(1) Working on the Palm Beach debate coaches' initiative plan for area growth, to be submitted to the National Forensic League soon. Basically, it entails analyzing our current debate program makeup in Palm Beach and Martin counties and proposing ideas to spur growth in terms of bringing more schools into the debate world and increasing the number of competitors at tournaments. Our Orlando counterparts are meeting this weekend; we (Palm Beach) will be meeting over Labor Day weekend (gotta love coach pow-wow lunches at The Cheesecake Factory!) to dissect and flesh out the modest proposal I'm currently crafting. (Why do I get the lions' share of the work? Because I'm the only Palm Beach area coach currently sitting on our committee. Hey, you want to be an officer ... sometimes there's work involved!)
(2) Having said that, I've had the chance to review both the Broward and Orlando area initiative plans that have been approved the past few years, as well as spoken to several other coaches, to put together some potentially radical ideas on making this growth occur. Becoming a coach at five schools simultaneously is strangely absent from the proposal.
(3) Today's in-class debate fun: teaching the novice class the basics of Congressional Debate cross-examination and correct body language. You know - triangle good, pacing bad ("You're not Jesse Jackson!"), swaying really bad ("Where's my Dramamine? I'm getting seasick!"), pee-pee dance not a chance in hell. Also caught one student trying to video me with her iPhone while I was performing the pee-pee dance for them (it's really a song-and-dance routine ... and if it ends up on YouTube, I get to write a zillion referrals ...).
(4) But the class was a lot of fun. It's already a great year - only three novices have dropped during the first week (out of 42), which while I don't have official stats, may be the lowest number scared off by my first-week antics ever.
(5) What the fuck happened to the New England Patriots last night in Detroit? A 40-9 Lions victory? Tom Brady looking more like Tim Tebow than Tebow? (And Tebow didn't even play!) QUOTE OF THE NIGHT: Asked why he only played two quarterbacks (Brady and Ryan Mallett), Patriots coach Bill Belichick responded with: "Because I only played two quarterbacks."
Weird News of the Day
From The Chicago Tribune: "'Baby born in parking lot 33 years after her father had similar dramatic birth" - Must have paved paradise 33 years ago ...
Stupid News of the Day
From The New York Post: "Madonna rocks a solid gold grill featuring 24 diamonds" - Shit, for that kind of money, she could buy Celine Dion's Jupiter Island home, if Celine Dion ever wanted to put it on the market.
Florida News of the Day
From WPTV: "'Celine Dion: Singer's Jupiter Island, Florida, home for sale for $72 million" - Damn, didn't see that one coming! The buyer gets get 415 feet of oceanfront, a 10,000-square-foot main house, a guest house and their own water park. Swimsuit not included. BONUS: Celine Dion is expelled back to Canada. Your call, Madonna!
Video of the Day
Mercy, Mr. Rogers ROCKS MY DIRTY SOCKS!
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