Dan Burt

Most bullshit today isn't classy enough to be called balderdash.

Hiking Sunday. #hiking #trails #woods #trees #field #clouds #nature #photography

I read Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham, a 1946 novel about carnival folk and nefarious spiritualists and mediums. My favorite slang phrase for fooling the rubes was "jazzing the chump," a practice still used by politicians and propagandists on poorly informed voters.

My annual literary miracle.

Sling blade season started this weekend and I'm ashamed to say I'm not in physical shape to clear an eighth of an acre without taking a three-day break.

San Francisco 49ers losing quarterbacks like Spinal Tap losing drummers.

Hiking today.

Ever since I decided to get in track and field shape to use my college athletic eligibility my back's been tight and achy as if to say "the fuck you are."

I'm at that age now where I'm fighting off the urge to binge watch Columbo and Murder She Wrote. I know if I start I won't stop, and the next thing I know, I'm Matlocked.

More hiking photos.

More hiking photos today.

On my hike today I was stopped in my tracks by this sturdy barrier. Looks like maintenance is still ongoing in the Bigfoot habitat.

On my hike today I had to ford a raging stream.

Turning 60 motivated me to finally get serious about using my NCAA athletic eligibility (track and field). I started training today by doing some old man shuffles and throwing my back out.

First hike of the year and I run across some Bigfoot stick symbols on the trail wishing everyone a happy new year! Right back atcha big fella!

My year in books--144 total, over 38,000 pages. goodreads.com/user/year_in_b…

Sounds of the season.

@goodreads I hope to finish reading Dracula by Bram Stoker, and finish listening to Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami and the anthology Hark! the Herald Angels Scream by Christopher Golden, editor.

It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

A cold winter memory on a day with temperatures in the mid-seventies.

I made a spiritual connection this Sunday morning by relaxing in my recliner, sipping a cup of coffee, and reading from the good book Dracula by Bram Stoker.

@goodreads I'm reading Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito, and listening to Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth.

It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?