I tried out Amazon Go - the no check-out convenience store at the bottom of Amazon's headquarters. I had the same experience that everyone has. You do a quick third-reich salute on the way in to use your palm as your ID, feel weird about the cameras watching you, pick up what you want, and then leave feeling like a shoplifter.
it is a "strange race" you find yourself in when you are used to having status on some airline and then find that it might go away if you dont spend enough money the following year. clearly some capitalist scheme is working its "evil magic" to perfection!
I am so confused this year because I'm going to requalify for Gold on American by June 1 (three months into the year) and I've never not sweated it out at the end before. Maybe I'll make it to Platinum where it starts to matter for upgrades and the like.
wow 5 segments in 1 round trip. THat's impressive.
End of 2022 I needed 5 and had a business trip to Miami in the beginning of Dec. So I just did 1 stop to Miami, then 1 stop to LAX where I stayed at my sisters and then flew back to SFO the next day. Work paid for the work trip and I found the cheapest 1 way on United (60ish) LAX to SFO so that worked out well. End of last year I didn't think I was close but I looked at the end of Oct and needed 4 additional segments. So I changed my work flight to go from Nashville to Budapest (through EWR) and I bought a 1 way to Nashville to see No 2. Then I did a 6 hour trip to LA for like 90 total. I definitely won't make it this year so I'm not even going to try. It was good while it lasted.
That's nice when you can add a segment here and there for longer trips.
I didn't fly much last year, had only 10 segments until September so I didn't care, but all the sudden flew 21 segments Oct -Dec so I was short 5 segments for 36 to reach Platinum with United.
In the past I was short 1 segment so I flew to SFO for dim sum lunch and came back immediately with Southwest award ticket.
short 4 days trip to Stockholm for a memorial for an uncle who died last month. will be a nice sort of family reunion even though it is a somber occasion.
i have 5 first cousins in Sweden as a result of 2 uncles (both dead now) raising their families there.
given the changes in Delta's medallion status earning this is an unexpectedly long trip in that regard.
World's oldest person turns 116. She is old enough to: remember Andy Smith's Wonder Teams, have legally had carnal knowledge with Babe Ruth while he was on the Yankees, voted for FDR (or Hoover) in 1932 and seen the first talkie in a movie theater. She was 21 when Martin Luther King and Anne Frank were born. She was born when there was a czar in Russia, Theodore Roosevelt was in his last year as president and it had been just less than five years since the first airplane flight. old.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-branyas-morera-worlds-oldest-person-u-s-born-spanish-woman-age-116/
I think they may rule fairly narrowly, that keeps trump currently on ballots, but leaves open the door for removing him easily after a criminal conviction related to insurrection (for example).
Given the backlash in the wake of Dobbs, I'd think that the justices including Trump's appointees would think twice before pulling the trigger to shield their boy.
depends how any opinion is written. If it seems trump specific that will hurt them. If it seems to broadly interpret when one can remove someone from a ballot based on the 14th, they might not. Especially, as trump is very likely to do whatever is needed to get removed.
If people identify the Court's ruling, regardless of how it is written, as favoring Trump, SCOTUS will be seen as being out of touch and promoting a candidate, possibly even endorsing insurrection because the insurrectionist is Trump.
Never underestimate the stubbornness of an institution even if it's doubling down on arrogance and stupidity.
BERKELEY (AP) – Jaylon Tyson had 27 points, Jalen Celestine had six of his 11 points in overtime and California defeated USC 83-77 in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,801 in Haas Pavilion on Wednesday night.
I'm itching myself, but with Mrs. PawlOski out of town this week, I would likely need to coerce my wholly disinterested teenage daughter to join me. While I'm reveling in the excitement of a reinvigorated fan base, it feels unnatural to have to deal with product scarcity and to have to fork over real coin all of a sudden.
The 15th-ranked California women's tennis team heads north this week for the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, with the Golden Bears opening the tournament vs. fifth-ranked and fourth-seeded Michigan in the first round on Friday at 9 a.m. PT at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.
