Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
Lillian Florence Hellman
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Quote of the Day
In the presence of eternity, the mountains
are as transient as the clouds.
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Quote of the Day
Which is worse, being a has-been or being
the guy interviewing a has-been?
Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait
Sunday, June 07, 2020
Quote of the Day
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile -
hoping it will eat him last.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Friday, June 05, 2020
Quote of the Day
I never knew whether to pity or congratulate
a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Quote of the Day
Economics has never been a science - and
it is even less now than a few years ago.
Paul Anthony Samuelson
Friday, May 29, 2020
Quote of the Day
Never make predictions, especially about the future.
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Quote of the Day
As an athlete, you'd better laugh at
yourself when you slip in the mud.
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| via USA TODAY |
Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" Johnson
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Quote of the Day
We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and
women created...by the, you know, you know, the thing!
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Quote of the Day
It is increasingly difficult for the
public to determine what is true.
Adam Bennett Schiff
Friday, May 22, 2020
Quote of the Day
I believe the job of the FBI Director is to be as
transparent as possible with the American
people because we work for them.
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| via CNBC |
James Brien "Jim" Comey Jr.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Quote of the Day
If I get to be president, what can I do anyway?
With Congress and the press, what chance
do I have to make basic changes?
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Quote of the Day (Thanks, DJA!)
It's easy to get on the path of mastery.
The real challenge lies in staying on it.
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| via The New York Times |
George Burr Leonard
Monday, May 18, 2020
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Quote of the Day
I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a
very abnormal situation but act like it's normal.
Frederick Charles "Fred" Willard
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Quote of the Day
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
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| via Chicago Toy & Game Week |
Vivian Greene
Friday, May 15, 2020
Quote of the Day
My most brilliant achievement was my ability
to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Quote of the Day
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
Monday, May 11, 2020
Quote of the Day
It is what a man thinks of himself
that really determines his fate.
Henry David Thoreau
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Friday, May 08, 2020
News
In case you're wondering...
We're "Zooming" with our students and athletes during the lock-down. We're also doing Zoom meetings for our teacher training and meetings. Starting to get a little more comfortable with it, but would much rather be in the classroom and on the pool deck!
Been doing some reading while sitting at home. Nevil Shute (Norway) is my favorite author, so some of these I'd read long ago.
Finished
A Town Like Alice
Pied Piper
The Far Country
The Chequer Board
No Highway
Reading
Round the Bend
Upcoming
Slide Rule
The Breaking Wave
An Old Captivity
Lonely Road
Trustee from the Toolroom
In the Wet
We've had a lot of turnover in our athletic director position over the past couple of decades here in Bay City. One of our former AD's is coming back, and the community is excited.
Recalled this post from October of 2014 where I mentioned Coach Trahan:
Best coaches I've worked for (guys like Warren Trahan & Terry Cron) trusted us to know our sport and take care of business. Only time they ever got more involved was to support us when issues arose. Great communicators who took great care of their coaches and athletes.
Worst coaches I've worked for micromanaged us into submission. We became paper-pushers working to further their careers. Those folks didn't give a rip about our athletes or coaches.
Quote of the Day
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure,
and express your pleasure strongly.
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| via Wikipedia |
Pierre Bonnard
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Quote of the Day
Human judges can show mercy. But against
the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
Arthur Charles Clarke
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Quote of the Day
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not
having a good quarterback is bad luck.
Donald Francis "Don" Shula
Monday, May 04, 2020
Quote of the Day
This is a world of action, and
not for moping and droning in.
Charles John Huffam Dickens
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Subject Lines
Spam folder has a few interesting subject lines.
Might be fun to try putting them into some sort of order.
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Quote of the Day
You can cut all the flowers, but you
cannot keep spring from coming.
Ricardo Eliécer Neftalà Reyes Basoalto, a.k.a. Pablo Neruda
Friday, May 01, 2020
Quote of the Day
For every complex problem there is an
answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
Henry Louis "H.L." Mencken
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Quote of the Day
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be
a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent
glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
John Griffith "Jack" London
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
Quote of the Day
All you have to do is say something nobody
understands and they'll do practically
anything you want them to.
Jerome David "J.D." Salinger
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Quote of the Day
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The
creative place where no one else has ever been.
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo, a.k.a. Alan Alda
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020
Quote of the Day
There is too much government today. We've got
to remember the government should be by the
people, of the people, and for the people.
Ray Douglas Bradbury
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Quote of the Day
There are worse crimes than burning books.
One of them is not reading them.
Ray Douglas Bradbury
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Quote of the Day
Progress lies not in enhancing what is,
but in advancing toward what will be.
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| via The New Yorker |
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Friday, April 17, 2020
2020 Archeology Channel Film Festival
Next month (May 14-17), the Archeology Channel is going virtual with their annual film festival.
With a ticket going for only five (5) bucks, this is probably well worth tearing yourself away from Tiger King for a few days.
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