December 30th, 2012

He was the first one
to go, then her, in pieces.
Then the boy left too.

December 29th, 2012

Hope is on a shelf
next to fear, more dusty, but
so much more useful.

December 28th, 2012

Almost at the end
of this blog, of my thirties,
of so many things.

December 27th, 2012

Backseat in a car
means you're not watching other
ill-equipped drivers.

December 26th, 2012

There's no believing
in another world beyond,
not where I'm standing.

December 25th, 2012

Christmas reminds me
of the racist thing my mom
said to my sister.

December 24th, 2012

What sadness to read
little drops of poetry,
black ink in a well.

December 23rd, 2012

The hurt in my heart,
larger, than that of my head
and of my body.

December 22nd, 2012

Losing people that
I never had to start with.
Perhaps not the case...

December 21st, 2012

The plane heaved, slipping
from its benign path and death
was all I could see.

December 20th, 2012

Before smart phones, less
intelligent phones roamed the
planet,  just thirsting...

December 19th, 2012

I'm pretty certain
I won't be continuuing
this blog in Thirteen.

December 18th, 2012

I am exhausted
from life, but skilled.  How tired
must most others be?

December 17th, 2012

Planning a trip plus
traveling takes away all
of the "vacation"

December 16th, 2012

Everybody looks
for answers, reasons, but none
exist for this shit.

December 15th, 2012

When I heard the news,
I reacted as a dad
first and teacher last.

December 14th, 2012

No one place to be.
No better circumstance, just
trying to smile.

December 13th, 2012

He ran through the snow,
his smile as bright, as pure
as his heart, as mine.

December 12th, 2012

I try to have hope,
but life has disappointed.
I have no control.

December 11th, 2012

Sleep in the middle,
take the front seat, so many
questions for us three.

December 10th, 2012

If you stripped this blog
of haikus about haikus,
just a few'd remain.

December 9th, 2012

Two days and twenty
two haikus to go. Shouldn't
be too difficult.

December 8th, 2012

Don't tell me I can't
write three hundred sixty five
haikus, cause I can.

December 7th, 2012

Some things that I've done
are not worth repeating, but
still I feel compelled.

December 6th, 2012

What would life be like
without music or the sounds
of children's laughter?

December 5th, 2012

A lot of fucking
haikus, that's what this god damn
blog is. Am I right?

December 4th, 2012

I am thankful for
the families of my two
partners.  I'm lucky.

December 3rd, 2012

A horror happened,
in another town, but not
much different than ours.

December 2nd, 2012

Do you think that there's
a haiku competition,
based on speed-writing?

December 1st, 2012

The power went out,
I finished my book, and then
the power came on.

November 30th, 2012

Yay that this month has
only 30 days and not
31.  What joy!

November 29th, 2012

Today when driving
the frost on the windshield blurred
my vision, then BAM.

November 28th, 2012

Sometimes he throws a
book, not at anyone, but
more to announce: Done!

November 27th, 2012

Buddha loves my coat.
At least that's what Blini said.
She could be lying.

November 26th, 2012

She magically weaves
wheat gluten into fibers
of deliciousness.

November 25th, 2012

I'm proud of how she
doesn't seem to need any
chemicals each day.

November 24th, 2012

Must stop soon. No good
can come of these words written
without care or skill...

November 23rd, 2012

Please, hold your applause
there's lots of time to applaud
all my great efforts.

November 22nd, 2012

Like a poetry
slut, I use any old word
if it serves my end.

November 21st, 2012

I will pay you ten
dollars to say words in the
right combo for me.

November 20th, 2012

Less than a month til
I'll be caught up to today.
Then, I'll fall behind.

November 19th, 2012

I can not believe
that Auction Hunters was fake.
I feel so taken!

November 18th, 2012

Clyde wants us to go
ice-skating on his birthday.
What a great idea!

November 17th, 2012

Christmas in the East,
no, not Japan or China.
We're talkin Jersey.

November 16th, 2012

How long have I been
doing this?  It certainly
feels like forever.

November 15th, 2012

Oh yeah, that one guy,
Obama, he won again.
Not that big a deal.

November 14th, 2012

In my rear view I
could see him lose control, crashed
right into the wall.

November 13th, 2012

The primer black car
swerved in front of me, so I
changed lanes and sped by.

November 12th, 2012

The black nail polish
on my two big toes, fading,
reminds of summer.

November 11th, 2012

Prolific, I am.
Specific I'm not.  And that
is worth working on.

November 10th, 2012

All three of us are
on our computers, but we
want to be closer.

November 9th, 2012

They said it couldn't
be done. They said maybe it
could, but still, please don't

November 8th, 2012

And so concludeth,
this definitive style.
We're saner for it.

November 7th, 2012

Alas, the language
we used was high fullooting
and full of aloof.

November 6th, 2012

A mist crept forward
across the cemetary
lilting in my eyes.

November 5th, 2012

The next few haikus
will be from the perspective
of a bad writer.

November 4th, 2012

The problem with these
haiku-thing-a-ma-bobbers
is the syllables!

November 3rd, 2012

Looking down those steps,
the insane repitition
of the piano.

November 2nd, 2012

It was the acting
as much as the make up as
much as the writing...

November 1st, 2012

The Exorcist was/
is the standard by which all
horror should be judged.

October 31st, 2012

The next several 
haikus I write in honor
of horror movies.

October 30th, 2012

Reluctance to hear
music, at this late hour:
no surprise, really.

October 29th, 2012

Going to New York,
that's how I think of it, not
going to Jersey.

October 28th, 2012

Surrounded by two
beautiful women who go
on the internet.

October 27th, 2012

The Voice finale
was disappointing, but not
quite devastating.

October 26th, 2012

Half of these will be
about how far behind I
am in this process.

October 25th, 2012

If I could just get
to December, I won't feel
so far behind here.

October 24th, 2012

Spontaneity
and perseverance collide
with a haiku blog.

October 23rd, 2012

On December 12th,
I took a sick day, and then
caught up on haikus.

October 22nd, 2012

Knock knock.  Um, who's there?
Haiku.  Haiku who? What, no
bless you for sneezing?

October 21st, 2012

I'm two months behind
in these damned haikus. Hope my
editors won't mind.

October 20th, 2012

Mothercrackers!  There's
arleady a band
named Education.

October 19th, 2012

That band name from the
last haiku could also be
"Education," right?

October 18th, 2012

Here's the band idea:
"Teachers and Learners" a band
about that whole deal.

October 17th, 2012

Getting a new phone
that does so much more than just
make telephone calls.

October 16th, 2012

Before I'm forty,
I want my tattoo finished
and my script written.

October 15th, 2012

I clearly want out
of this profession, I don't
enjoy discipline.

October 14th, 2012

I'm growing a beard.
I think it will look good if
I wait a while.

October 13th, 2012

She says all the things
on her table just want to
commit suicide.

October 12th, 2012

Surprised that I feel
jealous of the time you spend
smiling with someone.

October 11th, 2012

Ten, Eleven, Twelve.
What were the chances that I
would notice that date?

October 10th, 2012

Documentaries
in the morning, ritual
act of our union.

October 9th, 2012

I can do it all:
write, read, plan for school, laundry,
all before bedtime.

October 8th, 2012

I write poems while
Yolkai snores and Chrysta shifts,
their coffee waiting...

October 7th, 2012

What is the meaning?
In the face of what death do
you do what you do?

October 6th, 2012

Never learned to play,
that's not what she says.  Now I'm
not so sure myself.

October 5th, 2012

The poetry slipped
in where drafts lived, under panes,
blown from the corners.

October 4th, 2012

Don't tell me I can't.
Can't write, can't change, can't change you
when I write.  I can.

October 3rd, 2012

Why am I amazed
to see a buck and a doe
eating leaves after rain?

October 2nd, 2012

In hind sight, the weeks
that preceded Thanskgiving
were thankless and raw.

October 1st, 2012

There is no limit
to the oppression one can
impose on oneself.

September 30th, 2012

I have won contests,
wrote on a deadline, and proved
to myself I write.

