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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