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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Portents and Portraits

Man, people in 1920's America were really into eugenics

Today's Haiku

costumed coworkers
"Friends" posed on a boardroom couch
I'll be there for you

Today's Workout
Kidding myself that I'll be into a regular workout routine

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

Home alone for a couple days while Emily and her parents chill in Williamsburg. I'll be heading out to see them Saturday.

It's always weird being here by myself. I make bachelor chow (ie Futurama) which is basically all the leftover crap in the fridge wrapped in a tortilla.

Today's Haiku

My old wedding tie
pitting purple against green
spirit week staple

Today's Workout
Push-ups

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

Iceland has an ancestry app that lets you know whether you're related to a fellow Icelander to avoid incest.

No kissing cousins in the land of fire and ice.

Today's Haiku

Across a glass pane
the twins' claws meet each other
only one can live

Today's Workout
Running: 5.5 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Desuetude from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Put in a Breather

Work has started to sap most of my energy so updating this blog has fallen off. My hope is to establish some additional habits but the implementation has been rocky.

We'll see. There could be a scale back in the near future for my sanity.

Today's Haiku

Dreaming of the moon
Silver, moddled, and mournful
The heart of my sign

Today's Workout
Eh.

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Wangle from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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TRAVEL DAY #3: Michigan Baby Shower

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Today's Haiku

Kin come together
to usher in a member
just two months away

Today's Workout
Running: 4.1 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Kludge from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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TRAVEL DAY #2: Michigan Baby Shower

Today's Haiku

Lazy sandhill crane
stabbing at the earth for bugs
on a shorn green lawn

Today's Workout
Running: 4.8 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Sporadic from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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TRAVEL DAY #1: Michigan Baby Shower

Today's Haiku

Michigander friend
At the bar drinking too much
time to ride a plane

Today's Workout
Exercising patience in Friday night traffic

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

The American beat poet Edmund Sanders invented the portmanteau clusterf*ck.

Today's Haiku

Soap squirts on my crotch
of course wiping makes it worse
I keep to my desk

Today's Workout
Gazing longingly out the window as the world I want to run in lights on fire

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

One in seven of the 7.5 billion people on earth live less than 32 feet below sea level.

Dude. That's a problem.

Today's Haiku

a hamster wheel mind
running round and round and round
fidgetyness reigns

Today's Workout
Push-ups (for once): 25 (so far)

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

There’s a snail in Fiji whose scientific name is Ba Humbugi

Today's Haiku

a health nut goulash
so much healthy in one bowl
It's really not bad

Today's Workout
Running: 2.5 miles

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

Reading a book about evolution and learned that the traditional evolution of man illustration grossly misrepresents how the actual process took place. In truth, it was far more lateral and messy. Strange how the limitations of our mind, inherited from those very apes, caused us to assume this linear progression.

This is the vexing nature of science - things are constantly in flux. And the more of us there are to discover thing, the more technology grows, the harder it is for us to catch up to what is true. And grappling with the fact that what is true now, may not be that way for long.

Today's Haiku

an office, quiet
old souls wander aimlessly
in the red of dusk

Today's Workout
Mourning a running plan dashed on the rocks by heat

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

Damn it's fun to use a long race to justify eating garbage. 

Today's Haiku

Pizza and burgers
the victims of our gorging
God I need a nap

Today's Workout
Coping with TV show based tragedy 

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

Our half marathon was a little short because it was a slap dash operation. The beginning and end traced along the shoulder of a busy-ish road. We met a littering of the weird things you encounter on such shoulders - indistinct pieces of metal, discarded cups and wrappers, the shattered red jewels of a broken taillight. Much of the route involved going out and back through neighborhoods, no doubt in an attempt to try and get the milage correct.

But it was fun. We made a handful of single-serving friends and had an epic diner breakfast after.

Today's Haiku

My old pine green hat
wrangles my unruly hair
I am not myself

Today's Workout
Running: 12.87

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

I read something that revises the old adage of "power corrupts absolutely" to "power reveals who you really are." I like that.

Today's Haiku

Parallel parker
muffler grinding on the curb
tries and tries again

Today's Workout
Hunkering down for the pain ahead

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

Once, Johnny Carson accidentally hit on a mobster's wife so the mob put a hit out on him.

He had to lay low for a week until CBS agreed to provide coverage of a Columbus Day parade the mafia was funding.

Yup.

Today's Haiku

Picking at the wound
risks infection and more pain
I can't stop doing it

Today's Workout
Restraining myself from outbursting over MBTI

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

Three days until my third half-marathon of the year. I haven't run enough.

Buckle up folks.

