October 27
I don’t appear to be making much headway in my backlog, but I’ve finally made it to Homecoming. ~ Me
I’m still a month behind and wondering if I’m ever going to catch up. ~ Me
[Certainly one of my all-time favorite photos. This is Denali (nee Mt. McKinley) in Alaska shot at midnight on the summer solstice, June 21, 2008 . . . ]
I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot. ~ Marilyn Monroe
September 10
I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600’s. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican. ~ Marion Barry
[Our local storyteller, Paulette Friday, and her band of merry minstrels, produced what we thought was their best show yet . . . ]
No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home. ~ J.K. Rowling, author
I’m obsessed with giving the audience something they don’t see coming. ~ Jordan Peele
You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built in the human plan. We come with it. ~ Margaret Atwood
The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences, but through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time. ~ Steven Spielberg
[The venue: The Performing Arts Center at Alexandria Area High School . . . ]
We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories. ~ Jonathan Gottschall
Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution — more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what to hang on to. ~ Lisa Cron
September 12
Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner. ~ Will Rogers
[The first class of senior college for the fall semester . . . ]
We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. ~ Phyllis Diller
[Tim Cochran and Doug Tatge as Sound Idea, a/k/a, our first contact with Doug . . . ]
Colleges don’t make fools they only develop them. ~ George Horace Lorimer
[Doug Tatge, retired dean of student affairs at Alexandria College, presented the history of the college . . . ]
A senior always feels like the university is going to the kids. ~ Tom Masson
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. ~ G. B. Trudeau
Never get married in college; it’s hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you’ve already made one mistake. ~ Elbert Hubbard
At graduation you get to wear a cap and gown, but it’s a good idea to also wear something underneath it. ~ Greg Tamblyn
[After class fine dining at The Depot . . . ]
I could have said something profound, but you would have forgotten it in 15 minutes – which is the afterlife of a graduation speech. ~ Art Buchwald
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car. But if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
[A first visit to the upstairs makeover at The Depot . . . ]
You are the nerds who are going to make some serious bank, which is why I am here today… to marry the best-looking amongst you. ~ Minday Kaling
[Updating Alex: This is where D. Michael B’s used to be. On the plus side, the long forgotten potholed mall parking lot has been resurfaced (though not yet in this photo) . . . ]
September 13
In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. ~ Terry Pratchett
[The babies, waiting for Mom’s return, in the guest bedroom . . . ]
Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is. ~ P. J. O’Rourke
[Approaching the entrance to the golf club for Wednesday night fine dining . . . ]
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. ~ Woody Allen
[Said fine dining . . . ]
September 15 – HOMECOMING
Poetry is a sort of homecoming. ~ Paul Celan
[Pre-homecoming events began in the early afternoon with Anthony Miltich at Carlos Creek Winery . . . ]
I got suspended for 90 days for fighting beginning my freshman year, so I missed Homecoming, and that’s when I turned the page. I went on honor roll and had good grades after that. It was the changing point. ~ Tyron Woodley
In 1985 I graduated from Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and I was their first African American homecoming queen. You would have thought I won Miss America or Miss U.S.A. (wink), because of my excitement. ~ Cynthia Bailey
I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team. ~ Marla Maples
For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look ‘no date for homecoming.’ ~ Lauren Graham
Sometimes you just have to throw on a crown and remind them who they’re dealing with. ~ Marilyn Monroe
Before the Colts arrived in 1947, the best athlete in town was a woman duckpin bowler named Toots Barger. Football? The biggest games in Baltimore had been when Johns Hopkins took on Susquehanna or Franklin & Marshall at homecoming. ~ Frank Deford
[The usual suspects eventually arrived to join us . . . ]
Football teams represent cities and colleges and schools. The people have built great stadiums, and the game is culturally intertwined with our calendar. We don’t go back to college for the college. We go back for a football game, and, yes, we even call that ‘homecoming.’ ~ Frank Deford
I always thought of Caesars as the gold standard. I had exactly one date in high school, and my father knew someone who got us comped here for the Sammy Davis Jr. show. We heard ‘Candy Man,’ ‘Mr. Bojangles’ – the whole list. And then my date and I went off to the dance – homecoming, I think – where she pretty much ignored me. ~ Charles Bock
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. ~ Orson Welles
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. ~ Oscar Wilde
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~ Danny Kaye
[Jeff James arrived to begin set up to relieve Anthony of entertainment duties . . . ]
I said, ‘Oh my, what a marvelous tune.’ It was the best night, never forget how we moved. ~ Taylor Swift
[“OK Jeff, your turn” . . . ]
The Parade
Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician. ~ P. J. O’Rourke
[We left the winery to blitz downturn to stake out a spot to watch the homecoming parade, which I believe has become the largest parade (both in terms of participants and crowd size) held annually in Alexandria . . . ]
I’ve got a motto. When the posse’s chasing you out of town, you just act like you’re the head of a parade. ~ Mike D’Antoni
[It’s about young sisters and brothers anxiously awaiting parade commencement . . . ]
Group conformity scares the pants off me because it’s so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn’t want to – or can’t – join the Big Parade. ~ Bette Midler
[The classic county courthouse a mere block and a half away . . . ]
I tell you, if you’re in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you’re back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you’ve got to keep moving. ~ Phil McGraw
[Here comes the parade with lights flashing, sirens blaring, and horns honking . . . ]
Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you’re not really interested in order to get where you’re going. ~ Christopher Morley
I’m still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent. ~ Garry Trudeau
If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life. ~ Mike Ditka
[The Super staked out our position at 8th and Broadway right across the street from our bank. It’s always a good idea to keep an eye on your money . . . ]
No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don’t parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. ~ Tom Hanks
[Carol Dittberner took the Hall of Fame inductee ride on behalf of her late husband Dave . . . ]
War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters. ~ Amy Goodman
It’s always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it’s always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades. ~ Paddy Chayefsky
[Homecoming royalty . . . ]
In the subprime mortgage industry, bankers handed out iffy loans like candy at a parade because such loans meant revenue and, hence, bonuses for executives in the here-and-now. ~ Thomas Frank
[The Cardinal girls soccer team, who by the time of this writing are in the state tournament with a 15-1-2 record . . . ]
I’ve been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We’re all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it’s good to see. ~ Joe Lhota
Parades are man’s attempt to make traffic exciting. ~ Demetri Martin
[Hockey!]
