The Daily News

1   Wednesday.

2   See how swiftly it all happens?

3   We always seem to be ready for the Next Big Thing.

4   Freud would have considered that a death wish. 

5   Or Ford. 

6   Or some psychological guy who had too much time on his hands. 

7   Might have been Fred.

8   Might even have been Wilma for having married Fred.

9   Goodness gracious. 

10  Or, it might just seem we ARE ready for the Next Big Thing. 

11  Little kids, for example are ALWAYS ready for the Next Big Thing, unless it involves a bath and going to bed. 

12   Who knows, who knows. 

13   Moving On, Part One: After I gave a brief lesson on the proper use of nouns yesterday, I put on the Dark Side of the Moon/Wizard of Oz film. 

14   No reason. I had it on a speaker, but just playing quietly while my students worked on an assignment. 

15   I mentioned it to some of them, and some became interested instantly. 

16   I figured it's probably nice to throw a few Urban Legends into a lesson, just to spruce it up a bit. 

17   It was pretty low-key. 

18   I loved it, because I turned my MacPro laptop towards the students. 

19   It wasn't a big screen or anything, just something slightly interesting.

20   I loved glancing at it upside down, rightside up, and sideways. 

21   The music played quietly, and each time there was a nice sync-up, I'd smile. 

22   At one point I was going through the skits the students did. I had put some notes, and had copies of the scripts. 

23   For some reason, I went blank on Auntie Em's name, so I Googled it. 

24   Don't get old. I was like, "Auntie Em. Wizard of Oz, right?"

25   It was instantly confirmed, but you know how you sometimes become unsure of things that you previously had been sure of your entire life?

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27   <crickets>

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29   Have I told you I know how to read feet? <twidling thumbs>

30   Anyway, I came upon a skit written by this student named Anthony. He was in a skit with another girl named Emily, which interestingly is my grandmother's name. 

31   There was an exchange between the two, and he had abbreviated his name and her name so that it read like this:

Ant: Blah, blah blah, blah blah blah blah.

Em:  Blah BLAH blah.

32   I didn't bring the script home last night, but you get the idea. 

33   I then looked more carefully. Pink Floyd AND Wizard were playing to the masses when I looked at the script a second time.

34    Ant...Em...

35   It all swirled around me. I had to call Anthony to my desk so he could goof on the coincidence. At first he looked puzzled, but then was taken aback. 

36   We shared a coincidental laugh. 

37   Last night Helene and I were thinking up great traveling songs, which were going to be a gift to someone.

38   I won't go into details. 

39   At one point, I said, "The entire Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon is a GREAT traveling song--the entire album!"

40   At that same exact moment, my daughter Nicole texted Over the Rainbow from Wizard as a great traveling song. 

41   The funny thing is that that particular topic hadn't even come up yet. 

42   Wizard. 

43   Coincidences. 

44   I report them to people almost every time they happen so that people start to see. 

45   Notice the Messages. 

46   It's fun getting older.

47   You get all sorts of spiritual things flying at you. I like it. Gives me a lot of faith that the Universe is, as MLK said, "on the side of Justice."

48   Wednesday.

49   Meetings. Always a bit of tomfoolery if you ask me. 

50   Meh. 

51   Want another fun coincidence? I Googled "Freud" AFTER I mentioned all the coincidences, and the picture of "Pink Freud" (see above) popped up on Google images. I'd never seen it before. 

52   I almost went over. 

53   Instinct had me print it immediately, so that I could show it to...myself. Everyone else had turned off phones, lights, and electronics and were safely snoozing.

54   "Lotta black ink!" I troubled.

55   

56   Yup.

57   Wednesday. 

58    They're minimums each week. We're out early and then we collaborate so that our students will improve. 

59   Nice plan.

60   I gottago.

61   See you again.

62   Pink Freud. Who knew?

63   Peace.

~H~