Two Mayors

So now I’m off the Yale IV, in more ways than one. Yesterday was Election day locally, and I do mean locally — there were no national races or even statewide races affecting my corner of the universe. We had a remarkably uncontentious set of races for various local offices, punctuated only by [...]

Filed under: home | Posted on November 5th, 2009 by palmer | Comments Off

Eulogy

Grampa always valued education more than anything else.   But he was not an educated man.  He wasn’t a stupid man, or an ignorant one. Throughout his life, he was always curious and hungry for knowledge. He read all the time, and above all loved history, both of the country and of the family. [...]

Filed under: home | Posted on July 25th, 2009 by palmer | Comments Off

Civility

You know, there’s nothing like a summer night in New England.  We don’t get too many scorching ones, and at night it’s even more rare to feel the heat.  Tonight I’m just sitting on the deck of the Sapphire, writing the EXL camp book by the light of a citronella torch.  There aren’t many bugs, [...]

Filed under: home, loose thoughts | Posted on July 13th, 2009 by palmer | Comments Off

Living for it

So I spilled over a little in frustration the other day.  I stand by that; I for one don’t believe that the Internet is Different and a little spilled-over truth and honestly is a bad thing.  Some flinch from it instinctively but I don’t see demons behind every byte online.  Well, demons any different than [...]

Filed under: coaching, debate, extemp, home, leagues, tournaments | Posted on June 8th, 2009 by palmer | Comments Off

Why I do what I do

So I’m no longer the MFL president, hallelujah hallelujah.  After NCFLs, I was totally wiped; the week prior work — largely, me — had organized a two day workshop and symposium that required my full attention, and then immediately afterward (during, in fact) I ran off to Albany, for another five days requiring my full [...]

Filed under: home, leagues, tournaments | Posted on June 4th, 2009 by palmer | Comments Off

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