Monthly Archives: April 2010

Summer Conditioning: Fail Cycle

Rest Day Read (SR-22) Failure by Mark Twight of Gym Jones “The gifted athlete who sails from one success to the next with little effort or training knows nothing of himself or how he might behave when truly pressured.” Whenever … Continue reading

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65 Toss Power Trap

Rest Day Read (SR-21) “65 Toss Power Trap” Wearing an NFL Films microphone during Super Bowl IV, Chiefs head coach Hank Stram made one of the classic play calls in NFL history, “65 Toss Power Trap.” Len Dawson recounts, “I’m … Continue reading

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The Pollen Post No. 5: Pollen Theatre

Pleospora and Laccaria Two star crossed young pollens fall in love amidst the violence and feuding of the olive grove outside of Verona.  In a cruel turn, the young pollens come  from deadly, bitter rival pollen families, Pleospora from the … Continue reading

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The Pollen Post No. 4: Pollen Facts

Pollen The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright Pollen are minute grains, usually yellow in color but occasionally white, brown, red, or purple, borne in … Continue reading

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The Pollen Post No. 3: Pollen TV

The Pollen Post No. 3: Pollen TV Pollenfeld (Sitcom) The urban adventures of three young pollens, Grass, Flower and Tree and their wacky neighbor, Mold Spore, are played out in a hilarious show about nothing.  Well, not REALLY about nothing, … Continue reading

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The Pollen Post, No. 2: Ode to Pollen

The Pollen Post 2: Ode to Pollen How do I love thee, pollen? Let me count the ways. Zero.  Naught.  None.  Nunca.   -278°C(0°K).  X/0. There are no ways I love thee, pollen.

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The Pollen Posts No.1

Pollen Post 1: Introduction Today, April 15, 2010, The Coach Hays page is starting a series of outrageously ridiculous posts on pollen.  I can’t remember a spring allergy season (tree pollen, grass pollen, flower pollen, mold spores, pet dander, etc. … Continue reading

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“Tell me, what do you do with witches?”

Rest Day Read (SR-19) Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Scene 5 “Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?” Scene 5. Man alive this is so funny. Being a scientist by profession, this is so … Continue reading

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Easter 2010

2000 years ago, a seemingly insignificant, on-the-fringe carpenter/preacher, rose from the dead and changed our world forever. Happy Easter!

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Music for Good Friday

Ellis Unit One by Steve Earle I heard Ellis Unit One early this morning on the Alt Country station at AOL.  Very powerful song to begin with,  even more powerful in the context of  Good Friday.

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