Steve Burgess

@steveburgess53

Vancouver author of "Cheapskate in Lotusland: The Philosophy & Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget" and "Reservations: The Pleasures & Perils of Travel." Don't tell Poilievre I'm here.

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Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 6d

For the very small percentage of Bluesky users who live in White Rock/South Surrey, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and I will be signing books tomorrow from noon til 2 at Black Bond Books in Semiahmoo Centre.

Poster featuring "Cheapskate in Lotusland" and "Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street."

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 7d

Jimmy Fallon will not be allowed to tug on this one.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 9d

Grim Reaper at the Door Meme: Tom Steyer Money, AIPAC Money, and soon, Elon Musk Money

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 17d

Road work along #Manitoba highway 270

Purple and yellow wildflowers in foreground. Background: road worker holding stop sign to white car.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 20d

This touching wilderness shot was taken in the backyard of my friends Steve & Monique in a residential neighbourhood of Brandon, #Manitoba

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 21d

Cannot wait for Elon Musk's "Odyssey."

Child's drawing showing (maybe) person on horse trampling another person.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· 22d

Dragonflies in a canola field in Erickson, #Manitoba

Two golden dragonflies perched on stalks of yellow canola

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jul 14

Wow, Trump really gets it!

Trump Truth Social post: "If no one goes to jail for election fraud what incentive is there not to cheat."

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jul 13

Ominik Marsh, Riding Mountain National Park, #Manitoba

Dragonfly hovers over the marsh and a line of silhouetted trees as sun sets behind.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jul 9

Some modest flooding in the Assiniboine River valley in #Brandon #Manitoba. River is supposed to peak Sunday.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jul 5

Consul, Saskatchewan

Two vintage pickup trucks on either side of a Texaco sign, grain elevator in background

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jul 4

Near Coleman, Alberta.

A horse looks over a wood and wire fence, with a conical mountain behind

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 30

Stay safe, Manitoba. Tornadoes can be real dicks sometimes....

Manitoba weather map with phallic-shaped danger area.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 21

OK here's mine. We Burgesses won the parental lottery. Miss them both.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 19

Post-game near BC Place Stadium. #Vancouver

Parents and two kids waving Canadian flags in front of Vancouver's Science World.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 10

Lost Lagoon heron #Vancouver

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 9

A screen shot of the 1994 article:

1994 Alan Scarfe quote about a role he played on NYPD Blue: "I was a kind of Donald Trump who beats his wife and she finally shot him."

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 5

Big thanks to all those who turned out for my #VPL talk last night. They're on their way to making MEGA BUCKS in the personal essay business!

Steve Burgess at a podium going blah blah blah about some nonsense.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Jun 2

Spanish Banks #Vancouver

Lifeguard in red jacket stands beside boat with freighter and mountains in the background

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 25

A man was shot and killed at the White House yesterday. Apparently the suspect once claimed he was Jesus Christ. No, not that guy.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 18

One of nature's most brutal spectacles--crows vs. defenceless pizza.

Crow in pizza box with mouthful of pizza.

Crow with slice of pizza in its beak, pizza box behind.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 12

TODAY 3:30 Vancouver time. Register here: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69...

Toronto Public Library author talk at 6:30 Eastern time, 3:30 Pacific time. Steve Burgess, "Cheapskate in Lotusland." Link to register.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 11

Before clicking on today's Dr. Steve column, a warning: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Dr. Steve and the Tyee are the biggest spewers of radical leftist garbage in the entire country

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 8

Kash Patel's FBI: Where UFC meets Cane Mutiny.

Ultimate Fighting Championship athletes provided mixed-martial-arts instruction to aspiring FBI agents and senior staff. At one point at least one bottle went missing, which caused the director to “lose his mind,” according to clients of Kurt Siuzdak, a retired agent who has assisted FBI agents, including whistleblowers, with legal issues. Siuzdak told me that multiple agents contacted him for legal guidance after Patel began threatening to polygraph and prosecute his staff over the missing bottle. “It turned into a shitshow,” Siuzdak said. Other attorneys told me they received similar calls...

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 6

What did it take to get expelled from Brown University in the late 50s? Ted Turner found out:

Mr. Turner, he said, drank excessively, sang Nazi songs outside a Jewish fraternity house and put up Ku Klux Klan signs on the dormitory doors of Black students. He was finally tossed out of Brown after being caught in bed with a woman in his dorm room.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 5

Cricket in Memorial South Park #Vancouver

Cricket players, a pitch halfway to the striker

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 4

May the Fourth be with you.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 2

James Comey's defense: I was using Comic Sands.

"86 47" written in seashells on the sand

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· May 1

Eagle over Stanley Park #Vancouver

Bald eagle in flight with wings fully outstretched

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53· Apr 30

This Stanley Park heron appears to be eating an alien. In a way it is, since American bullfrogs are an invasive species. This frog was huge and it took the heron a good 15 minutes to subdue and swallow it. #herons #Vancouver