tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13154286.post-11440286288129064062007-06-11T11:52:00.000-04:002007-06-11T14:14:41.140-04:00I ran across a remarkable example of poetry/political speech/social commentary/public speaking.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU</a><br /><br />I googled him and found his web site.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.taylormali.com/">http://www.taylormali.com/</a><br /><br />I thought of a college roommate and dear friend, Austin Whitver. Austin in his own words:<br /><br />"I am a graduate student, working towards my PhD in Renaissance Literature in, of all places, Tuscaloosa AL. Life can certainly throw some odd situations at you. I am an unrepentant Anglophile. Most of my life is occupied by reading, teaching and grading, with the remainder spent drinking inordinate amounts of coffee and/or squeezing in the occasional board game."<br /><br /><br /><br />I am lucky enough to be one of his opponents on occasion. Every once in a while, I miss the college days when Austin, <a href="http://drdavid.vox.com/">David Cybulski</a>, and I could spend hours... okay days playing games. But then again, playing with my little daughter or laughing with my wife is hard to beat.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FJ-w-IR867E/Rm11UawB-VI/AAAAAAAAAAU/lzeEUpY3dyo/s1600-h/100_0480.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FJ-w-IR867E/Rm11UawB-VI/AAAAAAAAAAU/lzeEUpY3dyo/s320/100_0480.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074841348755028306" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13154286-1144028628812906406?l=hegemon.codyyork.com'/></div>Cody Ryan Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08305990015649878442noreply@blogger.com0