The Harris Fire sweeps along the ridge lines of Mt. San Miguel as I describe the fire that threatened Spring Valley, as well as some of the other fires in the county. Santa Ana winds, a strange light in the sky, smoke and flames add up to a once in a generation experience. I discuss possibly evacuating and the difficult choices when packing an emergency bag, facing the fact that everything else but what you take may be burned and lost, like correspondence, writing journals, CDs, and my road bike.

A majestic display of the moon, Saturn, Venus, and Regulus brings me out for another pre-dawn show. Two race reports: La Jolla Rough Water Swim and the Mission Bay Triathlon. An idea involving GPS/SMS (MMS?) for haiku and history.

Somewhat sleep deprived, I record this in a soft voice while watching for meteors. A dream of stars. I talk about the recent hiatus. I highly recommend visiting Santa Rosa (part of the Channel Islands National Park). My brief description doesn't do it justice. I talk about humanity travelling to other stars. Recent blood donation stats: 125/84 blood pressure, 41 pulse, 15.9 Iron. Sprinklers add some nice "hiss" about 17 minutes into the show. Pondering Doppler effects for other senses. Poorly enunciated final -- sorry!

Last day of school. Convergence of events and the delay of my solstice card. An idea for colorizing windows. Original thoughts, _Softwire: Rings of Orbis 1_, and creating our own work. Next stage for the podcast. I speedwalk race a first grader for part of the hill.

Summer solstice card will be delayed this year due to art taking longer than anticipated. Freeware painting app. Problems with internet search engines. Some of the reaction at work due to my resignation.

Three reasons for not playing in the staff/5th grade softball game. Bee stung right foot. Surprising popularity of summer school. Further thoughts on "Star Trek: TOS" Season One.

Summer solstice approaches and my card is nearly ready. The joy of writing. Triathlon training update.

After one swim, I love my Eagle goggles -- can't wait to use these at La Jolla Cove. I cut through the fields and stadium of the high school for a quieter episode. My impressions of the original Star Trek's first season from watching the first six shows on DVD.

Cottontail rabbit, worm wiggling on the side walk, pizza slice on a car's roof: quite a way to start the show. The mystery of last week's missing episode. Why was Ichiro's name in katakana at yesterday's baseball game? Aquasphere's "Eagle goggles" and yesterday's 30K bike ride. Returning to my decision to leave my job.

Should eco-tourism be just for exotic, distant locales? Why not practice the ideals of it everywhere we go? Great ambience delivered by a high school girl asking her two friends, "Is the liquor store open?" Deciding it's time to leave my job. What to do next?

Training report: cycling. My need to improve my T1 time. New plant for the class due to a malicious act at school. Christopher DeLaurenti was recently in the NY Times and that leads me to talk about music, performances, and audiences. High fatigue for my left arm after carrying the plant the entire show.

40th anniversary of the release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Three amazing albums of 1967 and a somewhat comparison of The Velvet Underground's first album to "Sgt. Pepper's". Blue blaze connotations walking up the hill which leads to near stream of consciousness rambling and ends at the theme of dreams in "Sgt. Pepper's".

My new walk to work due to new fences at the track produces highly variable volume levels. Jon "Blazeman" Blais passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2007. An inspiring Ironman warrior-poet taken by ALS. Thoughts on age-grouper triathletes.

Jog-A-Thon. Short term memory loss due to a situation in class. Deducing where the book came from and thoughts on stressful events. The Pirahã, or the Hi'aiti'ihi, speak a language without numbers! Really fascinating article in the "The New Yorker" from April 16, 2007.

Not quite a drizzle. Thoughts on incorporating interval training into my workout mix. New fence for the southern edge of the track and the possible impact on my walk to work. Final few weeks of school.

Blood donation stats: BP 125/75, HR 57, Iron 14.2 and confusion with my name on Saturday. Brief questions about a sphygmomanometer's velcro cuffs. Impressions and thoughts on the Coronado Bridge Run yesterday.

"Shrek The Third" and computer animated films in general. Results from my bicycle refitting. Planning workouts around a "race" on Sunday and blood donation on Saturday. Thoughts on the complex beauty of the body. Finally, rumors of my marriage at school.

Sniffing after saying the date. New running shoes and why I bought them. Days feel like their tomorrows. Microbes in the space station. Locked bathroom leads to an extra-long show.

Remnants of a headache -- feeling fatigued. Triathlon training woes. Doping scandals tainting cycling.

Yesterday's swim workout. Hamstring, IT-band problems continuing? Tori Amos' new album. My album mentality. Dead animal parade. Exhibition of cadavers. Dead Sea Scrolls coming.

Description of the sunrise this morning along Highway 94. An odd dream. Reluctance to stop using my wool blanket. Flexibility in workout schedule is always a good thing.

Allergies kicking in with the dry, warm weather. Triathlon training update. Summer solstice card. Encrypting my yearbook entry. An unusual ending where the bathroom is locked, so I walk to my classroom, greeting two fellow workers before turning off the recorder.

Triathlon training -- yesterday's swim workout. Nervousness about going to the doctor. Spider-Man 3's finally here but I don't mind waiting until next week to see it. An ambulance and stepping on a cigarette.

The start of STAR testing. A spider web "attacks". The sounds of a runner at 5 a.m. and thoughts on when's a good time to exercise. Another sighting of my first cross-country coach. Final (?) update on scheduling a doctor appointment.

I read "The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock" in honor of National Poetry Month's last day. A report of yesterday's bicycle ride and musings on the upcoming triathlon. A list of the passing automobiles and an idea for generating revenue for the school.

Mental victory in my swim yesterday dealing with gear malfunctions. Automatic bicycles being marketed to increase bicycle rider population. Not enough time spent on the dilemma of finding $10. The ethics of finding items. Does the item's value affect whether or not it's taken?

My thoughts on planting wild flowers from seed packets into three furrows. The frustration of Kaiser Permanete's website registration process. It's absolutely inane. I discuss why I want to go to the doctor and musings on aging. Animals and physical activity is the last topic.

A leaden reading of the prologue of "Canterbury Tales" leads into musings and general associations of Chaucer. Why did she copy the prologue? Wet legs courtesy of the rain soaked bunch grasses, a tight squeeze through the chained gate, and plans for the second half of the AT.

I start off with a recount of yesterday's stomach problems and rescheduling the bike ride to work for Tuesday. Last part of the show, I discuss some of my favorite poets.

Some thoughts on bird songs. My reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre. Initial impressions of _The Devil In The White City_. Plans to bike to work tomorrow.

Patriots Day, Boston Marathon. National Library Week started yesterday. Questioned by two men, extra-tight squeeze through the chained track gate interrupts my discussion of poetry. I read Hafiz's "Absolutely Clear" and Henley's "Invictus".

Plane travel to Connecticut in my future. Report on my brick workout on Wednesday and my failed swim workout on Thursday.

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, an upcoming field trip plus childhood memories. Finally finished my taxes. Planning a trip to Connecticut. An UPM (Unidentified Phone Message). Triathlon training woes -- 10 weeks out from my race.

Sister-in-law in a play. Lent is over thus my return to the library. My vision of what libraries can be. Fresh pavement on the hill.

I discuss the state of my triathlon (running) training; frustration with my IT band; how my library-abstinence for Lent has impacted my life; Pynchon's _V_.

Construction on the street, graffiti on the tee ball field, Spring is here. I recount the bee swarm from yesterday -- adrenaline and pumping heart -- leading into a paradox of life: our choices control our fate and yet much of life is beyond our control. Early plans for Spring break.

I describe the batteries that died after recording six seconds and the fog from last Friday. Then I launch into a gravity problem that is bothering me. Confusion is part of life.

Pi-Day activities for school. http://www.pination.com/pi_sound.php for pi in tubular bells. I also discuss my alternate route to work yesterday. My birth data compared to Michelle's. More talk about pi-day.

