First glance, there's basically 1 surefire W on the whole docket (Idaho)...6 surefire L's (@UW/@UO/@UU/@UCLA/v. OSU/v. SC)...and 5 swing games (@UNT, v Auburn, v. ASU, v. Wazzu, @ Furd) that will tell the story.
Problem is, while Cal will probably be better than last year...it won't matter because the rest of the Conference got much better and much quicker than Knowlton and Wilcox, and they miss CU and U of A.
In summary, the ILBs are now minus Oladejo, Smith, Puskas, Paster, McClure. Staying (as far as I know): Rutchena, Sirmon, KEO, Antzoulatos, Iosefa, and walk-on So-oto. Incoming: Sergio Allen (Clemson) and freshman Cade Uluave.
BERKELEY – California men's soccer alumnus Anthony Salciccia, who played for the Golden Bears from 2009-2012, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 25. He was 31.
Salciccia was part of the talented 2010 Cal squad that reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. "Cheecha," as he was known by his teammates, overlapped for one season with current Cal assistant coach Jacob Wilson, a former All-Pac-12 defender for the Bears whose senior year was 2009.
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team (10-7, 1-5) returns home to take on the No. 24 Colorado Buffaloes (14-3, 4-1) on Friday. Tipoff is scheduled for 11:30am and the game can be viewed on the Pac-12 Network.
Cal will also welcome local kids from all over the Bay Area as part of its annual School Haas Rock event, which serves as an opportunity to entertain and educate local youth at the elementary and middle school level and bring them into a university setting leading up to the game. Geared towards classrooms, the event will include special pricing as all tickets will be priced at $3.
This game marks the 24th all-time meeting between the two programs with the series tied at 12-12. The last win against the Buffaloes came on the road in a 80-60 victory in Boulder, CO on Jan. 27, 2019. Colorado is currently on a five-game winning streak in the series.
BERKELEY – Carl Emil Overbeck won a three-setter at court-one singles to clinch the Cal men's tennis team's 7-0 rout of Saint Mary's on Tuesday at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The 6-4 sophomore from Denmark defeated the 6-9 Gael from New Zealand, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, to hand a 4-0 lead to the Golden Bears, who went on to sweep the remaining three matches.
The Bears improved to 1-1 with the nonconference result, while the Gaels fell to 0-2.
Overbeck also paired with Siddhant Banthia to clinch the doubles point, with the duo beating Watt and Mathis Moysan, 6-3, on court one. The Bears swept doubles, as they got wins from the court-three team of Philip Hjorth and Alex Chang and the court-two twosome of Lucas Magnaudet and Ryder Jackson.
SEATTLE – The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) announced on Tuesday that California men's gymnastics senior Noah Sano has earned its inaugural Specialist of the Week award, following a standout performance in which he recorded personal bests in three events at the Cal Benefit Cup.
Fresh off of competing at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in August, Sano posted a score of 13.950 on pommel horse in his season debut, which currently leads the nation. He followed that up with a 13.300 on rings and 13.950 on parallel bars to help Cal to its best-scoring season opener (394.950) in six years.
My favorite was "Pirates Don't Change Diapers" by Melinda Long & David Shannon. If you like to do different voices for different characters, there is nothing better than busting out your best grizzled pirate voice. It was one of my kid's favorites.
So many good ones. Since the spread of our boys were 9 years apart, we had a huge spread of types of books. No 1 started with lots of the Dr Seuss books and things like the Very Hungary Caterpiller. All the way to things like Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. It seems like children's books changed a lot between 94 and 03.
HSB and I had a good high school friend that started her own Scholastic type company going to schools and selling books for fundraising and she got me lots of good suggestions. I think she was the one that suggested Percy Jackson.
there are so many great ones, but my personal favorite is .. Arlene Sardine
Arlene (the Sardine) dies about halfway thru the book. but Arlene still ends up having adventures of being "smoked delicately" and "cooked in a can with olive oil"
i thought it was clever how the main character dies, but that is not such a bad thing!
A solid by-the-numbers murder-mystery. There is nothing remarkable, unique, or spectacular about the film. It is simply good acting, a decent script, an all-star cast, solid directing, and a meaty period piece where you can be swept away for two hours. Extra points for Branaugh trying to give a bit of humanity to the Inspector Hercule Poirot. And I like that the casting director paired Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders together again.
