Minding My Own Beeswax

CLOSED - For now...

2009-11-10T10:14:00.000-08:00

Hello to those of you who frequent the Minding My Own Beeswax blog.

I've been diligently posting to the site since March, 2009 trying to find the right mix of content that (1) allows me to express myself in interesting and meaningful ways, and (2) is of interest to someone. While I think I've found a pretty eclectic mix, I don't think I'm hitting on either of those goals yet. So, I've decided to close up shop until I determine what to do with MMOB.

I will miss the regular activity involved in keeping the blog alive and I hope I'm not leaving too many readers in the lurch. Based on the blog tracking reports I don't think there are but a small handful of you out there watching this space regularly, but maybe I'm wrong. It you are out there, and you are willing to share your thoughts, let me know what you've liked so far and what you think I could do to make the future MMOB more interesting. Just send me an email at jcassee@comcast.net

But, before I go, there is a silver lining. Along the way I started another little blog that has taken root - at least a little - that could turn into something big. It's called Novato Sports and it's something that ties-in with many aspects of my life so it's easy to be passionate about it. For example, all of the baseball and football posting and photoshoots I've been doing for my son Robbie's teams now have an excellent home. But the beautiful thing is it could be a whole lot more, if contributors can take to it in a "grassroots" effort. I guess we'll all have to see how it pans out. Check it out at www.novatosports.blogspot.com and see if it's right for you.

Until later then,

Cheers! - Jason

'09 Football Playoffs - Novato Stingers vs. Esparto Spartans

2009-11-09T13:45:00.000-08:00

Danny Dreher and Ben Putman showing their Novato pride for the playoffs!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Mountain Valley Youth Football League - 2009 PeeWee Division II Playoffs

Game Summary

The first round of the 2009 PeeWee Division II Playoffs for the Mountain Valley League (MVL) of American Youth Football (AYF) took place on Sunday, November 8th in Northern California. The Novato Stingers entered the playoffs seeded first with an official record of 6-1 (7-1 overall). The eighth-seeded Esparto Spartans travelled to the Novato High School field for an 11 AM game on a beautiful sunny day for football.

Novato lost the coin toss and Esparto elected to receive the ball to start the game. Things started off well for the Stingers as Ben Putman (10) returned to action after a 4-game stint on the injured reserve, and promptly stripped the Spartan kick-returner of the ball and Henry Dalton (7) pounced on the fumble to give Novato the ball in Spartan territory. The Stinger Offense quickly established itself as Alec Ball (12) ran the ball for a 28-yard touchdown which Marc Alvarez (21) followed with a 2-point PAT field goal giving Novato a 8-0 lead.

The Novato defense quickly showed its stuff too, holding Esparto to a rapid 4-down and out on their first drive. It was an often repeated theme throughout the rest of the afternoon.

The Stingers second drive went 3-plays, capped by a 15-yard Tommy Sanz (13) pass to a wide-open Robbie Cassée (16) for a touchdown. The PAT attempt was thwarted by Esparto, making it 14-0 for Novato.

After holding Esparto to another 4-and-out, Novato drove the field for another score, this one a 12-yard pass from Sanz to a wide-open Dalton for another six points and a 20-0 lead.

On the Spartans third drive, Novato held tight again for a 4-and-out and then the offense took two plays for another score - this time a 42-yard run by Putman puting the Stingers up 26-0. A significant lead already, early in the second-quarter, and they were only getting warmed up!

The Spartans drove for a first down in their next drive, but the defense held tight once again taking the ball over on downs. Novato's fifth drive again resulted in a score, this time a 10-yard run by Ball and another 2-point kick by Alvarez for a 34-0 lead going into half-time.

Novato received the ball first in the second-half and promptly drove the field again. This time, Angelo Lagomarsino (9) pushed the ball in for a 2-yard score. The Stingers were hit with a big 15-yard penalty on the PAT attempt, pushing them to the 20 yard line. Undaunted, Sanz quickly hit Cassée on a quick out and he barreled his way in for another point and a 41-0 lead.

Things went from bad to worse for the Spartans, as Danny Dreher (5) intercepted the ball on the third play of Esparto's next drive. Novato quickly capitalized again, this time on a 50-yard, sideline-to-sideline scramble by Alvarez, and a 47-0 score.

The Stingers took the ball away again on the next drive when Cassée stripped the ball and Hunter Wegner (18) quickly recovered the fumble. Alvarez scored again, this time on a 35-yard run, and Lagomarsino followed it with a rushing PAT.

The defense made it three-take-aways-in-a-row, when Paul Kunst (24) intercepted a pass on the Spartans next drive. Novato quickly scored again on a 55-yard touchdown run by Ball.

Novato held Esparto to a 4-and-out again and Chris Folsom (25) capped a drive with a 3-yard touchdown run wrapping up the scoring on the day.

"The kids really played well on both sides of the ball today," said Coach John Jones. "The defense locked them down while the offense had a perfect day (10 touchdowns in 10 drives!) We'll work hard again this week to make sure we're ready for round two."

Final Score: Novato Stingers 67, Esparto Spartans 0

Next Up: Southern Marin Broncos

Here's are some photographic highlights from the game:

Ben Putman (10) is back with a vengence, stripping the ball on the opening kick-off

Alec Ball (12) follows Angelo Lagomarsino's (9) block on one of his 3 TD runs

Robbie Cassée (16) running to the end-zone after a catch

Henry Dalton (7) awaits the ball on the way to his touchdown

Marc Alvarez (21) jukes on a 50-yard sideline-to-sideline touchdown run

Cassée strips the ball and Hunter Wegner (18) gets ready to pounce on the ball.

The defense harassing the Spartans again.