Today's Haiku

Communal cheese balls
soft white and insubstantial
whine from the barrel

Today's Workout
Running: 5.8

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Garniture from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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How Often it Happens

On an annual basis, the rate in which the people of the world have surgery is greater than the birth rate. 

Maintenance over creation.

Today's Haiku

A stranger passing
calls to me "How's your sandwich?"
I give a thumbs up

Today's Workout
Killing time until the wind picks up again

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

The body has four basic symptoms when it's fighting infection: Heat, swelling, redness and pain. Rubor, calor, tumor and dolor. I like this. It makes me happy. Things divided into four.  The Humors. Hogwarts houses. The Elements. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The main cast of Sex in the the City...

What infection symptom are you? I'm feeling like a swelling today.

Today's Haiku

Commute discomfort

A fat bicep at my ribs
and lurchy driver

Today's Workout
Running: 5.5 miles

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

I was going to lie and say that the word of the day was too boring so I drew the picture below instead, but the truth is I accidentally drew a second picture for the word Omnium-gatherum from two days ago.

Whoops.

In my defense after over 900 pictures drawn it was bound to happen.

UPDATE: So it turns out I thought I had drawn a second picture for Omnium-gatherum but actually I thought the picture Ransack was the first version of it. So there actually is a picture for Demarche today. 

It all gets really confusing when I have trouble posting all of these pictures for every day. What can you do?

Today's Haiku

Pre-half-marathon
I'm woefully ill-prepared
this is gonna hurt

Today's Workout
Running: 8.1 miles

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

I saw Cirque de Soliel today and for the first time in a while I was truly astounded by the performance. Despite having a deep theater background, I've always had trouble watching live shows. I jump into the performers' bodies and get terrified for them - almost paralyzed with the fear that they'll make a mistake.

But this time the terror was pushed to the limit - so far it forced me to face the fact that everything carries risk. Other art is curated, safe and composed in a way live shows can never be. No matter how much money someone throws at it.  I've been trying to tamper that experience, keep it off my front porch. But after this...I may be inviting it back in more readily. 

Today's Haiku

performing great feats
the peak physiques of mankind
meet danger full on

Today's Workout
Running: 4.1 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Balkanize from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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No Cigar

You know those days where everything just seems to click? Where the world comes together and a sort of calm washes over you, a precious peace you can almost physically hold in your hands? Blissfully sheltered in the richest of contented mind spaces?

This was not one of those days. 

Today's Haiku

A diligent plod
imaginary data
forged through fingertips

Today's Workout
Keeping up with the Jones'

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

Sometimes when you go grasping for something pithy, you end up with a handful of poorly translated Chinese takeout menus. 

Today's Haiku

Migrating work hours
a fresh schedule off the lot
early is better

Today's Workout
Pretzel Crunches

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

Doritos were created in a restaurant in Disneyland. A truly American story for a truly American food.

Today's Haiku

Poised under my desk
I cross my legs and take 5
small pocket of peace

Today's Workout
Running: 5.8 miles

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Ransack from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Strikes from All Around

Ball Lightning. Holy crap. 

Today's Haiku

From the KFC
another bus rolls on by
my luck sours again

Today's Workout
Avoiding

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

My T cells are overreacting to today. They're assuming every moment is a foreign body bent on taking over. It's ok body. Look around as you turn up the heat, as you swell and stretch the skin.
Inspect those protein fingerprints and realize you've got the wrong man.

It's only peanuts.

Today's Haiku

A lunch break from being
in the void's shallow black pool
heartbeat in my ears

Today's Workout
Running: 6 miles

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

Some days are just nothing. Today was a delightful nothing day.

Oh I guess I cleaned the bathroom.

Today's Haiku

Gaming like a boss
doing sweet moves and dope tricks
I am the master

Today's Workout
Staring out my paltry running numbers

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

One incredibly long day working on a dance show about a grieving family's struggle with cancer. We did a total of three runs, the final being the only performance.

I. Am. Exhausted.

Today's Haiku

profound weariness
retelling the brutal truth
of a life's closing

Today's Workout
Wrangling two children (ten and six years old) into running lines

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Silly Season from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
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Irregular Births

Look up a lithopedion. Go on I'll wait.

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WHAT THE HELL MAN?!? The human body is CRAZY.

Today's Haiku

Curiosity
reawakened in the wreck
of the sloggy mind

Today's Workout
Wrapping my head around the fact that it's August

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

Did you know that sperm can't turn left? Just like Zoolander.

Today's Haiku

Smashed up driver door
jammed tight - limiting entry
they hammer in vain

Today's Workout
Running: 5.8 miles

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