Category: Thoughts

This email was sent to me. I found it amusing: This is from an article in the St. Petersburg , FL Times Newspaper on Sunday. Some issues are on target. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on “How Would You Fix the Economy?” I think this guy nailed it! Dear Mr. President: Please find…

Is this the worst or best way to go? Death by Chocolate

A few years ago, a then young coach named Carlos asked me why I coached. I think my answer surprised him because I said I coached for Wedding Invitations. At that time I was coaching college kids who didn’t always agree with what I asked or told them to do, but to me, getting a…

One of the podcasts I listen to added a commercial. I’m not opposed to listening to commercials during a podcast, and in fact many of the podcasts I listed to have commercials in them. This one struck me as odd because the podcast is normally only about a minute long and they added a minute…

The Stanley Cup Finals have gone to Game 7. Pittsburgh will visit Detroit on Friday night for the championship.

Today is my birthday. It’s also a year and a day after I moved back to Lexington to start Showtime Spirit. A lot has happened in the past year. I’ve been there for a few friends that got married and a few that called it off, engagements and marriages. I’ve moved enough that I realize…

Today marks the one year anniversary of my return to Lexington. It’s been quite a year.

This is the most disturbing story I have seen in a while. CNN

A CNN.com article with the headline “Med student held without bail in possible Craigslist killing” was sent to me this morning. I get annoyed with headlines like this implying Craigslist or any of numerous other tools (Facebook, MySpace, AIM) are responsible for someone’s death. The victim in this case was killed by a sick person…

University of Kentucky cheerleading tryouts are this weekend. It’s an opportunity to see the most talented athletes cheerleading has to offer. Today I received a call to see if I would judge them which has me torn. There is so much I need to get done with the gym that it’s hard to pull myself…

Think about the one thing you could do (or stop doing) that would have the greatest, positive impact on your life. For some this is eating healthier or excising. For others it may be drinking less or quitting smoking. Have you thought about it? Do you know what your thing is? Do it.

Keeneland opens today, but between the wet weather and not feeling 100%, I won’t be making it out there today. Hopefully tomorrow will be different.

I had a long chat with Kimberly Archie of the National Cheer Safety Foundation yesterday. For those of you that don’t know her story, I suggest Googling it, but in short she is a mom that is on a crusade to combat cheerleading injuries. She understands participating in anything athletic is going to lead, or…

Kentucky introduced John Calipari as the new basketball coach today. Calipari left Memphis to take a job he says he’s been dreaming about. He’ll do a good job. He’s a good coach, a good recruiter, and a good spokesperson. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about this later. CBS published an interesting article about…

I received a phone call this morning about a blog I’m involved with called Spirit Post. The point of the call was to get an email, deemed confidential by the caller, taken off the site. I’m not certain his claim that I legally needed to take it down was valid, but it didn’t matter enough…

It seems like Coach Billy G. will soon be looking for a new job. If he is fired the reason given will be off the court stuff like his partying antics and inability to “relate” to the major donors, but reality is it comes down to wins. He isn’t getting the job done on the…

Martin Brodeur became the NHL’s all time regular season winning goalie last night. Congrats!

I’m going start spending less time in front of a computer, replacing it with time using a pen and a notepad. I think different when I use a pen instead of my keyboard. Hopefully a little time with each will get me closer to my destination. Of course this could just be the thoughts of…

A while ago I helped a couple guys push their not working at the moment BMW out of the road, into a bank parking lot. It reminded me of back in the day when I used to “make” the guys with me on a road trip perform an act of kindness if the opportunity presented…

Debbie spent Friday afternoon taping educational videos at Showtime. The videos will be used with training material Debbie will be releasing and as part of the USASF’s education program. Tegan Reeves, USASF’s Education and Communication Director, was at Showtime during the taping giving me an opportunity to chat with her. Having been extremely critical of…

by Andy Rooney I’ve learned…  That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. I’ve learned…  That when you’re in love, it shows. I’ve learned…  That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day. I’ve learned…  That having a child fall asleep in your…

I think a friend’s satelite crashed into the ocean early this morning. USA Today Story

Yesterday was a unique day. It made me think of a friend named Scott who told his daughters that no matter what happened they are to finish the routine. About 5 weeks ago that was thrown out of the window when he saw one of his girls laying on the ground in tears. She was…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

I just read my second article about a 19 year old Florida college student who killed himself while broadcasting live on the internet. Condolences and sympathies aside, my frustration with these articles and some of the comments posted along the articles is the attempt to blame the internet site for his death. The internet did…