I got up at 5:15 this morning (who has a song named 5:15?) to go to a bris. The bris was nice. It was a colleague's son. He spoke about hiddur mitzvah and how it applies to the mitzah but not the hechsherei mitzvah. He spoke about the meaning of the name of Dov, his son's name, and how the word appears in connection with the word and concept of being areil in the story of dovid and Goliad.

It was nice to see colleagues, to be greeted by the principal by name, to be told by the comptroller that he saw the Jewish Week article on the play. Here's a free association - Rabbi Soloveitchick who is famous for rational thoughts writes alot about struggles with emotions, particularly in family.

Almost everyone's heard of Fahrenheit 9/11, but ironically most people I ask haven't heard of the book it's based on. Ironic. The book is about the burning of books in a time when books are outlawed and a fireman's only job is to burn books. I'm in the middle of watching the film now, the only English film directed by Truffaut. So far the movie is compelling.

I am real tired. The summer is flying by. More soon, please G-d.