September 29th, 2012

Altars everywhere,
the name of a great new book?
No, just this fine house.

September 28th, 2012

There's time for it all.
You are not going to die,
not anytime soon.

September 27th, 2012

I love to see my
sweeties cuddling, twinkles
in each other's eyes.

September 26th, 2012

What if there was a
website devoted only
to teacher haikus?

September 25th, 2012

He threw chairs this week,
I took deep breaths and played golf.
Not at the same time.

September 24th, 2012

I feel bad about
that last one.  Fall is a real
season.  It's colder.

September 23rd, 2012

What does fall mean when
the climate here's consistent
all year round:  not much.

September 22nd, 2012

She's away, away
all the time it seems.  This year
we'll be traveling.

September 21st, 2012

I wonder if I,
under some tense timeline, could
produce skilled writing.

September 20th, 2012

What makes the best use
of my talents, rewards me,
and fulfills me too?

September 19th, 2012

One month in teaching,
though in my 14th year, and
there's no time for poems.

September 18th, 2012

Shaving cream and eggs,
those were the weapons of youth
on Halloween night.

September 16th, 2012

Two shots to the green.
Fifteen clubs.  A thousand ways
to get there.   At least.

September 15th, 2012

"Keep your head down, hippy,"
the first and last things any
golfer needs to know.

September 14th, 2012

On the first tee box,
I settle into my squat,
keep my left arm tight.

September 13th, 2012

I enjoy golfing,
first because I'm not working,
and then, for the joy.

September 12th, 2012

Fantasy baseball:
a mild vice if ever
there was one.  Be cool.

September 11th, 2012

I remember it,
watching smoke from the towers
with teachers at school.

September 10th, 2012

Hundreds of poems
And maybe ten will resound
beyond a year's toll.

September 9th, 2012

The greatest help to
the most people would be nice,
myself included.

September 8th, 2012

Mind keeps returning
to the multiple mes I
could be if I tried.

September 7th, 2012

The Clyde Mighties Win!
They advance to the finals
against evil Gil...

September 6th, 2012

A snore issues forth,
Thirty past midnight, xanax
slowly bringing sleep.

September 5th, 2012

Ladies, please don't judge
I'm actually a much
better poet than...

September 4th, 2012

I love art projects.
So why don't I just pick some
medium and ART!

September 3rd, 2012

How many writers
watched sports as they organized
their thoughts on paper?

September 2nd, 2012

We paid our bills and
somehow have some money left?
Thank you super loan!

September 1st, 2012

The first pizza wrap,
the first breakfast burrito
of the school year.  Mmmmm...

August 31st, 2012

Clyde loves the 1st grade.
He sings songs about it. "She's
crazy about me."

August 30th, 2012

All my old files
from that battered old PC:
all of them still there.

August 29th, 2012

So many scripts and
so many poems, I don't
know where to put 'em.

August 28th, 2012

Behavior reform
needs a personality
or kids won't relate.

August 27th, 2012

On the radio
with Diane, old and new slang
sitting side by side.

August 26th, 2012

One inspiration:
not half, and not less than that.
Alright, here it comes.

August 25th, 2012

At first, sure, afraid.
Then after that: petrified.
Still, I will survive.

August 24th, 2012

The Giants win games,
with clutch hits.  This is not a
very good haiku.

August 23rd, 2012

What will my job be,
or rather how many jobs
will I be doing?

August 22nd, 2012

When the door closes
on summer, a breeze blows in
signalling autumn.

August 21st, 2012

I was just thinking
I would like to share this blog
with teachers from work.

August 20th, 2012

Could you tell that I
was watching the Giants game
while finishing this?

August 19th, 2012

Bumgarner just blew
snot out his nose.  But he's pitched
one helluva game!

August 18th, 2012

Date night with blinis!
Silly to make plural that
which already is.

August 17th, 2012

The voice on the air
wondered how the team would cope
with losing their star.

August 16th, 2012

Melky suspended.
What a bummer to learn he
was breaking the rules.

August 15th, 2012

We left at eight for
the city, drove hours to
watch men play baseball.