Jennifer Saunders is famous for playing Edina "Eddy" Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous. Saunders is married to Ade Edmondson, who played Vyvian Basterd - the punk character in The Young Ones.
The CW Network is the producer of Supernatural, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, LIV Bonesaw Golf Tour, Melrose Place, Gossip Girl... wait, hold up.
Rochester Inst of Tech 4th year photography students document the Bills Mafia as a class project. The photos get featured on Sports Illustrated. Note to G.Oso on perhaps how he can start introducing saws, rakes, hatchets, and car hoods to his tailgate game.
CU's schedule is not easy. They should beat CSU and Stanford. But they're likely to lose to USC, Oregon, UCLA, Utah, and TCU. Their swing games are Nebraska, ASU, OSU, and Arizona. Winning three of their four swing games might be tough. They don't play Cal or UW.
"Stevens is up for UNE-Biddeford. She swings and hits a towering shot into center field. Ashley Williams is sprinting to field it. She's at the 30, the 20, the 10, she's headed to the end-zone..."
Chicago holds a contest to name 6 new snow plows. The contending names are pretty good.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/streets/supp_info/chicagoshovels.html
CAL
go bears!
2023 Football schedule released:
Sept. 2: At North Texas
Sept. 9: Auburn
Sept. 16: Idaho
Sept. 23: at Washington
Sept. 30: Arizona State
Oct. 7: Oregon State
Oct. 14: at Utah
Oct. 21: bye
Oct. 28: USC
Nov. 4: at Oregon
Nov. 11: Washington State
Nov. 18: at Stanford
Nov. 25: at UCLA
First glance, there's basically 1 surefire W on the whole docket (Idaho)...6 surefire L's (@UW/@UO/@UU/@UCLA/v. OSU/v. SC)...and 5 swing games (@UNT, v Auburn, v. ASU, v. Wazzu, @ Furd) that will tell the story.
Problem is, while Cal will probably be better than last year...it won't matter because the rest of the Conference got much better and much quicker than Knowlton and Wilcox, and they miss CU and U of A.
4-8 for the 2nd year in a row.
Sept. 2: At North Texas (swing)
Sept. 9: Auburn (swing)
Sept. 16: Idaho (W)
Sept. 23: at Washington (L)
Sept. 30: Arizona State (swing)
Oct. 7: Oregon State (L)
Oct. 14: at Utah (L)
Oct. 21: bye
Oct. 28: USC (L)
Nov. 4: at Oregon (L)
Nov. 11: Washington State (swing)
Nov. 18: at Stanford (swing)
Nov. 25: at UCLA (L)
Not to worry we'll start at 6-0.
Until we face Utah.
One can dream, right?
Or is it the usual off-season optimism creeping in?
Bummer. Bears can catch the HPAI bird flu that is making chicken & eggs so expensive now.
https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/three-grizzly-bears-test-positive-for-highly-pathogenic-avian-flu
Sort of like the COVID excuse.
ILB Trey Paster to the portal
https://twitter.com/treypasterr/status/1615559910724603905
ILB Ryan Puskas to the portal as a grad
https://twitter.com/Puskas1Ryan/status/1615508461122646017
ILB Kyle Smith to the portal as a grad
https://twitter.com/kylessmithh/status/1615556537363337217
In summary, the ILBs are now minus Oladejo, Smith, Puskas, Paster, McClure. Staying (as far as I know): Rutchena, Sirmon, KEO, Antzoulatos, Iosefa, and walk-on So-oto. Incoming: Sergio Allen (Clemson) and freshman Cade Uluave.
[MSOC] Bears Mourn Passing Of Anthony Salciccia
https://calbears.com/news/2023/1/18/mens-soccer-bears-mourn-passing-of-anthony-salciccia.aspx
BERKELEY – California men's soccer alumnus Anthony Salciccia, who played for the Golden Bears from 2009-2012, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 25. He was 31.
Salciccia was part of the talented 2010 Cal squad that reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. "Cheecha," as he was known by his teammates, overlapped for one season with current Cal assistant coach Jacob Wilson, a former All-Pac-12 defender for the Bears whose senior year was 2009.
[WBB] Bears Face No. 24 Colorado Friday
https://calbears.com/news/2023/1/18/womens-basketball-bears-face-no-24-colorado-friday.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team (10-7, 1-5) returns home to take on the No. 24 Colorado Buffaloes (14-3, 4-1) on Friday. Tipoff is scheduled for 11:30am and the game can be viewed on the Pac-12 Network.
