Luther Halsey Gulick, III (1865-1918) was an educator, reformer, and community leader who is best remembered as the “Godfather of Basketball.” As a physical education director at the Springfield, Massachusetts Young Men’s Christian Association, he challenged colleague James Naismith in the autumn of 1891 to concoct a game that could be played indoors during the winter months. On December 21 of that year, Naismith presented Gulick with a soccer ball and two peach baskets, and the game of basketball was born. In 1959, Gulick was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for his role as a “contributor” to the sport.

Gulick, whose belief in a trilogy of mind, body, and spirit inspired the YMCA’s inverted triangle design, vigorously promoted physical education in New York City public schools and supported the concept of city playgrounds. In 1903, he founded the Public School Athletic League to bring organized team sports to youths in New York City. In 1910, he and his wife Charlotte co-founded the Campfire Girls, an organization that extended to young women opportunities similar to those offered by the Boy Scouts, which had been formed one year earlier. This group was one of the first such organizations not affiliated with a religious institution and represented Gulick’s extensive and evenhanded interest in making outdoor and sporting pursuits available to all young people.

This a stained glass piece I did last year for my dad...he just built the light box for it, and sent me the pic..

So nice!

Many of you have been asking to see my desk setup, so here it is! That's me, hard at work on some 3d modeling.

...the kind of stupid, murderous hooligans we send to represent us in Iraq.

What was it...48% of your tax dollars go to pay for this?

How you feeling, America?

How you feeling, "Christian"?

Hey, someone had to do it.

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(Frop hit every time I say "Um...")

"...it is a great mistake to divide all human activity into two categories: those that are criminally prohibited, and those that are encouraged."

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