The Beginning of the Middle

Today's Haiku

A decade gone by

where my adult life began

middle age follows

Today's Workout
Running: 4.32 miles

What's this? Some actual writing besides the haikus? How novel!

Yes it's that time of year again. I've been revitalized by the season of resolution. Plans, they brew within me as I pass the halfway point from my sixth year of...improvement? Projects? You would think I'd have a name for it by now. Aims maybe? Eh. Perhaps I'll never figure it out.

So my year so far hasn't been great, goal-wise. As I started a new job in April, my mind and energies have been sapped. I've finally managed to get all my drawings up to date here and on the tumblr site. All the ones right up to the end of September. I sorta I took Q4 off.

Just a few things will change:
-I'm going back to writing something on the top. I like it.
-As much fun as writing out the Today's Workout section with creative captions on non-workout days, I'm going to stop it unless I actually get things done.

Honestly most of the things are "internal" and won't show up here. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Some Free Days

Today's Haiku

Sprinkler grade showers
hoofin' it with my ol' pal
we trade war stories

Today's Workout
Running: 3.5 miles

TRAVEL: Christmas 10

Today's Haiku

After family times
I'm gearing up for New Year

resoluciones

Today's Workout
Highway foot pedal tango 2

TRAVEL: Christmas 9

Today's Haiku

At the halfway point
we meet for sushi and talk
all kinds of catch-up

Today's Workout
Highway foot pedal tango

TRAVEL: Christmas 8

Today's Haiku

Nature and cold beers
we enjoy the warm weather
with warm company

Today's Workout
Running: 2.2 miles

TRAVEL: Christmas 7

Today's Haiku

Gathered 'round the tube
we watch our Christmas staples
we know them by heart

Today's Workout
Cherishing the afterglow

TRAVEL: Christmas 6

Today's Haiku

New family member
showered with Christmas bounty
that he can't fathom

Today's Workout
Gratitude Overload

TRAVEL: Christmas 5

Today's Haiku

We food scientists
determine flavor ratings
for hard seltzer brands

Today's Workout
Liver endurance

TRAVEL: Christmas 4

Today's Haiku

Rule ambassador
I translate for the masses
what the nerds construct 

Today's Workout
Putting on PJ pants

TRAVEL: Christmas 3

Today's Haiku

Comedy Christmas
a boatload of parodies
helps the time go by

Today's Workout
Car Time 2

TRAVEL: Christmas 2

Today's Haiku

A blushing sunset
over barren snowy hills
leading us to home

Today's Workout
Car Time

TRAVEL: Christmas 1

Today's Haiku

Some holiday cheer
as the present all get wrapped
and packed for the road

Today's Workout
Box Origami

Stress the Halls

Today's Haiku

Christmas comes so fast
that it's breathing down my neck
going going gone

Today's Workout
Enduring social anxiety

Haiku Fatigue

Today's Haiku

I struggle to care
about updating my blog
I hope New Years helps

Today's Workout
Staying awake

Gust Assault

Today's Haiku

Umbrella struggle
the wind is not my ally
it is a workout

Today's Workout
Rain walking

Hopes Dashed on the Rocks

Today's Haiku

Bitter cold and rain
impede my running progress
I can't catch a break

Today's Workout
Staving off disappointment 

On Stage Once More

Today's Haiku

Goofball persona
I relish in their laughter
My sanctuary 

Today's Workout
Singing and dancing

South American Grilled Cheese

Today's Haiku

Hot cheese arepas
a Colombian delight
we have awesome friends

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day...I don't know I've stopped counting

X-mas Overload

Today's Haiku

Holiday parties
a Friday without much work
and too many sweets

Today's Workout
Exercising self control

The Raffle Chosen One

Today's Haiku

winner of prizes
I'm thrust into the spotlight
It's just too much man

Today's Workout
A couple rounds of ping-pong

My Orange Bottled Defender

Today's Haiku

out sick for the day
stuck with a low grade fever
Dayquil's my savior

Today's Workout
Napping

Cautionary Klaxon

Today's Haiku

A slight throat tickle
portents of sickness to come
cold is imminent

Today's Workout
Quitting the Ring Fit streak

Honey Buns

Today's Haiku

Expectant bread things
wrapped in grocer's plastic
await consumption

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 25

Hunkerin' Down

Today's Haiku
Light preparation
for our new working schedule
frozen food galore

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 24

Getting Spoiled

Today's Haiku
ice skating venture
with cheap burgers and ice cream
a triple delight

