The strongest man in the world
is he who stands alone.
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| (via The Famous People) |
Henrik Johan Ibsen
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Addition by Subtraction
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The quota crowd won another one - at the expense of women!
Colorado State is dumping women's water polo and adding women's soccer.
If you're asking why, you must new to this site.
It's because they need more numbers on the women's side...but I guess not a whole lot more numbers...or they'd have added soccer and kept polo...
Read more here.
CSU has honored the scholarships to those members of the water polo team that chose not to transfer, even though the scholarships don't count toward Title IX compliance. However, Daley was left out. She said her scholarship offer was tendered verbally days before the program's elimination was announced, and the paperwork was neither signed nor processed in time to extend that benefit to her.
By the time the biology major's academic adviser contacted Graham trying to get CSU to honor Daley's verbal scholarship offer, the water polo squad's accounts already had been closed, and the athletic director said he was powerless to help.
Now Daley, a native of Hawaii, is faced with the likelihood of dropping out of school to work full-time and save up for tuition.
Daley said the odd juxtaposition of a women's sport being eliminated to comply with gender-balance guidelines is telling.
"It definitely shows that they didn't take our sport as seriously as maybe men's basketball or football, because they definitely wouldn't have eliminated them," she said.
First, welcome to our world, Alexzandrea.
Second, don't think they'll treat women's soccer any more seriously than they did polo.
Finally, doesn't look like there's any chance they'll restore the men's swimming program.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Quote of the Day
We don't believe in handouts. We don't
think anyone should get a free ride.
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| (via Daily Kos) |
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Quote of the Day
A human being must have occupation if he or
she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
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| (via e-reading) |
Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Friday, November 15, 2013
Huntin' Tuna
Last month Leon went on a hunting trip...looking for tuna...in a kayak.
First pic was taken while being towed for miles. Second is shot of buddy helping him with the 150# beast.
Quote of the Day
Insanity in individuals is something
rare - but in groups, parties, nations,
and epochs, it is the rule.
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| (via The Vienna Review) |
Friedrich Wilhelm
Nietzsche
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Quote of the Day
An empty head is not really empty; it is
stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty
of forcing anything into an empty head.
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| (via The Weekly Standard) |
Eric Hoffer
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
A Season of "Firsts"
It's been a season of firsts:
Utah defeated Arizona in a men's dual.
Rice downed SMU in a women's dual.
Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida.
SwimScam credited a source.*
TCU just added another - their men defeated SMU's for the first time ever, 177.5 to 122.5!
*Just kidding!
Quote of the Day
You can't get any movement larger
than five people without including
at least one flippin' idiot.
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| (via Bytes) |
Kim Stanley Robinson
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Quote of the Day
Party leads to vicious, corrupt, and
unprofitable legislation, for the
sole purpose of defeating party.
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| (via The B.S. Report) |
James Fenimore Cooper
Friday, November 08, 2013
Quote of the Day
Let us heed the voice of the people and
recognize their common sense. If we
do not, we not only blaspheme our
political heritage, we ignore the
common ties that bind all Americans.
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| (via Austin NOW) |
Barbara Charline Jordan
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Quote of the Day
Tonight on 20/20, Barbara Walters interviewed
the new King of Saudi Arabia about women's
rights and Walters asked why the King
doesn't let women drive cars. The King
answered with two words: Lindsay Lohan.
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| (via NBC News) |
Conan Christopher O'Brien
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Let's see if I got this straight:
Kids in California can choose to "cross over" to a different gender for athletic purposes?
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| (via The Escapist) |
Check out California Assembly Bill 1266 here. Governor Brown signed it into law back in August.
This bill would require that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.
Soooo...if Johnny thinks (s)he's really a Janie, (s)he can suit up for the swim meet in the female locker room and swim in the girl's meet?
Wonder if any of the legislators who sent this garbage to the governor would be okay with their daughters being put in that situation!
Thanks for the heads up, RR!
Quote of the Day
A study in the Washington Post says that women
have better verbal skills than men. I just want
to say to the authors of that study: Duh!
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| (via TEAMCOCO) |
Conan Christopher O'Brien
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Quote of the Day
According to a new survey, 40 percent of
adults in Mexico say they would move to
the United States if they got a chance. The
number would have been higher, but
the other 60 percent already live here.
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| (vie New York Times) |
Conan Christopher O'Brien
Monday, November 04, 2013
Quote of the Day
The results of a new study are out this week
saying that New Jersey is one of the most
livable states in the country. The study
has a margin of error of 100 percent.
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| (via New York Times) |
Conan Christopher O'Brien
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Quote of the Day
The worst moment for the atheist is when he
is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
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| (via Wikipedia) |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Saturday, November 02, 2013
Excuses, Excuses...
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| (via Hub Pages) |
Reading first comment on this post the other day reminded me of some older posts on excuses. Here are a few shared by coaches on TOC:
Had one miss yesterday because he got hit in the back with an instrument this weekend at Area Band competition.... He is out for a week.