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - November 4th

2009-11-04T03:00:00.000-08:00

Today's interesting quotes:

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” Eden Phillpotts

“I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.” Edgar Guest

“The difficulty in life is the choice.” George Moore

“Hollywood is the only place where you can wake up in the morning and hear the birds coughing in the trees.” Joe Frisco

“Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.” Walter Cronkite

“You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.” Will Rogers (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - November 3rd

2009-11-03T03:00:00.000-08:00

Today's interesting quotes:

“Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.” Lucan

“Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant (pictured)

“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.” Vilhjalmur Stefansson

“Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.” Walker Evans

“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.” Andre Malraux

“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” John Bingham

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - November 2nd

2009-11-02T03:00:00.000-08:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on November 2nd

“I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.” Daniel Boone

“Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.” Pat Buchanan

“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” Marie Antoinette

“No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.” James K. Polk

“Every student has the ability to be a successful learner.” Warren G. Harding

“I took a round trip around Hollywood because I think it frightened me. I didn't want to get burned in that glare.” Luchino Visconti (pictured)

“Most people seem to think I'm the kind of guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Actually I'm bookish and worrisome.” Burt Lancaster

“I signed (Sandy) Koufax for fourteen grand and a hot dog.” Al Campanis

“It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.” Rose E. Bird

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 30th

2009-10-30T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 30th

“Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.” Ezra Pound (pictured)

“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” John Adams

“I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again, night after night...the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it." Richard Sheridan

“No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.” Adelaide Anne Procter

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” Paul Valery

“Genius ... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.” Ezra Pound

Cheers! - Jason

Check it Out - Just How Long is a Campbell's Soup Noodle?

2009-10-29T09:44:00.000-07:00

You have to have tongue firmly planted in cheek when talking about this one. Check out this video about the latest Time's Square display showing that there are 32 feet of noodles in every can of Campbell's Chicken Soup. It's certainly an interesting way to bring visibility to one of the other fall classics.

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 29th

2009-10-29T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 29th

“Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.” Jean Giraudoux (pictured)

“He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.” James Boswell

“In much knowledge there is also much grief.” Queen Marie of Romania

“Only the mediocre are always at their best.” Jean Giraudoux

“Wrong is for other people.” Fanny Brice

“It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.” Joseph Paul Goebbels

“The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.” William H. Mauldin

“I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.” John Gotti

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Florin Phantoms - Oct. 24

2009-10-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

The Stingers swarm the Florin Phantoms in Stockton

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary
The Novato Stingers travelled to Stockton for a hot saturday afternoon game against the Florin Phantoms at Weston Ranch High School. Novato won the coin toss and quickly got things rolling on the offensive side with a two-play drive as Alec Ball (12) ran for a 22-yard touchdown only 42 seconds into the game. The PAT attempt was no good so the Stingers were up 6-0.

The Novato defense stopped the first Florin drive flat for a quick 4-and-out to get the ball back. It was a theme that would be repeated throughout the day as the swarming Stinger defense locked-down another opponent.

Novato scored again with another quick two-play drive, capped by a 13-yard Angelo Lagomarsino (9) run and a Danny Dreher (5) recovery in the end-zone for a touchdown. Mark Alvarez (21) kicked a two-point PAT to bring the score to 14-0.

Lagomarsino's ensuing onside kickoff was recovered by Ball and the Stingers were quickly at it again. Chris Folsom (25) back from a three-week layoff for an injury ran the ball 35-yards for a touchdown with 5:39 remaining in the second-quarter. With the addition of another Alvarez two-point PAT, the Stingers were up 22-0.

Novato added another quick score on Florin's next drive when Daylan Birlin (59) intercepted a pass and returned it 10-yards for a touchdown. Folsom ran for the PAT and Novato lead 29-0.

The Stingers would score once more in the first-half, when quarterback Tommy Sanz (13) hit a wide open Robbie Cassée (16) in the end-zone for a 9-yard touchdown with 2:30 remaining in the half. With the score 35-0 the "mercy rule" was invoked meaning the clock would run unstopped for the remainder of the game and that Novato could no longer pass and only run the ball between the tackles.

Novato would have scored once more in the fourth quarter on a 60-yard run by Ball with 6:30 remaining.

The Novato defense returned with a vengeance and held the Phantoms to no-first downs and no points in the game, giving the Stingers seven shutouts on the year.

Final Score: Novato Stingers 35*, Florin Phantoms 0
*mercy rule invoked with 2:30 remaining in the second-quarter

2009 Regular Season Scoring: Novato Stingers 209, Opponents 19

2009 Stingers Regular Season Record: 7-1

Here are some additional photo highlights from the game.

Alec Ball (12) busts loose for the game's first score!

Angelo Lagomarsino (9) pulls a pile of Florin tacklers toward the end-zone...

...and Danny Dreher (5) smothers the loose ball in the end-zone for a TD

Daylan Birlin (59) ruturns a 2nd Quarter interception for a touchdown

Chris Folsom (25) returns to action with a bang with this 35-yard TD run

Robbie Cassée (16) is all alone in the end-zone for a 2nd Quarter TD catch

A Florin runner learns what it's like to run into a swarm of Stingers

...more swarming Stingers piling on a Florin runner

Coach Rich Putman gets soaked in the post-game celebration

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 26th

2009-10-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 26th

“We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring.” Georges Jacques Danton

“Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.” Charles Sprague

“Comment is free but facts are sacred.” Charles Prestwich Scott

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.” Leon Trotsky

“Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.” Mahalia Jackson

"More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth." Napoleon Hill

“Without music, life is a journey through a desert.” Pat Conroy (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

Check it Out - Charmin "Enjoy the Go" Ambassadors

2009-10-22T09:59:00.000-07:00

I came across a really unique job opportunity that I had to share. Since it's in New York city, it's unlikely I'll be the best fit, but check it out - it might just be right for you!

Enjoy the Go job posting: http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 22nd

2009-10-22T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 22nd

“Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?” Curly Howard (pictured)

“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” Sarah Bernhardt

“A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.” Raymond Hitchcock

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." Robert Capa

“Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” Doris Lessing

“Think for yourself and question authority.” Timothy Leary

“If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.” Curly Howard

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 21st

2009-10-21T09:02:00.001-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 21st

"Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.” Alphonse de Lamartine

“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.” Alfred Bernhard Nobel

“Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.” Natalie Clifford Barney

“Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.” Ted Shawn

“Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.” Leo Burnett (pictured)

“Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?” Martin Gardner

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Johnson Warriors - Oct. 18

2009-10-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

Paul Kunst (24) gets behind the Johnson defense for a catch, long-run and TD!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

In their away white jerseys and home black pants, the Stingers hosted the Johnson Warriors on a sunny, cool and windy day at the Novato High School field. Novato won the coin toss and got the ball first and things looked good to start as Alec Ball (12) had a stong return and the Stingers started with excellent field position. But the Warriors held the Stingers to a three-and-out and the game quickly devolved into a defensive struggle. The Stingers threatened to score with the ball inside the Warriors five-yard line, but were unable to do so. At the end of the first quarter the game was still scoreless.

