Recent Fishin' Pics and More!

Bobby's blacktip shark and bull red:

Leon fighting and landing a ray:

A few jobs:

The YMCA of Abilene needs a swim team coach

Highland Village needs an assistant age group coach

TeamFINS needs an assistant head coach

We have room for four (4) two (2) one (1) more teams in our Fantasy Foosball league.  It's FREE and champion will get a trophy.  Info here

Quote of the Day

When everything is said and done

there is nothing left to do or say.

via The Times-Tribune

Darryl Dawkins

Quote of the Day

A window of opportunity won't open itself.

(via Twitter)

Dave Weinbaum

Quote of the Day

You measure the size of the accomplishment

by the obstacles you had to overcome

to reach your goals.

via biography

Booker Taliaferro Washington

Quote of the Day

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued,

is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you

will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Quote of the Day

Forget past mistakes.  Forget failures.

Forget everything except what

you're going to do now and do it.

via Buick Factory History

William Crapo "Billy" Durant

Quote of the Day

I got hit in the head pretty hard.  My

clock ran backwards for two years.

via NASCAR

Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker, Jr.

We're Back!

We hit the summit on July 30.  Got back to Texas on August 5.

Link to the blog (with plenty of pics from the thru-hike) is here.

Links to the journal:

Start (keep clicking on "Next" to read in order)

Finish (keep clicking on "Previous" to read in reverse order)

Links to the "bests" lists:

First Third

Middle Third

Final Third

Doctor visit this a.m. went well.  Lost sixty pounds and blood pressure has dropped a bunch.  Blood work and foot x-rays scheduled for tomorrow.

Quote of the Day

People remember Don being a country bumpkin,

which he wasn't, and Howard being a pain in

the ass, which he was.  I was the law and order.

via newstimes

Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford

Quote of the Day

The most common way people give up their

power is by thinking they don't have any.

Alice Malsenior Walker

That's a Wrap!

(via Appalachian Trials)

Quick reminder that Scott Scofield is handling this year's high school state meet call-up list.  Look for that here.  Contact Scott here.

If you'd like to keep up with the hike, here are the links:

Journal

Blog

Follow @texasswimblog




Time, energy, cell service, and internet connections will determine how often those are updated.

Planning to come out of retirement in the fall, so keep me in mind if y'all hear of something.

Good luck to all Texas swimmers and coaches in your championship meets!

Quote of the Day

A rainy day is the perfect time

for a walk in the woods.

(via Environment & Society Portal)

Rachel Louise Carson

Another from Imelda May

The City of Round Rock needs a pool manager.

Wayland Baptist/Henderson State/UALR

Bobby & Leon with the boat's Thursday catch:

Leon's Wilton Wahoo:

Leon not feeding the pelicans:

MAC Junior Elite/15+ Open

Arizona/SMU/Texas (M&W)

The City of Kyle needs an assistant pool manager and a swim coach.

January 29 CSCAA D-I Women's Poll

(via Palo Alto Online)

#2 Stanford's Simone Manuel featured here.

At the Art Adamson Invitational at Texas A&M in November, she set Stanford records in the 50-yard freestyle (21.59), 100 free (46.62) and 200 free (1:42.03). Her 100 time was an American record, although it was quickly broken by Cal-bound high schooler Abbey Weitzeil.

Oklahoma Baptist tops both men's and women's NAIA poll.  Drury did the same in the NCAA D-II poll.

Shamrock Invite (M&W)

Baylor Tom Landry Fitness Center needs a swim coach.

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa needs an assistant coach.

Prestonwood Country Club needs an aquatics manager.

Houston/Rice/Tulane/LSU (W)

Thousand Oaks Family YMCA needs a swim coach.

The City of Houston needs a pool supervisor.

UNT/TCU (W)

Latest on Austin Aquatics & Sports Academy with Brendan Hansen is here.

Hansen loves to joke around, but I have a sneaky feeling that the hammer drops when you’ve been training with him a few weeks. It wasn’t until the hour-and-15-minute session was nearly over that Hansen doled out a nice lung-burning sprint set, reminding us that “sometimes I like to drive fast.” He’s coaching the masters program now, but says he’s looking for a world-class coach to take over that program while he focuses on the club program.

Quote of the Day

I much prefer the sharpest criticism

of a single intelligent man to the

thoughtless approval of the masses.

(via Einstein)

Johannes Kepler

Another Misc.

TAPPS region and state meet info (including psych sheets & results) will be here.

White Rock YMCA (Dallas) needs an aquatics coordinator.

Austin vs. Centenary (M&W)


TFA BB & Under

Cleveland 2015 ASCA World Clinic info here.

Alvin Classic

Shady Oaks Country Club (Ft. Worth) needs an aquatics director.

Jesse Coon Memorial (masters)

Who pooped in the pool?  Probably a lesson kid, right?

Who pooped in the gym?   CSI Gustine is on the case!

Quote of the Day

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not

in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

(via biography)

Sir Isaac Newton

Quote of the Day

You must try to generate happiness within

yourself.  If you aren't happy in one place,

chances are you won't be happy anyplace.

(via wttw)

Ernest "Ernie" Banks, a.k.a. Mr. Cub

Movie Premier

A Walk in the Woods, starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, will premier today at the Sundance Film Festival.  More here.

It's a film version of Bill Bryson's best-seller on his AT thru-hike attempt.

When an aging travel writer sets out to hike the 2,100-mile-long Appalachian Trail with a long-estranged high school buddy, the duo learn that some roads are better left untraveled.

Quote of the Day

Information's pretty thin stuff

unless mixed with experience.

(via Britannica)

Clarence Shepard Day, Jr.

No horses were harmed...

...in the making of this film: