I play a game where I try to purposely underestimate my deli order so that after they inevitably go "oops, it's a little over... is this amount okay" that it's actually for the amount that I really wanted.
Apropos: The NYT reports that Trump condos have the Trump logo on it underperformed the overall Manhattan property market by 25%. Those that removed his named outpaced it by 8%.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Boston College scored five runs early and the California baseball team spent Sunday afternoon attempting to catch up. The Golden Bears had the tying run aboard several times but could not score the equalizer, falling to the Eagles 12-10 in the finale of the 2024 Desert Invitational.
I was doing laundry Friday night and turned on the TV while waiting for the wash. Cal-KState was on the MLB channel and I got to see the last few innings. I hadn’t realized it was going to be on.
That 1st inning was brutal for the starter; 2 hits,, 3 walks, 3 runs, and 2 mound visits before getting yanked after 2/3 inning. Relief came in and got the last out on 3 straight strikes. I’m hoping Neu has a better handle on pitching this year bc in the past he would have let the starter finish the inning and possibly start the second.
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii – The No. 19 California women's golf team is set for its second competition of the spring season this week at the Pac-12 Preview.
The three-day, Stanford-hosted tournament – which typically takes place during the final week of the fall season – consists of a 12-team field that includes nine schools from the Pac-12. The field was expanded this year with the additions of Mountain West schools San Diego State and San Jose State.
SAN DIEGO – The 14th-ranked California women's tennis team defeated host San Diego State, 5-2, on Sunday at the Aztec Tennis Center, with Cal junior Lan Mi clinching the victory at court-five singles.
BERKELEY – California men's tennis senior Ryder Jackson upset the nation's third-ranked singles player Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex, but the Golden Bears lost to 18th-ranked San Diego, 4-1.
The Bears, who suffered their first home loss of the season and saw their three-match winning streak snapped, have a 3-4 record. USD improved to 6-1.
BERKELEY – California men's gymnastics closed out four straight weeks of competition with a return to Haas Pavilion on Sunday, taking on William & Mary in a virtual showdown that featured both teams broadcasting from their home gyms. The Golden Bears took five out of six events, including individual event crowns on all six rotations, to finish with a team score of 393.150 to the Tribe's 376.900.
PHOENIX – The California softball team racked up 10 hits on the way to a 9-4 victory over Memphis on Sunday at the GCU Softball Stadium to close out an undefeated weekend at the Littlewood Classic.
LIHUE, Hawaii – The California men's golf team went on a tear in the final round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate on Saturday, carding a 17-under par 271 to climb out of seventh place and finish second at Ocean Course Hokuala.
The Golden Bears entered the final round at even-par but ended up finishing just three strokes off the lead. Arizona won the tournament at 20-under par. It was Cal's fifth top-three finish in six tournaments played in the 2023-24 campaign.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Junior Mya Lauzon tied for the victory in the floor exercise for her 16th event title this season and the No. 2 California women's gymnastics team finished in second place only to No. 1 Oklahoma at the Metroplex Challenge on Saturday night.
Lauzon registered a 9.95 to match four other gymnasts and record her fourth win on floor this season. The Golden Bears finished with 197.400 points as a team, second to the Sooners' final team score of 198.300. Cal also defeated N. 16 Arkansas (196.800) and Washington (196.450).
DAVIS – After a week off from competition, the No. 5 California picked things back up with its third early-season win over No. 18 UC Davis downing the Aggies 11-5 Saturday on the road.
Senior Maryn Dempsey recorded her first three-goal game of the year to lead the Golden Bears (6-1) on offense. Goalkeeper Isabel Williams finished with 10 saves, reaching double figures for the sixth time in seven outings.
TUCSON, Ariz. – California rugby rolled past Arizona 85-10 in Tucson to stay undefeated in PAC conference play and improve to 7-1 on the season. The Golden Bears scored 13 tries by 10 different players and Kealan O'Connell went 10-for-13 on the extras to tally up Cal's points.
BERKELEY - On a rainy Senior Day in Berkeley, the No. 7 California women's swimming & diving team showed it's ready to shine in the postseason.
The Golden Bears set four pool records, reshaped the program's all-time top-10 list and reeled off some of the fastest times in the nation this season in a 155.5-144.5 victory over No. 5 Stanford at the final Pac-12 dual meet at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The California lacrosse team fell behind early for the second straight game and never led in a 13-7 nonconference loss at Cornell on Saturday at Schoelkopf Field. The game started in a heavy snow squall and the field was blanketed with the white stuff just minutes into the contest. The Big Red jumped out to a 2-0 advantage before Kennedy Mason and Kennedy Goss answered with back-to-back goals to tie the score with 3:25 to go in the opening period. But Cornell scored the next three goals and held on to at least a two-goal lead for the remainder of the contest.