With 6:00 minutes remaining in the second quarter, the vaunted Stingers defense finally yielded their first points of the year, after 25 straight shutout quarters. After a long touchdown run Johnson scored the PAT and Novato was down for the first time all year, 0-7.

The Stingers quickly drove the ball back down the field on a combination of strong running and pass plays culminating with a critical fourth down attempt on the two-yard line. The Johnson line stopped Novato's attempt and took over on their own 1-yard line. Unfortunately, the Johnson running back burst through the middle on the very next play and ran the entire 99-yards for a seconds score. The teams went to half-time with Johnson up 13-0.

Novato came on strong in the second-half, with Johnny Viezcas (82) recovering Angelo Lagomarsino's (9) opening kick-off giving the ball to the Stingers. Novato wasn't able to capitalize and gave the ball back to Johnson. The Novato defense then had a stop when a swarm of defenders combined to strip a Johnson runner of the ball and it ended up in the hands of Hunter Wegner (18). That's when the Novato offense really came alive, with Ball throwing a half-back pass to a streaking Paul Kunst (24) who got behind the Johnson defender, caught a deflected ball and ran for a long touchdown. Mark Alvarez (21) kicked a two-point PAT and Novato was only down 13-8 with 3:10 left in the third quarter.

Novato made a big play on the ensuing kick-off, with Alvarez pouncing on another Lagomarsino onside kick. Alvarez followed it up with a streaking 21-yard run and Novato was seemingly back in control. Only, this time it wasn't meant to be. Novato fumbled on the Johnson 25 and gave back the ball.

In the fourth quarter, Johnson intercepted a long pass and then returned it for their third touchdown of the day with 7:18 left in the game. They missed the PAT, but Novato was down 19-8 and time was running out.

While Novato couldn't pull together another score in the final minutes, defensive lineman Ryan Johnson (54) gave them one last chance with a late fumble recovery in Warrior territory.

"This is a tough loss for us," said Coach John Jones, "but the kids played hard and didn't give up. We really beat ourselves in this one. I guess it will be a good lesson as we look at closing out the regular season next week and prepare for the playoffs."

Final Score: Johnson Warriors 19, Novato Stingers 8

2009 Stingers Record: 6-1

Defensive Points Allowed: 19! (over 7 games)

While the outcome wasn't what we were used to, the game was still exciting. Here are some pictures highlighting the great play during the day.

Quarterback Tommy Sanz (13) rolls out right and throws...

...to a diving Robbie Cassée (16) for a catch during the Stingers second drive

The Stingers give up their first points of the year after 25 shutout quarters

Daniel Hopkins (33) fires up the Stingers at half-time

Johnny Viezcas (82) comes up with his second onside kick in two weeks!

A Novato "swarm" strips the ball and Hunter Wegner (18) ends up with it

Mark Alvarez (21) comes up with an onside kick in the third-quarter

Daronn McCall (14) fights for yards in the fourth-quarter

Ryan Johnson (54) fights for a fumble late in the game

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 20th

2009-10-20T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 20th

"He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.” Mickey Mantle

“Architecture aims at eternity.” Christopher Wren

“Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.” Lord Palmerston

“Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.” Thomas Hughes

“Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.” Alphonse Allais

“Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

“Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.” Arlene Francis

“One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.” Evelyn Waugh

“Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before.” Art Buchwald (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 19th

2009-10-19T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 19th

“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.” John LeCarre (pictured)

“There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.” Leigh Hunt

“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” Lewis Mumford

“Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.” Arleigh Burke

“For me, singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.” Edith Piaf

“I just think success has to be measured by a lot more than test scores.” Bob Sweeney

“The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.” Jack Anderson

“Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.” John LeCarre

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 16th

2009-10-16T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 16th

“Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.” Oscar Wilde (pictured)

“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground.” Noah Webster

“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.” David Ben-Gurion

“There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now.” Eugene O'Neill

“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” Paul Strand

“Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.” Tim McCarver

"I live in fear of not being misunderstood." Oscar Wilde

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October a5th

2009-10-15T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 15th

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” Friedrich Nietzsche (pictured)

“Endure the present, and watch for better things.” Virgil

“O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!” Mikhail Lermontov

"The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself." Friedrich Nietzsche

“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” Henri Bergson

“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” Enrique Jardiel Poncela

“The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.” P. G. Wodehouse

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 14th

2009-10-14T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 14th

“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.” Miles Franklin (pictured)

“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” William Penn

“A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter” George Grenville

“It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.” Miles Franklin

“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.” Katherine Mansfield

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

Cheers! - Jason

Check it Out - Cardboard by Sjors Vervoort

2009-10-13T12:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a very creative stop-motion video I thought you might like.

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 13th

2009-10-13T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 13th

“In England there are sixty different religions, and only one sauce.” Francesco Caracciolo

“Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.” Elias Root Beadle

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” Margaret Thatcher

"My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she is ugly? You're ugly.'" Beverly Johnson

“If a book doesn't grab me in the first chapter, I may not bother with it... As writers we're told that you have to catch readers in the first paragraph, but that is easier said than done.” Edwina Currie

“I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I'm going to be if I grow up.” Lenny Bruce (pictured)

“Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?” Paul Simon

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Rancho Cotate - Round 2 - Oct. 11

2009-10-12T11:00:00.000-07:00

Mark Alvarez (21) on his way to six with a little help from Robbie Cassée (16)

Danny Dreher (5) upends a flying Cougar in the second-half

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

The Stingers hosted the Rancho Cotate Cougars at the Novato High School field for a rare home-and-home opportunity. While the teams have played twice in 15 days, this time the chilly, overcast playing conditions in Novato were in stark contrast to the 100°scorcher in Rohnert Park on September 27th.

The Stingers won the coin toss and elected to take the ball first. The Novato offense wasted no time at all as quarterback Tommy Sanz (13) quickly teamed up with Mark Alvarez (21) for a 42-yard catch and run for at touchdown. Angelo Lagomarsino (9) followed it up with a run for the extra point and the Stingers were up 7-0 after two plays.

Things only got better for Novato as Johnny Viezcas (82) recovered an onside kick-off and the Stinger offense was at it again. After a quick drive down the field, Alvarez ran the ball in from the 3-yard line for his, and the team's, second touchdown of the day.

With Novato up 13-0 the second quarter proved to be a tight defensive struggle, with the teams exchanging the ball on downs a few times before the Stingers broke through again after a long drive. Lagomarsino walked into the end-zone for a score at 2:30 left in the half and Sanz hooked up with tight-end Robbie Cassée (16) for a catch and run for the PAT. The teams left the field at half-time with Novato up 20-0.

