FANTASTIC VIEWS WHERE I'M STANDING

Nothing starts a Friday off on the right foot than a Black bird flying down your hallway. It was like a scene from Hitchcock's THE BIRDS, only with 4th grade boys screaming like little girls ... children scattering all over the place ... book bags and water bottles flying every which way. It adds to the chaos of Week 10 of this never-ending quarter.

What makes the day the best, though, is bearing witness to your principal stripping off his shirt to try to catch the bird! Now, from where I'm standing, that's a good Friday.