August 14th, 2012

Clyde's had so many
playdates, it makes me proud he
has so many friends.

August 13th, 2012

Documentaries
in the morning.  That was how
we spent our summer.

August 12th, 2012

Almost caught up but
I can't help but feel like I've
been cheating.  Sorry.

August 11th, 2012

My first client was
a nice boy with nice parents
who needed some help.s

August 10th, 2012

She closed her door when
she needed to work, but first
she kissed us each once.

August 9th, 2012

A haiku a day
for a full year yes, but not
one written each day.

August 8th, 2012

It has become clear
that this exercise, while fun,
will fail by minutes.

August 7th, 2012

My attachment to
foods made from animals comes
from comfort, and taste.

August 6th, 2012

Sometimes I say yes
to the bag they offer me
for my beer.  Or no.

August 5th, 2012

My golf game suffers
not after one beer but three.
Or one puff of smoke.

August 4th, 2012

Two nothing Giants
against the first place Dodgers.
This, two weeks later.

August 3rd, 2012

I got to know Buddha
a lot better this summer. 
And that says a lot.

August 2nd, 2012

9:06 and I 
have eighteen more haikus to
write in ten minutes!

August 1st, 2012

I love the Giants,
that ragtag group of players
with funny nicknames.

July 31st, 2012

I got nervous when
I saw the calendar change.
Oh know, August's here!

Juy 30th, 2012

I snapped a photo
of the fox as it scampered
down the driveway.  Click!

July 29th, 2012

At this rate, the words
will be words written about
other words, that's all.

July 28th, 2012

What have I to lose
when only four people read
this relentless blog?

July 27th, 2012

Oh know, an email
from my new boss: Humrichouse
is her stately name.

July 26th, 2012

What they lack in poise
they deliver in rhythm.
That's what I'm hoping.

July 25th, 2012

We sat in bed and
I turned their attention to
one great woodpecker.

July 24th, 2012

The baseball I watched
was both plodding and poignant
and I loved it all.

July 23rd, 2012

The time I started
was at: eight fifty four and
zero seconds.  Go!

July 22nd, 2012

Thirty haikus in
thirty minutes.  You ready
for this awesomeness?

July 21st, 2012

Finishing a book
I have been reading all year:
it is bittersweet.

July 20th, 2012

Will soccergolf be
the incredible event
that it always is?

July 19th, 2012

Wall to wall people
here less to hear than to see
the return of Will.

July 18th, 2012

The Soccergolf course,
work, and Nature Day Camp plans:
I got hella done.

July 17th, 2012

Dvorak's music,
grandma's company, and the
Mendocino night.

July 16th, 2012

Chrysta's dad visits
from the East coast, a smile
on his bearded face.

July 15th, 2012

Every minute
a sharp, crippling pain rose
up my back, I cried.

July 14th, 2012

Lying on the cold
bathroom floor, I felt the worst
pain in my whole life

July 13th, 2012

Friday the 13th
was not so scary.  We all
swore our love and cried.

July 12th, 2012

As I bent over
to putt, I shifted my weight,
and my back went out.

July 11th, 2012

Finally caught up,
it's strange that I have less time
during the summer.

July 10th, 2012

Chicken Parmigiana,
eaten on the sly, without
my two ladies there.

July 9th, 2012

What am I missing?
Swaddled by family I
can barely see out...

July 8th, 2012

Clyde acts entitled.
Was it something in the way
that we have raised him?

July 7th, 2012

This poem stands where
a better poem once stood.
I do this for love.

July 6th, 2012

The strange ritual
is mental and physical
and so not so strange.

July 5th, 2012

Every mountain
more beautiful than the last,
but sadly no talk.

July 4th, 2012

Arguments daily.
Are we more like or unlike
everyone else?

July 3rd, 2012

Gambling, at last!
I hope to win but plan to
lose a hundred bucks.

July 2nd, 2012

The fabrication
of inspiration, just a
cold calculation.

July 1st, 2012

Drinkin poolside, I
have a cold beer  but it's a
hundred degrees out.

June 30th, 2012

Jaelyn is tall like
Brenda was whereas I am
short, like I once was.

