Friday, February 20, 2026

In which we just briefly catch up

Just a bit of catch-up today. 


Debate: It’s odd to have nothing going on this weekend. But then again, after Presidents’ Day, the season winds down around here. After the online Westchester Classic next week, we’re into elims season. As for the Westchester, once again I’ll be with Kaz and Janet (who should change her name to Janey to agree with auto co-wrecks) working LD and Policy. Catholic Charlie and Joe V will probably also be physically with us, running the local online NY Regional and District tournaments. Even Rick Franco-Bono might show up. Good company at least. So far all I’ve done is put together a live doc from the bits and pieces of the ODL live doc. No big deal. Meanwhile people are beginning to register for our CFL Grands tournament in a few weeks, where our league decides who is going to Finals in D.C. on Memorial Day weekend. I’ve already made my arrangements to be there, looking forward to a couple of extra days as a tourist in Trumpopolis. Hopefully I won't run into any celebrations of Trump's founding of the United States 250 years ago. (Is he really that old?)


Reading (audio division): Finished listening to Coates’s Between the World and Me. It took me a while to get to this, and I’m glad I went for the audio version. Coates narrates, so hearing him in literally his own voice is pretty powerful. Required reading, obviously, especially during the Trump Administration. 


Television: Finished watching “Bookish” on PBS. Enjoyable second-tier British mystery stuff. If there’s a second season, I’ll watch it. 

 

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