Cal will also welcome local kids from all over the Bay Area as part of its annual School Haas Rock event, which serves as an opportunity to entertain and educate local youth at the elementary and middle school level and bring them into a university setting leading up to the game. Geared towards classrooms, the event will include special pricing as all tickets will be priced at $3.
This game marks the 24th all-time meeting between the two programs with the series tied at 12-12. The last win against the Buffaloes came on the road in a 80-60 victory in Boulder, CO on Jan. 27, 2019. Colorado is currently on a five-game winning streak in the series.
[MTEN] Cal Routs Saint Mary's 7-0
https://calbears.com/news/2023/1/17/mens-tennis-cal-routs-saint-marys-7-0.aspx
BERKELEY – Carl Emil Overbeck won a three-setter at court-one singles to clinch the Cal men's tennis team's 7-0 rout of Saint Mary's on Tuesday at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The 6-4 sophomore from Denmark defeated the 6-9 Gael from New Zealand, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, to hand a 4-0 lead to the Golden Bears, who went on to sweep the remaining three matches.
The Bears improved to 1-1 with the nonconference result, while the Gaels fell to 0-2.
Overbeck also paired with Siddhant Banthia to clinch the doubles point, with the duo beating Watt and Mathis Moysan, 6-3, on court one. The Bears swept doubles, as they got wins from the court-three team of Philip Hjorth and Alex Chang and the court-two twosome of Lucas Magnaudet and Ryder Jackson.
[MGYM] Sano Wins MPSF Specialist Of The Week
https://calbears.com/news/2023/1/17/mens-gymnastics-sano-wins-mpsf-specialist-of-the-week.aspx
SEATTLE – The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) announced on Tuesday that California men's gymnastics senior Noah Sano has earned its inaugural Specialist of the Week award, following a standout performance in which he recorded personal bests in three events at the Cal Benefit Cup.
Fresh off of competing at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in August, Sano posted a score of 13.950 on pommel horse in his season debut, which currently leads the nation. He followed that up with a 13.300 on rings and 13.950 on parallel bars to help Cal to its best-scoring season opener (394.950) in six years.
That's gonna be a no from me, dawg
https://twitter.com/OTerrifying/status/1606483033519165441
Taking
DBD Street Journal
Fed Funds future now factor in a 92% chance of a quarter point hike in early Feb
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html?redirect=/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html
Microsoft laying off about 5% of their global workforce (10k/221k) by end-March
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/tech/microsoft-layoffs/index.html
Twitter payment is due at the end of this month and Elon Musk has unsavory choices
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/looming-twitter-interest-payment-leaves-elon-musk-with-unpalatable-options/
Antioch
HH of Antioch: $60 includes free shipping
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1169032351/the-holy-hand-grenade-of-antioch
All Hail Antioch the Birthday Spider!
read a bit this morning about ancient Antioch and the Seleucid Empire (312-63 BC).
the founder of the empire, Seleucus I Nicator, was one of Alexander the Great's main generals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire
Pretty famous for the armored war elephants they used in battle.
pork cutlet
from our daughter's stuff animal phase, this was her #1 wish list item one Xmas
a 15" plush Tonkastu .. not sure if she took it to college or not. it was cute and funny, i must admit.
https://www.amazon.com/SUMIKKOGURASHI-San-X-Original-Plush-Tonkatsu/dp/B08KRXD6PZ
I also appreciate that there is also a tempura shrimp available.
now i am in the mood for japanese curry for lunch/dinner!
Nike
Children's book(s)
My favorite was "Pirates Don't Change Diapers" by Melinda Long & David Shannon. If you like to do different voices for different characters, there is nothing better than busting out your best grizzled pirate voice. It was one of my kid's favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zJykHDVcLk
So many good ones. Since the spread of our boys were 9 years apart, we had a huge spread of types of books. No 1 started with lots of the Dr Seuss books and things like the Very Hungary Caterpiller. All the way to things like Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. It seems like children's books changed a lot between 94 and 03.
HSB and I had a good high school friend that started her own Scholastic type company going to schools and selling books for fundraising and she got me lots of good suggestions. I think she was the one that suggested Percy Jackson.
our kids know this HS friend as "the lady who is always giving us books"!
there are so many great ones, but my personal favorite is .. Arlene Sardine
Arlene (the Sardine) dies about halfway thru the book. but Arlene still ends up having adventures of being "smoked delicately" and "cooked in a can with olive oil"
i thought it was clever how the main character dies, but that is not such a bad thing!
