BURGER SCOOT

  • Running Backwards: Me, Fitness, & Weight Loss

    Running Backwards: Me, Fitness, & Weight Loss

    Con-vic-tion /kan’vikSH(e)n/noun2a : a strong persuasion or belief X \’eks\5: an unknown quantity                                      It was on a mid-October Sunday afternoon when I came up with the hair-brain idea. I texted my wife, who was running errands at the… Read more

  • Big head. Balding big head. Overweight with a balding big head. Overweight with a balding and graying big head: My life in a few unflattering pictures

    As a toddler, I might as well have worn a hat that said, “C-Section Baby” to remove all doubt from anyone who cast their eyes upon my giant head and thought, “How did mom birth that kid?” On second thought, I would have to wear a T-shirt–they wouldn’t be able to find a hat large… Read more

  • You cried yesterday, I’m crying now

    Thanks for your vote, ma’am. I’m crying now that Beto lost to a truly horrible U.S. Senator. More tears for Andrew Gillum’s loss to a bigot in the Florida Gubernatorial race. Stacey Abrams may lose to a complete asshole in the Georgia Gubernatorial. Most of the Dems that won in the less-than-tidal “Blue Wave” are Centrists.… Read more

  • Little Free Library Founder Todd Bol Dies

    Has anyone who is reading this post ever seen a Little Free Library? I have! In Sacramento, there’s one on Second Avenue that I have passed on my way to my church and there’s one I just discover before publishing this post that is walking distance from my home. Though I admit I have never… Read more

  • Five Guys, another fat guy on a scooter, and the burning question that just might render all this burger scooting irrelevant

      As the subtitle of this blog suggests, I don’t review burger joints very often anymore. Also, now that I am almost as fat as I have ever been, I have made a couple of healthy half measures (I rarely stick to whole measures): cut way down on dairy and beef. The decision on cutting… Read more

  • Cold Brewing: Home and Away

    The best cup of coffee I ever had–cold or hot–was a Kyoto Cold Brew at the Temple Coffee Roasters‘ coffeehouse at 2200 K Street here in Sacramento. It featured all the pleasurable notes I love in coffee without the acid quality. When I first began to drink coffee I had to accept the acid quality of… Read more