BURGER SCOOT

  • Effervescent–Not!

    Every time he spoke, a collection of bubbles would start to form in the right corner of his mouth. It got to the point where I stopped listening to whatever he was talking about and focused on the bubbles. He could have been talking about things we both were interested in: motorcycles, skiing, or Notre Read more

  • Returning to the Movie Theater

    Godzilla vs. Kong — ASSHOLES WATCHING MOVIES As everyone knows by now, movie theaters are opening up with limited seating. There are two BIG films I want to see on the big screen: Jon M. Chu‘s In the Heights, which will be released sometime this summer, and Godzilla vs. Kong, which is currently playing! I Read more

  • COVID-19 Shots

    First Shot I thought I had longer to wait. I wasn’t in the tier to receive my COVID-19 vaccination. But my wife persisted because I suffer from complex partial seizures–that are completely surprised by meds (still knocking on wood for over 50 years) and, I guess, becomes I’m almost 65. While not morbidly obese, I Read more

  • Observations From the Mat #7: My New Folding Yoga Mat From Hell

    This post is the source for a Six Sentence Stories creative writing challenge. The following, however, is all the painful truth. A little over a year ago, before COVID-19 shut down my gym, I bought a folding mat. I needed a mat that could fit in my cramped locker. The idea was genius: a mat Read more

  • Returning to the mat

    There are several unique styles of yoga that exist and they can be quite different from each other. While starting out, it might seem like “yoga” is one practice or style, but students quickly discover that there are numerous forms of this practice to explore. While each style has similarities in the essence and philosophy… 9 Read more

  • The Great American Past-Time

    After the ride to the station, the hum of the train, the anticipation at the ticket gate, buying a new cap for a new season, a new beginning, Clay anxiously took his seat along the third baseline. A year had passed since he had attended one of these. Now, he’d swear he could smell the Read more