The California women's basketball team (13-10, 3-8 Pac-12) will look to complete a season sweep against Washington State (15-8, 4-6) when it takes on the Cougars at Beasley Coliseum on Friday at 7 p.m. PT in Pullman, Washington. A win would mark the first season sweep of the Cougars since the 2018-19 season, when the Bears defeated them twice in the regular season and then again in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
The California football team announced the addition of two student-athletes Wednesday on National Signing Day to increase the size of its 2024 recruiting class to 30 members with punter Bobby Engstler (Tallahassee, FL/Lawton Chiles HS) and defensive back Khamani Hudson (Houston, TX/North Shore HS) the most recent players to join the Golden Bears. Both are scheduled to arrive in Berkeley in June.
BERKELEY - The 2024 California beach volleyball schedule features 13 of the 16 teams that qualified for last year's NCAA Championship and the entire top 10 of the 2023 final AVCA poll.
The Golden Bears open the season with a weekend of home matches at Clark Kerr Sand Courts, beginning Feb. 23 with duals against American River College and San Jose State. Cal returns to its home courts the next day to take on Saint Mary's and Santa Clara.
BERKELEY - California volleyball head coach Jen Malcom has completed her 2024 staff, announcing that Cole Murray and Alyssa Andreno will join Andrew Sato as assistant coaches for the Golden Bears.
"I am thrilled to announce the addition of Cole and Alyssa to our staff here at Cal," Malcom said. "Both are up-and-coming coaches in the profession and have made a name for themselves in a short period of time in the coaching world. They each have strong connections with the East Coast that will be a huge asset to our recruiting efforts as we move to the ACC."
What could have been. BRETT JOHNSON was like the 49ers/Bengals' Justin Smith - a dude who was just stronger than everyone else and demanded a double team. Missing him and Jaedon Roberts - who quietly slipped off the spring roster - means we are going to have literal big shoes to fill next year on the D-line.
Bears beat USC in front of a sellout crowd (including LeBron James) to move within 2.5 games of 1st place (and only 3 games ahead of last place). What a wacky final year for the Pac-12
The Pac appears to have collectively decided that since all the tournament money anyone might earn will go to WSU and OSU they DGAF and we're going to send only the automatic qualifier. Never seen so many basically .500 teams this late in the season.
Do we have a legitimate chance to play in a legit post-season tournament (NIT, maybe)? I forget the eligibility rules for those tournaments. The way this team plays, they certainly deserve it, IMHO.
I have a cast iron and a carbon steel skillet. The cast iron is perfect when you need its thermal mass to not cool down when you put something cool in it - like cornbread batter - and perfect your browned crust on whatever you're cooking. Carbon steel is better for lower mass things.
despite the French/euro style of not cleaning the pan, i tend to wash it w/ soapy water after a messy meal. not so much for simple things like eggs and basic stuff.
They should just move the races to Anchorage. I was reading last week that this year is the fastest on record to 100 inches of snow. And when I lived there they regularly had World Cup races on the trails. I was a terrible skier but would sometimes help out with timing or be a trail monitor.
I won't say who, but I might know a guy who has sent countless emails to various departments at ESPN advocating for the full removal of McAfee from the network.
DBD Street Journal
I tried out Amazon Go - the no check-out convenience store at the bottom of Amazon's headquarters. I had the same experience that everyone has. You do a quick third-reich salute on the way in to use your palm as your ID, feel weird about the cameras watching you, pick up what you want, and then leave feeling like a shoplifter.
mileage run (??)
I’ve never done that but maybe I should start
it is a "strange race" you find yourself in when you are used to having status on some airline and then find that it might go away if you dont spend enough money the following year. clearly some capitalist scheme is working its "evil magic" to perfection!
I am so confused this year because I'm going to requalify for Gold on American by June 1 (three months into the year) and I've never not sweated it out at the end before. Maybe I'll make it to Platinum where it starts to matter for upgrades and the like.
