BURGER SCOOT

  • Labeling

    via Daily Prompt: Label I’m a Democratic Socialist I’m a scooterist I’m a Christian My two sons–especially my oldest–doesn’t like labels. Wise men. Labels come with assumptions; labels, over-simplify what they are describing. And if a label is placed on a human being that is really problematic considering how complex we are with our own Read more

  • Battle Royale

    via Daily Prompt: Conquer I’ve been practicing yoga for more than three years. It started as an Rx by a physical therapist who said there’s no cure for my degenerative disk disease, but keeping limber will keep me off ibuprofen and the occasional opioid. She was right–barring the stiffness from binge-watching streaming TV shows, I’m pretty Read more

  • Staying out of the path of the tornado

    via Daily Prompt: Luck “Luck: a force that brings good fortune or adversity.” – Merriam-Webster “May The Force be with you.” – various Jedi knights I like the idea of luck being a force–like it has power and that it even can move. Like Andy Dufresne says in Shawshank Redemption: “Bad luck, I guess. It floats Read more

  • The latest (but not last) face lift

    Notice my blog changed, again. I’ve been working in an IT environment for about twenty years and have had blogs for nearly half that time and I am still an idiot when it comes to most things computer. I’ve also been a Christian for some years and have began to embrace some yogic philosophies as Read more

  • Victoria, Cindi, and my ongoing quest for the next uber barber

    Okay, why does a balding guy get so worked up about having a great barber? It’s a valid question. I used to go to a hair stylist. You know the kind with the sinks and the line of hair products. I paid good money for someone to wash and cut my hair. The price kept Read more

  • Guns and boba straw-worthy milkshakes

    I visited Cookie’s Drive-In over the weekend. It’s a hamburger stand here in Sacramento known for its milkshakes and its unconventional hamburgers (e.g. ostrich and buffalo). The burger and fries I had were fine—up to Cookie’s high standards. They reminded me of what has become an urban legend here—that Bill Clinton visited this drive-in in the Read more