What are some of your other passions and interests beyond swimming?

Well, is there anything else than swimming? Well, yes there is, with my wife and kids standing behind me. I coach my kids t-ball team from April to June. Then comes golf rounds between swimming workouts. Also Yankees games on the radio in the summer, and Cleveland Brown Games in the fall, yea Scansy, Stealers goin' down this year!!! Go dawgpound :D Also I love watching Spongbob with my kids!! Most enjoyable part of my day.

Besides swimming?....I love to workout with weights, ride my horses in the spring, summer and fall, hang out with them: brush them sit in the grass and watch them graze, hang out with my dog, hike in the mountains, sit out on my deck in the cooler times of the day and relax, read listen to music.:p

Writing, driving my husband crazy, thunderstorms, animals, walking on the beach, reading, boxing, ladybugs, baking bread, camels, meditating, sunrises, growing vegetables, knitting/crocheting, kosher hotdogs, egg noodles, goulash (preferably with egg noodles), bagels, drinking tea out of Turkish glasses, environmental issues, and birthday cakes.

Ande and Kyra - I will be perched in front of the tv tomorrow, watching Joan and Melissa dish on the red carpet. I'll be the one wearing a very cheesy silver dress circa 1982, drink in hand, shouting stuff at the television like ....."....Johnny Depp got ROBBED again!!!!"......bbboooooo.... Anyway - thanks for starting this thread, Ande. I love hearing about what my swimming cohorts do out of the water.

Originally posted by Kari Ande and Kyra - I will be perched in front of the tv tomorrow, watching Joan and Melissa dish on the red carpet. I'll be the one wearing a very cheesy silver dress circa 1982, drink in hand, shouting stuff at the television like ....."....Johnny Depp got ROBBED again!!!!"......bbboooooo.... Me too!! Me and some friends are having a party and we're gonna get dressed up and make cheap expensive, sounding food cause we can't afford the real stuff (college is a killer :mad: ) Personally my favorite for the scoop on the red carpet is Steven Cojocaro (sp), he's so fun! And hopefully Johnny Depp won't get robbed this time....but there seems to be a lot of buzz around Jamie Foxx. ~Kyra

What feeds my soul? Obviously, besides swimming........ Cooking (I'm a culinary arts student) Sketching My family Saturday Knitting (odd, perhaps, but still worthy of this list) My pets Music (any kind, really) Good books Friday nights out with my swim team Singing in the bathroom (I live alone, so no one gets offended) Going barefoot any time I possibly can Silly e-mails from my sister Silly phone calls from my mother Silly IM's from my brothers (we're all very silly, can you tell?) Being alive Those are my soul food (foods?)....also, would you mind if I "borrowed" your "what feeds your soul" quote? It's inspiring...... Cheers, Steph

Originally posted by Scansy Rollercoasters are awesome. My whole family loves them - (except the four year old!). We go to Hershey Park a couple of times each summer - they have a new one (Stormrunner) that starts you on flat ground and somehow accelerates you to 70 miles an hour in under two seconds. Then shoots you up a hill that comes back down "nearly vertical" (their words). I can say that when you are on the ground looking at it and especially when you are riding it feels like vertical. Then it does the standard loops, corkscrew stuff. It's a relatively small amusement park, but Hersheypark has rollercoasters that rank with any park I've been to. They have two "new" wooden ones that really toss you around too. We debated going to Hersey this summer and decided on Cedar Point because it is closer and DS has been wanting to go there a long time. He and I like coaster, DH and DD do not!

...writing, cooking, travel, antiques, gardening, shopping, my two cats, housecleaning (believe it or not), music, and art. One of my most unusual passions is art-related. I collect 19th and 20th century American textiles (quilts). Most of the time, the works adorn my walls at home. However, several examples from my collection have been exhibited around the United States, and I give lectures on the topic every once in a while. I have attached a photo of a rare example from the mid 19th century. The pattern is called New York Beauty, and the pattern was made primarily in Kentucky and Tennessee. The New York Beauty is very difficult to create and is highly prized by collectors. I currently have seven New York Beauties in my collection, but I love this particular one because it's very bold and patriotic. Enjoy!! Swimmer Bill

Other than swimming... Run a small horse stabling business and have done some horse rescue work. Remodeling the house (going slower than desired). Turning our property into pasturing areas. (going really slow) Cooking. Fiction writing. Making soap. -LBJ

Medieval/ Renaissance living history mystery novels cooking (often in conjunction with medieval things) studying for my bat mitzvah (a little late, I know, but only 10 more weeks to go) my babies (2 extremely chubby cats - a tabby and lavender point applehead siamese) reading just about anything archaeology (OK, it's my job, but I still enjoy it. Well, the archaeology part of it. The paperwork I could take or leave) Naps. Kae