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 23

Fellowship Departure

Today's Haiku

Emily's last day
after three exciting years
she's ready to go

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 22

For the Birds

Today's Haiku

Feathers in the air
they leak from my down jacket
just one at a time

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 21

Old Man Skanking

Today's Haiku

An elderly man
wearing ska band checkered Vans
dissonant AF

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 20
Running: 6.2 miles

Beige Vice

Today's Haiku

My khaki trousers
tightened by a good washing
hug my thighs and calves

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 19

No Glow Text

Today's Haiku

some reading in bed
a break from the bright blue screen
a great change of pace

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 18

Hardcore Catchup

Today's Haiku

Haiku hiatus
reviewing last week's events
so I don't give up

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 17

Preachers on the Tube

Today's Haiku

Bible thumping band
in the hotel breakfast zone
what channel is this?

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 16

'Za and Cookies

Today's Haiku

Michigan pizza
as we watch a baking show
and just chill, you know?

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 15

Dangerous Fungi

Today's Haiku

A mushroom debacle
a broken lid cast glass shard
just pick around it 

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 14

BABY!

Today's Haiku

Little nephew Jack

soundly asleep in my arms
he's weirdly weighty

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 13

Road Again Road Again Jiggity Jig

Today's Haiku

Long time car trippin'
stops and goes, idles along
we gut greasy food

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 12

Ease

Today's Haiku

with only one day
the work goes light and breezy
a cucumber cool

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 11
Runnning: 6 miles

Sparkle Festival

Today's Haiku

Their baby's bright eyes
open widely at the sight
of Christmas lights

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 10

Drawn and Cornered

Today's Haiku

When waking is hell
tie your ankle to a truck
and give the signal

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 9

Celebrate a Little

Today's Haiku

A meal on the town
some birthday wishes exchanged
quite comfortable

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 8

Namastaying Power

Today's Haiku

Meditation woes
I can't seem to find the time
it's a weak excuse

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 7

Pocket Monster Pot

Today's Haiku

Bulbasuar planters
a fun home for succulent
and a source of joy

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 6

Zucchini Noodles Here We Come!

Today's Haiku

The gift for today
a veggie noodle maker
useful and clever

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 5

Planning it Out

Today's Haiku

Frozen on the spot
it's his turn on the chess board
gotta make that move

Today's Workout
Running: 5.9 miles
Ring Fit Day 4

Panic Defense

Today's Haiku

quick and frightened breaths
darling look into my eyes

it will be okay

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 3

Grueling Schedule

Today's Haiku

Waffles in the morn'
brief hiking around the noon
and a night of chill

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 2

Vacationers

Today's Haiku

In W-berg
for the third time in a year

we are regulars

Today's Workout
Ring Fit Day 1

Guest Envy

Today's Haiku

Mattress loaning bash
need no excuse to party
and party we do

Today's Workout
Not letting the booze get ahead of me

Old 'Za Callin'

Today's Haiku

Leftover pizza
not so great after two days
but hey, it is free

Today's Workout
More general shivering

Sore Afraid

Today's Haiku

My earthbound forelimbs
after much falling forward
ache with muscle death

Today's Workout
Push-ups every hour at work

Brains On Ice!

