One must also accept that one has "uncreative"
moments. The more honestly one can accept
that, the quicker these moments will pass.
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Esther "Etty" Hillesum
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Quote of the Day
I taught Constitutional law for ten years.
I take the Constitution very seriously.
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Barack Hussein Obama II
Friday, June 28, 2013
Quote of the Day
Man is not the enemy of man but through the
medium of a false system of government.
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Thomas Paine
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Title IX - Some Owls Give a Hoot!
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Now, the closest men's program is up in College Station.
What a sad state of affairs for the nation's 4th largest city!
The region is still producing large numbers of outstanding club and high school talent, but males are being exported to other parts of the state and country by the dozens.
Both Rice and UH have outstanding long course facilities. What in the world is keeping them from fielding men's teams again?
Proportionality!
An ex-Rice swimmer started a thread on the underrepresented gender in Owl Olympic sports - males! Read more here.
Moreover, Football is a killer on the Title IX front because there is nothing you can offer on the women's side to balance those numbers of athletes involved. Net result is the revenue sports survive and the men's sports that should be offered (like swimming) get cut to meet the purely arbitrary equality standard that doesn't take into account reality.
Maybe we can make the marching band all-female to offset the football numbers.
Also, notice how John Q. Public, a.k.a. RiceDoc, used the term "revenue sports". Note to RiceDoc:
Most college foosball programs spend much, much more than they take in. Hardly sounds like a "revenue" sport, does it? How do they balance the books each year? Simple! The university keeps them afloat with huge subsidies...check some out here.
Quote of the Day
When I meet a man I ask myself,
"Is this the man I want my children
to spend their weekends with?"
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Rita Rudner
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Quote of the Day
When science discovers the center of
the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to find they are not it.
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| (via Comic Vine) |
Bernard Baily
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Quote of the Day
The shoe that fits one person pinches another;
there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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| (via The Ashville Jung Center) |
Karle Gustav II "Carl"
Jung
Friday, June 21, 2013
Quote of the Day
Every time you leave the wall 2 seconds before
the send-off, your coach dies a little inside.
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Mike Gustafson
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Quote of the Day
I was voted best-looking kid in high school
but, as you can see, things changed.
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| (via James Gandolfini Online) |
James Joseph Gandolfini, Jr.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Quote of the Day
The first recipe for happiness is:
avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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| (via fine art america) |
Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog,
a.k.a. André Maurois
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Where's the gender equity...
...among gender equity watchdogs?
Seems that 83% of Title IX coordinators are female! Not exactly proportional now, is it? Read more here.
We examined 52 institutions. All have Title IX Coordinators as mandated by law for all institutions receiving federal funding.
At 43 of them (82.7 percent), the Title IX Coordinator is a woman. At 9 of the institutions (17.3 percent), the Title IX Coordinator is a man.
So, not only are males waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay underrepresented, I think we'll soon be hearing complaints about the lack of transgender individuals in those positions as well.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Quote of the Day
Delay always breeds danger;
and to protract a great
design is often to ruin it.
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| (via Biography) |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Friday, June 14, 2013
Quote of the Day
Every saint has a past and
every sinner has a future.
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| (via The Huffington Post) |
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Quote of the Day
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of some-
thing stupid to say and then don't say it.
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| (via WNYC) |
Samuel "Sam" Levenson
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Quote of the Day
My most important piece of advice to all
you would-be writers: when you write,
try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
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| (via Time) |
Elmore John Leonard, Jr.
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Quote of the Day
We wanted a president that listens to
all Americans...now we have one.
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| (via Automobiles De Luxe) |
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Quote of the Day
The trouble with some women is that they get all
excited about nothing - and then marry him.
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Cherilyn Sarkisian, a.k.a. Cher
Friday, June 07, 2013
Quote of the Day
I always felt that if I made a movie, it
would be one movie; I didn't see how
they could make 26 swimming movies.
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| (via Bert and Morty) |
Esther Jane Williams
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Quote of the Day
Much of the social history of the Western
world over the past three decades has
involved replacing what worked
with what sounded good.
Monday, June 03, 2013
About as random as it gets:
Erasers: Before & After
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Deer Slayer wonders why Jack Conger's 4:13.87 isn't among the national high school records that were recently updated. No, it wasn't a miscounted 450. No, it wasn't wind-aided. Anyone?
Posted pic of trashed out tornado hunter SUV the other day. All occupants walked away from that near-disaster, but several other tornado hunters were killed in the same outbreak. Didn't want anyone to think I was making light of those losses, so took SUV pic down. No complaints from anyone, but still saying sorry if anyone was offended.
Here's a pretty neat fundraising site DJA put us onto. Visit YouCaring here.
In case you're interested in the original hush money deal between Rick Curl and the Davies family, view it here.
"Jeah" FAIL:
Since Leon doesn't read this site anymore, it's probably safe to share this:
Quote of the Day
Keep on going and the chances are you will
stumble on something, perhaps when you are
least expecting it. I have never heard of
anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
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| (via Kettering University) |
Charles Franklin Kettering
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Quote of the Day
The squeaking wheel doesn't always get
the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.
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| (via John Gushue) |
Victor "Vic" Gold
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Quote of the Day
Do you know, my son, with what little
understanding the world is ruled?
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| (via Papal Artifacts) |
Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte,
a.k.a. Pope Julius III
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