BURGER SCOOT

Category: Writing

  • Barks, Bees, and Candles, Plenty of Candles!

    The hollow in the old Silver Maple had been home for squirrels. These critters angered the dog, who treated the critters as invaders. Now colonies of bees made hives in that hollow. The dog did not protest to the new tenants. The dog’s owner noticed the beauty of a muted…

  • The Tough Business of Our Mortality and the Legend of Super Stu – Redux

    My father died on December 11, 2014. I want to get that out of the way. The post below was originally published on August 19, 2014. (His obituary can be found here for anyone who cares to read it. I wanted to re-post this for four reasons: It’s been nearly…

  • What will it be, a Latte or Socialism?

    “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” — George Orwell, Politics and the English Language I was doing a search in WordPress on the PSL (a common initialism for the Party of Socialism & Liberation) and I got posts about Pumpkin Spice Lattes–a frou-frou espresso drink that usually pops…

  • A History of an Unlikly Wordsmith

    A History of an Unlikly Wordsmith

    I remember when my terminally ill father asked me if I was happy with the career I had chosen. That might have been a good time to lie and make him feel assured that I was doing something I enjoyed–as in the way he enjoyed making boats and my brother…

  • Career Opportunities

    I am currently working on getting a promotion, a promotion that I frankly don’t think I deserve, and I don’t think I will receive. Okay, the fact is, I don’t think I really want to receive the promotion. There, I said it. I don’t know how many people in civil…