will split into two, according to CBS News. By the fall of 2023, Johnson & Johnson will divide itself, leaving one company that sells medical devices and prescription drugs and another that sells the brands you’re familiar with, including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson’s, …
Love Blooms On A Greyhound Bus
by Kevin Burton Must be true cause it couldn’t be fiction. I found this love story in The Guardian newspaper online. Those of you looking for that special someone take note, and get your Greyhound bus tickets. This is the story of Andy, an artist from Glasgow, Scotland and Becky, a mother …
Dreaming Of Walls For The Man Cave
by Kevin Burton I may live to regret this, but I’m going to lump myself in with Les Nessman. The issue is walls. Les Nessman was the clueless radio news reporter played by actor Richard Sanders on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. That was a solid late 70s early 80s sitcom with …
“Grandpa Kev” Just Doesn’t Sound Right
by Kevin Burton My wife drove like a grandma ever before she was one. I said this to her in person long before I said it to you in print and I assured her it was no putdown. In fact I mean it as the highest of compliments. What does a grandma …
Little Sis Had Her Day, Did It Her Way
by Kevin Burton It was years after the fact when he told the story, but the anger was still there in his voice. Apparently someone in obstetrics at the Minot Air Force Base suggested that my father could, or maybe should, allow my newborn sister Patricia to die. This was before she …
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