"The eyes are the groin of the face."

... turn a WORD 2007 document into a PDF for me? If so, drop me your email. This is an emergencyyyyyy. THANKS!

I'm coaching the UT Speech Team,and I need some help finding the following. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help (in comments or thru email: andybuck @ gmail). Thanks ( Read more... )

Today's my birthday. I'm 29, and on my birthday, I officially became unemployed. And while I'm sure there will be opportunity to panic in the future, I'm not panicking now. Instead, I just won $100 in an online poker game, and I'm about to hop in the shower before heading to the slam.

1. Recent polls suggest that 3 of the 10 people who once supported Hillary Clinton's campaign will either "not vote, or vote for McCain." These people---mostly women between 35 and 50---are not only intellectually dishonest political cowards, they also never supported Hillary in the first place. They supported her as a figurehead, a symbol--- ( Read more... )

Fie, Michael Phelps!!!

Could there be a less interesting "all-time champion of the entire damn world, including China"? This guy is milquetoast to the max. But the media is going to lap it up like starving hyenas for another week or so, and in no time, we'll all be asking, "Micheal who ( Read more... )

As you may know, Team Austin took 3rd at NPS this year. Charlotte won, with louderARTS coming in 2nd and Boston-Cantab just barely taking the 4th (0.2 points behind us).

Here’s my take on the whole thing:

The “No Repeat” rule is killing NPSSomeone put it nicely: Do what’s best for the show and fairest to the poets. For several years now, PSI has ( Read more... )

Well, we took the 2 in last night's bout, which puts us in good position to make Semifinals on Friday. We have today off, which is nice. Also nice: If we don't make semifinals, we're locked for a spot in a the Group Piece finals, because each of our first two nights our group pieces were ranked 1st ( Read more... )

Epic bout last night. After the four rounds, we were tied for 1st with Berkley. We went to a one-poem slamoff. We went first, throwing up "Black Nerd." They followed with a poem by Christian Drake about porn (which was pretty damn spot-on). We edged them out, taking the 1st. After one day of competition, we're in 7th place. Which means nothing, ( Read more... )

So Madison is pretty neat. A good mix of quaint and city. Plenty of drunk UW douches strolled the streets with the poets, reminding me of the axiom: Wherever you go, it's the same scene. Drank a bit last night, then was "entertained" by two hours of Shappy's mediocre impression of Vincent Dinofrio ( Read more... )