Novato came out strong again in the second-half, with the defense giving up only two more first down, for a total of three on the day. After holding the Cougars on their opening drive, Novato quickly scored again, this time on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Sanz to a streaking Cassée who was wide-open down the middle of the field. Alec Ball (12) ran the ball in for the PAT and a 27-0 lead.

The Stingers closed out the scoring with 1:30 left in the third-quarter on a 15-yard touchdown run by Ball. With the score at 33-0 the "mercy" rule was invoked for the fourth straight game and the game wound down quickly under a running clock.

"I'm really proud of the guys today," said head coach John Jones. "We were down a couple of key players today and the team really stepped it up to cover for them. Some of our regulars elevated their game and a few others filled in with some great play. Like I told the kids all week, we have good players and even though we have a few guys out, we can continue to win if we work together."

Final Score: Novato Stingers 33*, Rancho Cotate Cougars 0
* Mercy rule invoked with just over a minute left in the third-quarter

2009 Stingers Record: 6-0

Defensive Points Allowed So Far: 0 !!!!!

Johnny Viezcas (82) comes up with the ball on our 1st kick-off

Mark Alvarez (21) sheds another tackle on the way to his second TD

Robbie Cassée (16) hauls in a Tommy Sanz pass on the way to six

Angelo Lagomarsino (9) pushes his way in for six

Alec Ball (12) has the goal-line in sight!

Daronn McCall (14) runs for a bunch in the third-quarter

Hunter Wegner (18) gets mauled from behind by a Cougar

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 12th

2009-10-12T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 12th

“Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.” Aleister Crowley

“We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.” Ramsay MacDonald

“But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it.” Ralph Vaughan Williams

“Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.” Eugenio Montale

“Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.” Arna Bontemps

“The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others” Grayson Kirk (pictured)

“The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for old pitchers...” Alice Childress

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 9th

2009-10-09T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 9th

“History is philosophy teaching by example.” Dionysius

“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.” Lewis Cass

“You may have the universe if I may have Italy” Giuseppe Verdi

“Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave.” Samuel Hoffenstein

“Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.” Ivo Andric

“Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.” John Pilger (pictured)

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” John Lennon

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 8th

2009-10-08T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 8th

“Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.” Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

“Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.” William E. Vaughan

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” Frank Herbert

“The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.” Rona Barrett

“If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.” Jesse Jackson

“Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo.” Chevy Chase

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” John W. Gardner (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 7th

2009-10-07T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 7th

“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” James Whitcomb Riley

“A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once. But a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over.” Joe Hill

“The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.” Niels Bohr

“Just like Santa Claus, a farmer works all year on a commodity, and at the end of the year he gives it all away.” Ronald Dawson

“Expect the worst and you won't be disappointed.” Helen MacInnes (pictured)

“Am I the same girl? Yes, I am... Although I have changed.” Martha Stewart

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 6th

2009-10-06T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 6th

“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.” George Lorimer

“The home should be the treasure chest of living.” Le Corbusier

“A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.” Caroline Gordon

“I live by a man's code, designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.” Carole Lombard

“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.” Thor-Heyerdahl

“I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Fannie Lou Hamer

“People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.” Robert Mitchum (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Esparto Spartans - Oct. 4

2009-10-05T11:36:00.000-07:00

Chris Folsom (25) strips the ball on the Spartans opening drive!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

The Stingers played their second home game of the season, this time against the Esparto Spartans on a warm, breezy day at Novato High School. In a rare change-of-pace, the team wore their white "away" jerseys with the "home" black pants to better offset the dark blue Spartans uniforms. What did not change was the way the Stingers defense swarmed the opposition. While allowing only three first-downs on the day, Novato held Esparto scoreless, making it five straight shut-outs for the Stingers.

And while the defense held firm, the offense was off and running early. After winning the coin toss, Novato elected to receive the ball and quickly drove the field. Ben Putman (10) ran for a quick 2-yard touchdown and followed it up with a rushing PAT giving the Stingers a 7-0 lead.

Not to be outdone, the defense quickly took the ball back when Chris Folsom (25) stripped the ball and Robbie Cassée (16) pounced on the fumble.

It got ugly from there, as speedy Alec Ball (12) racked-up rushing touchdowns of 13, 60 and 30-yards to give the Stingers a 28-0 lead by early in the second quarter. With 1:30 left in the first-half, Mark Alvarez (21) scored on a 60-yard catch and run for a touchdown bringing the score to 34-0 and invoking the "mercy rule" for the third-straight game. That meant no more "official" scoring for either team, and the Stingers could only run the ball between the tackles while the clock would run without stopping for the rest of the game.

While quick, the second-half was more of the same, with the Stingers defense holding firm, and the offense moving the ball on the ground. On their second drive of the half, Putman ran the ball 15-yards into the end-zone with 1:10 left in the third quarter officially not-scoring what would have been another 6 points. He actually had to do it twice because the first time it he was called back for running outside the tackle, negating the play.

In all, another commanding performance by the entire Stingers team who were playing a little short-handed with two starters out for the game.

"The kids played great again today," said head coach John Jones after the game. "Next week, we'll line 'em up and play hard again. These guys just don't let up, which is good because we're sure to face some stiff competition as we work through the second-half of the season."

Final Score: Novato Stingers 34*, Esparto Spartans 0

2009 Stingers Record: 5-0

Defensive Points Allowed: 0 !!!!!

* The mercy rule was invoked before the end of the first-half

Ben Putman (10) on the first of his two end-zone runs of the day.

Alec Ball (12) rushing for one of his three touchdowns on the day.

Mark Alvarez (21) caps a 60-yard catch and run for the score.

Robbie Cassee (16) and Hunter Wegner (18) harass the Spartan QB

Paul Kunst (24) tackles a Spartan for a loss.