Today's Haiku

Left eyeball headache
with the same sharp stinging of
swiftly sucked slurpee

Today's Workout
Running: 5.76 miles

Regional Park Relay

Today's Haiku

An autumnal scene
Auburn, orange and ocher
with a cozy chill

Today's Workout
Three hour hike

Craftin' and Minin'

Today's Haiku

In a pixel world
surviving and gathering
from a comfy couch

Today's Workout
Not moving for hour long intervals

An NPR Visit

Today's Haiku

a tiny desk concert
talented folks surround me
I am quite humbled

Today's Workout
Two beer subway navigation 

Gettin' There

Today's Haiku

Finally caught up
the whirlwind that is my life
has disheveled me

Today's Workout
Imaginary leg lifts

Disrobe Woes

Today's Haiku

Today I forgot
how to take off a T-shirt
It was horrible

Today's Workout
Running: 5.8

Flawed Heroics

Today's Haiku

The hunters gather
ready to slay the monsters
but they f*ck it up

Today's Workout
Painting awkward word pictures

Our Time

Today's Haiku

Power in the cold
the heart ramps while the legs pump
it's running season

Today's Workout
Running: 5.9 miles

Buen Provecho!

Today's Haiku

Peruvian fare
beef hearts with rice and futbol 

a weird choice for brunch

Today's Workout
Talking it up with scientists

Badhai!

Today's Haiku

Indian wedding
loads of delicious foods
and broods of children

Today's Workout
A brief rhythmic spasm in a dance circle

They Call Me Mellow Yellow

Today's Haiku

a little butter pad
infused with something special
to ease these frayed nerves

Today's Workout
Shining the mind gems

Sugar Free

Today's Haiku

No bowls of candy
as we've never had children
knocking at our door

Today's Workout
Stuff and things

Poultry Confusion

Today's Haiku

My chicken pumpkin
they all think it's a turkey
GUYS! IT'S A CHICKEN!

Today's Workout
Watching the hamsters run in their wheels

Out to Lunch...All Day

Today's Haiku

Out of the office
just slumming it in the house
I swim in nothing

Today's Workout
Recovering from Sunday's workout

Boots on the Ground

Today's Haiku

Abandoned black pump
partner-less on the curbside
never made it home

Today's Workout
Recovering from yesterday's workout

Fitness Fatigue

Today's Haiku

Intense ass workout
tied to straps from the ceiling
I nearly pass out

Today's Workout
TRX. Terrible terrible TRX.

Agents of Orange

Today's Haiku

Feats of craftsmanship
on display in the darkness
and destined to rot

Today's Workout
Digging deep for gourd guts

'Dillo on the Run

Today's Haiku

In a dim lit pen
this plucky amarmadillo
scurries happily

Today's Workout
People watching

Sucking on that Manic Teat

Today's Haiku

Suddenly, I'm open
the skull blossoms, bones unfurl
to let in the light

Today's Workout
Tripping that light fantastic

Dairy Void

Today's Haiku

Freedom from the pen
the mind gets some wiggle room
I fill it with cheese

Today's Workout
Running: 5.8 miles

Another Tick on the Wall

Today's Haiku

Six months already
the posting has grown on me
I've become entrenched

Today's Workout
Keeping my back straight

Mystery Time

Today's Haiku

whatever to do?
the foggy question lingers
tense and unanswered

Today's Workout
Sitting in front of the TV without shame

Lazy Boy

Today's Haiku

Nothing, sweet nothing
how shall I indulge in thee
before something comes?

Today's Workout
Resting on my laurels

The Good Ol' Baltimore Half

Today's Haiku

Three hours of running
with joy on every corner
the time flies on by

Today's Workout
Running: 13.1 miles

Tiny Calendar Events

Today's Haiku

It's a week, abridged
an untenable shortness
walking on my knees

Today's Workout
Treading water

Slobs at Rest

Today's Haiku

If we watch enough
will reality brighten?
best to keep watching

Today's Workout
Picking wedgies

Return to the Saddle

Today's Haiku

off the road again
breathing new life into work
a job's a job man

Today's Workout
Running: 5.7 miles

Tears in the Terminal

Today's Haiku

Older gentleman
concerned over the weeping
of a young woman

Today's Workout
Passing the time

Before the Fall

Today's Haiku

New England colors
what a vibrant reminder
of death approaching

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles

Hello Again Maine

Haiku of the Day:
The colors of the fall
vibrant in this port city
A feast for the eyes

Today's Workout
Choosing from a wealth of vegetarian options

Duels

Today's Haiku

Galaxy racers
comrades, together once more
equals in conquest

Today's Workout
Friendly Fatigue

A Veggie Galaxy Affair

Today's Haiku

An old vegan haunt
a sandwich called "Mac n' Stack"
just roll me downtown

Today's Workout
Staying up for 22 hours

Boston Bound

For the first time in what feels like eons I'll be going on a trip without having to worry about my computer. 

