http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress The Always Insightful Insights of Trent Hergenrader Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:50:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was googling around for an image of a maze I could use for an upcoming project when I stumbled on this page with a bunch of JPGs and animated GIFs. Even though some of them are definitely off-color (and a lot just aren't that funny) it's a quantity over ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/21/finding-time-to-laugh/ Recap: The number of guys fluctuated today, starting with twelve but soon swelled to the dreaded twenty-four, which meant two simultaneous games (four teams, six-a-side) with no subs. It topped out at twenty-eight (one sub per team) but that didn't last that long. Health Report: Good. Ankles held up well but ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/footie-session-3-2/ We were asked to watch Tarsem Singh's The Fall for one of my classes and I have to say I was pretty disappointed with it. First off, I don't think it does much new as a nested story of a hospital patient telling a story to a little girl and ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/18/not-a-fall-guy/ This site gets severely neglected in crunch times, and it's crunch time. I was freaking out earlier about how I was going to get everything done by the end of the semester (Dec. 12 or so) but after mapping it all out I think I'll be good to go. I ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/16/four-weeks-and-counting/ Recap: A sparser showing today, two teams with about three subs each. Teams were generally equal in talent, although the opposing side had two college-aged guys that really helped carry their team. Health Report: Fine. My ankle is sore from more from the brace I'm wearing, and man are my muscles ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/12/footie-session-2-2/ / Ironic as it may be, being in a graduate writing program and actually writing seem to be antithetical. Looking at my submission stats for 2008 I discovered that they're way, way down: 26 subs for the year, down from a career-high 51 in 2007 and 39 in 2006. ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/10/writing-whats-that/ I'm kicking myself because on Friday I was thinking, "You know what's going to happen on Saturday? Ars*nal is going to beat Man Ure and all the bandwagon jumpers will exclaim with delight that they're back in the title race. Of course, this is exactly what happened even though ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/09/kicking-myself/ Recap: My first outing of the fall/winter/spring noon/pickup/indoor season, which will probably be limited to Wednesdays and maybe some Mondays based more on businesses than anything. Started late (per usual) with about 16 guys that grew to a max of 22 (two teams of 6 plus five subs). Pretty good ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/footie-session-1-2/ I received word from the UWM English Department that Professor James Liddy passed away this morning at Columbia Hospital, aged 74. Not being a poet and not being Irish, I hadn't heard of Liddy before beginning my classes as a grad student at UWM, but it wasn't long until I figured ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/and-some-very-sad-news/ Wow. I followed this election on and off throughout the night, but mostly on as time went on. Mr. President Elect, you had me at Ohio. And Pennsylvania? Colorado? Florida? 338 to 156 at present. I wrote eons ago about Obama's utopian rhetoric, and after hearing his acceptance speech ... http://www.hergenraders.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/yes-we-can-we-hope/