I looked up my family tree and
found out I was the sap.
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| via You-Can-Be-Funny |
Rodney Dangerfield
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Friday, November 17, 2017
Quote of the Day
Liberals like me love America. We
just love America in a different way.
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| via The New Yorker |
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Thursday, November 09, 2017
Tuesday, November 07, 2017
Quote of the Day
The people I distrust the most are those
who want to improve our lives but
have only one course of action.
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.
Monday, November 06, 2017
Quote of the Day
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and
seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
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| via Medium |
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Quote of the Day
There must be more to life than having everything.
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| via School Library Journal |
Maurice Bernard Sendak
Saturday, November 04, 2017
Quote of the Day
Childhood is a tricky business.
Usually, something goes wrong.
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| via The United Methodist Reporter |
Maurice Bernard Sendak
Friday, November 03, 2017
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Quote of the Day
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A.,
M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately,
they don't have a J.O.B.
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| via Rolling Stone |
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Quote of the Day
I am grateful for what I am and have.
My thanksgiving is perpetual.
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| via Persuasion Blog |
Henry David Thoreau
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Quote of the Day
You don't concentrate on risks.
You concentrate on results.
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| via Jet Pilot Overseas |
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager
Monday, October 09, 2017
Quote of the Day
All the world's a stage and most of
us are desperately unrehearsed.
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| via The Irish Times |
Sean O'Casey
Sunday, October 08, 2017
Quote of the Day
Keep your face always toward the sunshine -
and shadows will fall behind you.
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| via Uplift |
Walter "Walt" Whitman
Friday, October 06, 2017
Quote of the Day
Broadly speaking, the short words are
the best, and the old words best of all.
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| via Reddit |
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Tom Petty
I hope nobody took today's quote the wrong way. He was one of my favorites. Love his music, sense of humor, and candor. One of a kind:
Pretty good for:
a) a roadie named Bart, or
b) Elroy Kleinschmidt, a.k.a. Lucky
Sunday, October 01, 2017
Quote of the Day
Actually, I'm an overnight success,
but it took twenty years.
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| via Pinterest |
Monte Halparin, a.k.a. Monty Hall
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Quote of the Day
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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| via billboard |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Quote of the Day
I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.
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| via The Fight City |
Giacobbe "Jake" La Motta,
a.k.a. The Raging Bull
Sunday, September 17, 2017
News
Takes a while to load, but wait for it. Check out Abandoned States
Before/After pics of various resorts, including several pools. Sad stuff.
Nitro's Sean Grieshop finished atop USA Swimming's Scholastic All-America List
Thanks to all who responded to Harvey Help for DJA. DJA's home sustained tens of thousands of dollars in damage due to Harvey. Flood insurance? No, and I doubt anyone in his neighborhood had any, either. First time they've ever even come close to flooding. Efforts to help him start on the recovery effort are nearly halfway to their goal. Please help here
Dates/Sites for 2018 USA Swimming Championships:
Open Water (May 11-13)
Tempe, Arizona
Summer Nationals (July 25-29)
Irvine, California
Summer Junior Nationals (July 31-August 4)
Irvine, California
Futures (August 2-5)
Central - Rochester, Minnesota
South - Cary, North Carolina
West - Santa Clara, California
North - Richmond, Virginia
Winter Nationals (November 28-December 1)
Greensboro, North Carolina
Winter Junior Nationals (December 5-8)
East - Greensboro, North Carolina
West - Austin, Texas
Quote of the Day
In War: Resolution.
In Defeat: Defiance.
In Victory: Magnanimity.
In Peace: Good Will.
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| via getty images |
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Quote of the Day
I look back, and I have no regrets, truly. Everything
led me to the place where I am now.
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| via The New York Times |
Wendy Whelan
Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Harvey Help for DJA (Edited 9/6, 6:30 a.m.)
Adding street view video:
Via Go Fund Me:
Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area very hard in the last week of August 2017. Thousands of homes have been damaged by the flood waters caused by this storm when it dumped around 50 inches of rain in only a few days.
