Quote of the Day

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows;

it's what his players have learned.

Amos Alonzo Stagg

Quote of the Day (thanks MS)

He that gives good advice builds with

one hand; he that gives good counsel

and example builds with both.

Sir Francis Bacon

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

The inner fire is the most important

thing mankind possesses.

Edith Irene Södergran

Quote of the Day

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Socrates

Quote of the Day

Rock journalism is people who can't write

interviewing people who can't talk

for people who can't read.

Frank Vincent Zappa

Sharkathon 2009

This weekend, Leon & pals are going to Padre Island for the annual shark fishing tournament called Sharkathon.

In addition to prizes for the top three (3) sharks caught in the tournament, there's a $10,000 prize for catching one 10 feet or longer.

Maybe that money can be used to pay the surgeon to re-attach hands and feet...

Quote of the Day

In view of the fact that God limited the

intelligence of man, it seems unfair that

He did not also limit his stupidity.

Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer

Quote of the Day

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce

Quote of the Day

It is better to die on your feet

than live on your knees.

Emiliano Zapata

Quote of the Day

Wine is a turncoat;

first a friend and then an enemy.

Henry Fielding

Catching Up

Be patient, my two dozen readers.

I've been busier'n a one-legged man in a butt-kickin' contest!

Now that my short break is over and I'm about to get caught up (hahaha), I should be able to get back to posting regularly.

High school buddy and his son came to Texas this weekend. We spent a couple of days/nights on the beach with Leon and caught a few sharks.

The first of the bunch was this 6-footer:

Quote of the Day

Put more trust in nobility

of character than in an oath.

Solon

Quote of the Day

We may be very busy, we may be very efficient,

but we will also be truly effective only when

we begin with the end in mind.

Dr. Stephen R. Covey

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

The nice part about being a pessimist is

that you are constantly being either

proven right or pleasantly surprised.

George Frederick Will

Quote of the Day

If God had wanted us to vote,

he would have given us candidates.

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno

Quote of the Day

Friendship is born at that moment when

one person says to another, "What?

You too? I thought I was the only one."

Clive Staples "C.S." Lewis

Labor Day Weekend

It was a busy weekend at the beach. Several blacktips and bulls. Here are some of the pics:

Quote of the Day

Chaos is a friend of mine.



Robert Allen Zimmerman (a.k.a. Bob Dylan)

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

Prediction is very difficult,
especially about the future.



Niels Henrik David Bohr

Quote of the Day

I know I am getting better at golf because

I am hitting fewer spectators.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Quote of the Day

The louder he talked of his honor,

the faster we counted our spoons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid

moments when he was merely stupid.

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine

Quote of the Day

If I were dropped out of a plane into the

ocean and told the nearest land was a

thousand miles away, I'd still swim.

And I'd despise the one who gave up.

Abraham Harold Maslow

Quote of the Day

Force is the vital principle and

immediate parent of despotism.

Thomas Jefferson

Quote of the Day

Beware when the great God lets

loose a thinker on this planet.

Ralph Waldo Emerson