song of the day: Not The Same / Ben Folds
word of the day: Catoptric / Relating to reflection or reflected light

Song Of The Day: Do Ya / Electric Light Orchestra
Word Of The Day: Hapax / A word or form of which only one recorded instance is known

Tired today. Feel like I was gang-raped by angels (dreams do come true!). Drove 12 hours yesterday. Friday's show in Iowa City was fantastic -there is essentially an unending succession of perfect audiences at that venue- attentive, eager to laugh, eager to go inward, outward, and ready to hug after the show. I gave away six brand new copies of Genpo Roshi's book The Eye Never Sleeps according to a random drawing conducted by color-coded skittle candies.

Song of the day: Lullaby / Billy Joel
Word of the day: Dhyana / Profound meditation; the penultimate stage of yoga

The other night I was in Safeway looking for licorice, I was sort of standing around in the candy isle staring at the shelves in a daze, and this song Lullaby by Billy Joel comes on the speakers. I happen to be standing right under the speaker when I hear him start singing:

song of the day: Say It Isn't So / The Outfield
word of the day: Apoptosis / 1, Loosening ; the loosening and falling off of tissue 2, The controlled destruction of cells, as in the growth and developement of an organism; the type of cell lysis characteristic of this ('Lysis' means the disintegration of cells)