A procession is a participants’ journey, while a parade is a performance with an audience. ~ Rebecca Solnit
Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up. ~ Donald T. Regan
[DMac, KXRA’s sports announcer . . . ]
The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
[The football team, undefeated at regular season’s end . . . ]
If you wait for inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. ~ Ben Nicholas
As I think of it, democracy isn’t like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It’s the kind of a life a decent man leads, it’s something to live for and to die for. ~ Dalton Trumbo
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. ~ Adam Smith
[Alexandria Mountaineers, with several peaks to choose from in West Central Minnesota . . . ]
I like parades. ~ Jim Nantz
I never thought that I would share a hit parade with the Beatles. ~ Vera Lynn
Opportunity is a parade. Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance. ~ Robert Breault
[The girls cross country team ranked #1 in the state Class 2A . . . ]
Poetry is a string of words that parades without a permit. ~ Linda Hogan
[The worn out training shoes . . . ]
We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
[Appears to be the volleyball team . . . ]
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it. ~ John Naisbitt
[Appears to be the band . . . ]
Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. ~ George W. Crane
[Dance team . . . ]
He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. ~ Harpo Marx
[Wrestling . . . ]
The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
[Swim & dive . . . ]
I think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade. ~ Gene Kranz
[Figure skating . . . ]
The Republicans could mess up a two car parade. ~ William J. Clinton
[Appears to be the balloon team . . . ]
Remember to lean back in a parade, so that people can see your husband. Don’t get too fat to ride three on a seat. Get out of the way as quickly as you’re not needed. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
[FFA . . . ]
If you are being run out of town, get in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade. ~ Sally Stanford
[Tennis . . . ]
I’m ready to go anywhere, I’m ready for to fade, into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way. ~ Bob Dylan
[Gymnastics . . . ]
Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade. ~ Merlin Mann
[Believed to be gymnasts . . . ]
I’m from New Orleans, which is all about direct engagement out in the street with all the parades and Mardi Gras Indians and jazz funerals. ~ Jon Batiste
[The pirate team . . . ]
It will be celebrated… with pomp and parade… bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other. ~ John Adams
[As the masses disappear to the south . . . ]
He who parades his virtues seldom leads the parade. He who puts up with insult invites injury. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. This life in the present. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Parades should be classed as a Nuisance and participants should be subject to a term in prison. They stop more work, inconvenience more people, stop more traffic, cause more accidents, entail more expense, and commit and cause I don’t remember the other hundred misdemeanors. ~ Will Rogers
[And the crowds rush the playing field . . . ]
In the public restroom, I always stand behind the teen-ager who is changing into her band uniform for a parade and doesn’t emerge until she has combed the tassels on her boots, shaved her legs, and recovered her contact lens from the commode. ~ Erma Bombeck
[Always in search of more height for the basketball team . . . ]
The Game
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. ~ William Blake
[The Cards hosted St. Cloud Tech . . . ]
What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends. ~ J. J. Watt
I think a winner has to be a master of preparation, they have to be a master of connection, extremely competitive and have really high standards for themselves and the people around them. ~ Maya Moore
[The pre-game discussion about post-game dining . . . ]
Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s about. ~ LeBron James
[The opening kickoff starring Daniel Jackson (No. 9) . . . ]
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ~ Jonas Salk
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. ~ H. L. Mencken
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~ Albert Einstein
[As young Mr. Jackson’s kickoff sails past the goal post . . . ]
For NASA, space is still a high priority. ~ Dan Quayle
[The Cardinal defense in action . . . ]
There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. ~ Scott Adams
I actually think I think better in high heels. ~ Theresa May
[6’8″ junior quarterback, Chase Thompson (No. 12), in action . . . ]
What you wear – and it always starts with your shoes – determines what kind of character you are. A woman who wears high heels carries herself very different to a girl who wears sneakers or sandals. It really helps determine how you carry yourself. ~ Winona Ryder
[Chase rolls left . . . ]
I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn’t even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe… I was really remedial about girls in so many ways. ~ Ben Affleck
[Homecoming royalty, fresh off the parade float . . . ]
Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys. ~ Christopher Columbus
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~ Vince Lombardi
[Chase in a drop back . . . ]
If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That’s the way to go in sports. ~ Eliud Kipchoge
[Setting up a screen pass . . . ]
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
[To running back, Andrew Flaten (No. 28) . . . ]
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. ~ Charles de Gaulle
[Field goal by Daniel Jackson . . . ]
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. ~ Archimedes
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. ~ Wayne Gretzky
Let’s face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in. ~ Stephen King
[Leaping into the future, the Cardinals finished the regular season 8 – 0. The section tournament begins October 28, with a home game (as the No. 1 seed) against Bemidji . . . ]
September 16
Laughter is the best medicine – unless you’re diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list. ~ Jasper Carrott
[The Saturday morning doughnut run . . . ]
High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. ~ Christopher Morley
White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I’m gonna wave my freak flag high. ~ Jimi Hendrix
I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I’ve taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea. ~ Michael Eisner
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