Tim Haab is likely to visit Boone, NC during Spring 2008

Yep. I just received notice that my request for supplemental speaker funding has been granted (I actually sat down and wrote nice things about the guy). Oddly, Tim demands $295 worth of red M&Ms in his hotel room (i.e., my basement) and, more oddly, the funding group on campus has agreed. As part of this visit we'll be honored with a seminar from a professor at a big-time research university. Wow. Think of all the things we'll learn.

Note to Tim: the rules of engagement for economics seminars at Appstate follow closely the rules of Fight Club:

1. You don't talk about fight club.
2. You don't talk about fight club.
3. When someone says stop, or goes limp, even if he's just faking it, the fight is over.
4. Only two guys to a fight.
5. One fight at a time.
6. They fight without shirts or shoes.
7. The fights go on as long as they have to.
8. If this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight.