Foundation Trilogy. Read it when I was in junior high and thought it was awesome. Re-read last year and it's even more awesome and relevant. With a few issues.
i have probably read 3-4 translations over the years. my first impressions were just about the great story-telling and fantastic Greek mythology.
the most recent translation i read by Emily Wilson, was somewhat eye-opening in that it is the first to openly talk about the servant as slaves and the especially the women servants as sex slaves. it was a particularly well received translation as well.
Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe. Sci-Fi/Fantasy and final book in the Book of the New Sun cycle of 4 books. Well-written from the perspective of an unreliable first person narrator who after a series of trials and tribulations becomes autarch. Read it as a teenager, read it again a couple of years back - now regarded as a literary masterpiece by many including Neil Gaiman.
A Clockwork Orange. I read first after seeing the film and thought it was a pretty cool book. I read it again many years later and thought it a masterpiece.
i regularly use slices of lemons for cooking fish, making cocktails, etc etc. they are one of the easiest way to get some good fresh flavor into your food.
Covering up a french drain with dirt/sod. It was cold over the winter and I just wasn't feeling it to get it done. It's going to be 80 degrees today, so I have no excuse.
nothing at the moment. I listed a few things last time this was a prompt, and I've taken care of all of them since then! I'll give SGBear credit for that.
Moving on all my father's model railway stuff. Spent some time this weekend getting some more pictures of the more valuable models in the hopes of starting the process of getting a specialty store to sell them on consignment.
With kids moving thru college and out the door, might be a good time to consider getting into railroading. You probably have a starting setup there you might not be able to buy at any price.
You're not wrong, but I'm just not interested... also the cost to ship all of that stuff out from the west coast would probably be prohibitive (a couple hundred items, with a mix of locomotives and passenger / freight cars) never mind all the ancillary items I'd need to build a layout.
I don't know. If I put my mind to it and catch a few breaks I think I could secure world peace in a couple of hours. It's not complicated like realigning college football conferences.
Solving a problem with idle control on my son in law's pickup. It's probably a sensor issue, not the black box, or the actual idle control mechanism, but its so inconsistent its hard to debug, and has proven to resurface after a general tune-up (much needed) helped, but didn't totally resolve the problem. Work and family schedules that don't come close to aligning doesn't help either, especially in winter.
I'd suggest you could fiddle with the shading/tint, but that's the province of the alternate uniform design marketing arm at Nike for the most part anymore for most programs, unless you are USC or Penn State or Alabama or Texas.
I passed by a churro shop a few times when I was in Germany last summer. It was so oddly out-of-place that I had to try it my last day there. It was decent, albeit a bit basic.
Nice. We stayed at one of those all inclusive spots so I didn’t even leave the grounds…I was only there 2.5 days, so I got nothing definitive from this trip.
However, if I’d had more time, I was looking at getting out on the water…you could clearly see whales breaching close to the shore just from the beach, so I would recommend a boat ride of some sort. With more time, I would’ve tried to do a charter fishing excursion, or golf (tho pricey, the weather was perfect) and/or the day trip to Todos Santos I heard was cool…great little town.
I worked with someone named Cinnamon way back when and eventually we dated for a bit. Not a stripper and she was absolutely gorgeous. And in a weird coincidence, her brother was good friends with my cousin which I learned later.
I worked with a guy once who was married to a Cinnamon, she took up with another dude and threw him out, and I swear to god his second wife was named Pepper
Smile (Prime Video): Horror flick where a psychiatrist tries to avoid becoming the latest victim of a malevolent entity that follows a person and torments them until they eventually commit suicide. Surprisingly well acted and great production values, but it lacked much suspense or tension. It Follows (2014) used a similar concept in a much more effective manner. 13/19
I watched a couple of episodes of Foundation while on a plane this past weekend, I don't know if it was amazing but it was about right for in-flight entertainment.
Foreperson on the Fulton County Grand Jury speaks to the press and giggles. She didn't do anything illegal, but she opened the door for the defendants to petition to dismiss the case.
MTG clarifies that she doesn't advocate civil war in a national divorce of red/blue states, she just means that Democrats should be forcibly disenfranchised. That seems fair.
George Santos - winning jockey for the 2022 Preakness - reported on his financial filings that he donated money to other GOP campaigns. Except he didn't.
I’d read that some 49ers were vacationing in Cabo San Lucas over the weekend…I flew in for my step-dad’s 75th bday on Sat, wondering if I’d see any of them.
Well, turns out George/Claire Kittle and Christian McCaffrey/Olivia Culpo were on my flight from Cabo into LAX yesterday…Kittle was the nicest dude, and even McCaffrey smiled at my Cal hat and said what’s up. The Kittles sat one row in front, across the aisle…as things turned out, I de-planed right after them…as we got on the jetway, I said “look at that, Kittle is my lead blocker,” which got a chuckle. Kinda cool…bigger fans now of both.
the guy currently delivering furniture is cousins with him. he saw the UW stuff in my daughter's room and we started chatting about it.
then he proceeded to showed us a couple photos from his time at IU when we went to see him play. said that he didnt go to any games at UW this year, but planning on it next year.
there was also the additional connection that both my wife and I went to IU.
