The Daily News

1   Happy Monday!!!!!!!

2   This comes to you LIVE on a Sunday evening.

3   How exciting is that?

4   I know, I know.

5   Ah it's all good.

6   Stuff is still all over the place, a bit of spillover from the madness of last week, what with testing, buying houses, stressin' the lessons, real life, and everything else. 

7   In other words, normal life. 

8   With lots of laughs.

9    Wish I could remember any of it, but to me it has been consistent with a dream, and at times, a nightmare, but mostly a dream.

10  = )

11  Like that?

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13   = ) <-----sideways emoticon dude ensuring that a) you're still cool, and b) you got things totally under control, and you like to see people smile.

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15   I overrate myself. It's actually pretty dumb.

16   When did it come to this?

17   Ah, it's all good. 

18   I've been having fun despite it all. 

19   You have to.

20    So nope, I ain't trippin'.

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22   Moving On, Part One: As always, the weekends seem to sap more and more strength, and as always I turn to family and friends for laughs, even in the grimmest of times. 

23   I officially admire the human spirit.

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25   The stuff piles on, but the human heart can work wonders.

26   There has been a lot of sadness and true sorrow in my family lately, but all of us share a love that is eternal. 

27   Makes my own nonsense about deadlines and school and stuff disappear.

28   That's where it needs to go.

29   My family, and I mean my wife, my children, my cousins, my aunts, my nieces and nephews, all of them are going through stuff. 

30  Makes it hard to come up with stuff for this.

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32  Well, holding on and having laughs, shits and giggles is pretty important in the scheme of things. 

33  Maybe school had to become irrelevant. 

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35   I didn't want to be that guy. I wanted to take this school year to new levels, and keep bringing amazing stuff to the classroom. 

36  So far, I've succeeded, but wouldn't it be just like life to test me right before I retire?

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38   Of course.

39   I remember a time when I would ruffle my feathers and boldly say, "Throw it at me!"

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41   Careful what you wish for. 

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43   I'm beginning to think, "Go easy on us, will you old fellow?"

44   Something like that. 

45   I had a bunch more to share, but thought I would re-group and simply throw some love out there to everyone I know who is going through a time. 

46   This Old Brown Shoe is for you and yours. 

47   Celebrate the good, and shake off the bad. 

48   Right now, we all need to hold on for dear life, but we also need to stay close. 

49   Makes it tougher for the opposition.

50   Gottago.

51   Love you all.

52   And remember:

53   Live life.

54   Love life.

55   Peace.

~H~