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/605209.Arlene_Sardine
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
George Santos wore a Burberry scarf that he allegedly stole from his roommate to a Stop the Steal rally in 2021
https://www.businessinsider.com/santos-wore-stolen-burberry-scarf-tol-rally-report-2023-1
https://twitter.com/fruitdotzip/status/1615558968168022016?s=20&t=tWsWbAOGQjrAUkTd6vpEUA
"By What Means Anthony Devolder
Acquired the style and title
Of George Santos"
George Santos may have stolen $3k from a GoFundMe to save a veteran's support animal's life. The dog died.
https://patch.com/new-york/oysterbay/disabled-veteran-george-santos-took-3k-dying-dogs-gofundme
George Santos may not even be his name
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-george-santos-lie-name-071453577.html
The price of McCarthy keeping House Speakership is high. Now "9/11 Truther" MTG is on the Homeland Security Committee
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop-homeland-security-b2264045.html
DBD AV CLUB
Death on the Nile (Hulu, 16/19 WB).
A solid by-the-numbers murder-mystery. There is nothing remarkable, unique, or spectacular about the film. It is simply good acting, a decent script, an all-star cast, solid directing, and a meaty period piece where you can be swept away for two hours. Extra points for Branaugh trying to give a bit of humanity to the Inspector Hercule Poirot. And I like that the casting director paired Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders together again.
Jennifer Saunders is famous for playing Edina "Eddy" Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous. Saunders is married to Ade Edmondson, who played Vyvian Basterd - the punk character in The Young Ones.
The CW Network is the producer of Supernatural, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, LIV Bonesaw Golf Tour, Melrose Place, Gossip Girl... wait, hold up.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2023/01/17/liv-golf-david-feherty-teases-potential-tv-deal-cw-network/11069329002/
The After Party is returning to Apple TV on April 24
Season.3 of Only Murders in the Building is filming . . . with Meryl Streep
The Last of Us dropped...solid first episode.
PRO
Liverpool vs. Wolves broadcast disrupted by sex noises transmitted on air. Foreign spies were first suspected since no Brit makes noise during sex.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64310338
I ended up getting my nephew a soccer jersey from a player on Liverpool.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Rochester Inst of Tech 4th year photography students document the Bills Mafia as a class project. The photos get featured on Sports Illustrated. Note to G.Oso on perhaps how he can start introducing saws, rakes, hatchets, and car hoods to his tailgate game.
https://www.rit.edu/news/students-faculty-photograph-bills-fans-sports-illustrated
https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/01/12/bills-mafia-buffalo-daily-cover
Auburn University has banned TikTok
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/business/auburn-tiktok-ban-students.html
my guess is that you just use your cellular plan instead of campus wifi for Tiktok then?
or is there some other way they can ban it even more?
Keleki Latu to [checks notes] Nevada.
https://twitter.com/KelekiL/status/1615828663718809600
Let's see how Coach Prime is doing after Week 5
https://twitter.com/CUBarstool/status/1615378827836026880
Modifying my prediction that Colorado bowls in year 1 of Prime. That schedule is brutal.
I still think ASU does, tho, as Dillingham takes advantage of a rare (at least outside of the SEC) 8-game home slate.
CU's schedule is not easy. They should beat CSU and Stanford. But they're likely to lose to USC, Oregon, UCLA, Utah, and TCU. Their swing games are Nebraska, ASU, OSU, and Arizona. Winning three of their four swing games might be tough. They don't play Cal or UW.
https://twitter.com/CUBuffsFootball/status/1615772421847400455
"Stevens is up for UNE-Biddeford. She swings and hits a towering shot into center field. Ashley Williams is sprinting to field it. She's at the 30, the 20, the 10, she's headed to the end-zone..."
https://twitter.com/davehrus/status/1615764313112997888
Michigan's co-OC Matt Weiss (graduate degree Liberal Arts @ Stanfurd) is on leave pending investigation of "computer access crimes".
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35468783/michigan-matt-weiss-put-leave-amid-police-investigation
5* QB Jaden Rashada files for release from LOI with Florida after his $13m NIL deal falls apart
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35469311/reports-florida-qb-commit-asks-nil-deal-falls-apart
DBD Subscribers- Unless it got fixed, someone in the FP schedule article said the DBD is subscriber only.