So, many of you know that I coach a high school baseball team. We aren't very good, but we go out and try and we got progressively better as the season went on. This is my second year as a head coach, and it doesn't get any easier. This year we were 8-21, which was an improvement over last year. We got some good players and we have a kid that, if he puts in the work, is going to be special - so much so that he was the MVP this year as a Freshman.
We had our regional championship this weekend (for those of you readers that are out of state, or used to other formats, in most parts our regionals would be equivalent to your sectionals) and we lost 9-7. I won't bore you with the minutia of the game other than the bomb my CF hit onto Michigan Ave to get us within 2. lord knows we got close, but couldn't get over the hump. I wanted to win so badly, but it wasn't to be. I finish this year knowing that my 7 seniors are in the top 12 in their class and all are going to good schools next year.
see ya around campus
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
About a dozen shy now
So, As readers of this blog know, it started out as my journal of my weight loss trip. That stated out as a bet between my fraternity brothers and I on who could lose the most weight (percentage) by our biannual convention last year. I lost. but not by much, but it helped me start to work on getting fit. I joined a gym, I stopped eating McDonalds and pretty much gave up pop and beer. That got me to lose all of 10 lbs. I was pissed. But, i'm happy to report that I have, since 1/15/08 lost 46 lbs. That rocks.
What have I been doing? Well, i'm been eating less and also trying to work out at least 3x/week. I don't always succeed, but i don't let that little setback get in the way of my goal. I've got a long way to get to where I want to be (not shopping in big/tall stores), but I think that I can get there, and without the surgeon's scalpel. As always, I thank my friends and my family for their support, and for Olivia's biting comments that make me go to the gym (Daddy, you're the biggest Brown Bear I've ever seen...)
What have I been doing? Well, i'm been eating less and also trying to work out at least 3x/week. I don't always succeed, but i don't let that little setback get in the way of my goal. I've got a long way to get to where I want to be (not shopping in big/tall stores), but I think that I can get there, and without the surgeon's scalpel. As always, I thank my friends and my family for their support, and for Olivia's biting comments that make me go to the gym (Daddy, you're the biggest Brown Bear I've ever seen...)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
It's been a long time
So I'm now going to really try and be committed to writing on my blog about 2x/week. I know that I said that during lent, and I failed at that, but I think I can do this. I'm still losing weight (down about 35 lbs over all, but no where near my goal weight. My pants fit better and people notice it in my face, so that's a good thing.
I went to my 20th high school reunion last weekend and it was, to say the least, a blast from the past. It was funny to watch some things occur:
That's all for now, see ya soon
I went to my 20th high school reunion last weekend and it was, to say the least, a blast from the past. It was funny to watch some things occur:
- People falling back into their old cliques from high school
- No real deep conversations -almost every conversation that I either heard or participated in went like this, " Hi. its so good to see you. are you married? do you have any kids?" and moved from there - either into parent zone, or sort of scorn for those who haven't borne any fruit... unless they were living some fab life, and we had some of those.
- people still holding on to whatever baggage they had in HS, and the amazement that they brought it with them to the reunion
That's all for now, see ya soon
Thursday, February 26, 2009
So I've been playing with my webcam and Coming up with some interesting stuff - take a look and tell me what you think
On other fronts, my life is getting better - I'm losing weight ( i think it's the whole "putting less food down the piehole theory" and getting ready for baseball. I've started talking to someone every week about the things that are holding me back and getting me ready to push forward. I'm excited.
One of my goals for lent is to post something here and on my other blogs at least once a week. It'll make the creative side of me move better. see ya on the flip side!
On other fronts, my life is getting better - I'm losing weight ( i think it's the whole "putting less food down the piehole theory" and getting ready for baseball. I've started talking to someone every week about the things that are holding me back and getting me ready to push forward. I'm excited.
One of my goals for lent is to post something here and on my other blogs at least once a week. It'll make the creative side of me move better. see ya on the flip side!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
25 things you didn't know about me
So this sort of thing has been floating around Web 2.0 for a while, so I thought I'd send it to you and there you have it.
1. My Siblings range in age from 26 to 66
2. I learned to drive on a tractor in OK at age 11
3. I carry 3 kennedy half dollars - 1 from 1971, 1 from 2005 and 1 from 2008. and the 1971 piece was carried by my dad everyday until he died.