What do we accept, what do we question? A paradox of teaching, my truth vs. your truth. Assembly line education. Where does the individual's right to believe whatever it wants end? Can one use a disability as an excuse for being a jerk? Society (and governments) vs. the individual.

Comparison between Victoria and Michelle's newborn photos. Not as excited to see the film "300" as I was a week ago. What'll I do with the fig seeds gathered yesterday.

Airplanes heralding the birth of my niece? Welcome to the world, Michelle Frances Stickler! Odd coincidence with her and her older sister's birthdays and their father's two grandfathers. After I talk about her, I discuss the new route to work due to the fencing off of the high school's lower field.

I discuss how the two novels I'm writing are unintentionally similar to an upcoming book by Neil Gaiman and a published book _The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1_ by PJ Haarsma (misidentified as _Rings of Orbis_).

I discuss my current running program; base training. This leads into a very brief discussion of my training in the other two sports in triathlon. Next topic, I start talking about a dismembered cat's tail I saw on Wednesday on my way home, but couldn't find it on Thursday. Today I find it!

Other 100's I hope to achieve in the future. A bicycle century, living a century, 100 pages of a novel, 100 more podcast episodes, 100 books, the next 100 miles of the AT and beyond, 100 bottles of wine, and 100 origami figures.

My left shoulder blade is hurting. I discuss possible causes, how it's affecting my triathlon training, and a possible remedy (dry erase board topped-desk which I can stand at). Walking up the hill I wonder about getting a new computer, imagining a touch-screen tablet.

My day to bring treats for the staff? I wonder about this, as well as my obligations, responsibilities, and social demands in the mini-society of the faculty and staff. An amazing display of refracted sunlight in the west interrupts my pondering. The word "sticking" launches my discussion of "Happy Days" and how so many of the episodes are stuck in my head.

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Why I chose the library and what I hope to gain. A brief discussion of _Surviving The Impact_, Tambora, and Percy Shelley's "Darkness". My delight in connecting pieces of knowledge -- "living in Trebekistan." Check out Bob Harris' book _Prisoner Of Trebekistan_. The top of the hill -- a good place for paper airplanes flying.

My hamstring is doing well. Discussion of paper airplane adventures. Perhaps I passed my first cross country coach. I should have stopped to talk. The new dwarf planet Eris and the quickly outdated science textbooks at school. Creative writing issue: how changing the setting impacts the plot.

Valentine's Day: Paper airplanes to the children in my room. My opinion about today's holiday. Reminiscing about my favorite Valentine's Day -- Romania, 1997. A letter from a French pen friend arrived yesterday -- answering my note from a few weeks back. After years without contact, a letter. Thanks Melanie!

Past time for pruning roses. Benzyl alcohol in the mouthwash ACT isn't an alcohol? Pondering paper airplanes -- how large could it be? Biology close to the speed of light.

Composting problems due to my negligence. A history of how it happened and how it's being resolved. Tech problem? Always check the owner's manual. DVD Recorder now problem free.

Super Bowl recap. Presta valve mishap. The surprising fun of riding a bike on grass. Opening a Slim Jim at the base of the hill for a student. Would she have asked me two months ago?

I wonder about the placebo effect with water. Is it possible to induce intoxication with water? Three sets of footprints on the infield. Where does the energy of photons go once they strike your retina? Future street construction coming to the hill?

Rain-delay of my swim workout. W-2 reports US$14,209.14 income for last year. What's a fair salary for my time and effort? I don't know. Political rant: Presidential candidates twenty-two months before the election. Serenading seagulls release a beach tale from a few months ago.

"Pulse" band audition flyer. Using copper wire from Christmas lights for a math and science project. My thoughts on "Babylon 5" and "Star Trek". Climbing a tree at a baseball field.

Sore throat due to allergies. Losing white blood cells due to donating blood? Stargazing! Two nights ago with binoculars and memories of the telescopes from my childhood.

