Dan Burt

Writer (humor, horror, haiku, senryū, tanka, kyōka), hiker, reader. Auburn University Montgomery alumnus. World's oldest wunderkind. USAF veteran. Left-handed.

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

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

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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.

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My annual literary miracle.

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It's a Saint Patrick's Day miracle! I got drunk and read James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" and understood every word! #StPatricksDay

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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.

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

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Hiking today.

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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."

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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.

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More hiking photos.

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More hiking photos today.

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

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

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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.

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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!

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My year in books--144 total, over 38,000 pages. https://t.co/dQKvkOPYXW

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Sounds of the season.

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My Christmas wish is hoping the ominous drumbeat I hear issuing from the woods behind my house is nothing to be concerned about.

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@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.

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

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Just saw a raccoon smack a squirrel off the bird feeder with a frozen snake.

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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.

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@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.