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 5th

2009-10-05T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 5th

“I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days.” Bill Dana

“There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.” Denis Diderot

“I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.” Chester A. Arthur

“That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey.” John Erskine

“Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o'clock in the morning and knows it is the milkman and not the Gestapo.” Georges Bidault

“Personally, I thought Curly was the greatest because he was a natural comedian who had no formal training. Whatever he did he made up on the spur of the moment.” fellow stooge Larry Fine (pictured)

“Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.” Ray Kroc

“If you can't return a favor, pass it on.” Louise Brown

“The pain goes away on payday.” Larry Fine

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 2nd

2009-10-02T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 2nd

"I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book." Groucho Marx (pictured)

“The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study” William Ramsay

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.” Cordell Hull

“After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.” Wallace Stevens

“It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?” Bud Abbott

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” Groucho Marx

“Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.” Bil Keane

“When we are not sure, we are alive.” Graham Greene

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 1st

2009-10-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 1st

“A book is the only immortality.” Rufus Choate

“Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.” Annie Besant

“She has something to say about what life is like-which is all we ask of poetry.” Louis Untermeyer

“Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.” Faith Baldwin

“Perfection itself is imperfection.” Vladimir Horowitz

“Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.” Fletcher Knebel

“I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.” Daniel J. Boorstin (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 30th

2009-09-30T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 30th

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.” Angiel Dickinson

“I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency.” Deborah Kerr

“Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.” Truman Capote (pictured)

“My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.” Robin Roberts

“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.” Truman Capote

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” Elie Wiesel

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” Truman Capote

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 29th

2009-09-29T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 29th

“There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.” Enrico Fermi

“Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Right now (the team is) a zombie. Do we have a four game road trip? Honestly, I couldn't tell you. We just play, play, play.” Derek Thomas

“To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.” Michael Servetus

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavendra

“Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.” Horatio Nelson (pictured)

“A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.” Elizabeth Gaskell

“A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.” Miguel de Unamuno

“I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing all the time.” Greer Garson

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Rancho Cotate - Sept. 27

2009-09-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

Novato players wear their game stickers with pride.

The Novato Stingers defense again held the opponents scoreless!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

The Stingers descended upon the grass turf at Mountain Shadows Middle School for 2:00 PM game against the Rancho Cotate Cougars. With the game time the temperature approaching 100 degrees it promised to be a scorcher.

The Broncos won the coin toss and elected to take the ball first. This meant the Novato defense had the opportunity to quickly establish itself again with couple of solid defensive stops and an Alec Ball (12) interception of a short pass in Rancho Cotate territory. The Stinger offense took advantage of the field position with a short drive and a Ben Putman (10) touchdown run for 10 yards followed by a 2-point PAT kick by Mark Alvarez (21) (Note: at this level the kicking PATs are worth 2-points and the running PATs are worth 1 point). Stingers up 8-0 early.

After another stingy defensive stand, Novato got the ball back deep in Cougar territory. Ball quickly took the ball 27 yards for a touchdown. The PAT kick was low, making it 14-0.

Heading to the second-quarter, the defense held again, capped by Robbie Cassée's (16) blocked punt giving the Stingers the ball back in Cougar territory. Ball quickly ran the ball to the 2, setting up quarterback Tommy Sanz's (13) first touchdown of the year. Alvarez followed it up with another 2-point PAT kick giving Novato a 22-0 lead at half-time.

The second-half proved no different for Novato with a strong opening drive capped by Alvarez's 40-yard touchdown run to make the score 28-0.

Following a Cougar fumble with 2:45 left in the third-quarter, the Stingers drove the field again culminating in Ball's 7-yard touchdown run to bring the score to 34-0, invoking the "mercy rule" again.

With the scoring capped, the Stingers would have scored again on their last play, a 60-yard run by Putman, but the buzzer sounded for a hard-fought 34-0 Novato win.

While the entire defense made the difference all day, Gene Peugh-Wade (8), Hunter Wegner (18) and Chris Fulsom (25) stood out for exceptional plays.

Final Score: Novato Stingers 34, Rancho Cotate Cougars 0

2009 Stingers Record: 4-0

Defensive Points Allowed So Far: 0 !!!!!

Gene Peugh-Wade (8) makes a spectacular tackle in the 2nd Quarter

Hunter Wegner (18) sacks the Cougar quarterback.

Ben Putman (10) dives in for the first TD of the game

Tommy Sanz (13) lines up over center before diving in for a TD

Mark Alvarez (21) runs for a TD - he also accounted for 4 points kicking PATs.

Alec Ball (12) runs for his first of two TDs on the day.

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 28th

2009-09-28T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 28th

“I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware.” Diosdado Macapagal

“I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.” John Sayles (pictured)

“Touch but a cobweb in Westminster Hall, and the old spider of the law is out upon you with all his vermin at his heels.” Henry Fox

“Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.” Georges Clemenceau

“It does make a difference what you call things.” Kate Douglas Wiggin

“As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work.” Avery Brundage

“Of such extraordinary doings are champions made.” Ed Sullivan

“Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.” Stephen Spender

“The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.” Al Capp

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 25th

2009-09-25T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 25th

“The man who invented the zip fastener was today honoured with a lifetime peerage. He'll now be known as the Lord of the Flies.” Robbie Barker (pictured)

“A blunderer is a man who starts a meat market during Lent.” James Montgomery Bailey

“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.” William Faulkner

“The natural habitat of the tongue is the left cheek.” Red Smith

“When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.” Robert Bresson

“I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.” Phil Rizzuto

“The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on.” Ronnie Barker

“If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!” Shel Silverstein

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 24th

2009-09-24T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 24th

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” Horace Walpole

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” John Marshall

“What matters it if they do forget the singer, so they don't forget the song.” Frances Watkins Harper

“If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.” Florence Scovel Shinn

“Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result” Tommy Armour

“The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep” Alan Herbert

“We arg'ed the thing at breakfast, we arg'ed the thing at tea, And the more we arg'ed the question, the more we didn't agree” Will Carleton

“Man never has what he wants, because what he wants is everything.” C.F. Ramuz

“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” F. Scott Fitzgerald (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 23rd

2009-09-23T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 23rd

“You always pass failure on the way to success.” Mickey Rooney (pictured)

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.” Walter Lippman

“An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.” Baroness Orczy

“One of the first and most important things for a critic to learn is how to sleep undetected in the theater.” William Archer

“I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or time.” Louise Nevelson

“If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.” Jaroslav Seifert

“A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short.” Mickey Rooney

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 22nd

2009-09-22T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 22nd

“The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.” Bob Lemon (pictured)

“Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.” Lord Chesterfield

“The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.” Michael Faraday

“Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself.” Paul Muni

“Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.” David Riesman

“Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs.” Martha Scott

“Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.” Bob Lemon

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Napa Raiders - Sept. 19

2009-09-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

Ronnie Lott poses with the Novato Stingers at half-time

Mark Alvarez (21) kicks for a 2-point PAT. Alvarez accounted for 11-points on the day!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

The Novato Stingers swarmed the new field at Napa's Silverado Middle School and kept their unblemished record alive with another great performance. The defense was outstanding again holding Napa scoreless and four different Stingers came up with big interceptions on the day. The first was a huge take-away by Danny Dreher (5) who then ran the ball for a touchdown in the first quarter. Not to be oudone, Dreher's defensive teammates Jordan Polera (6), Henry Dalton (7) and Paul Kunst (24) all had interceptions of their own during the game.

