Unexpected joy.
Today I rode in a car
that had heated seats.

Today's Iliad haiku:

Achilles is--not
to put too fine a point on
it--a total dick.

Today's Iliad haiku:

Why do men behave

badly? They are made in the

image of the gods.

Why, after twenty-
three years of teaching, do I
still get first-day nerves?

Today's Iliad haiku:

Zeus and Hera need,
badly, to get themselves to
couples counseling.

Today's climate change haiku:

Evidently the
Arctic mosquito is now
utterly thriving.

Buckwheat groats taste good,
but they _sound_ like foodstuffs of
polygamous cults.

Yes, it is scary.
If it weren't scary it would
not be worth doing.

Red earrings, bracelet;
I am accessorizing
to match my cold sore.

America's best
idea. So grateful for
our national parks.

Do not confuse them!
Compliance is not the same
as moral goodness.

You reach middle age
when you realize you are not
going to read Proust.

You become, as you age, more yourself--so strive to be someone you like.

Today's haiku: I have some good news: It's World Orangutan Day! Let's fête our cousins!

This campaign's message: Billionaire class, we have the guts to take you on. BernieSanders.com

An architect of
Black Lives Matter before the
hashtag existed.

R.I.P. Julian Bond
with thanks to Clayola Brown

All American
public higher ed should be
tuition-free. Word.

It's not radical
to say someone working full
time should not be poor.

Another name for
the Koch Brothers and their dough
is oligarchy.

Today's haiku:

Weekend: free opera
in park; Bridge Pedal, Bernie.
God I love Portland.