Will I feel free? Or will I experience a deep underlining anxiety, like I can't stop thinking I've left the stove on?

Time will tell.

Today's Haiku

Work travel cancelled
a bitter disappointment
time to realign

Today's Workout
Running: 2 miles

Prattle On

Today's Haiku

Trapped in the spotlight
where I'm suddenly aware
of words in my mouth

Today's Workout
Too many mini-exercises

Meets the Road

Today's Haiku

A day of footfalls
with the relentless tattoo
of soles striking earth

Today's Workout
Running: 5.8

Resting Place

Today's Haiku

A squirrel, freshly dead

On the sidewalk legs, legs akimbo
Cartoonish and grim

Today's Workout
More couch exercises

Work Upgrade

Today's Haiku

New priorities
as the old tasks are waning
gotta keep busy

Today's Workout
Running: 5.7 miles

Pruning Shear Discipline

Today's Haiku

Miniature trees
trained for numerous decades
ancient living art

Today's Workout
A stroll through the arboretum

Speaking Frank

Today's Haiku

Fiery tete-a-tete
the world gets sharp and pointy
and no one is safe

Today's Workout
Extensive workouts between sit-com shenanigans

Alerte

Today's Haiku

The curious mind
snooping around the corners
it's bound to get hurt

Today's Workout
Running: 5.7 miles

Sparse

Today's Haiku

The page looks lonely
where there used to be so much
the white overcomes

Today's Workout
Couch Crunches

Vegetables for Days

Today's Haiku

The diet begins
glad to be in her corner
I like making goals

Today's Workout
Running: 6.2

Return to the Simple

Today's going to be my last day of the more extensive posts with writing and the drawings. I haven't been getting the drawings done in a timely way and I need to simplify things right now. Could be I feel like ramping up in the new year but until then I'm back to just haikus.

Today's Haiku

Leftover seitan

shaped and fried to perfection
like buffalo wings

Today's Workout
Running: 6.2

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Buttress from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Fire Mouth

Today's Haiku

Tangy kombucha
sliver of scorpion pepper
many burns today

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Elysian from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Shave it All Off

Today's Haiku

A haircut freakout
I don't want to appear cruel
from what my quiff says

Today's Workout
Testing out running shoes

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Hegemony from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Hum Drum

Today's Haiku

Decent go of it
as far as Friday can be
I cannot complain

Today's Workout
Refraining from destroying my phone after reading too much news

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Cleave from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Take Me Out

This book I'm reading says humans are naked because for a couple millions years or so our ancestors slept really close to their campfires.

Eh. I'll buy that.

Today's Haiku

Broken peanut shells
and beers too huge to carry
Now this is baseball

Today's Workout
Watching a seven minute video about an upcoming exercise game

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Frowsy from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Swerves

I've just stopped drawing altogether. I've started reading too much news.

Not a happy trade-off.

Also Merriam-Webster's showing their political hand with some of these words of the day....

Today's Haiku

On the downhill
the brakes are clearly broken
it's too slippery

Today's Workout
Running: 6.6 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Lese-majeste from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Avuncular

Today, my brother and his wife had a baby.

I want to write more about it but...I don't know. The feelings are like an electric fog surrounding me. I can only catch little wisps -- pride, hope, fear, excitement, love -- before other bits come flooding in.

I lack the eloquence to paint that picture.

I'm really happy for them.

Today's Haiku

Little Jack Chodos
the newest kin in the clan
welcome to earth, dude

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Axiomatic from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Autumn One

It's officially fall! I thought I'd have a nephew today but it looks like that's happening tomorrow....