I did a mileage run on 12/29 last year.
Went to see my friend in Vegas for dinner and came back the next morning.
Flew out SNA-SFO-LAX-LAS and flew back LAS-SFO-SNA.
wow 5 segments in 1 round trip. THat's impressive.
End of 2022 I needed 5 and had a business trip to Miami in the beginning of Dec. So I just did 1 stop to Miami, then 1 stop to LAX where I stayed at my sisters and then flew back to SFO the next day. Work paid for the work trip and I found the cheapest 1 way on United (60ish) LAX to SFO so that worked out well. End of last year I didn't think I was close but I looked at the end of Oct and needed 4 additional segments. So I changed my work flight to go from Nashville to Budapest (through EWR) and I bought a 1 way to Nashville to see No 2. Then I did a 6 hour trip to LA for like 90 total. I definitely won't make it this year so I'm not even going to try. It was good while it lasted.
That's nice when you can add a segment here and there for longer trips.
I didn't fly much last year, had only 10 segments until September so I didn't care, but all the sudden flew 21 segments Oct -Dec so I was short 5 segments for 36 to reach Platinum with United.
In the past I was short 1 segment so I flew to SFO for dim sum lunch and came back immediately with Southwest award ticket.
It makes for some random fun trips.
do you really get credit for each stop on United? So if I fly to Philly through Chicago I get credit for 2 segments?
It's nice they've upped the points you can get from credit card spend this year.
yeah they changed it so each takeoff and landing counts as a segment. Don't remember when they did this. Maybe during covid?
I think it was a year or two before Covid. They changed the qualification from miles to spending, and added the segment requirement too I believe.
short 4 days trip to Stockholm for a memorial for an uncle who died last month. will be a nice sort of family reunion even though it is a somber occasion.
i have 5 first cousins in Sweden as a result of 2 uncles (both dead now) raising their families there.
given the changes in Delta's medallion status earning this is an unexpectedly long trip in that regard.
World's oldest person turns 116. She is old enough to: remember Andy Smith's Wonder Teams, have legally had carnal knowledge with Babe Ruth while he was on the Yankees, voted for FDR (or Hoover) in 1932 and seen the first talkie in a movie theater. She was 21 when Martin Luther King and Anne Frank were born. She was born when there was a czar in Russia, Theodore Roosevelt was in his last year as president and it had been just less than five years since the first airplane flight. old.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-branyas-morera-worlds-oldest-person-u-s-born-spanish-woman-age-116/
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Leader of Ukraine's armed forces is sacked
https://www.politico.eu/article/zelenskyy-fires-ukraines-top-general-zaluzhny/
Supreme Court deciding on Trump ballot eligiblity.
i find it hard to believe that a Trump-stacked court is going to rule against him. Would be funny beyond belief if they did though ...
I think they may rule fairly narrowly, that keeps trump currently on ballots, but leaves open the door for removing him easily after a criminal conviction related to insurrection (for example).
I wouldn't be too sure.
Given the backlash in the wake of Dobbs, I'd think that the justices including Trump's appointees would think twice before pulling the trigger to shield their boy.
This is a no win situation. There's going to be unrest no matter what. You either have legitimacy issues with SCOTUS or the Constitution.
That depends on who's talking, doesn't it?
by no means am i advocating for unrest. but one of these days there will be actual unrest and the Dems will find that the Reps own all the guns ...
There is zero chance they rule against him. Zero.
Update: Majority of SCOTUS ruling against disqualification
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/08/trump-supreme-court/arguments-takeaways-00140241
Then GOP will pay for it at the ballot box.
depends how any opinion is written. If it seems trump specific that will hurt them. If it seems to broadly interpret when one can remove someone from a ballot based on the 14th, they might not. Especially, as trump is very likely to do whatever is needed to get removed.
If people identify the Court's ruling, regardless of how it is written, as favoring Trump, SCOTUS will be seen as being out of touch and promoting a candidate, possibly even endorsing insurrection because the insurrectionist is Trump.
Never underestimate the stubbornness of an institution even if it's doubling down on arrogance and stupidity.
i am going w/ zero too.
CAL
[MBB] Cal Defeats USC In Front Of Sold-Out Crowd
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/mens-basketball-bears-defeat-trojans-in-front-of-sold-out-crowd.aspx
BERKELEY (AP) – Jaylon Tyson had 27 points, Jalen Celestine had six of his 11 points in overtime and California defeated USC 83-77 in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,801 in Haas Pavilion on Wednesday night.
These guys have GANAS..
Jaime Escalante would be so proud.
I might try to scrounge up a ticket for fUCLA.
I'm itching myself, but with Mrs. PawlOski out of town this week, I would likely need to coerce my wholly disinterested teenage daughter to join me. While I'm reveling in the excitement of a reinvigorated fan base, it feels unnatural to have to deal with product scarcity and to have to fork over real coin all of a sudden.
I was on stubhub yesterday, saw a ticket with fees for 43. Then when I go to checkout it shows 52? WTF? I've never seen that on seatgeek.
[WTEN] No. 15 Cal Opens ITA National Indoors Vs. No. 5 Michigan
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/womens-tennis-no-15-cal-opens-ita-national-indoors-vs-no-5-michigan.aspx
The 15th-ranked California women's tennis team heads north this week for the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, with the Golden Bears opening the tournament vs. fifth-ranked and fourth-seeded Michigan in the first round on Friday at 9 a.m. PT at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.
[T&F] Cal Prepares For 3-Meet Weekend
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/track-field-cal-prepares-for-3-meet-weekend.aspx
Cal Prepares For 3-Meet Weekend
Track & Field Presence Spans Nation In Albuquerque, Seattle, Boston
California track & field has a busy weekend ahead, with athletes from the squad scheduled to make appearances at three different meets on Feb. 9-10.
[WBB] Bears To Clash With Cougars
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/womens-basketball-bears-to-clash-with-cougars.aspx
The California women's basketball team (13-10, 3-8 Pac-12) will look to complete a season sweep against Washington State (15-8, 4-6) when it takes on the Cougars at Beasley Coliseum on Friday at 7 p.m. PT in Pullman, Washington. A win would mark the first season sweep of the Cougars since the 2018-19 season, when the Bears defeated them twice in the regular season and then again in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
[FB] 2 Added To 2024 Recruiting Class
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/football-2-added-to-2024-recruiting-class.aspx
The California football team announced the addition of two student-athletes Wednesday on National Signing Day to increase the size of its 2024 recruiting class to 30 members with punter Bobby Engstler (Tallahassee, FL/Lawton Chiles HS) and defensive back Khamani Hudson (Houston, TX/North Shore HS) the most recent players to join the Golden Bears. Both are scheduled to arrive in Berkeley in June.
[BVB] Bears Face Challenging 2024 Schedule
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/beach-volleyball-bears-face-challenging-2024-schedule.aspx
BERKELEY - The 2024 California beach volleyball schedule features 13 of the 16 teams that qualified for last year's NCAA Championship and the entire top 10 of the 2023 final AVCA poll.
The Golden Bears open the season with a weekend of home matches at Clark Kerr Sand Courts, beginning Feb. 23 with duals against American River College and San Jose State. Cal returns to its home courts the next day to take on Saint Mary's and Santa Clara.
[VB] Cole Murray, Alyssa Andreno Round Out Volleyball Staff
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/7/cole-murray-alyssa-andreno-round-out-volleyball-staff.aspx
BERKELEY - California volleyball head coach Jen Malcom has completed her 2024 staff, announcing that Cole Murray and Alyssa Andreno will join Andrew Sato as assistant coaches for the Golden Bears.
"I am thrilled to announce the addition of Cole and Alyssa to our staff here at Cal," Malcom said. "Both are up-and-coming coaches in the profession and have made a name for themselves in a short period of time in the coaching world. They each have strong connections with the East Coast that will be a huge asset to our recruiting efforts as we move to the ACC."
Go Bears!!!
BRETT JOHNSON announces his retirement from football
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/cal-football-dl-brett-johnson-announces
What could have been. BRETT JOHNSON was like the 49ers/Bengals' Justin Smith - a dude who was just stronger than everyone else and demanded a double team. Missing him and Jaedon Roberts - who quietly slipped off the spring roster - means we are going to have literal big shoes to fill next year on the D-line.
Bears beat USC in front of a sellout crowd (including LeBron James) to move within 2.5 games of 1st place (and only 3 games ahead of last place). What a wacky final year for the Pac-12
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/insta-recap-cal-beats-usc-83-77-in
The Pac appears to have collectively decided that since all the tournament money anyone might earn will go to WSU and OSU they DGAF and we're going to send only the automatic qualifier. Never seen so many basically .500 teams this late in the season.
Do we have a legitimate chance to play in a legit post-season tournament (NIT, maybe)? I forget the eligibility rules for those tournaments. The way this team plays, they certainly deserve it, IMHO.
PAN
Since I've been watching Percy Jackson...
Greek God with a human torso with a goat middle and legs and horns.
From Wiki: god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs
the moral the story in Percy Jackson ...
Pan has disappeared and the humans a wreaking havoc on the Earth since the Earth's protector has gone missing.
cakes.
cast iron. Sometimes there's no replacement for a thick, indestructible piece of metal for cooking things (especially steaks)
I have a cast iron and a carbon steel skillet. The cast iron is perfect when you need its thermal mass to not cool down when you put something cool in it - like cornbread batter - and perfect your browned crust on whatever you're cooking. Carbon steel is better for lower mass things.
agreed. we have a few version.
despite the French/euro style of not cleaning the pan, i tend to wash it w/ soapy water after a messy meal. not so much for simple things like eggs and basic stuff.
I wash mine with soap every time I use it. All the dirty cast iron out there really grosses me out. You can't wash off your seasoning, folks.
^^^This. You can't wash off your seasoning is absolutely correct. You'd have to scour it off or chemically burn it off.
American Airlines.
That comes straight out of the Wayback Machine.
PRO
As he should. What a weirdo.
https://sports.yahoo.com/aaron-rodgers-tells-joe-rogan-041746931.html
Minnesota + February + Cross Country Skiing World Cup + X = Success
The only thing missing from that equation is X equaling "snow"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/minnesota-ap-minneapolis-wilson-b2492502.html
They should just move the races to Anchorage. I was reading last week that this year is the fastest on record to 100 inches of snow. And when I lived there they regularly had World Cup races on the trails. I was a terrible skier but would sometimes help out with timing or be a trail monitor.
Mongo like candy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/steve-mongo-mcmichael-elected-to-pro-football-hall-of-fame-source/3350276/
Lived in Chicago for several years. It's difficult to describe just how beloved he is in that city.
satisfying Warriors win on the road vs Philly last night.
defense played well, people were passing, big 3rd quarter ... just like the old times!
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
SEC to distribute about $51.3m per school in the most recent fiscal, more than $19m more per school than in the previous one. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39485967/sec-distribute-513m-per-school-22-23-fiscal-year Maybe time to reinvest in our quidditch program.
Nick Saban joins ESPN's College Game Day. The hosts will try on Saban's helmet of hair as a sign of predicting who will win a game
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39479204/former-alabama-coach-nick-saban-joins-espn-college-gameday-analyst
So will they have six people at the desk, or will they get rid of Desmond or McAfee (please for the love of Oski)?
I won't say who, but I might know a guy who has sent countless emails to various departments at ESPN advocating for the full removal of McAfee from the network.
Does his name rhyme with Ballmoski?