September 24, 2004
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The Daily News
1 If you're a Giants' fan, you hated last night.
2 Oh, well. Could there be a better set-up going into the playoffs?
3 Who knew.
4 I will be there Saturday and Sunday, watching the Giants/Dodgers in another classic battle to the very end.
5 Oy.
6 I had a challenging day yesterday. Just...challenging. We all have 'em.
7 Meh.
10 Moving on...
11 We have so much going on right now that I am almost overwhelmed! But fear not: that's a good thing.
12 That's a good thing.
13 The wonderful thing about this year is that every morning I wake up and I can't wait to go in and do it one more time. That's the sign of a pretty good year.
16 In that regard, teaching is arguably the greatest job on the planet.
17 Yeah, you watch on a daily basis my idiotic musings and ramblings, but somewhere therein lies the truth, and for the life of me, I can't really pinpoint it, except to say that I am surrounded by amazing people, whether they are students, teachers, gardeners, custodians, classified help, or alumni: somehow, we all hold together to bond and enjoy this very special school.
18 I have so much more to say, but I am pretty exhausted from today, and actually, from a career that has many more high points than low.
19 Sometimes, we all need to just kick back, and count our blessings.
21 I'm here to tell you that the battles have just begun, and my experience seems to show that they generally end in good memories, and great times.
22 Tonight, I am simply reflecting.
23 As my old mate Paul McCartney would say: "It's allowed..."
24 So...John Kerry walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Why the long face?"
25 Have you ever seen a candidate more intent on losing an election? Bush has made a monkey out of that guy. Here I thought we had two Yale Bonesmen going toe-to-toe, and it pretty much look like a TKO.
26 There's a great picture on the front page of the Merc News today. Back when I was a lad, there was this weight lifter named Jack Lalanne, who had a television show that was one of the first workout- and-be fit shows, and the guy had a rock-hard body. Well, he's turning 90 on Sunday, and the picture is of him now standing next to an absolutely hideous statue of himself, in his prime, a completely bizarre thing to begin with. THEN, he looks amazingly like my wife's grandma, without the sagging-to-the-toes stuff going on, standing next to an iron statue of Abe Lincoln with a package strapped on. It's the kind of picture that if you died and went to Hell, the devil would make you stare at it for hours on end.
27 You don t believe me, just glance at a paper this morning, or sometime today when you go into a 7-11 for bad coffee or something.
28 Yeesh.
29 I really feel like suing that rag.
30 And onward: The Pigeon Players officially have auditions for Thugs beginning Tuesday night, and they continue on Wednesday, with call-backs on Thursday. You need to contact them and make an appointment, be prepared with a comic monologue, head-shot, and resume. For further info, go to www.pigeonplayers.org.
31 No tech tomorrow, sorry to say. They called in the Big Guns to take on the Dodgers, so I'll be at SBC all weekend.
32 Take care, and go Giants!
24 Have a wonderful weekend, everyone, and I'll be back with a vengeance on Monday.
25 Peace.
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