The Chair

Strenght Through Temptation



No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.

 God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability,

 but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape,

 that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

Gamecock WBB

What an exceptional season this has been for the women’s basketball team at the University of South Carolina. Often great players don’t always turn out to be great coaches. The communication, managerial and motivation skills are often thought of as a given. However many a great players end up pushing too hard or not enough (49ers ex Head Coach Mike Singletary comes to mind). Coach Dawn Staley learned quickly that no player on her team plays exactly like she did or my never will. Everybody has their own way of doing things. It’s up to a coach and his/her staff to recognize and develop them to do the best that they can do. I have watched players on this women’s basketball team advance with skills quickly through trial and errors. The building block has been defense as an individual. One on one each of one of the seniors will find a way to dominate their opponent. This not only helps them win it also shows the underclass what to do.

I like what Coach Staley has done. Well…what she is doing because they are still playing in March. I have been a Gamecock fan for a long time but I have never seen this much excitement about women’s basketball. It’s Sweet….16 that is. Good luck women.

Red Ribbon

Thanks To A Classy Guy Derrick Fisher

As a long time Laker fan I can only give well-wishes to Derrick Fisher. I have never watched a game where I can say that he didn't give all that he had. Unfortunately time catches up with us all. Believe me I know. The mind is willing but the body can only do with what it has left. The saying you are as only as old as you think... Well, that's a good motivator if you're playing marbles or spades. However, to compete on a nightly basis in a league of professional ball playas is a totally different world. Fifteen years takes its toil. I would hate to see the study of what the body is actually like after that many years of pounding up and down the court. Most real playas are well compensated for that but still it doesn't make it feel any better. As Magic or look at Sir Charles.

Well anyway…Thanks again Mr. Fisher it's been a great run.

Savior of the World by da Vinci

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci that was lost for centuries has been authenticated by distinguished scholars in the United States and Europe and will be exhibited at London’s National Gallery as part of a Leonardo show that opens November 9, ARTnews has learned.

Mutiny On The West Coast

All I have to say is just shut up and play ball.

Let me answer for Coach Brown.

What does triangle has to do with bad defense?

The World On A Platter

Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'" Luke

Pickup Truck

"Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,

 give careful attention to your herds."

Proverbs 27:23

My Sheep Know My Voice

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish , neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying , For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John 10: 27-33

Panda Under The Moon