1 "Mr. Harrington, can you play I Don't Want to Start the World on Fire by the Ink Spots?"
2 My students were excitedly writing sentences on the whiteboard using pastel dry erase pens. I played Journey's Don't Stop Believin' to start off the weekly musical ritual in my class. It was a beehive in my room. At first I didn't think I heard the kid right. Steve Perry was screaming to loud.
3 "I'm sorry...did you say you wanted me to play an Ink Spots' song?"
4 "Yes," said the fifteen-year old. "I love I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire."
5 Journey was finishing up; kids were swinging their heads, and I thought, "Well I'll be a blue-nosed gopher!"
6
7 Okay, I didn't really thing that. Just casting myself with type. Old geezers say things like, "Well I'll be a blue-nosed gopher!"
8 Don't they?
9 <crickets>
10 Moving On, Part One: Yesterday I spelled "raisin" "raison". I look over my stuff each day to make sure I don't do anything stupid.
11 It rarely happens that I don't find something stupid.
12 I write in the afternoon and often polish it up in the morning when I can't really think.
13 I used to be a terrific speller.
14 I won the sixth-grade spelling bee at Meadows School.
15 Not the same Meadows School as the Meadows School in San Jose.
16 This is a different Meadows School from Millbrae Meadows, a rather tiny community where I grew up.
17 I always feared revealing that to people because I like to associate myself with the much tougher image of San Bruno.
18 Millbrae doesn't have sewers blowing up, for example.
19 Bruno does.
20 Millbrae is getting there. There is some sort of spray paint thing going on right in front of my Dad's house. I'm pretty sure people who put the sewer stuff in San Bruno are likely the same people who put the sewer stuff in Millbrae.
21 Now I'm proud to say I'm from the Meadows. Who was I kidding?
22 The Meadows. I lived across the street from Meadows School. I used to slide down Meadows Mountain on cardboard.
23 I used to sit on Meadows Mountain like the Fool on the Hill and stare out at the Bay Area.
24 The Fool on the Hill at one point became a favorite song of mine.
25 I'm pretty sure my favorite song now is I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire by the Ink Spots. It absolutely took my usual vocab ritual to a higher level.
26 Here:
27 Pretty corny.
28 Imagine eight or nine students climbing all over each other writing vocabulary sentences in front of a classroom with THAT playing quietly in the background.
29 Who needs TCM?
30 I laughed the remainder of the afternoon.
31 Moving On, Part Two: In this morning's Merc News there was an item by Brennan Linsley of the Associated Press about the feud between Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent.
32 I'm not quite sure why, but I feel I really need to share it, so here it is, for your viewing pleasure:
50 CENT PUTS MONEY
WHERE HIS MOUTH IS
Boxer Floyd Mayweather...and rapper 50 Cent...aren't on the best of terms nowadays, but their dispute may be a nice boost for charity.
The rapper has said he will donate $750,000 to a charity of Mayweather's choosing if the boxer can read one page of a Harry Potter book without messing up. No word on whether Mayweather has accepted the challenge.
Mayweather and 50 Cent used to be friends, but that was before the fighter had fallings out with several rappers, including 50 Cent. Recently, Mayweather accused three rappers -- 50 Cent, T.I. and Nelly -- of riding his coattails for publicity, according to a Deadspin story.
That produced an obscenity-laced video from 50 Cent, who then issued the $750,000 challenge.
Whatever works, if it raises that kind of money for a good cause.
33 I'm a bit speechless over here.
34 At first the oatmeal and raisins almost came out my eyes.
35 Then the teacher dude came in and reprimanded me, because in a way it saddened me.
36 I almost wouldn't blame Mayweather if he went over to 50 Cent's house and punched him in the kisser.
37 And I'm a pretty peaceful fellow.
38 Anyway, interesting article to say the least.
39 Moving On, Part Three: Can anybody explain the 49ers and Levi Stadium to me?
40 First, the Niners. Evidently Harbaugh and company aren't showing all their cards. They must have a superstar backup quarterback nobody knows about.
41 Second, they just lifted all the grass. The field is supposedly going to be ready for play on Sunday.
42 A fan died of a heat stroke that was clearly related to no shade.
43 And I heard something about the railings not being tall enough, but my info on that is a tad sketchy.
44 SMH.
45 That's "shaking my head" in Facebookese, for the uninitiated.
46 I guess we'll have to wait and see, but I usually am amped for football season. This year I'm a little worried about my team.
47 Anyway, I'll know more Monday.
48 We all will.
49 And so this is Friday.
50 Yippieeeeeee!!!
51 Have an amazing weekend, and stay safe.
52 See you again.
53 Peace.
~H~
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