June 29th, 2012

Easter, Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Halloween, all
in summer, how rare!

June 28th, 2012

Every day is
a different holiday:
well of course it is!

June 27th, 2012

Driving to Berkeley,
dropping off Buddha, Thai food,
and then watching Brave.

June 26th, 2012

How many pairs of
pants will I need in Vegas.
Probably none, right?

June 25th, 2012

Hitting it sideways,
too far, or too softly: just
a few ways to suck.

June 24th, 2012

On the back deck, I
read a book about a boy
who has Asperger's.

June 23rd, 2012

Three days til Vegas:
A family reunion
and a vacation.

June 22nd, 2012

I hope that it's true
we'll all live more easily
but I doubt he will.

June 21st, 2012

Tristan has moved on,
but I keep rehashing our 
last conversation.

June 20th, 2012

My fantasy teams
look not so fantastic, just
really pathetic.

June 19th, 2012

Writing haikus in
retrospect, it's not the same
as inspired thought.

June 18th, 2012

Less than a week
until I see my sister:
first time in five years.

June 17th, 2012

First week of summer
will I read, drink at noon or
just be a parent?

June 16th, 2012

I held up a sign
as the buses rolled away
cause that's how I roll.

June 15th, 2012

The grass is greener
where you can smoke grass and not
have to go to school.

June 14th, 2012

For cutting one class,
I said he would lose one day
of the internet.

June 13th, 2012

He's packing his things,
fitting as much as he can
into his trailer.

June 12th, 2012

The last week of school:
all the schedules have changed,
field trips every day.

June 11th, 2012

Today was grim. He
does not feel "compatible"
and is moving on.

June 10th, 2012

So nice to see Trynt
and Roger. Dinner and the
beach were just splendid.

June 9th, 2012

The 75th
birthday of Motherbear was
a great, grand affair.

June 8th, 2012

Another great show,
now entitled New Slang: the
kids seem to like it.

June 7th, 2012

I'm gonna eat lots
and lots and lots of fish so
I live a long time!

June 6th, 2012

I know I'll make it
to the end of the year but
in what kind of shape?

June 5th, 2012

When I watch movies,
I can't remember the names
of the characters.

June 4th, 2012

Five good candidates
applied for the job but one
will have to do it.

June 3rd, 2012

We woke up, had coffee
and moved a million boxes
into two small cars.

June 2nd, 2012

Yolkai feels nauseaus
in her uterus.  It feels
like it might throw up.

June 1st, 2012

I didn't golf and
it felt not like a Friday.
That's what Yolkai said.

May 31st, 2012

I got paid today,
and didn't even notice
as no cash appeared.

May 30th, 2012

The Netflix won't work.
I wrote this five days after
the Netflix did work.

May 29th, 2012

We're working so hard
to whistle while we work but
it's just not all fun.

May 28th, 2012

One heck of a pitch.
Watch the bottom fall out as
the hitter just whiffs.

May 27th, 2012

How am I doing?
How are we all doing? Where
is respect for life?

May 26th, 2012

I counted them all:
At least six relationships
in our trinity.

May 25th, 2012

I remember her
wrapped up in the comforter.
I hoped it helped her.

May 24th, 2012

The blog almost died.
For a week almost, it lied
there, just withering.

May 23rd, 2012

Drinking seemed like a
convenient excuse to feign
her (lost) bachelorhood.

May 22nd, 2012

It was a mistake,
she said, and it won't happen
again.  But we'll see...

May 21st, 2012

I can not believe
that babies grow up to be
adult-sized people.

May 20th, 2012

On a tiny screen,
in a box, we watched the moon
intercept the sun.

May 19th, 2012

It's got to be hard
to be in high school, to be
anything at all.

May 18th, 2012

To get to Vegas
in one familial piece
requires a van.

May 17th, 2012

I'm just too damn poor
to not create something great.
Enough already.

May 16th, 2012

I hate you, he said,
because I expected him
to take out the trash.

May 15th, 2012

How long does it take
to take out the the trash when you're
sixteen?  Two hours.

May 14th, 2012

...my eyes got misty.
This was THE achievement of
my athletic life.