Today's Haiku

Occupied by work
fall's first day passes in blinks
then I have cider

Today's Workout
That halty little sprint you do between the base of the stairs and open subway doors

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Suffuse from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Bends Awry

Today's Haiku

Sharp crick in the neck
a product of sub-par sleep
a pillow placement

Today's Workout
Sick maneuvers with half a shopping cart

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Detritus from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Elsewhere

Today's Haiku

I'm running behind
tasks slipping out of my hands
strangely, I don't care

Today's Workout
Running: 3.71 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Redoubtable from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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The Ladder

If her security clearance goes through, Emily will have a government contract position in December. Her first "real" job and I couldn't me more proud.

Today's Haiku

Success all around
a general glow of triumph
lap it up for now

Today's Workout
Holding it all in

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Misprision from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Mouths

There's a city in Texas called "The Woodlands"

Today's Haiku

stuck at reception
it's pretty dead over here
no folks on the horn

Today's Workout
Holding my mouth open for people to insert their fingers and metal sticks

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Issuable from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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COME ON GUYS

Ok now it's starting to get a little annoying. Merriam-Webster did it AGAIN! A repeat word, five years later (post here) I mean, that's just sloppy guys. Don't you have a big spreadsheet you can hit "Ctrl + F" for the words you're looking to post for that day and go "oh sh*t, looks like we did that one already...I guess we'll just have to pick from the QUARTER MILLION WORDS LEFT IN THE F*CKING ENGLISH LANGUAGE!"

*sigh*

Ok I'm cool.

No I'm not. THEY DO A PODCAST EVERY DAY ABOUT THE WORD!! HOW ARE THEY NOT CATCHING THIS SH*T? THEIR REPUTATION IS BASED ON BEING A GOOD MANAGER OF INFORMATION!! WTF M-W?!?! 

Get some intern to put together a spreadsheet with each word on it. If you get an eager one, you could knock that shit out in two days, a week, tops. Done. Hire me Merriam-Webster. I look at your dumb site all the time anyways.

Today's Haiku

prospects multiply
a world is laid before us
we're gonna be fine

Today's Workout
Running: 5.74 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Bivouac from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Snapping the Unbroken Line

I've been writing three pages a day on a website called 750words.com and today I woke up and realized I didn't finish from yesterday. I lost a streak of over 580 days. It was a blow, I can't deny it. I mourned the loss. But only for about 15 minutes because it transitioned quickly into relief. I didn't realize how much weight I was carrying.

This makes me think about the pictures and I've decided to stop them at the end of the month. Go back to just haikus and maybe little things of writing here or there. We'll see where the wind takes me.

Today's Haiku

forgetful moment
breaks a motivation trick
time to start again

Today's Workout
More couch exercises

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Labile from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Next

I've stopped reading my interesting science book so my fun facts have run dry....

Today's Haiku

Smell it on the wind
faint, yet sharp and electric
change is coming man

Today's Workout
Straight Chilling

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Yooper from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Catching Up

I really need a haircut. It just feels like I don't have the time. What is that? I know I have the time. We all have time. Why does it feel like there isn't time for anything?

Ugh I'm cutting this short because I've convinced myself I need to be doing other things for the sake of - you guessed it - time.

Today's Haiku

Back in the dungeons
doing math and kicking ass
put on hold for now

Today's Workout
Trying out a weird posture back brace apparatus

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Continual from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Trudgin' On

Dum dum dum dee dum...

Today's Haiku

A mid-morning drive
sputters to a dismal halt
once food is involved

Today's Workout
Intermittent arm things

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Travail from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Little Breaks

Our first day in a very long time where I don't think it broke 70. I weep with relief, however brief it still may be.

Today's Haiku

Off for sandwiches
the city's grey and busy
and chit-chat is light

Today's Workout
Couch-side mini-drills

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Abscond from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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We All Gotta Eat

Audrey Hepburn was a child in the Netherlands during the 1944-45 Dutch Famine. She suffered from a variety of maladies throughout her life due to the starvation and malnutrition she experieinced.