Blood donation yesterday. Iron count 13.8. Pulse 53. Blood pressure 118/74. Rambling, not fully fleshed out, thoughts on Jesus saying "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's..." Ending with criticism on the State of the Union Address -- not Bush's latest one, just the *event*.

Brief impressions of Bob Harris' _Prisoner Of Trebekistan_. Organizing some of my writing papers leads to a bit of serendipity. A poem unlocks a memory. I ramble on the power of writing; the resonance a piece can have after years unseen; messages for the future.

George R.R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice And Fire" is coming to HBO? Great news. Other great news: my dad doesn't have melanoma! But he does have a hurting neck, much like I did. Performance artist as police officer?

A very cold morning. Health insurance enrollment finished. The sixth anniversary of my mom's death on an amazingly cold day; forgot to mention the snow flurries, rare in the non-mountains of San Diego. A tea master -- watch out for my slurp. At the end a brief conversation with Leslie Vasquez, followed by a locked door.

Possible health insurance problems which leads to pessimistic thoughts on the nature of bureaucracies. Brief discussion of episode 3 of "24" season 6. Infecting another with the sport of triathlon.

Excitement over watching the first two hours of "24" season 6 -- not premiering for four more days -- but watchable due to the Internet. Some thoughts on BitTorrent and the other two items I downloaded.

A basic retelling of Friday's assembly at school by Samuel Nehemiah. He is incredible! See for yourself at www.ExcelaNation.org. He is a beacon in this world. At the end I briefly discuss efforts to reorganize my comic book collection.

Oversleeping and the dream I had this morning. Brief description of the dawn. Halting, awkward thoughts on Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, attempting to consider it from the subatomic perspective; ending with trying to imagine what matter-energy is. At the end meant to say "We know less than what we *don't* know."

Sunrise and saying good-bye to my brother who's off to UCSC again. Two brief stories about yesterday's work: coughing and graffitti. Update concerning my bedroom's repair. Forgotten topic ends the show.

Back to school after Winter Break. A few details about it; mainly my dad's possible melanoma. Impressions of "Joyuex Noel" and a BBC World War One documentary. I sing a song from WWI and end with wishes for a happy new year.

Third, fourth, and fifth grades represented with a sampling of journal entries and a story. Reading this after 24 years (or so) gives me a hint of the boy I was.

The last day of school for 2006. Two pounds of grapes for staff treats. Remembering to get my paycheck (which later I forgot all about). Swimming fun and the mental gain. A stranded minivan; doubting my decision not to offer my help. Joy of Christmas carols.

Geminids are here again (note I meant the Perseids, not the Leonids, as the last meteor shower I viewed). Thoughts on re-reading _A Feast For Crows_ by George R.R. Martin. Details, character motives, and piecing the story together. The Gospel of Judas. Writing a novel where each copy is different due to a reader generated seed.

Uncertain of the day, a quiet beginning. First coat of the new wall color; initial reactions, finding a "dangerous" color. TSA breaking *your* suitcase lock to protect *you*.

My brother David's birthday. Two to the fifth power. Thoughts on Andre Rieu's 12/7/06 San Diego concert. Brief description of The Heritage of the Americas Museum in El Cajon, California which gets interrupted at the end by chit-chat with a teacher.

Crimson leaves and silver moon. Making fire in class. Dreams. Pepsi can revisited with Wallace Stevens (reference to "Anecdote of the Jar"). Embarrassing story dealing with a forgotten lock combination.

A chill Santa Ana. Not quite the Christmas season without the decorations around the house. Shiny blue Pepsi can on the pitcher's mound. Thoughts of how Christmas changes throughout our lives; rememberances of Christmas past. One spider! The paradox of senses and feeling beyond the senses.

The recent upheaval of my room provides rich opportunity to find lost treasures as well as items to discard. I spend most of my time discussing Degas' "Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli". I mispronounce Giovanna's name as Giovanni. At the end, with not enough time devoted to it, I ponder getting rid of photos of my mom and grandpa taken at my wedding.