May 13th, 2012

Watching the ball drop
into the cup on eighteen
for thirty-seven...

May 12th, 2012

Two different parents
are using lawyers, to push
slash tie our hands.

May 11th, 2012

Our new blog name:
"Misery Loves Comedy."
Double Feature Time!

May 10th, 2012

Commitment is when
you write one silly haiku
after another.

May 9th, 2012

What is leadership?
It's not a privilege or
post.  It is action.

May 8th, 2012

And now presenting!
The man who can juggle both
work and home: Ackshawn!

May 7th, 2012

It's nice to know that
all of Friday's chaos was
still there on Monday.

May 6th, 2012

The day after.  Whoah.
Dehydrated and the house
is an artsplosion.

May 5th, 2012

Three waves of friends came
to the Dada Party and
I was quite grateful.

May 4th, 2012

Tried out the new clubs.
Some I hit better and then
there were the others.

May 3rd, 2012

It's so important
to look forward to something-
anything at all.

May 2nd, 2012

Negotiating
is hardly worth the hundred
bucks I'm gonna get.

May 1st, 2012

So many teachers
decided to come over
to celebrate me.

April 30th, 2012

Aerating the greens
the week of my birthday is
nothing short of cruel.

April 29th, 2012

I am so wiped out
I have nothing to say and
can barely write this.

April 28th, 2012

I don't go to church.
On Sundays, I get anxious
about Monday's work.

April 27th, 2012

18 holes of golf.
7 over for 9 and
the back: 9 over.

April 26th, 2012

Back on campus, she
moves like a chaotic storm.
What harm will she do?

April 25th, 2012

I feel supported.
Teachers recognize my worth
if parents do not.

April 24th, 2012

They held the meeting
in the conference room, fifteen
people hearing lies.

April 23rd, 2012

I returned to work
and danced through the spaghetti
of bureaucracy.

April 22nd, 2012

We had sex and golfed.
All's fair in love and golf and
I'm a lucky guy.

April 21st, 2012

I pitched well at pledge
drive but then I hit my head
on the microphone.

April 20th, 2012

I didnt' want to
clean that shed, but I did and
now it looks lovely.

April 19th, 2012

Parenting should be
a forty-two letter word.
Because it's that hard.

April 18th, 2012

When I'm at my best,
I'm a badass octopus
signing autographs.

April 17th, 2012

Anxiety plumes
from a consuming fire
burning in my heart.

April 16th, 2012

Springtime in New York,
I miss springtime in New York,
Baby, baby...ooooooo.

April 15th, 2012

A day in Berkeley,
at the Marina, playing,
and then some sushi.

April 14th, 2012

Spring break is here but...
I will begin by writing
my complaint response.

April 13th, 2012

The slander of moms,
crying witch, or bullying,
without cause or care.

April 12th, 2012

Students huddling
under desks, doors locked, and me
exposed to the threat.

April 11th, 2012

Sometimes I write the
day, in addition to the
month, for each haiku.

Tuesday, April 10th 2012

So many meetings!
Wait- didn't I write the same
haiku just last month?

April 9th, 2012

The Giants lost 3
but they're hitting and Zito
looks like he's twenty.

April 8th, 2012

Took a day off just
to settle my nerves, I called
in "well," said Derek.

April 7th, 2012

A mountain lion
strode in front of my car right
on Little Lake Road.

April 6th, 2012

I made three birdies,
but had lots of doubles too,
for an eighty-eight.

April 5th, 2012

I think just maybe
we balanced the budget and
we all keep our jobs.

April 4th, 2012

It's hard to be proud
of all my leadership when
it yields no returns.

April 3rd, 2012

Despite my efforts
to serve a student who needs
help, mom just needs more.

April 2nd, 2012

Monday means: man up,
get over yourself, be cool
and get the job done.

April 1st, 2012

No fun jokes today,
no pranks, tricks or anything
just bills that are due.

March 31st, 2012

These haikus are trite,
banal and not very fun:
and still I plod on.

March 30th, 2012

JJ and Erin
came to poker last night and
I got super drunk.