Coach Abbott's home was directly affected by this storm. Over the last few days, friends, families and SJ23 swim team members have been working hard to remove the wet and damaged items from Coach's home and clean up the mess that Hurricane Harvey left behind. However, removal of the debris is only half of the battle. The funds raised here will be given directly to Coach Abbott on the behalf of all of those who donated and the SJ23 swim team, so that he may rebuild and repair his home.
Thanks in advance for your generous contributions to DJA's fund.
His St. John XXIII swim team set this up, but I'm hoping all his former high school (Katy HS) and club (Western Horizon, KATY, Katy Tigers, etc.) swimmers/parents will join in the effort.
We'd also like to see TISCA & NISCA members (past & present) help out as well. Dana was an outstanding president of each organization.
Again, thanks in advance for your support!
Quote of the Day
It is in giving that I connect with others,
with the world, and with the divine.
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| via Zorro |
Isabel Allende
Sunday, September 03, 2017
Via USA Swimming
Link to this article was in last week's Volume 35:
Coddling kids is killing sports
There are three points to this column that I’m trying to get across.
1.) Be realistic about your child’s ability and adjust your expectations.
2.) Be firm with your child about their actions.
3.) Don’t blame the coach.
If you believe your child is the best, even when they aren’t, if you pamper your child when they don’t get their way, and/or you constantly place blame on coaches, you are only setting them up for failure.
1.) Be realistic about your child’s ability and adjust your expectations.
2.) Be firm with your child about their actions.
3.) Don’t blame the coach.
If you believe your child is the best, even when they aren’t, if you pamper your child when they don’t get their way, and/or you constantly place blame on coaches, you are only setting them up for failure.
Friday, September 01, 2017
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Harvey Update
Bay City has largely been spared the worst of Harvey. We had plenty of strong wind and rain early on, but limbs/trees down and power outages were, for the most part, the extent of our troubles. Local officials ordered an evacuation just before the storm hit. Clare headed for Dallas and I stayed behind to watch over the Button mansion.
Then, the number-crunching bureaucrats entered the picture. They projected up to ten feet of water in downtown BC! People lost their minds. Same local officials pushed panic button and reminded those of us still in town of the catastrophic flood that was bearing down on us as they spoke.
NBC added to the hysteria with this:
I kept telling family and friends it wasn't going to happen. Some Facebook comments asked if they'd really meant ten inches of water in downtown. Still, I was begged to hit the road. After loading up, the dogs and I left for Brenham very early Monday morning.
In a Tuesday briefing, we learned that projections now indicated a much lower crest on the Colorado River. So, back to BC we (Dixie, Sable, and me) went.
Things are starting to return to "normal" around here as businesses open back up and residents return. River should finally crest today, but only property close to the Colorado will be impacted. Looks like we'll be back to school on Tuesday.
Areas around us, though, need a lot of support. Media is covering the larger stories north and east of us (Houston, Beaumont, Louisiana, etc.). Smaller cities & towns are having a tough go of it.
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| via Victoria Advocate |
Victoria is in rough shape. Lots of trees down, roofs damaged, power/traffic lights out, and long lines at the few gas stations that are open. On top of that, the Guadalupe River is flooding.
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| via Facebook |
Schools are shut down and many Friday night openers have been postponed/canceled.
I know y'all are anxious to see foosball return to their regular schedule. In the meantime, I'll re-post something from about ten years ago that might bring a smile to your faces.
Warning! If you're easily triggered, click on the second link!
I'm a big boy/girl/other and am not easily triggered by locker room humor, so I'll click here
I'm a self-righteous weenie who runs to my safe space whenever triggered, so I'll click here
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Quote of the Day
The hurricane flooded me out
of a lot of memorabilia, but it
can't flood out the memories.
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| via New York Daily News |
Thomas John "Tom" Dempsey
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Quote of the Day
If a guy's got it, let him give it.
I'm selling music, not prejudice.
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| via Oak Auctions |
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman
Friday, August 25, 2017
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