Tuesday, October 27, 2009

1/2 Marathon Man

4th over all - 1st in my age group
An odd 1/2 marathon because it was 13.7 miles.

A tough 1/2 marathon as it had 4,000 feet of elevation change.

But I'm very happy with my result.

Next up: Turkey Trot 10k!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

NASA Did What?

When I proposed

crashing
a probe
into her moon,

I was informed
that the funding
had dried up.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Dad Ain't No Engineer

My son (age 7) asked me to make him a paper airplane, which I did.

He launched it into the rare air of our living room, watching as its maiden flight failed miserably.

Dad, it fell like a dead moth.

Couldn't have said it better myself. The kid is a poet at age 7.

How proud is Dad?

Very.

As to the lack of paper airplane making skills? Meh. I can live with that.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

quotation time

It augers well for the world that it will refuse to believe that in death endeth loveliness.

-- Jack Kerouac

Friday, October 9, 2009

Something to think about

Poetry is a bird. Prose is a potato.
- Billy Collins