The Daily News
1 Garbage Night.
2 Nice to see. Last night was Garbage Night.
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4 Hey, I get misty about these sorts of things.
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7 Do you ever get on the computer and somehow it is cap-locked?
8 That just happened.
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10 The top of the page almost wound up looking like this:
tHE dAILY nEWS
11 There's a part of me that likes that look.
12 It best expresses my mental state.
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14 That's a line I stole from my very first play at Mills High School, Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water. In the play, the Allen character Magee nervously flirts with an artsy girl named Susan, prompting him to say "I'm a big Jackson Pollack fan. His drippings best express my mental state. After dinner if you're interested, I'll show you a little statue I made out of some old automobile parts and a bedpan."
15 Classic.
16 Moving On, Part One: My man Tony Hicks was all over the story about the sugar bombing of Adam Levine on Wednesday. The article appears in this morning's Merc News, and I love the way Hicks dresses it up.
17 Here it is:
Adam Levine got nailed with a powdered sugar bomb Wednesday outside Jimmy Kimmel's studio in Hollywood.
The Maroon 5 singer was headed to appear on the show, and stopped to chat with fans, when some moron hit him in the face with the powder, according to TMZ.
No good deed still goes unpunished.
Levine was photographed with half his head turned white.
TMZ said it wasn't clear whether the attacker was protesting something or was just a random moron. He was detained by security until police showed up and arrested him on suspicion of battery.
Levine continued into the studio and appeared later, looking fine and sugar-free.
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19 Amazing. I'm pretty sure he was just a moron. I hear there are four others on the loose.
20 Moron 5.
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22 Anybody lookin'?
23 Moving On, Part 2: Mornings. I'm not going to miss getting up and going through all of the rigmarole of getting dressed and going to work.
24 It takes me an hour to dress, because I'm a dandy.
25 That's me at a younger age when I fought zee bool.
26 Now I throw zee bool.
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29 Seriously.
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31 Anybody lookin'?
32 Moving On, Part the Thoid: Yesterday I finally decided that stressin' the lesson must become a thing of the pahst.
33 Yes, I said, "pahst."
34 I've become very hoity-toity.
35 I calmed stuff down. I had the students write some poetry using a sort of generator. I won't go into it, but most really enjoyed working on it.
36 I'm teaching the songs of Simon and Garfunkel next week, so I played an essentials album quietly. Because it was cloudy, I was able to open the blinds so the classroom settled into a Starbuck's look. That can't miss.
37 Great tunes, one right after the other. It had a live version of Kathy's Song, which is a forgotten beaut.
38 I put my feet up, grabbed some papers and started grading.
39 I came upon one paper that had some highlighted notes from the student, who is all honors. One note highlighted in pink said simply, "late." Pure manners and integrity. The second note, highlited in pink this time was one of those moments that define the year.
40 It said this: "Note to Mr. Harrington: I actually really enjoyed the film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing and was wondering if I could borrow a book to read it?"
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42 Sure.
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44 What's great is that she is a freshman in a class that became REALLY mature and interested in Shakespeare.
45 "You look really relaxed, Mr. Harrington." I looked up from pretending I was reading, this in a sophomore class later in the day.
46 I'm pretty sure I did look relaxed, because I was relaxed. I realized I had my leg up on a chair, foot on a pillow and leaning back in my office chair. Simon and Garfunkel were still angelically swirling around the room.
47 It was this girl who cried when I told the class I was leaving. She was smiling yesterday. I just glanced up and said, "I am."
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49 That's a good day teaching. I did better doing nothing and letting the kids relax, and I'm probably going to get an awesome bunch of poems next week.
50 Sometimes loving your job is better than all the money in the world.
51 And yesterday I loved it, because I'm going to retire bringing everything I can to it.
52 It's the only way to go.
53 Gottago.
54 Have a GREAT weekend.
55 See you again.
56 Peace.
17 Here it is:
Adam Levine got nailed with a powdered sugar bomb Wednesday outside Jimmy Kimmel's studio in Hollywood.
The Maroon 5 singer was headed to appear on the show, and stopped to chat with fans, when some moron hit him in the face with the powder, according to TMZ.
No good deed still goes unpunished.
Levine was photographed with half his head turned white.
TMZ said it wasn't clear whether the attacker was protesting something or was just a random moron. He was detained by security until police showed up and arrested him on suspicion of battery.
Levine continued into the studio and appeared later, looking fine and sugar-free.
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19 Amazing. I'm pretty sure he was just a moron. I hear there are four others on the loose.
20 Moron 5.
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22 Anybody lookin'?
23 Moving On, Part 2: Mornings. I'm not going to miss getting up and going through all of the rigmarole of getting dressed and going to work.
24 It takes me an hour to dress, because I'm a dandy.
26 Now I throw zee bool.
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29 Seriously.
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31 Anybody lookin'?
32 Moving On, Part the Thoid: Yesterday I finally decided that stressin' the lesson must become a thing of the pahst.
33 Yes, I said, "pahst."
34 I've become very hoity-toity.
35 I calmed stuff down. I had the students write some poetry using a sort of generator. I won't go into it, but most really enjoyed working on it.
36 I'm teaching the songs of Simon and Garfunkel next week, so I played an essentials album quietly. Because it was cloudy, I was able to open the blinds so the classroom settled into a Starbuck's look. That can't miss.
37 Great tunes, one right after the other. It had a live version of Kathy's Song, which is a forgotten beaut.
38 I put my feet up, grabbed some papers and started grading.
39 I came upon one paper that had some highlighted notes from the student, who is all honors. One note highlighted in pink said simply, "late." Pure manners and integrity. The second note, highlited in pink this time was one of those moments that define the year.
40 It said this: "Note to Mr. Harrington: I actually really enjoyed the film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing and was wondering if I could borrow a book to read it?"
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42 Sure.
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44 What's great is that she is a freshman in a class that became REALLY mature and interested in Shakespeare.
45 "You look really relaxed, Mr. Harrington." I looked up from pretending I was reading, this in a sophomore class later in the day.
46 I'm pretty sure I did look relaxed, because I was relaxed. I realized I had my leg up on a chair, foot on a pillow and leaning back in my office chair. Simon and Garfunkel were still angelically swirling around the room.
47 It was this girl who cried when I told the class I was leaving. She was smiling yesterday. I just glanced up and said, "I am."
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49 That's a good day teaching. I did better doing nothing and letting the kids relax, and I'm probably going to get an awesome bunch of poems next week.
50 Sometimes loving your job is better than all the money in the world.
51 And yesterday I loved it, because I'm going to retire bringing everything I can to it.
52 It's the only way to go.
53 Gottago.
54 Have a GREAT weekend.
55 See you again.
56 Peace.
~H~
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