As good as the defense continues to be, the offense was equally up to the task on this sunny day in the wine-country. The scoring starting on the first drive with a Tommy Sanz (13) to Robbie Cassée (16) touchdown pass up the middle. Both that touchdown and the ensuing interception and return by Dreher were followed by 2-point PATs by Mark Alvarez (21) puting Novato up 16-0 early in the first quarter.

The Stingers scored almost at will in the first half. Touchdown runs by Alec Ball (12) and Ben Putman (10) were followed up with 1-point PATs on a run by Alvarez and another catch by Cassée to make it 30-0 in the second quarter. Alvarez capped the official scoring with a long touchdown run down the left sideline to close the first half with the Stingers up 36-0.

Half-time included a once-in-a-lifetime opportuniy, with former San Francisco Forty-Niner and Oakland Raider great Ronnie Lott paying a visit to watch Novato in action. The players all lined up to shake Ronnie's hand and then had the chance to say hello and get a signature. While the boys may not have fully appreciated the greatness they were meeting, their parents certainly did, so it was a very special day.

With Novato scoring over 30 points, the "mercy rule" was invoked in the second half so the Stingers were limited to running the ball between the tackles, no passing and no further official point scoring. That didn't keep the Stinger offense from crossing into the end-zone a few more times though. The first was a unique opportunity for offensive lineman Brandon Caamal (43) on a fumble recovery and run to the end-zone for a should-have-been touchdown. And the final was a long run by Chris Fulsom (25) to daylight in the fourth quarter.

And through it all the Stinger defense was stingy once again and didn't give up a point all day. That means the swarming "D" has only given 11 first downs, TOTAL, in three games!

Defensive standouts of note included Eugene Peugh-Wade, Sean McDevitt, Willie Cesterollo, Johnny Viezcas, Ryan Johnson, Hunter Wegner and Daylan Birlin.

Offensive standouts included Michael Sumpter-Blakely, Andrew Larkin, Joseph Navarro, Leonardo Madrigal, Moses Johnson and Anthony Balestreiri.

Final Score: Novato Stingers 36*, Napa Raiders 0
Stingers Record: 3-0

* The mercy rule was invoked at the end of the second quarter

Here are some additional highlight photos from the game:

Robbie Cassée (16) catches it for 6-points to start the scoring on the day.

Danny Dreher (5) scores after picking the ball off in the first quarter.

Alec Ball (12) on his way to a touchdown

Ben Putman (10) scores another touchdown in the second quarter.

Paul Kunst (24) comes down with an interception in the fourth quarter.

Brandon Caamal (43) crosses the end-zone to "score" in the third quarter

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 21st

2009-09-21T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 21st

“Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame.” Edmund Gosse

“The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.” H. G. Wells (pictured)

“Music-making as a means of getting money is hell.” Gustav Holst

“Everything beautiful has its moment and then passes away.” Luis Cernuda

“One can judge a civilization by the way it treats its women.” Helen Foster Snow

“It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else.” Kwame Nkrumah

“Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.” Chuck Jones

“A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.” Lance Morrow

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 18th

2009-09-18T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 18th

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.” Samuel Johnson

“Be brief, be pointed, let your matter stand lucid in order, solid and at hand; spend not your words on trifles but condense; strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense; press to the close with vigor, once begun." Joseph Story

“Pen and ink is wit's plough.” John Clarke

“Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.” Harold Clurman

“The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.” Agnes De Mille

“Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.” Rick Pitino

“I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?” James Gandolfini (pictured)

“Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?” Greta Garbo

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 17th

2009-09-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 17th

“He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.” Quevedo

“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” Marquis de Condorcet

“It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.” William Carlos Williams

“Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.” Warren E. Burger

“I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.” Chaim Herzog

“It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal.” Stirling Moss

“If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.” Gabriel Heatter (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 16th

2009-09-16T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 16th

“You don't have to want to, you just have to do it.” Andrew Law

“There is no gilding of setting sun or glamour of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers wives.” Hamlin Garland

“The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.” Alfred Noyes

“Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.” Karen Horney

“Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.” Nadia Boulanger

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“When people are smiling they are most receptive to almost anything you want to teach them.” Allen Funt (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 15th

2009-09-15T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 15th

“The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.” François de la Rochefoucauld

“Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.” James Fenimore Cooper (pictured)

“Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.” William Howard Taft

“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” Robert Benchley

“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.” Agatha Christie

“Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.” Claude McKay

“Venus is now astrologically square with Pluto. That means there isn't a hip planet left.” Jim Critchfield

“Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.” Roy Acuff

“I reckon I tried everything on the old apple (baseball), but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping." Gaylord Perry

“When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.” Creighton Abrams

Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Southern Marin Broncos - Sept. 13

2009-09-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

The Stingers brought crunching, swarming defense all day long!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

The Novato Stingers played their first home game of the season against cross-county rival, the Southern Marin Broncos, a strong team that went undefeated last year. The game started off well with the Stingers getting the ball first and then marching down the field under the fine quarterbacking of Tommy Sanz and a pesky running game. After pounding the ball on the ground, tight-end Robbie Cassée found himself wide open down the middle for a 20-yard touchdown pass from Sanz. Half-back Ben Putman put the on the finishing touch running for the PAT and Novato had the early lead 7-0.

That's when the Stinger defense got it's first chance of the day. With solid play by the defensive line, they held the Broncos in check and quickly got the ball back for the offense. And it was a routine that would be repeated throughout the day.

After Daylan Birlin recovered the ball when the Broncos mishandled a second quarter punt, the Stingers again drove the field and this time the running game did all the work. The capper was a long run by running-back Angelo Lagomarsino who took the ball around the right end and banged his way through four Bronco tacklers to get into the end-zone for a touchdown.

Novato left the field at half-time with a hard fought 13-0 lead.

