By Old Tom
Let me tell you about Bud, the football coach I remember from High School.
At the beginning of football practice every day, Coach Bud would have the players do various exercises to warm up. Then he had them run blocking practice and various other things that I wouldn't understand, because I spent my afternoons running the roads while my idiot classmates were beating on each other in the name of football.
Coach Bud found that his players were spending too much time worrying about getting their uniforms dirty, and worrying about getting themselves soaked and slimy with mud. They were being too careful of each other, and practice was pretty useless.
So he lined them up in what I would call a stutter-step drill. That is, they kind of hovered in place, feet pumping rapidly, hands out, ready to jump in any direction to run, block, or catch the ball.
Then Coach Bud yelled, "Hit the dirt!" At the same time, his hand motion showed that they were to do a belly-flop, diving onto their chests in the mud. As soon as they were down, Coach Bud blew his whistle, his hand indicating they were to jump back up to resume the stutter-step.
Coach Bud yelled again. "On your backs, hit the dirt!" The lined-up team jumped into a back flop. Coach blew his whistle for attention and directed, "Three times left, roll!" His team was quick to obey the direct order and rolled in the mud over and over, their helmets protecting them from their teammates' feet.
Coach Bud whistled and gave his final command. "On your feet, relax and listen up." The team gathered around.
Coach Bud then explained himself in the only way that coaches can. "Okay, now that you've gotten over worrying about keeping your pretty little uniforms clean, we can play football!"
As usual, I now find myself trying to explain what some weird anecdote has to do with being a webmaster. A few months back, Morgana asked me if I wanted to stay with my niche sites, or "jump in with both feet." I decided it was time to jump.
You see, I can handle canes and chains and I love to leave a lasting impression. But dealing with plain ole tits is tough. And pictures? I don't do pictures. Obviously, to make some money at this, I need to step outside my comfort zone. So... I'm off to build some picture sites.
Is there something holding you back?
Get over it.
Last modified: Fri Jun 9 11:01:26 CDT 2000