Today's Haiku

A lone city bee
cruising for a sacchrine treat
finds my mojito

Today's Workout
Beginning to dread the October half-marathon

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Deleterious from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Pretty Balls

Orchids are named after the shape of their roots, which resemble the male gonads, called orchis in Greek.

A reminder that flowers are just colorful sex organs that we cut off, plop in standing water and stick our noses in.

Today's Haiku

Deep in the flood zone
we pick up some pottery
and party for free

Today's Workout
A five course meal with wine pairings

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Repertoire from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Dictionary Disappointment

Holy crap Merriam-Webster had their first repeat word since I've been using it as inspiration for my pictures!! One of my favorites from back in 2014, "Pell-mell" from almost exactly five years ago.

Here's the link to the old post. I ramble about why I love fall and show off a crude soap carving.

I'm just posting the old picture. Can't improve on a classic!

Today's Haiku

The interns swarm in
filling in the empty desks
eager to show off

Today's Workout
Dealing with the aftermath of utterly smashing a Potbelly sandwich in 5 minutes

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Pell-Mell from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Toofys and Noseys

Can we bring back "belly itcher" as a term for someone lazy? Like with "We want a pitcher and not a belly itcher"? The phrase just...tastes good.

Today's Haiku

nothing comes of it
this constant gnashing of teeth
except dental grief

Today's Workout
Running: 5.7 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Olfactory from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Attempts at Upright

“For every complicated problem there is a solution that is simple, direct, understandable, and wrong.” - H. L. Mencken

Today's Haiku

Like a newborn horse
legs shaky and uncertain
I cut through the cold

Today's Workout
ICE SKATING!

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Bas-relief from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Big Dog

Today's Haiku

This dog is too big
like a cougar or lion
it is unnerving

Today's Workout
Schmoozing with fellow alums

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Germane from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Crafty Time

FRIDAY!

Today's Haiku

meeting was at four
just kidding meeting at three
I hate everything

Today's Workout
Between TV show exercises

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Skulk from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Everybody & Everything

Direct quote from Charles Darwin's diary:

"I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody and everything"

Looks like even the founder of evolutionary theory had bad days.

Today's Haiku

little bird feather
tossed about on the bus floor
frightened and lonely

Today's Workout
Running: 5.5 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Adscititious from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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The Cost of Glancing Blows

Man some days you just want someone to ask "How are you?" and for them to genuinely want to know the answer.

Today's Haiku

barefoot on the train
how may f*cks does he give?
zero, my fine friend

Today's Workout
Raging in a spare conference room because the heat index is 100 and I was planning to run

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Minim from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Containing Multitudes

According to geneticists, every human on earth from European descent can claim lineage to Charlemagne.

In fact, every human on earth shares a common single ancestor as early as 1400 BC. Somewhere in Asia, apparently.

It reminded my of this video that just came out a couple days ago...

Today's Haiku

removing the crowd
all those self-prescribed voices
to foster my own

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Fecund from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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TRAVEL DAY #3: Williamsberg 2.0

Today's Haiku

Trafficless journey
the beltway is a ghost town
a labor day boon

Today's Workout
A long walk off a short pier

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Extemporize from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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TRAVEL DAY #2: Williamsberg 2.0

Today's Haiku

Historical clout
this jamestown is flush with cash
git dat tourist coin

Today's Workout
Walking America's first settlement

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Calliope from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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TRAVEL DAY #1: Williamsberg 2.0

Today's Haiku

noisy brain appeased
with some relaxing moments
and little to do

Today's Workout
Cross Country Travels

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Brackish from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Bellyfull Tilt

Heading to see the in-laws (and aunt in-law) in Williamsburg at dawn tomorrow. Not sure what's in store but I'm prepping for the drive alone. I often forget that the first time I drove the car we have now it was from Boston to DC with a jungle of plants in the backseat.

At that point, the trip was the longest I had driven in 5 years.

Today's Haiku

Scrounging in the fridge
piecing a meal from leavings
to fill up this craw

Today's Workout
Hustling home to do nothing

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Martinet from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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