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7:03 PM - I am not a Jim Carrey fan, nor a Batman fan. Yet a scene in which he plays a villain and gives his speech and then turns to the camera and pans, "Was that too over the top? I can never tell." That resonates because with this blog I wonder am I too open? - I can never tell.

My day started at 5:45 AM. I taught 5 courses in Jersey went to New York for an eye dr. appointment, then headed right back to school for Open School night. In between I counselled a student and a parent, haggled with one administrator, explained myself (unnecessarily) to another, and prayed. I rode two Subways, walked about a mile, ate on the fly, and hitched a ride with old friends and colleagues.

I guess I'll tell parents the butterfly story, maybe I'll tell them what we've been learning in class, and what tests, H.W, my teaching style and philosophy are like. My favorite thing is to end with time to spare for each parent to come up and tell me whom they match with.

It's five minutes to Ma'ariv. Going to pray again to keep what and have and hope for what we all want - more. And in the absence of that I'll take learning to be happy with my share.

7:57 PM - Davened Ma'ariv from the amud. Asked a school parent if I could buy his sefer. He went to his car, got a copy, and gave it to me. Noshed. Talked to an old high school friend who is a parent of a student here. Sigh. Sighed.

10:36 PM - Just got home. Taught four simulated school night classes in a row. From 9 PM till about 10 PM. Thank G-d for this blessing of a vocation. Remind me some time that I wrote that.

I have a parsha article due tomorrow. I have a friend in the hospital to call. Quizzes to mark. Calls to return. The hour is late...

"As long as the candle burns I can fix" - Rav Yisrael Salanter

The Tehilim card that I "blindly" pick out of the box today read thus,

It's so easy to be enticed by a famous, handsome, or powerful leader. This usually leads you nowhere or worse. - Avhaham Moskowitz on Tehilim/Psalms 146:4

Someone pointed out to me today that my kaddish saying is almost done, because it ends a month before the yahrtzeit. Heavy sigh.

"I see dead people"

said a boy in a movie

And I said, "Me too"