One painfully apparent aspect of living in the current pandemic is that significant numbers of people don’t really care much if other people die. As long as it’s “other” people. In fact, some don’t seem to care much if it happens to them or those close to them, as long as it’s “God’s Will.” And… Read More We’re All Gonna Die, but Can We Do it in Less Dumb Ways?

Yesterday my friend John and I were doing some historical research, riding through/along old ABQ city limits before various annexations over the years. For instance, did you know “High Street” was the eastern city limits until 1925? Our riding research continued pleasantly south and east of Downtown along High and adjacent north/south streets and alleys… Read More Gibson and I-25: Most Unfriendly Biking/Walking Spot in Town?

Remember that time you waited way too long to work on that final paper for that class, did an embarrassingly poor job, turned it in thinking “Maybe a D. Maybe not even that,” and then, somehow, you get the paper back and it has an “A-” in red at the top? And remember how that… Read More Burque is Deemed More “Bike Friendly” Are you Kidding?

It took a while, involving extended water work, big piles of dirt, and a years and years of scattered public “I HATE Roundabouts…argh!!!!1!!!!,” but the roadwork at 12th and Menaul is finally looking like a roundabout: The cynical (i.e., me) might point out that from a roadway safety perspective the current half-finished roundabout is the… Read More It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like a Roundabout

I’m not the most patient person, as pretty much everyone who knows me will attest. I can be short tempered and irritable when, for example, I can’t get a jar open or my dog repeatedly pokes my butt with his pointy nose. I’m easily frustrated with instructions (see previous blog post on cookbook errors), and… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. XXIII: Trust the Process