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Podcast Episode: Yoga, Memory, And Play
Hey, Burger Scoot fans, did you know my good AI buddies Pip and Mara host a podcast where they discuss some of my blog posts? It’s true! I guess this is WordPress’ attempt to expand into a different market. Here’s one of their shows! Enjoy, I didn’t! Pip: You are listening to Burger Scoot, where… Read more
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What is Sanskrit for “Flirting”: A Six Sentence Story
Jack walked into the yoga studio and rolled out his mat. The room was dark, and from the previous Hot Yoga class, it was still warm and a little humid. “There’s the troublemaker,” Mary said, winking at him while she was in a table pose. Jack smiled and teased back, “I see you didn’t double-park… Read more
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Me and My Self-fulfilling Prophecy
“A self-fulfilling prophecy is a sociological term used to describe a prediction that causes itself to become true.” – Simple Psychology. It was 1987, and I was crying in my Academic Advisor, Professor William Dorman’s office. I had just told my mentor that I was going to drop out of California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)… Read more
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Observations From the Mat #12: My Quest for Adjustments
I picked up my coffee order from a young, attractive female barista. She had noticed I came into her shop with a mat over my shoulder, so she asked how I liked the yoga studio in the same shopping center as the coffee shop. I told her that, aside from it being a chain—with the… Read more
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Checkmated by My Own Brain: A Six-Sentence Story
I am horrible at solving puzzles; my remedial mind has a hard time with puzzle games like Sudoku, the NYT’s Wordle, and Connections. When I was a kid and liked to watch Batman with Adam West, I used to get lost when The Riddler (played by Frank Gorshin) would riddle the Caped Crusader, and our… Read more
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The Beautiful Word: Repost
This was originally published back in April of 2017, when I couldn’t get enough of yoga: my wife saw the transformation of our bookshelves from “Carol’s Reading Group History” to Jack’s “Who needs to practice yoga when you can just buy books on the subject!” Namaste: (pronounced \NAH-muh-stay). The word comes from Sanskrit and literally means “bowing… Read more
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