I had a kid tell me he couldnt practice because he was claustophobic in his helmet, and it made him not able to breathe...
Heard both of these this week:
1. Coach I can't come to practice today, I have mandatory show qhoir tryouts for Beauty and the Beast.
2. Coach I can't go to the game Friday. I have to go visit my dad in prison before they transfer him to South Dakota.
My mom has a date with my uncle and I have to stay home and watch my brother and my cousins.
I have to stay at home because my new step-mom (mail order bride from Russia) went crazy and pulled a gun on my dad because my real mom came home from her year long trip to Amsterdam and she did not know that I had a new mom and they got in a fight. I have to stay home for 2 days so I can visit my mom.
"Coach I can't work out today. My parents told me I have lactic acid in my muscles and it hurts really bad."
Had a kid a few years back that came to me after the morning workout...."Hey coach, I won't be here this afternoon or in the morning for practice. I'm getting married at 1:00 at the courthouse and my mother-in-law has got us a room at the Best Western."
Had a kid once tell me he had to miss because his aunt's cat was having kittens.
I have to take my dog to obedience class
When I was playing, one of my teammates missed a weeks worth of practice because he wiped his butt with poison oak.
Had a kid last year give me a note from his parent that said "Please excuse so and so from football practice today. He is allergic to grass and cannot get in the grass. The Dr. said he can get on grass next week."
Full posts:
Excuses for Missing Practices
More Excuses
Still More Excuses
Even More Excuses
Tex Robertson
Ross Lucksinger, grandson of the late Tex Robertson, will do a "meet the author" event in Burnet tomorrow.
Lucksinger recently released Tex: The Father of Texas Swimming. Read more here.
“The tales got so tall and the legend so big, part of it was just trying to find out what was the truth,” Lucksinger said. “It turns out, most of it was actually true.”
Robertson is a Burnet County icon. He and his wife established Camp Longhorn on Inks Lakes in 1939 before adding Camp Longhorn Indian Springs, also in Burnet County, in 1975. But it wasn’t just his work at the camp that made Robertson such a legend, it was his entire life.
Born Julian Robertson in 1909, he earned an international reputation as a swimmer with trips to the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and by winning championships as a member of the University of Michigan swim team.
Get your copy here or here.
Friday, November 01, 2013
Quote of the Day
The trust of the innocent is
the liar's most useful tool.
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| (via Talking Photography) |
Stephen Edwin King
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Quote of the Day
Defer not till tomorrow to be wise,
tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.
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| (via Britannica Kids) |
William Congreve
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Sorry...Just Can't Pass It Up!
Seems SwimScam is advertising for a senior writer:
...looking for a reporter with an understanding of the sport, someone who can speak to swimmers, coaches, industry contacts, and can simultaneously continue to build the external audience of swimming.
Must also know:
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| (via A Canvas of Mine) |
Irving ISD Aquatics at a Crossroads
The troubling headline says it all:
Irving's First Indoor Swimming Pool Circles the Drain
Read more on the future of the North Lake Aquatic Center here.
Three decades after it opened, Irving’s first indoor pool has chips in the walls, cracks in the deck and yellow spots on the white dome roof.
But the North Lake Aquatic Center also has clear water and Olympic-length lanes. And the city and school district still have no better place to hold daily lessons, classes and competitions.
They may soon need one. Tired of paying upkeep and repairs for a rundown pool it hardly uses, North Lake College will begin to phase the structure out after 2014.
The pool’s main customers, the city and Irving ISD, will have to pay to take over the natatorium if they want to keep using it. And they’ll need to find somewhere else to swim by 2020, when North Lake plans to drain the pool for good.
The bubble-roofed box opened on campus to much fanfare in 1985 — a partnership between North Lake, the city and the school district.
Finally, Irving had a competitive-class pool, and the school district swim team didn’t need to shiver through winter practice outside the YMCA.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Quote of the Day
I always believed that I have something
important to say and I said it.
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed
Sunday, October 27, 2013
What does "Texas Edition" really mean?
Truck I just purchased is a "Texas Edition" Ford F-150. Since I'd never paid attention to what that means, I checked out a Ford forum where folks were discussing that very issue.
My favorite response to the question was from 20F15010, who wrote:
I thought the Texas Edition gave you the abilty to cross three lanes of traffic without looking. Run any red light or stop sign in your path. Drive at least 15 mph over the speed limit. And the ability to put your rubber boots upside down between the cab and bed.
Fourth Commenter Enters Hall
We've got a new addition to the Comment Hall of Fame!
On the Officer Barbrady, I call Shenanigans! post:
said…
Miami deserves the death penalty for caving to the Title Ninestas and
dropping their award winning Men's swimming and Diving Program. To hell with the
BS football crap, the NCAA needs to take back control of all sports and enforce
the spirit of title IX, equal opportunity for all instead of a quota system in
which those interested in sport are not afforded an opportunity to play. Male
enrollment in higher education is at an all time low and part of that is due the
Clinton, Bush, Obama interpretation of Title IX requiring strict numerical
quotas for athletic participation. Affirmative action run amok!
