Monthly Archives: July 2008

Spot the Recurring Theme

7/31/2008 – 4:16 pm

* Brawls mar conclusion of SuperLiga semifinals * Red Cards Fly as Revolution Advance to Final * Mexican Clubs are Sore Losers * Melee mars excellent win for Revs So we have the SuperLiga semifinals contested between two MLS teams and two Mexican teams. The Mexican teams both lose, setting up an all-American final, and [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, - US/MLS | Comments (2)

Novelty & Who Cormac is Voting For

7/31/2008 – 9:58 am

I finished the first round of revisions to my novel Kingdoms of Glass and Steel yesterday, bringing the overall word count up about 13K words, from 81,333 to 94,429. Honestly, I underestimated how long revisions would take and I hope round three (which yes, is totally necessary) doesn’t take as long. I think I have [...]

By Trent | Posted in --Novel, Reading, Writing | Comments (6)

Contractually Speaking

7/30/2008 – 9:00 am

In response to yesterday’s post, buddy John League writes: Help me out, Trent, because I really don’t get this. In the U.S., if a player from nearly any sport demands a trade and the team doesn’t want to do it, the answer is generally some form of “piss off.â€? They can do this because individual [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, General | Comments (5)

Bad Business All Around?

7/29/2008 – 4:55 pm

Tottenham looks set to lose Dimitar Berbatov to Man Ure after having already lost striker Robbie Keane to Liverpool. There’s plenty being said about the Big Clubs in Europe “tapping up” players, basically showing interest in them in the media and therefore getting the player all excited about a transfer. It’s an ugly business because [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, - England/EPL, - Spain/La Liga | Comments (1)

The Disaster That Was UHR 2008, In Pictures

7/28/2008 – 3:28 pm

Well, the backpacking trip was an abject, unmitigated failure although the weekend was salvaged. The plan was to do around 30 miles of the Ice Age Trail, the fear was that the mosquitoes would be really bad and dampen the fun. Earlier in the week, I emailed three representatives of the IAT chapters to get [...]

By Trent | Posted in General | Comments (2)

A Quick Word Before My Trip…

7/24/2008 – 4:52 pm

Right, so the brothers and I are heading off into the woods this weekend to rip off another 30 miles of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail and before we go, I would like to say: The last time we attempted a section of the trail, we actually ended up doing 14 miles in a single day [...]

By Trent | Posted in Outdoors | Comments (2)

Preliminary Preliminary Book List

7/24/2008 – 12:31 pm

I plan on taking my preliminary exam for the PhD next fall, but because of the work it requires I’m trying to get it straightened out this fall. I need to run the below past my committee chair and probably the other two members of my committee, but I’m thinking this is going to be [...]

By Trent | Posted in School | Comments (0)

Fist, Meet Face

7/23/2008 – 10:01 am

I finally got around to watching the Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin from this past Saturday, and my oh my. Silva is the current middleweight champion and jumped up 20 lbs. to light heavyweight in this fight, but I thought he would still handle James Irvin. It all came down to a single punch, really. [...]

By Trent | Posted in * UFC | Comments (5)

Talk to the Hand

7/22/2008 – 1:22 pm

My friend Will emailed this today. I think it’s brilliant. I’m unveiling my new piece called “Talk to the Hand”. It’s a collection of pictures of McCain shielding himself from tough questions with his abnormally large, gnarled, liver-spotted hands. Let me know what you think. I’m hoping to collect enough of these to make a [...]

By Trent | Posted in Politics | Comments (0)

It’s All Kicking Off…

7/21/2008 – 3:29 pm

After a some sleepy weeks after coming home from our trip, life has really started to pick up speed. As I mentioned earlier, my advisors scrounged up an additional 25% teaching position for me this fall, which means I teach one class along with a 25% program support position. This shifts my entire schedule, as [...]

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