by Kevin Burton With the (relatively) new year and our new household additions, the Burtons are taking quarantine competition to the next level. It’s the next level down, but hey, it is the next level. Welcome to the Quarantine Olympics. Last year it was mostly Yahtzee that helped us pass the time. …
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Sometimes A Fantasy Is All You Need
by Kevin Burton If the NFL season ended at this writing, my Bengals would be included in the playoffs. They would travel to Kansas City for a first-round game. Blood rivals Cleveland and Pittsburgh, though they are having fairly good seasons, would be excluded if the playoffs began today. How sweet is that? …
Airline To Fire Unvaccinated Workers
by Kevin Burton Almost 600 workers for United Airlines now face termination for not complying with the company’s Covid 19 vaccination requirement, according to published reports. “The vast majority of its 67,000 US staff have supplied proof of vaccination, which was required by Monday,” according to a report on the BBC website. …
A Victory For Family, Canada, The Expos
by Kevin Burton Game one of the sibling rivalry baseball series went to yours truly last week. It was the moves I didn’t make that saved me. Life is like that sometimes. I mentioned earlier on Page 7 that my brother Steve and I are playing a best-of-five baseball series using a …
What Is Your Definition of Family?
by Kevin Burton At a church I attended in Columbus years ago, the pastor mistakenly referred to my “wife and kids” one day. Back then I had neither wife nor kids, but his mistake was understandable. I am mentioning this anecdote today as I try to define the term “family.” A good …
Two Shots, Two Weeks, Then What?
by Kevin Burton Yeah, OK, so now what? A growing portion of the world population has received a vaccine to combat the Covid-19. But this is no happy ending. In fact, it’s no ending at all. In March of last year in response to the virus, the global scientific community began what …
Cover Your Family And Friends In Prayer
by Kevin Burton “One of the most effective ways to pray for ourselves and for others is to pray scripture. In doing so, we echo back to God that which we know is his will.” Those are words from the back cover of the book “Covering Your Life In Prayer: Discover A Life-Changing …
Burning Question: Which Burner Is Best?
by Kevin Burton You may have heard, a social media debate is, uh, simmering. Which stovetop burner is the best to use? Which one is your favorite? Oh great, another way to divide Americans. And, it appears I am on the outside looking in, again. As with the arrangement of letters on a typewriter keyboard, …
Trees Falling In The Quarantine Forest
by Kevin Burton Had a hard time getting the old blog out this week for reasons beyond my control. It got me thinking about relevance. Also, our internet provider helped me name my alleged debut album. But I’m getting way ahead of myself. First, my 6½-year-old computer gave up the ghost Sunday …
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