The good news in the second-half was Novato wasn't through on the offense side of the ball. Putman took the ball around the left side and wove his way through the Bronco defense for a touchdown on a long run in the third quarter.

The scoring was capped in the third-quarter when running-back Alec Ball ripped off a long run to the left side for another touchdown.

As good as the Stinger offense was, it was the defense that provided the difference in the game. Building on the first-half performance, both the Black and the Gold defenses combined to hold the Broncos to a total of three first-downs and no scoring on the day. Swarms of Novato tacklers converged on every Southern Marin player who handled the ball, and there were no significant penalties to detract from the performance on the field.

"I really liked what I saw from the defensive today," said Stinger head-coach John Jones. "The boys really set a tone today and shut down a really good offense all day!"

Final Score: Novato Stingers 25, Southern Marin Broncos 0

2009 Stingers Record: 2-0

Robbie Cassée is all alone for a catch and run for a touchdown

Daylan Birlin comes up with the ball after a Bronco fumble

Angelo Lagomarsino crosses the end-zone after running over 4 tacklers

Ben Putman eyeing the end-zone on his way to a long touchdown

Alec Ball leads a herd of Broncos to the end-zone

Coach John Jones enjoys the Stingers second win of the season

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 14th

2009-09-14T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 14th

“You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.” Jerry Coleman

“The real hope of the world lies in putting as painstaking thought into the business of mating as we do into other big businesses.” Margaret Sanger

“Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.” Jan Masaryk

“I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again.” Clayton Moore AKA The Lone Ranger

“Geography is about maps, but Biography is about chaps.” Eric Bentley

“I keep my eyes clear and I hit 'em where they ain't.” Willie Keeler (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 13th

2009-09-13T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 13th

“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” John J. Pershing

“I am a lover and have not found my thing to love.” Sherwood Anderson

“I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.” Pierre Reverdy

“You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.” Nell Carter

“There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.” J. B. Priestley

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” Roald Dahl (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 12th

2009-09-12T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 12th

“If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of ten times.” Anselm Feuerbach

“Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop.” Henry Louis Mencken

“Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.” Maurice Chevalier

“An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.” Ben Shahn (pictured)

“Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.” Jesse Owens

“Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.” Charles Dudley Warner

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 11th

2009-09-11T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 11th

“More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.” James Thomson

“A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.” O. Henry

“The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.” James Jeans

“I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.” D. H. Lawrence

“Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.” Ed Sabol

“Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.” Tom Landry

“There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.” Paul "Bear" Bryant (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 10th

2009-09-10T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 10th

“Dare to be wrong and to dream.” Friedrich von Schiller

“In the matter of ideas the public prefer the cheap and nasty.” Charles Sanders Peirce

“I've learned of life this bitter truth: hope not between the crumbling walls of mankind's gratitude to find repose, but rather, build within thy own soul fortresses!” Georgia Douglas

“Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.” Elsa Schiaparelli

“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.” George Bataille

“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” Arnold Palmer (pictured)

“It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.” Roger Maris

“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.” Charles Kuralt

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 9th

2009-09-09T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 9th

“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” Leo Tolstoy

“People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.” Mary Austin

“There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.” Colonel Harland Sanders (pictured)

“To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.” Beverley Nichols

“Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.” James Hilton

“You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.” Joseph E. Levine

“Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” Arthur Freed

Cheers! - Jason

Running Log - 7 Miles in Novato

2009-09-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

Today it was slow and steady on another go round on the shorter loop from my house. I returned on Atherton yet again so I could make it back up the final hill. I felt okay today, but I stopped briefly on the final hill to catch my breath. All-in-all it felt good to just get out for a nice run today.

Distance: 7 miles

Time: 70 minutes - early-afternoon

Weather: Sunny, hot

On the iPod: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Cheers! - Jason

The Reading Table - Tim Severin's Viking: Odinn's Child

2009-09-08T10:00:00.000-07:00

Odinn's Child - the first book in Viking trilogy - By Tim Severin

I actually finished this book over a month ago but as it took me nearly three months to read it in small snatches of time between other things, it seems appropriate that it has taken so long to do my review.

Odinn's Child is written as a memoir of Thorgils Leifsson, son of famous explorer Leif the Lucky, laying out his childhood and teen years. The story is found in a monastary, the product of the supposed priest Thangbrand, who is yet another of Thorgils' personas, culminating a life of adventure.

Tim Severin interweaves first-century life in Iceland, Greenland, and even Vinland (pre-Columbus north America), in outlining Thorgils earliest years. By the age of ten, he has travelled more than most do in a lifetime, and he's just getting started. After losing his father and mother, Thorgils ultimately sets out on his own and heads east towards Ireland and Scotland. There he serves a dog handler, a slave, an apprentice in a monastery, and finally, as a student of the brithemain Eochaid.

While the writing is somewhat stolid and dry, you cannot help but be caught up in the constantly twisting and turning storyline. Severin is at his best describing the minutiae of daily life and what he lacks in conversational style, he more than compensates for with detail and thorough historical demonstration.

All in all, a decent read but a little uninspiring. Severin has nowhere near the storytelling prowess of Bernard Cornwell, nor is he as fluid or meticulous as Michael Curtis Ford or Stephen Pressfield, but he does paint a tidy story that can stand on its own. I look forward to getting to the rest of the trilogy, but I don't think it will be anytime soon given the wealth of other books I am excited about on my reading table now.

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 8th

2009-09-08T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 8th

“The biggest dog has been a pup.” Joaquin Miller

“Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.” Alfred Jarry

“You really have to get to know Dewey to dislike him.” Roberta A. Taft

“Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.” Siegfried Sassoon

“Composers shouldn't think too much it interferes with their plagiarism.” Howard Dietz

“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” Swami Sivananda

“There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed.” Peter Sellers

“The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, HE was a genius.” Sid Caesar (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 7th

2009-09-07T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 7th

“The past cannot be cured.” Queen Elizabeth I of England

“Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together.” George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” Grandma Moses (pictured)

“To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard

“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” Dame Edith Sitwell

“Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.” Taylor Caldwell

“The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.” Elia Kazan

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 6th

2009-09-06T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quote for a lazy Sunday morning:

"I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed, unless the billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all."
- Ogen Nash, Song of the Open Road

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 5th

2009-09-05T03:00:00.001-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 5th

“Life is a game. In order to have a game something has to be more important than something else. If what already is, is more important than what isn't the game is over. So, life is a game in which what isn't is more important than what is. Let the good times roll.” Werner Erhard

“Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.” Cardinal Richelieu

“Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.” Louis XIV

“If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.” Daryl F. Zanuck

“The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.” Jack Valenti

“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.” Arthur Koestler

“This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.” Bob Newhart

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.” John Cage (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

Running Log - 7.9 Miles in Novato

2009-09-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

I did my favorite loop from my house: up the hill, out School to Atherton, then much of the way down Olive, crossing back over Chase/Cherry/Armstrong to Atherton, then out Binford and along the marsh and through the cemetary, up Bugeia/Bahia and then all the way up the hill home. For the first time this week I felt strong all the way through, even up the final hills. All-in-all another good day on both the dirt and pavement.