March 29th, 2012

Teachers complain that
the behavior they're seeing
needs to be addressed.

March 28th, 2012

My tax returns came
and now our summer trip to
Vegas is rolling!

March 27, 2012

Not interesting,
not fun, not cool, and not all
that bad really: work.

March 26, 2012

My mind is spinning
with all the bureaucratic
mess of this school year.

March 25th, 2012

An angry parent
offers critical judgements
of me and my work.

March 24th, 2012

Lunch on the Back Porch
went better than ever but
one bluegrass grouch called.

March 23rd, 2012

Wow, embarrassing.
I have to go back and write
four days of haikus.

March 22nd, 2012

Negotiations:
not very fun but I think
we got some jobs back.

March 21st, 2012

I don't mind the kids
so much, it's the parents that
make teaching so hard.

March 20th, 2012

Do all the things, play
all the games, write all the blogs:
have all of the fun?

March 19th, 2012

Every problem
he has, I respond to, each
crisis averted.

March 18th, 2012

The laptop goes dim,
as a meeting is set to
begin. I'm in shock.

March 17th, 2012

Five in a car, three
sick from the smell of corned beef,
and now I'm freezing.

March 16th, 2012

No golf today due
to rain on the coast but we
drank beer with Megan!

March 15th, 2012

I can't believe it.
The display on my laptop
has gone dark. Have strength.

March 14th, 2012

Checks deposited,
taxes done, and checkbook
balanced. I kick ass.

March 13th, 2012

The photography
was pristine, the sentiment
loving, the art pure.

March 12th, 2012

When I stood to speak,
I wasn't nervous: "Save these
teachers' jobs" was all.

March 11th. 2012

Daylight Savings Time
means an hour more of golf
an hour less of sleep....

March 10th, 2012

In the DJ booth,
the phone rings and it's someone
who loved the last song.

March 9th, 2012

Golf with my buddies:
Hope, jest, and competition
in equal supply.

March 8th, 2012

In the waiting room

a father sleeps. The nurse calls:

"Dad?" and smiles. He wakes.

March 7th, 2012

Your favorite song
plays, your heart sways, and you know
the joy of body.

March 6th, 2012

We took a step back-
I mean- he took a step back.
I will remain still.

March 5th, 2012

A haiku contest
entry form waits in my bag.
Could this be the year?

March 4th, 2012

Two lovely people
were wed today- silent stars
in each others' skies.

March 3rd, 2012

Yes, she takes a long,
long time to get ready but-
I have no complaints.

March 2nd, 2012

Why won't they invest
in the education of
our youth, the future?

March 1st, 2012

She writes a poem
about your beautiful face.
How lucky am I?

February 29th, 2012

Today was leap day.
I'm writing this tomorrow.
So many meetings........

February 28th, 2012

Gonna make a Bup.
A what? A Bup. What's a Bup?
Bups are box-dudes, yo.

February 27th, 2012

The fifteen year old,
apparently, has taken
a vow of silence.

February 26th, 2012

And so concludeth
three speedy little days with
no children around.

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Getting used to this
model business. Wish there were
snacks though. Am I right?

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Five sounds should go here,
Seven more go in this spot-
these five wrap it up.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Thao and Vanderslice,
Shredding at Bottom
of the Hill- epic.

February 22nd, 2012

I can't stop thinking
about ways to improve this
whole parenting thing.

February 21st, 2012

Leaving Berkeley soon,
but we will be back before
long, most happily.

February 20th, 2012

I absolutely
am not writing this blog post
while on the toilet.

February 19th, 2012

Berkeley is splendid.
I am feeling less sick and
even more in love.

February 18th, 2012

She takes forever
to leave, but she leaves a nice
looking house, it's true.

February 17th, 2012

Raising teenagers
is easy, like juggling
chainsaws while baking.

February 16th, 2012

Sick to my stomach
and filled with anxiety...
Will vacation help?

February 15th, 2012

No! Not Beverly!
Don't tell her to pack her knives
and go! Not ever!

February 14th, 2012

Am I romantic?
Yes, daily. But less so on
days that I "should" be.

