I have rhythm section parts to write, features to cast, choreography to finish, lesson plans to do, and countless other tasks to take care of before I pick up the Js this afternoon, and what am I doing?

This.

Why? I’m not necessarily looking to buy anything. It’s the vortex-sucking component of sites like these that gets me. Once I start reading, I can’t stop. Don’t go there. It’s like a bad Pinterest episode — one where you look at the clock, and suddenly an hour has disappeared.

Have some discipline, fiends. There’s work to be done today.

Over’n out. (After more coffee, that is.)

1. Sometime in the near future, people are going to be looking for new jobs.
2. Ratswami predicted this at the end of last month.
3. Today will be a good day, because A) it’s Finkday, B) it’s Finkday and payday, and C) I get to see BFF Kay after school today.

And the life of a Cleveland sports fan just gets better and better…

Happy weekend!

…noooo, we will not let you go…

Thank you, BoomR, for putting Queen in my head for the entire day. YAY, awesome, THANKS AGAIN.

So, yesterday wasn’t the greatest *day*, but after school was fantastic because I got to see my old pal Bando for an hour, to slurp some kava and catch up on things. Visit wasn’t long enough, but it was great to see her!

I also got some happy news on the teaching front (which I will share later, when it’s 100% confirmed), and wonderful news on an awesome fiend coming to visit from the Netherlands soon — but I won’t reveal her identity here yet (*cough*SUZANNE*cough*).

Mavis is being tested to death at the hospital for this, that and the other thing, and she is very frustrated by it. Please post a note to her, asking her to not be a GARGANTUAN PAIN THE BUTT TO THE DOCTORS

Rehearsal was good  last night. Packing months’ worth of tap lessons into one two-hour session is daunting at the very least for my new dancers every year. Some of them are downright a-skeered during the first hour. But by 8:30, just about all of them were executing the basic steps. There is hope for five weeks from now.

Five weeks from now.

Fink, looking for the Pepto…

Thunder + lightning + terrified dog + 4 a.m. + inservice after school today + tap rehearsal till 8:30 tonight =___________.

Set, go.

Hahaha. After all the yammering I do about people being guilty of this on Facebook, now I write one here?

Not really, no. I mean I could, but I won’t. I want to, but…seriously, I have to say that just for general purposes, we should all — myself included, absolutely — do the following, for the greater good:

1. Do unto others…
2. Tell the truth to people you care about, even if it’s uncomfortable — but also be willing to hear the truth.
3. Open doors for people. And I don’t mean in the metaphorical sense. I mean, if someone’s behind you, or struggling with an armload of stuff — be nice and open the door.
4. Bring somebody some chocolate once in awhile. It makes you feel good. (PM me for my address.)
5. If someone insults you, forgive him first, then go to him and work it out, as calmly and quietly as possible.
6. Trusting someone with your private thoughts is a huge deal, and must never be entered into lightly.
7. Always, always try to choose kindness first, and resist with all your might the urge to put the smackdown on someone because it would make you feel superior.
8. Be OK with the fact that sometimes you’re the dog, and sometimes you’re the fire hydrant. It happens.
9. Choose one person per day to build up and encourage with a kind comment.
10. Live by Google’s (alleged) motto: “Don’t be evil.”