Distance: 7.9 miles

Time: 80 minutes - evening

Weather: Sunny, warm

On the iPod: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 4th

2009-09-04T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 4th

“The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can be imitated by none.” Francois R. Chateaubriand

“One sweetly solemn thought, Comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, Than I ever have been before” Phoebe Cary

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.... Make big plans... aim high in hope and work.” Daniel H. Burnham

“All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.” Antonin Artaud

“Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.” Mary Renault

“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.” Richard Wright

“In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” Paul Harvey (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 3rd

2009-09-03T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 3rd

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.” Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.” Sarah Orne Jewett

“Form follows function.” Louis Henri Sullivan

“This is going to be good.” Urho Kekkonen

“We women don't care too much about getting our pictures on money as long as we can get our hands on it.” Ivy Baker Priest

“Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.” Loren Eiseley

“Seven days without laughter makes one weak.” Mort Walker (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

Running Log - 6 Miles in Bahia

2009-09-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, Lucky, the Jack Russell Terrier was one happy camper again tonight. He went with me on the waterside trail in Bahia for another 6 mile loop of pure, heavenly dust and dirt. A great way to end the day.

Distance: 6 miles

Time: 60 minutes - evening

Weather: Sunset, cool and windy

On the iPod: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 2nd

2009-09-02T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 2nd

“Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.” Henry George

“Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.” Eugene Field

“One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.” Paul Bourget

“I can't take a well-tanned person seriously.” Cleveland Amory

“Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.” Peter Ueberroth

“The first casualty of war is truth.” Hiram Johnson

“You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office... It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.” John Dean (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - September 1st

2009-09-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on September 1st

“Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.” Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.” Elizabeth Harrison

“Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.” Kin Hubbard

“Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?” Rocky Marciano

“I write to escape ... to escape poverty.” Edgar Rice Burroughs (pictured)

“Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.” Victoria Holt

“I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.” Ann Richards

“If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.” Walter Reuther

“Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia.” Vittorio Gassman

“The road to success is always under construction.” Lily Tomlin

Cheers! - Jason

Running Log - 6 Miles in Bahia

2009-08-31T20:43:00.000-07:00

Tonight, I did a shorter loop along the marsh in Bahia with my dog Lucky, the Jack Russell Terrier. He was so happy that he looked a lot like the little guy in the picture here. Lucky has more of a broken coat and has black on his head, but I thought the smile and the tongue were pretty close.

When I wasn't laughing at Lucky, I was enjoying the sunset and fading light as I ran out from the base of Bahia, where Topaz starts at the end of Bahia Drive, and back. In all, it was a 6 mile loop of pure dust and dirt, and easy going the whole way. A lot of gentle up and down, but no daunting hill at the end made for a smooth and easy run. A great way to end the day and the month of August.

Distance: 6 miles

Time: 60 minutes - evening

Weather: Sunset, cool and windy

On the iPod: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Central Marin Chargers - Aug. 30

2009-08-31T10:42:00.000-07:00

Robbie Cassee catches a pass from Tommy Sanz to open the game!

I spent yesterday afternoon taking photos at the Novato vs. Central Marin youth football games. While I had a great time on the sidelines, I ended up getting a lot more sun than I needed. I think my forehead is going to peel later this week.

The photos from the Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site. I also took pictures during the Novato Yellow Jackets game and those photos are posted on the Novato Yellow Jackets Football Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

The Novato Stingers opened their 2009 season with a hard-fought 14-0 win over the Central Marin Chargers at Terra Linda High School. After a promising opening play for a 25-yard completion over the middle from quarterback Tommy Sanz to tight-end Robbie Cassée, the game devolved into a tight, defensive struggle and the game was tied 0-0 at half-time.

The Stingers opened it up in the third-quarter with a strong drive capped by a rushing touchdown by half-back Ben Putman and a Sanz-to-Putman-to-Daniel “Hoppy” Hopkins rushing point-after-touchdown (PAT). On the following drive, Novato scored after another drive on a long pass from Sanz to Cassée in the end-zone. Putman rushed around the left side untouched for the second PAT pushing the score to 14-0.

Novato nearly scored again on an interception by cornerback Alec Ball, but a blocking in the back penalty brought the ball back to the point of the turnover.

“This is a great way to start our season,” said head-coach John Jones. Jones also pointed out that “our kids played a complete game against a really tough opponent today.”

Game standouts included the entire Novato defense, which held the Chargers to only one first-down all day and the Stingers offensive-line which effectively protected the quarterback and opened up many holes for a swarm of Novato runners. The Stingers starting offensive-line is Sam Mina (C), Daniel Hopkins (G), Ryan Johnson (T), Johnny Viezcas (T) and John “J.P.” Hernandez (G). The equally effective second-string is Brandon Camal (C), Anthony Balestrieri (T), Leondardo Madrigal (G), Joseph Navarro (G) and Drew Larkin (T).

Final Score: Novato Stingers 14, Central Marin Chargers 0

Here are some additional photo highlights from the game.

Coach Jones gets his players fired up before the game

The Stringers swarm Central Marin, holding them to one first-down all day!

Ben Putman going in to score the first points of the day

Robbie Cassee makes the catch for a touchdown

Alec Ball after making the interception

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - August 31st

2009-08-31T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on August 31st

“He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life” Johann Kaspar Lavater (pictured)

“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.” Felix Frankfurter

“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor” William Cowper

“He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero” Johann Kaspar Lavater

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - August 30th

2009-08-30T03:00:00.000-07:00

Today's interesting quotes from people born on August 30th

“We are tomorrow's past.” Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.” Ernest Rutherford

“One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.” Huey Long

“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.” John Gunther

“I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.” Ted Williams

“It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.” Denis Healey (pictured)

Cheers! - Jason