I am in Chicago, paying the Hilton corp (Paris?) $10 to acccess the web. Now regretting the purchase, because I had no e-mail waiting for me, and that's why I forked over the cyber-cough, hoping I'd have a message waiting.
Geoffery and Leodis advanced to quarterfinals of the National Catholic Forensic League championships. It's the best finish Central has ever had at a national championship tournament. Not bad.
I went for a seven-mile run along the lake front. Freaking gorgeous. Especially when I rounded the corner at Shedd Aquarium and the whole Chicago skyline opened in front of me.
Then I went with Sean to the Museum of Contemporary Art, where they had a mediocre Warhol exhibit and a slightly more interesting one by some hotshot photographer. I bought a Sox cap.
Now I'm writing this $10 blog entry. Do you think it's worth it?
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Kansas City Star's 100 Noteworthy Books of the Year
Winner of the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award
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Forget the nerdy reputation that debate has. Instead think of a scenario as exciting as a sports game with high stakes like triumphing over racism. bad politics and abject poverty... An important, thoughtful and provocative look at race and class in America.
- The Boston Globe
Joe Miller's enthusiasm is infectious and the plot creates the suspense of a good courtroom thriller.
- Entertainment Weekly
The minute I finished Joe Miller's Cross-X, I held the book out in front of me -- amazed, rapturous, and hopeful... Miller's mesmerizing, vivid accounts of the debates will leave you crouched in your seat, holding your breath... An incredibly powerful, daringly hopeful book.
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Irresistible... Miller begins breezily but is soon deeply invested in the Central squad's mission to not only master the debate game on its own terms but revolutionize it with flashes of poetry and hip-hop wordplay... If all these kids could run things, Miller implies, imagine what could get done.
- Elle
2 comments:
Hell ya! You could have driven up the value to 30 if you had posted a bootleg Warhol photo. Good stuff I think, even without pic. Also, running in Chicago voluntarily is pretty brave. Peace and a safe trip home.
who this "sean" kid. Is he a debater as well. You sould talk more about him!
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