A Painting by Dove

It struck me that this was a fine painting from back in the day.
Sugar! Sugar!

The trouble with being poor...

Quote of the day.
"The trouble with being poor is it takes up all your time"
William de Kooning

In the twilight of a ..

The Sound of Sunshine

"i wanna go where the summer never ends
with my guitar on the beach there with all my friends
the suns so hot and the waves in motion
and everything smells like sun tan lotion
the ocean, and the girls so sweet
so kick off your shoes and relax your feet
they say that miracles are never seizing
and every single soul needs a little releasing
the sterio bumpin till the sun goes down
and i only wanna hear the sound

that's the sound of sunshine coming down
that's the sound of sunshine coming down"


Michael Franti and Spearhead

Duke Kahanamoku: The Fastest Thing in Water

Duke Kahanamoku: The Fastest Thing in Water
He was a sculling and sweep rowing champion.

Jiminy Cricket might be a liar

Jiminy Cricket



When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.

The Sean Pad

Sean M. K. Dove received an i-pad for his birthday. Lucky guy. This is his thank you to his friends and family.

"Guess what I got and have been loving??? I am fortunate enough to have amazing friends and family that pitched together to get me this lovely ipad. I can't thank everyone involved enough, it was an amazing gift.
The device itself has been great. I've read a ton on it in the last couple weeks. It's really nice to go on amazon and have a book in my hands a moment later. I still really love paper but the shelf space this is saving me and being able to read something on my ipad and then later be on the bus and pick up at the same place in the book on my iphone is pretty amazing.
If I have one bone to pick with it is this evil game called "Angry Birds", it might have ruined my life for about a week. It made me loose sleep, I would play it before bed and then my brain would start thinking like crazy and I would just lay in bed for hours… it got really bad. It's a great game."

Who is the real Winner?

Julia Darnton has blog about her Summer Rowing Adventure

Julia Darnton's Excellent Rowing Adventures


Reflecting

When we crossed the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border early this morning, my stomach churned with anticipation. Tomorrow I will be racing at the United States U-23 trials. I kept thinking to myself. “What a mind blowing concept.” During the hour long car ride to the race course, I reminisced about my beginnings in rowing.

I went to Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, a place where rowing is kind of an undercover sport. During the school day, we spoke in rowing lingo, talking about "feathering," "starboard vs.port," "coxswains," and other rowing terms that the rest of the student body did not understand. At the end of every afternoon, we went down to the simple and rustic boathouse to take thousands of strokes at each practice. Those early evening practices on the Huron River are where I realized that I really loved rowing. Though my high school team didn't have a huge boathouse, and we didn't buy a brand new boat every year, I am so proud of the program that nurtured my passion for this sport.

I attribute the strength and fitness that I've gained to my training at Michigan, and I race for the M every day. But the passion and the fire with which I row was instilled in me by my high school coach, Michael Dove. As I sat in the car this morning, I thought about Coach Dove, a man of few words and much wisdom. Without his guidance, I wouldn't have become a Michigan athlete. During my race on Friday, I'll be racing for Michigan, but I'll also be racing for Coach Dove. With that double dose of passion, I'm definitely excited to see what I can do.

Ready to unleash my Wolverine power,

Julia

Kilometers rowed: 201 kms

Weight lost: 4.6 lbs

Julia ultimately became National Champion in the Women's Intermediate Lighweight 1x this summer. It makes me extremely proud.

Wat! Wat? Wat you tink?

Da kine work sucks man!

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