(1) Spent 2 1/2 hours in Ft. Lauderdale on the campus of St. Thomas Aquinas High School for the Florida Forensic League fall meeting, where we discussed a number of potential topics on which the league might vote later this year. It was my first time on the campus. Only caught a glimpse of Brian Piccolo Stadium ...
(2) Most of the 2 1/2 hours - while the league officers and other coaches were discussing the merits of about a dozen possible bylaw changes - I was going through the existing governing documents and ensuring they were updated from the most recent election, when five proposals were passed. The 39-page-long document needed some reformatting as well, so while most of the other coaches were talking, I was typing. Special thanks to Megan West of Cypress Bay High School for being my proxy vote while I sat next to her, since she was paying more close attention to the items than I was. (For the record, I was paying some attention, and had no problem with the votes.) Ultimately, three items will be on the ballot this fall.
(3) Also spent time updating the School District of Palm Beach's Debate 1 "Scope and Sequence" (a 32-page-long document which provides a brief outline of the standards and a recommended teaching order for the first-year debate curriculum) and the Palm Beach Catholic Forensic League bylaws (as amended this past Thursday), so that we can start the new year on the same (literal) updated page.
(4) This weekend is the annual Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit and its northern Oakland County suburbs, which started in 1995 and has become a August mainstay of the Motor City. It's a pretty amazing showcase of classic cars and gearheads. Yeah, I miss it ...
(5) Two weeks until my beloved Central Michigan Chippewas open the 2013 college gridiron season in Ann Arbor. Labor Day Weekend cannot come sone enough. Fire Up Chips!
Weird News of the Day
From Fox Sports: "'TIM TEBOW DOES IT AGAIN IN SECOND PRESEASON GAME" - New England Patriots QB Tim Tebow went 1-7, for minus-1 passing yards, and a 0.0 QB rating. Which means Tebow had fewer passing yards than I did ...
Stupid News of the Day
From The Courier-Mail: "Former sprinter and call girl Emilie Welch fights $19,000 in road toll fines" - Which makes the fact my Sunpass transponder batteries died before my drive to Ft. Lauderdale today pale in comparison.
Florida News of the Day
From South Florida Sun Sentinel: "'Deputies: Woman accused of sexual activity with a minor says boy seduced her" - The kid seduced her ... yeah, that'll hold up in court ....
Video of the Day
Truthers got nothin' on Barack Obama; the destruction of the Death Star, however ...
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