February 13th, 2012

Upcoming events
are rarely as bad as the
anxiousness before.

February 12th, 2012

Lunch on the backporch!
You will be mine every
other week: Yee Haw!

February 11th, 2012

The Fern Canyon Trail
at Van Damme State Park is long
but we kicked its ass.

February 10th, 2012

Childcare for the
teenager as he visits
Grandma with his friend...

February 9th, 2012

Miguel Cabrera
was a steal as the seventh
pick in this year's draft.

February 8th, 2012

This haiku has been
removed due to an excess
of syllables. Le Sigh.

February 7th, 2012

I sat on a stool
and told my peers what I knew
about the budget.

February 6th, 2012

Mondays blog entry
has disappeared somehow, but
at least you get this...

February 5th, 2012

Superbowl Sunday!
This is going to be the
veganest one yet!

February 4th, 2012

Conan O'Brian
What a fucking jerk you are,
but still quite funny.

February 3rd, 2012

Dinner has to be
at six o clock or else we
might just lose our shit.

February 2nd, 2012

Special Ed. meetings
are about as fun as a
brand new paper cut

February 1st, 2012

Granola bar! Clocks!
Monkey knuckles clockwatcher
Jimminy cricket!

January 31st, 2012

No vegetables?
Seriously? I learned it
by watching you. Right?

January 30th, 2012

Took the day off and
got more accomplished than on
a "work" day. Thank god.

January 29th, 2012

Playing golf today
I skulled a ball right over
a passing car. Close call..

January 28th, 2012

DJing today
was hectic. Everything seemed
to be breaking! Ahhhh!

Januart 27th, 2012

Punk rock fridays RAWK!
I'm thinkin Bad Religion
or OP IVY, right?

January 26, 2012

We hit the Mendo
Bistro last night, right before
it closed. Fish for two!

January 25th, 2012

No more meetings please!
I don't care how good I am
at listening. Jeesh.

January 24th, 2012

His tears stream down his
face, faced with disappointment
in love's foreclosure.

January 23, 2012

What would "work" look like
If I wasn't teaching kids
how to use their words?

January 22, 2012

Morning means coffee,
bagels, cuddling and a
documentary

January 21st, 2012

Raising children is
no harder than raising the
wide, wonderful sky.

January 20th, 2012

Twenty haikus in
and this blog seems like half chore
and half diary.

January 19th, 2012

Last night we all said
what we meant and nobody
wanted to hear it.

January 18th, 2012

Nobody ever
responds to my haikus, so
This may be the last.

January 17th, 2012

The fourteen year olds
were hooting and wrestling
like puppies today.

January 16, 2012

Our sweetheart returns,
bearing gifts, hugs, smiles and
a bit of sunburn....

January 15, 2012

Two Sears guys are here
to fix the washing machine.
Soon: clean underwear!

January 14, 2012

Yesterday was my
first night on KZYX!
Forgot my haiku!

Friday, January 13th, 2012

So very grateful
for modern conveniences,
luxuries abound

January 12th, 2012

Just talked to Brenda-
I miss my sister so much.
Summer reunion?

January 11th, 2012

The eleventh of
January was full of
work and then, breathing.

January 10th, 2012

I'm letting my beard
grow out, not for vanity-
just for laziness.

January 9th, 2012

From rise to rest, each
and every move I make:
dictated by time

January 8th, 2012

The Sunday night blues-
Sleep will cure what 2 hours
of Malick could not.*

*Malick = Terence Malick's mind-altering opus "The Tree of Life." For the record.

January 7th, 2012

Better get this one
out of the way now so I
don't forget again.

January 6th, 2012

It's been just 5 days
And I already missed a
haiku, goddamnit.

January 5th, 2012

Negotiations
went fine today because we
decided nothing.

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

It's so much better
to finish being angry
and just get it on

January 3rd, 2012

Tired of being
the one who manages to
keep it together

January 2nd, 2012

First day back at work
Teenagers wearing new clothes
Warm smiles all around

January 1st, 2012

Out on New Year's Eve
Some guy got stabbed in the neck
Time to go home now