In case you missed the first three inductees:
#1 (Deer Slayer)
#2 (Anonymous)
#3 (Anonymous)
Quote of the Day
If you've ever driven across Texas, you
know how different one area of the
state can be from another. Take El
Paso. It looks as much like Dallas
as I look like Jack Nicklaus.
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| (via ESPN) |
Lee Buck Trevino
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Quote of the Day
Every form of addiction is bad, no
matter whether the narcotic be
alcohol, morphine, or idealism.
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| (via Historical Wallpapers) |
Karle Gustav II "Carl"
Jung
Friday, October 25, 2013
Wrestling Add*
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| (via Laser Magic) |
First of all, who woulda thunk Ottawa University wasn't in Ontario, Canada?
Flash! It's in Ottawa, Kansas, U.S.A.! No funny lookin' pennies fer them folks, right?
They're adding men's and women's wrestling programs there. More here.
Stumbled on this via the Title IX blog, an endless source of humor for yours truly:
Two of the many things we at the Title IX Blog are interested in are: 1) the reasons behind why schools choose to add specific sports; and 2) wrestling programs.
HAW HAW HAW!!! Kris, yer such a kidder!!
*Y'all know it kills me to no longer call it rasslin'...
Quote of the Day
It is often easier to fight for a
principle than to live up to it.
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| (via Books Tell You Why) |
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Aledo 91 - Western Hills 0
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| (via Chicago Now) |
Of course y'all have heard about it by now, right? A Western Hills HS foosball parent claims the Aledo HS foosball coach bullied.
Gotta love Coach Lib's post on TOC on the subject:
I have read on this site about a parent filing a bullying report on a school district for running up the score. I think it is very sad that it takes the action of a parent to bring the issue in the spotlight. Why hasnt the UIL been more pro-active on this matter? Where are our UIL officials, school administrators, and community leaders? We are making good strides in safety issues for kids on the field, now its time we take a step further. Those poor kids do not need to be humiliated like this. Should we not show mercy and compassion to our opponent?
I say BRAVO to the parent and BOO to the UIL!! It is high time that the UIL address this. There is a mercy rule in baseball and softball, as well as 6-man. Although most of my freshmen games would end a little early, I do feel bad for the opponent when they can not stop me. I would think that if a team is up by 28 at anytime during 1st half it should be an automatic running clock. If that team is still up by 28 at the half, there should be no 2nd half. A team is not capable of coming from behind by 28 pts. By that point, a team is so humiliated, that they should not have to endure any further embarrassment. I know alot of you cave dwellers will all try to be big and tough on this issue, but the fact is, children should not have to endure this kind of pain that may have lasting mental and emotional scars. We have come too far as a society. Its 2013,,wake up folks!! We should teach children the spirit of competition is the most important part, not killing their spirits and turning them off from wanting to participate and enjoy sports.
Lets all get on board and call the UIL so they will take action!! I am sorry for my ranting, but children and their emotional concerns should always be 1st on our list. Hope you guys have a great day and a great week.
Biden-Clinton 2016,,,now, more than ever!!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Quote of the Day
If you don't accept responsibility for
your own actions, then you are forever
chained to a position of defense.
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| (via Finding Bliss) |
Holly Lisle
Monday, October 21, 2013
Quote of the Day
Texas has yet to learn submission to any
oppression, come from what source it may.
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| (via The Navasota Current) |
Samuel "Sam" Houston
Friday, October 18, 2013
Tennis Takes Lead
Iowa State Daily: Reform Title IX
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The editorial board at the Iowa State Daily thinks it's time to re-think Title IX. They point out the damage it's doing to male athletes. Read more here.
Because of the restrictions created by Title IX, men are now unable to play in collegiate sports for which they are highly qualified. The necessity of equal funding for men's and women’s sports, paired with the inevitably massive funding that goes to football, prevents worthy men’s sports from being fully college-sponsored, funded and supported.
Thanks to proportionality, they no longer have a men's swim team...but they do have 128 players on the foosball roster...and 22 coaches to help out...
Quote of the Day
Whom the gods wish to destroy
they first call promising.
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| (via The Compass Rose) |
Cyril Vernon Connolly
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Quote of the Day
Every act of creation is first
an act of destruction.
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| (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) |
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula
Juan
Nepomuceno MarÃa de los Remedios
Cipriano de la SantÃsima Trinidad
Ruiz y Picasso, a.k.a. Pablo Picasso
Nepomuceno MarÃa de los Remedios
Cipriano de la SantÃsima Trinidad
Ruiz y Picasso, a.k.a. Pablo Picasso
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Onstott Retirement
Former Cy-Fair HS head swim coach Mark Onstott is retiring after nearly forty years of high school coaching. Read more here.
Quote of the Day
A liberal's idea of being chivalrous
is to hold the car door for you
before driving you off a bridge.
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| (via Barger's Boutique) |
Ann Hart Coulter
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
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