4. If I could eat only 3 things for ever, they would be Pizza, Italian Beef sandwiches and gummi bears
5. Holly, and only Holly, can tell me this joke and make me laugh - "What's Brown and Sticky?"
6. I'm deathly afraid of clowns
7.I'm the only person in the history of St. Ignatius to be confirmed and take first communion in the 5th floor chapel
8. I have most of the songs on those late-night TimeLife "Glory and Praise CD collections" (I can only imagine; our god is an awesome god) on my ipod and play them at full blast in my car
9. Once, while coaching girls basketball, i made a girl cry simply by pointing.
10. I love Hootie and the Blowfish - I mean like have all of their albums, like long after their were popular.
11.I have at least 1 friend in each of the 50 states
12. My 3 favorite days are: My birthday, Baseball Opening Day and Election Day
13. I have 2 middle names
14. I own over20 bowties
15. In 37 years, I've never gone more than 10 months without having a room mate
16. I love fruity, sweet "girly" drinks
17. My secret dream job is to have my own radio talk show like Roe Conn
18. I know the school Mascots of all 119 D1 football teams
19. I laugh hysterically when I see a dog chasing its own tail
20. I read at least 1 book per week cover to cover
21. My secret crush is Stacy London from TLC's what not to wear and I want to be Clinton Kelly
22. I can recite all of the Schoolhouse Rock rhymes (I'm just a bill...)
23. I played gold against Eldrick C. Woods and Lost my ass
24. I love Hats
25. I would love to live in a hotel for a year
1. My Siblings range in age from 26 to 66
2. I learned to drive on a tractor in OK at age 11
3. I carry 3 kennedy half dollars - 1 from 1971, 1 from 2005 and 1 from 2008. and the 1971 piece was carried by my dad everyday until he died.
4. If I could eat only 3 things for ever, they would be Pizza, Italian Beef sandwiches and gummi bears
5. Holly, and only Holly, can tell me this joke and make me laugh - "What's Brown and Sticky?"
6. I'm deathly afraid of clowns
7.I'm the only person in the history of St. Ignatius to be confirmed and take first communion in the 5th floor chapel
8. I have most of the songs on those late-night TimeLife "Glory and Praise CD collections" (I can only imagine; our god is an awesome god) on my ipod and play them at full blast in my car
9. Once, while coaching girls basketball, i made a girl cry simply by pointing.
10. I love Hootie and the Blowfish - I mean like have all of their albums, like long after their were popular.
11.I have at least 1 friend in each of the 50 states
12. My 3 favorite days are: My birthday, Baseball Opening Day and Election Day
13. I have 2 middle names
14. I own over20 bowties
15. In 37 years, I've never gone more than 10 months without having a room mate
16. I love fruity, sweet "girly" drinks
17. My secret dream job is to have my own radio talk show like Roe Conn
18. I know the school Mascots of all 119 D1 football teams
19. I laugh hysterically when I see a dog chasing its own tail
20. I read at least 1 book per week cover to cover
21. My secret crush is Stacy London from TLC's what not to wear and I want to be Clinton Kelly
22. I can recite all of the Schoolhouse Rock rhymes (I'm just a bill...)
23. I played gold against Eldrick C. Woods and Lost my ass
24. I love Hats
25. I would love to live in a hotel for a year
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A new day is here!
So today is the inaugration of Barack H. Obama. Today we see the change we so richly seek and the destiny of a lifetime fulfilled. For me, it means so much more than just the election of a Black man to the highest office in the land. Today brings the knowledgethat I can look at my 2 children, full of hope and truth and light, and tell them that there is nothing that they cannot achieve.
As the grandson of a man lynched for simply wearing the uniform of his country, a country that he risked his life for countless times - today is special. As the son of a man that, in order to continue to work for a country he loved so much, had to go to court just to achieve that priveledge, today is amazing. As a young man who has been given every opportunity to showcase his potential and sometimes failed miserably, this is a new dawn.
I stand before my friends, family and my God to tell you that today starts a new Chapter in My Life. Marc 2.0 if you will. Many things will stay the same, but over the coming year you will see many new changes. Some of you might cringe at what you see, but know that its all for the best. Some of you might decide that you don't want to "opt-in" to the new Marc...and that's OK too. We've had a good ride and all of you have helped me get this far on my journey.
Enjoy the spectacle of what we, collectively, are about to witness today. We won't see anything like this for a long time.
Marc...
As the grandson of a man lynched for simply wearing the uniform of his country, a country that he risked his life for countless times - today is special. As the son of a man that, in order to continue to work for a country he loved so much, had to go to court just to achieve that priveledge, today is amazing. As a young man who has been given every opportunity to showcase his potential and sometimes failed miserably, this is a new dawn.
I stand before my friends, family and my God to tell you that today starts a new Chapter in My Life. Marc 2.0 if you will. Many things will stay the same, but over the coming year you will see many new changes. Some of you might cringe at what you see, but know that its all for the best. Some of you might decide that you don't want to "opt-in" to the new Marc...and that's OK too. We've had a good ride and all of you have helped me get this far on my journey.
Enjoy the spectacle of what we, collectively, are about to witness today. We won't see anything like this for a long time.
Marc...
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