Michigan State to pay $1.1m to NOT play the Rajun Cajuns and another $0.5m to play Prairie View A&M instead. Exhibit A in the hidden costs of having your football program implode.
Cambridge (the OG in England) is probably my favorite in person visit campus. So much interesting architecture everywhere. Helped that I was there on beautiful spring and summer days with everything in bloom.
I think it's the same owners that bought Blondies from the original owner. They just changed new name Abe's back to Blondies. Supposedly it was the same recipe as the original Blondies.
“We thought it might be a cool thing to do after so many years,” he said. “We learned that wasn’t the right thing to do. In Berkeley, we’re going back to original name in a couple weeks. Same pizza, same name.”
Brothers Sun (Netflix, Pilot and E2). It's all right, but it seems like its half action film and half wink-and-nod to Asian-American life in San Gabriel Valley. It's fine, but I can't tell yet if I like it.
OUR UNSTABLE WORLD
Houthis reportedly shoot down an American Reaper Drone. Measured response in 3, 2, ...
SOMETHING GERMAN
This is the most German thing you'll see all week
https://twitter.com/Shaihuluddedune/status/1758629963081691485
Reminds me of the segment David Letterman used to do where he would have the local deli guy, Rupert, attempt to put exactly 1 lb of meat on the scale.
I play a game where I try to purposely underestimate my deli order so that after they inevitably go "oops, it's a little over... is this amount okay" that it's actually for the amount that I really wanted.
German chocolate cake—actually isn’t. Named after a US chocolate brand. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_chocolate_cake
And Black Forest Cake might be German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest_gateau
DOLLAR
MUTUAL OF DBD's WILD KINGDOM
JFC. Pinned it down with a bike.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/5-cyclists-attacked-by-cougar-king-county/5VSDRJUPPZFINC36AEYPHHFA3U/
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
From Reddit over the weekend: "Trump is the first to have fewer buildings named after him after a Presidency"
Apropos: The NYT reports that Trump condos have the Trump logo on it underperformed the overall Manhattan property market by 25%. Those that removed his named outpaced it by 8%.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/realestate/trump-condos-prices-nyc.html
Sen. Lindsey Graham flips, goes back to opposing foreign aid bill in order to bury his nose in a diapered butt
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4476241-grahams-u-turns-have-senate-colleagues-fed-up-annoying-tiresome/
Trump reportedly hawks 1,000 pairs of $400 of Air Trumps, which are designed a little too on the nose brand-wise.
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/trump-sneakers-never-surrender-launch
They're sold out, but you can buy them on the secondary market. Hey, free shipping.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235436390941
If he gets elected, he will be so financially compromised that he's going to sell anything that isn't nailed down
Trump just pimping his name with no money invested. Curious how much he gets out of it.
Irony is dead
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4475785-cruz-senate-gop-leadership-could-show-some-backbone-in-bringing-up-mayorkas-impeachment-trial/
Ah, the old under-duress defense. That's a bold strategy, Cotton.
https://madison.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/wisconsin-fake-elector/article_b25ee1da-cebe-11ee-9924-ab550825f1df.html
This "No Labels" party effort has to be a vehicle for extortion/grift, no?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/18/no-labels-joe-manchin-campaign-00142069
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
CAL
Go Bears!!!
From the Front Page: Bears send the Husky fans home sad thanks to Celestine's last second 3 point dagger.
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/last-second-jalen-celestine-3-downs
Why would you leave him that unguarded?
https://twitter.com/Pac12Network/status/1759052525506822408
[BASE] Bears Rally Falls Short
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/18/baseball-bears-rally-falls-short.aspx
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Boston College scored five runs early and the California baseball team spent Sunday afternoon attempting to catch up. The Golden Bears had the tying run aboard several times but could not score the equalizer, falling to the Eagles 12-10 in the finale of the 2024 Desert Invitational.
I was doing laundry Friday night and turned on the TV while waiting for the wash. Cal-KState was on the MLB channel and I got to see the last few innings. I hadn’t realized it was going to be on.
That 1st inning was brutal for the starter; 2 hits,, 3 walks, 3 runs, and 2 mound visits before getting yanked after 2/3 inning. Relief came in and got the last out on 3 straight strikes. I’m hoping Neu has a better handle on pitching this year bc in the past he would have let the starter finish the inning and possibly start the second.
[WGOLF] Bears Travel To Hawaii For Pac-12 Preview
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/18/womens-golf-bears-travel-to-hawaii-for-pac-12-preview.aspx
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii – The No. 19 California women's golf team is set for its second competition of the spring season this week at the Pac-12 Preview.
The three-day, Stanford-hosted tournament – which typically takes place during the final week of the fall season – consists of a 12-team field that includes nine schools from the Pac-12. The field was expanded this year with the additions of Mountain West schools San Diego State and San Jose State.
[WTEN] No. 14 Cal Beats SDSU 5-2
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/18/womens-tennis-no-14-cal-beats-sdsu-5-2.aspx
SAN DIEGO – The 14th-ranked California women's tennis team defeated host San Diego State, 5-2, on Sunday at the Aztec Tennis Center, with Cal junior Lan Mi clinching the victory at court-five singles.
The Golden Bears improved to 4-2. SDSU is 5-2.
[MTEN] Cal Falls To No. 18 USD 4-1
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/18/mens-tennis-cal-falls-to-no-18-usd-4-1.aspx
BERKELEY – California men's tennis senior Ryder Jackson upset the nation's third-ranked singles player Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex, but the Golden Bears lost to 18th-ranked San Diego, 4-1.
The Bears, who suffered their first home loss of the season and saw their three-match winning streak snapped, have a 3-4 record. USD improved to 6-1.
[MGYM] Cal Tops Tribe In Virtual Clash
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/18/mens-gymnastics-cal-tops-tribe-in-virtual-clash.aspx
BERKELEY – California men's gymnastics closed out four straight weeks of competition with a return to Haas Pavilion on Sunday, taking on William & Mary in a virtual showdown that featured both teams broadcasting from their home gyms. The Golden Bears took five out of six events, including individual event crowns on all six rotations, to finish with a team score of 393.150 to the Tribe's 376.900.
Interesting to have a virtual competition where each team performs at home.
Way to save on travel expenses.
[SB] Weekend Sweep
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/18/softball-weekend-sweep.aspx
PHOENIX – The California softball team racked up 10 hits on the way to a 9-4 victory over Memphis on Sunday at the GCU Softball Stadium to close out an undefeated weekend at the Littlewood Classic.
[MGOLF] Bears Place Second At Burns Intercollegiate
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/17/mens-golf-bears-finish-second-after-late-charge-at-burns-intercollegiate.aspx
LIHUE, Hawaii – The California men's golf team went on a tear in the final round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate on Saturday, carding a 17-under par 271 to climb out of seventh place and finish second at Ocean Course Hokuala.
The Golden Bears entered the final round at even-par but ended up finishing just three strokes off the lead. Arizona won the tournament at 20-under par. It was Cal's fifth top-three finish in six tournaments played in the 2023-24 campaign.
[WGYM] No. 2 Bears Take Second At Metroplex Challenge
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/17/womens-gymnastics-no-2-bears-take-second-at-metroplex-challenge.aspx
FORT WORTH, Texas - Junior Mya Lauzon tied for the victory in the floor exercise for her 16th event title this season and the No. 2 California women's gymnastics team finished in second place only to No. 1 Oklahoma at the Metroplex Challenge on Saturday night.
Lauzon registered a 9.95 to match four other gymnasts and record her fourth win on floor this season. The Golden Bears finished with 197.400 points as a team, second to the Sooners' final team score of 198.300. Cal also defeated N. 16 Arkansas (196.800) and Washington (196.450).
Those are insanely good scores. Everyone is so talented.
I can touch my toes
https://d195hqvwre713v.cloudfront.net/images/2024/2/17/metro_pic.jpg
[WPOLO] Bears Earn Another Win Over Aggies
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/17/womens-water-polo-bears-earn-another-win-over-aggies.aspx
DAVIS – After a week off from competition, the No. 5 California picked things back up with its third early-season win over No. 18 UC Davis downing the Aggies 11-5 Saturday on the road.
Senior Maryn Dempsey recorded her first three-goal game of the year to lead the Golden Bears (6-1) on offense. Goalkeeper Isabel Williams finished with 10 saves, reaching double figures for the sixth time in seven outings.
[RUGBY] Bears Roll Past Wildcats In Tucson
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/17/rugby-bears-roll-past-wildcats-in-tucson.aspx
TUCSON, Ariz. – California rugby rolled past Arizona 85-10 in Tucson to stay undefeated in PAC conference play and improve to 7-1 on the season. The Golden Bears scored 13 tries by 10 different players and Kealan O'Connell went 10-for-13 on the extras to tally up Cal's points.
[WSWIM] No. 7 Bears Knock Off No. 5 Stanford On Senior Day
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/17/womens-swimming-diving-no-7-bears-knock-off-no-5-stanford-on-senior-day.aspx
BERKELEY - On a rainy Senior Day in Berkeley, the No. 7 California women's swimming & diving team showed it's ready to shine in the postseason.
The Golden Bears set four pool records, reshaped the program's all-time top-10 list and reeled off some of the fastest times in the nation this season in a 155.5-144.5 victory over No. 5 Stanford at the final Pac-12 dual meet at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
[LAX] Cal Drops 13-7 Contest At Cornell
https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/17/lacrosse-cal-drops-13-7-contest-at-cornell.aspx
ITHACA, N.Y. – The California lacrosse team fell behind early for the second straight game and never led in a 13-7 nonconference loss at Cornell on Saturday at Schoelkopf Field. The game started in a heavy snow squall and the field was blanketed with the white stuff just minutes into the contest. The Big Red jumped out to a 2-0 advantage before Kennedy Mason and Kennedy Goss answered with back-to-back goals to tie the score with 3:25 to go in the opening period. But Cornell scored the next three goals and held on to at least a two-goal lead for the remainder of the contest.
PRO
Charles Barkley may be a bit of a fool, but he's an entertaining one
https://twitter.com/ScottKacsmar/status/1759376677438709902
Ohtani not yet ready for Spring Training as he recovers
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39554305/shohei-ohtani-play-dodgers-spring-training-opener
Is very niiiiiice
https://www.bbc.com/sport/equestrian/68330519
I am starting to think that they don't try very hard in all-star games
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401623259
Theee personal fouls. Didn’t need to have refs.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Michigan State to pay $1.1m to NOT play the Rajun Cajuns and another $0.5m to play Prairie View A&M instead. Exhibit A in the hidden costs of having your football program implode.
https://www.mlive.com/spartans/2024/02/michigan-state-still-paying-11m-in-total-after-finding-fcs-replacement.html
UNC Chapel Hill's campus is like a postcard without the annoying snow
Carolina's quads, Old Well, and buildings together with Franklin St make a great college town. Hope lots of Cal people make the trek during ACC years.
I remember the contrast of the Dook and the UNC campuses. UNC was like a colonial setting and Dook was like a gothic setting.
Sac State outfield nearly pulled off an immaculate Scott Sterling impersonation
https://www.mlb.com/news/matt-masciangelo-hit-by-pitch-seven-times-in-college-baseball-doubleheader
Tell the DBD about a beautiful college campus that you've seen in person
Cambridge (the OG in England) is probably my favorite in person visit campus. So much interesting architecture everywhere. Helped that I was there on beautiful spring and summer days with everything in bloom.
Agree. Visited there last Spring. Lovely campus.
i was on campus recently and took some photos w/ my new camera
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CK2QjaPMcPZWAgc29
upcoming college visits this week. Pitt and Penn State
I haven't been on campus in ages. Since when has Blondies been back?
I think it's the same owners that bought Blondies from the original owner. They just changed new name Abe's back to Blondies. Supposedly it was the same recipe as the original Blondies.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Blondies-pizza-to-change-name-back-16769521.php
“We thought it might be a cool thing to do after so many years,” he said. “We learned that wasn’t the right thing to do. In Berkeley, we’re going back to original name in a couple weeks. Same pizza, same name.”
Original recipe, same grease content.
I'm not sure I've been back since they changed. I think No 3 and I tried to go but the line before a game was so long we did something else.
Arizona covers the spread by 26.5 points over ASU
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401607425/arizona-st-arizona
There's a lot going on in this article. Winthrop (SC Public university) is building a powerhouse program by landing two five-star recruits.
https://kdvr.com/sports/colorado-sports-night/cornhole-scholarships-signing-day/
I didn't know Winthrop was private. That would be another good list-- public schools that many think are private (or reverse).
Suck it, Rick Pitino
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39556235/fading-st-john-guard-anybody-rick-pitino-says
DBD AV CLUB
Brothers Sun (Netflix, Pilot and E2). It's all right, but it seems like its half action film and half wink-and-nod to Asian-American life in San Gabriel Valley. It's fine, but I can't tell yet if I like it.