Dipshits & domains, this weekend

So a domain reseller has decided to spam me daily offering me the “preferred” azuen.com domain name to complement my azuen.net domain, because it’s better for marketing.  This all for the low low early buyer’s price of $560, which could go higher, because “he expects strong interest in this domain auction.”
Cha, right.  As if a [...]

Filed under: coaching, loose thoughts, tournaments | Posted on February 11th, 2009 by palmer

Sheesh

It’s been a while since I’ve written; dancing on the edge of burnout will do that to you.  In the last six weeks I’ve helped run tab at four tournaments: Princeton, University School, our own at Newton South, and then Big Lex this last weekend.  Now I’m prepping out Columbia, where we have a great [...]

Filed under: coaching, debate, tournaments | Posted on January 21st, 2009 by palmer

Committees and nonsense

So once again, an NFL topic committee has caused havoc in debate, presenting us this gem for January 2008:
Resolved: That, by 2040, the federal government should mandate that all new passenger vehicles and light trucks sold in the United States be powered by alternative fuels.
This topic has….problems.  That 2040 date, while factually significant, distorts [...]

Filed under: coaching, debate, leagues, tournaments | Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by palmer

Schedules

As you may divine from the increasingly sporadic bylines on this blog, I’ve been busy.  Sometimes you spend too much time doing an activity to reflect on it; never mind having sixty activities going at once like I do.  Currently I’ve got the dayjob, I’m on the LOPSA Board and spokesbeasting for them, and I’ve [...]

Filed under: coaching, loose thoughts, tournaments | Posted on November 29th, 2008 by palmer

Camp

So I’m at EXL these two weeks, which is a symphony in three parts, though one played by an Eastern European radio symphony orchestra which is still being paid in Soviet era expired rubles, and unafraid to take it out on the music.
Running a camp is fraught with dangers and fears, especially one that’s small [...]

Filed under: coaching, extemp | Posted on July 29th, 2008 by palmer

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