Texsox

I really, really, dislike pot luck lunches. We have a big, spread out department and no one really knows everyone. They are awkward and I don't really trust the cooking that was brought here 5 hours ago. If I die it is the potato salad.

Managers receive too much blame and too much credit. Every year about 30 managers deserve to be fired.

Winning in turmoil can sometimes be easier. But odds are you are correct.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 31, 2016 -> 09:22 AM) I hope you went to the ER. That was so last century. Google is the new ER

I believe the public wants to see a third party candidate in the debates. But the establishment will not allow it.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 30, 2016 -> 10:56 PM) So uh, anyone got any idea about what happens when your eyesight starts flickering in and out? For me it was my blood pressure causing it. Another time it was the asshole that was punching my face.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 27, 2016 -> 11:44 AM) Thats fair. I guess its just that I can see my Aunt and Uncle having that same mentality and they do not live on a military base. A lot of my opinions of Texas are based off of my family who lilves in the Austin area and what I see on social media and foxnews with most of it not being good. But I digress, I dont want to take make this buster material. Reverse that for California, Illinois, New York, and Florida for me based on what is reported. States have an identity issue as well. That's why they spend money on marketing.

For the high school coaches, what else do you teach? I have this year 3 sections of English 4 AP and 2 sections of English 3 and of course 1 section of Golf. I missed 55 days this past year at golf tournaments and golf related events. It's tough doing both. But for my AP students it is a great preview of college courses where you see the teacher only a couple times per week.

At least the apartment owner was able to defend himself.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 27, 2016 -> 04:23 PM) I worked 30 hours a week on top of 10 hours of grad school. Many people do tbat. And you're over estimating how many people work this mythical 70-80 hour work week happily. For starters, no employer is paying that much overtime True and False. False, people are working those hours. True employers are not paying overtime. They put the employees on salary so they do not have to pay the overtime, yet they know the person will put in those hours to keep their jobs.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 27, 2016 -> 04:30 PM) Well ya, there doesn't have to be a reason because I'm so likable. That's what spending way too much time on this board since you were 15 will do to someone. Oh God, I just realized that I could have been posting alongside one of my students. LOL

I can't believe the tunnel vision I developed coaching golf. I just realized I have not followed a tennis tournament in two years. I need to correct that.

A quicker way to die is whenever I use ellipses. you know it will end badly for . . .

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ May 27, 2016 -> 02:46 PM) "HAVE A GOOD SUMMER" HAGS

fixed

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 27, 2016 -> 02:33 PM) But he was also a former Sox player/manager...that has to undo the strike. I think the only one, unless you go back to the beginning of the franchise, perhaps. which is why I said temporarily . . . I know he was the also player - manager in the AL.

I am running out of original stuff to write. I just wrote "thank you for making this my best year teaching. If you ever have a question you can't answer (210) 207-2500" That's the number to the main branch of the San Antonio library.

"there are so many great things happening in that swing" (after a worm burner than went straight "See it feel it trust it" "Stay in your rhythm" "You got this" "Golf is all about playing your misses" "I hope hitting that shot felt as good to you as watching it was for me"

I am head golf coach for a high school here in San Antonio. I have also coached cross country, soccer, baseball, basketball, and football.

About half of my players are on the golf team because "it is a sport they can play for the rest of their lives". I coach them much differently than the rest of my competitive team.

To me, and most kids I know, they are souvenirs.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 27, 2016 -> 11:43 AM) I remember vividly when my baseball team lost the championship game one year and we got a second place trophy. The next day I threw it in the trash cause I was so disgusted that we didn't win (and I gave up the only grand slam of my pitching career in that game).To think what Soxtalk would have said when I came in with the bases loaded, threw one pitch, and welp, 4 runs scored (I had hit my innings / pitch limit so couldn't start the game). We had already lost but I assured there was no possible way of a comeback. I suppose I would have been the Duke of littleleague talk for the day, haha. One year my travelling team finished as co-champs because our league all-star team had advanced to a national tournament. Strike one for that trophy. At our banquet a prominent Cubs player Don Kessinger automatically autographed all the trophies, temporarily strike 2. I still have it.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 27, 2016 -> 11:36 AM) Is that from like all the schools they applied to? That seems absurdly high. The 1.2 was a full ride to the Air Force Academy. There were full rides to several Ivy league schools. I think the numbers get inflated by the schools for publicity when a student receives a full ride. They pick the absolute most a student could spend at their university and report that. So you could spend $10,000 on books.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ May 27, 2016 -> 11:23 AM) I have a confession. One time when I was 11 years old I was offered, and accepted, a participation trophy for playing Little League that year. My team was in second place and I didn't really do anything special to stand out. As a result, my entire life from that point forward (high school achievements, my internship, being a manager at Blockbuster, my military career, college, my current job) has been a fraud. I would like to apologize to my teammates (even though they, too, accepted the same trophies), my parents, James Harrison, and Donald Trump. I let you all down. I received a t-shirt. I wore it with pride before I knew that every kid just got one.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 27, 2016 -> 11:34 AM) See, I may be wrong in this but that is the type of thing that makes me roll my eyes at Texas. It makes sense and would happen anywhere there are military bases. There are several military bases here. A lot of our students come from military families. Of course those already in the military cheer a welcome especially if it is in their branch. There weren't too many University of Oregon alum or Brown alum in the crowd to cheer when those schools are announced. The biggest cheer was for a top ten ranked kid who was going to the Air Force Academy on a football scholarship. That's the Texas trifecta. Football, College, and the Military.