Christopher Walken does Fat Boy Slim!

Fat Boy Slim – Weapon of Choice_1

This Feel Good Friday post was submitted by our very own Assistant Principal, Mike. D.

Be sure to crank up  the volume on your speakers!

Oprah’s Kickoff Party Dance

During The Oprah Show’s 24th season kickoff party, Harpo staff and more than 20,000 people pulled off a massive surprise for an unsuspecting Oprah. The entire crowd performed a choreographed piece to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” and Oprah was not only shocked, she was thrilled! Award-winning director Michael Gracey says the interaction between the Black Eyed Peas and the crowd is what made the flash mob so extraordinary. “There’s something really special when you take an audience and instead of just being passive and watching, you invite them to participate,” he says. “That’s why it was so magical for both parties. Two groups of people came together to create something that neither of them could have done alone.”

Click here to check out the flash mob that took over Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.

The message here — even those who are very different can still be the best of friends. Enjoy!

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Happy Friday!

(I really hope this isn’t blocked!)

For some “Feel Good Friday” chuckles, here are 20 of some of the best one-liners I’ve found on the web:

1. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, just like my grandfather. .not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
2. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
3. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
4. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
5. Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They both should be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
6. Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?
7. The sole purpose of a child’s middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble.
8. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.
9. Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.
10. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
11. Why is it that most nudists are people you don’t want to see naked?
12. If Bill Gates had a penny for every time I had to reboot my computer…oh wait, he does.
13. Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.
14. The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
15. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
16. What is the most important thing to learn in chemistry? Never lick the spoon.
17. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
18. If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day, why isn’t anything in the store free yet?
19. If everything seems to be coming your way, you’re probably in the wrong lane.
20. I’m in shape. Round is a shape isn’t it?

So….which was your favorite?

I posted this last spring and thought it might be a good time to re-post it. If there was a week when we all needed someone to stand by us, to give us a shoulder to lean upon, this was probably it.

Welcome to Friday!

This video is for any one who may be, like me, finding themselves wondering “who’s on first, what’s on second, etc.”

The whirlwind of the kickoff to a new school year has me spinning!

The first week of school is behind us now and, unless there are some hidden casualties I don’t know about, we all survived! We may feel battered, beaten, bruised, and definitely exhausted, but we have successfully kicked off another school year!

This week’s Feel Good Friday is short and sweet. Now….go get some rest so we can do it all again starting Monday!

I’ve posted this one before, probably more than once, but I just love it and I think it’s a great video to watch right before the first day of school!

Enjoy!

Here is a link the survival tips presentation from this year’s Technology Kickoff. I created it using the online presentation tool, Prezi.com. Enjoy!

We made it!

And for the final post of the year, I give you a classic song about summer!

grease-summer-nights

See you next year!

(Found at http://bitsandpieces.us)

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s Round Table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
4. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.
6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
9. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
10. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
11. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, “You stay here. I’ll go on a head.”
12. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
13. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said, “Keep off the Grass.”
14. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, the nurse said, “No change yet.”
15. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
16. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
17. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
18. A backward poet writes inverse.
19. In a democracy, it’s your vote that counts. In feudalism, it’s your count that votes.
20. Don’t join dangerous cults, practice safe sects!

This story was sent to me by a friend a few days ago. As an animal lover, it really hit home.

A Dog’s Purpose? (from a 6-year-old)

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.

I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.

As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience.

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker ’s family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker’s transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker’s Death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives.

Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, ”I know why.”

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I’d never heard a more comforting explanation. It has changed the way I try to live.

He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life — like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?”

The six-year-old continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”

I don’t suppose bankers have too much to do in this tough economy. Nice to see this one making very good use of all the extra time!

The Banker and the Ducks

It made me miss “our ducks” from the courtyard!

I received this from Cathy L. this morning and felt it warranted a “Feel Good Friday – Round 2″!

http://www.imtiredonline.com/smile/

Enjoy the long weekend!

This one will definitely leave you feeling warm and fuzzy. Many thanks to Netia E. over at Bull Run Middle for forwarding it along!

unlikely-friends

I only have one question — what’s up with the rabbit?

I discovered this through a friend on facebook. I’ve always loved this song, and the movement that inspired this particular rendition of it is really something special. It’s called Playing for Change and this is what they say on their website:

“Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world.”

Enjoy!