Quote of the Day

You can't wait for inspiration.

You have to go after it with a club.

John Griffith "Jack" London

Quote of the Day

Communism doesn't work

because people like to own stuff.

Frank Vincent Zappa

Quote of the Day

Winter is on my head, but

eternal spring is in my heart.

Victor-Marie Hugo

Quote of the Day

If you make every game a life and death

proposition, you're going to have problems.

For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

Dean Edwards Smith

Weakly Demotivator

2009 4A Call-Up Numbers by Region

Okay, I broke down and totalled up the 4A numbers myself.

The 5A post has generated plenty of comments. Read it (and them) here.

By the way, this will be the tenth 4A state meet. See results of the first (2000) here.

Region # - Girls/Boys/Total

I - 1/2/3
II - 1/2/3
III - 29/36/65
IV - 7/10/17
V - 23/10/33
VI - 13/5/18
VII - 12/22/34
VIII - 2/1/3

The three weakest regions had a combined total of nine (9) call-ups out of 176.

Quote of the Day

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or

the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

Quote of the Day

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

If you're wondering what the other one's up to:

More pics and the full report at Lone Star Sharkers.

Quote of the Day

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad,

I feel bad, and that is my religion.

Abraham Lincoln

2009 5A Call-Up Numbers by Region

Region # - Girls/Boys/Total

I - 1/2/3
II - 16/20/36
III - 0/0/0
IV - 30/32/62
V - 15/27/42
VI - 1/0/1
VII - 25/7/32
VIII - 0/0/0

Four weakest regions had a combined total of four (4) call-ups out of the 176 headed for Austin.

The rule change* produced results proponents said it would.

Thanks to ML for putting this together!

Now, who's going to do the 4A?



*The old UIL rule placed strict limits on the number of call-ups from each region

Quote of the Day

There is only one thing a philosopher can

be relied upon to do, and that is to

contradict other philosophers.

William James

After a disaster, investigators use data from the "black box" to piece together what might have led up to the incident. Sometimes the data's incomplete.

Experts have been studying a stopwatch for clues. Here's what's on it:

Split 1:

0:00'50"11

Split 2:

0:01'43"50
0:00'53"39

STOP:

0:01'57"57

Investigators are puzzled by the lack of data after the 1:57.57 mark.

They agree that something catastrophic must have occurred in the 0:14.07 following Split 2.

They're asking anyone with video evidence to come forward in hopes of finding the missing piece of the puzzle.

Region IV-4A

Former TISCA president Matt Schneider's son Peter qualified for state in four events (200 free/1:44.85, 100 fly/:52.57, 200 free relay/1:29.68, and 400 free relay/3:13.94).

The 200 free:

Swimming Videos on Floswimming

The interview:

Swimming Videos on Floswimming

Region II-4A

Quote of the Day

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Quote of the Day

If all else fails, immortality can always

be assured by spectacular error.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Quote of the Day

Anger is never without a reason,

but seldom with a good one.

Benjamin Franklin

Quote of the Day

When were the good and the

brave ever in the majority?

Henry David Thoreau

Quote of the Day

Reality is the leading cause of stress

amongst those in touch with it.

Jane Wagner

Quote of the Day

Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have

come to believe, the essence of civilization...

Without it, the imagination is but the echo of

the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber,

reverberating upon itself until it

is spent in exhaustion or futility.

Billy Don "Bill" Moyers

Quote of the Day

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to

look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy;

you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.

Katherine Mansfield Murry

Quote of the Day

To someone seeking power, the

poorest man is the most useful.

Gaius Sallustius Crispus (a.k.a. Sallust)

Quote of the Day

You are what you are because of the conscious

and subconscious choices you have made.

Barbara Hall

Quote of the Day

While I don't condone his conduct, I am a

teammate and fan. Unlike many fair-

weather people, I am sticking by him.

If my wife and I can help him in any way,

we will. I believe he will grow from this and

be a better person, role model and teammate.

Jason Lezak

Thanks, Dad

Via e-mail:

After the market gutted my 401k retirement, I bought this tractor. It seems like the perfect match. Great for today's investors.

Quote of the Day

It is said that power corrupts, but

actually it's more true that power

attracts the corruptible. The sane are

usually attracted by other things than power.

Glen David Brin