I have a 72-hour whirlwind work trip to LA starting on Sunday. Ordinarily I'd be annoyed that my flight back leaves at 5:30am, but I figure I'll still be on eastern time so it will feel slightly less barbaric to be at LAX at that hour.
just picked up HAG at the New Rochelle train station. we are having dinner in NYC and a Mardi Gras themed jazz show tonight. tomorrow we (mostly HAG) are making homemade pizzas
this is all before we head down to DC for the DBD reunion event
"Well, you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk, Rochelle, Rochelle. You never stopped hoping; now you're in a Pinsk, Rochelle, Rochelle. When the naysayers 'nay' you picked up your pace. You said nothing's going to stop me so get out of my face. I'm having adventures all over the place, Rochelle, ROCHELLE!"
I was in Oregon this past weekend for my mother's 80th birthday (well, got there late Wednesday and flew home Monday). Not bad, there's only so much you can do with a newly minted octogenarian who will not / can not walk very far, but we got some stuff done and had a good time with my brother and his family too.
our HS cafeteria has some amazing freshly baked cinnamon rolls. i was never a big fan of the cheese zombies that everyone seemed to like so much, so i usually got the cinnamon rolls during our brunch break.
i still like something sweet to start off my day w/ first breakfast.
Gaaaah. No, grazie
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64727626
Meh, similar to the bulletproof coffees here with unsalted butter and/or heavy cream
Name a book that you re-read later and you changed your mind about it.
Foundation Trilogy. Read it when I was in junior high and thought it was awesome. Re-read last year and it's even more awesome and relevant. With a few issues.
this is on my list for this year
Dune: loved it the first time, second time just thought it was silly (if not terrible).
The Odyssey
i have probably read 3-4 translations over the years. my first impressions were just about the great story-telling and fantastic Greek mythology.
the most recent translation i read by Emily Wilson, was somewhat eye-opening in that it is the first to openly talk about the servant as slaves and the especially the women servants as sex slaves. it was a particularly well received translation as well.
Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe. Sci-Fi/Fantasy and final book in the Book of the New Sun cycle of 4 books. Well-written from the perspective of an unreliable first person narrator who after a series of trials and tribulations becomes autarch. Read it as a teenager, read it again a couple of years back - now regarded as a literary masterpiece by many including Neil Gaiman.
The unreliable narrator might be my favorite literary device
A Clockwork Orange. I read first after seeing the film and thought it was a pretty cool book. I read it again many years later and thought it a masterpiece.
Horrorshow!
El Capit
https://twitter.com/jamespiperphoto/status/1627900010909306882
Rank 'em: flan, panna cotta, plain cheesecake, a slice of lemon
flan, cheesecake, panna cotta, lemon
Panna cotta is a little too precious
plain cheesecake
flan
panna cotta
lemon
Cheesecake
Lemon
Pass on the other two
why doesnt anyone like lemons?
i regularly use slices of lemons for cooking fish, making cocktails, etc etc. they are one of the easiest way to get some good fresh flavor into your food.
i like all those desserts too, by the way.
I like lemons, but I don't make a habit of eating slices of them (unlike my weird kid)
Plain cheesecake, flan, panna cotta, slice of lemon
Until somewhat recently, flan would've been at the bottom (I used to call it "phlegm"), but a friend makes AMAZING flan and now I'm a convert.
Plain cheesecake
Panna cotta
Slice of lemon
That rancid sandwich Jon Anderton mistakenly eats out of the fridge in Minority Report after his eye exchange surgery
Flan
plain cheesecake
flan
panna cotta
slice of lemon
What is a chore/project that you just haven't gotten around to doing
Covering up a french drain with dirt/sod. It was cold over the winter and I just wasn't feeling it to get it done. It's going to be 80 degrees today, so I have no excuse.
nothing at the moment. I listed a few things last time this was a prompt, and I've taken care of all of them since then! I'll give SGBear credit for that.
all of them
i am about the same. only get done what is imminently breaking or needs attention.
it cant be THAT important if i havent done it in a while ..
Fancy hanging of the surround speakers at home, I mean they're there, but doesn't look as good as the wife wants.
Tiling my kitchen backsplash.
Moving on all my father's model railway stuff. Spent some time this weekend getting some more pictures of the more valuable models in the hopes of starting the process of getting a specialty store to sell them on consignment.
With kids moving thru college and out the door, might be a good time to consider getting into railroading. You probably have a starting setup there you might not be able to buy at any price.
You're not wrong, but I'm just not interested... also the cost to ship all of that stuff out from the west coast would probably be prohibitive (a couple hundred items, with a mix of locomotives and passenger / freight cars) never mind all the ancillary items I'd need to build a layout.
Model railroading can be a huge time suck. I had a good friend who was very much into it.
That is all.
Brokering peace between all countries.
we could play a rousing game of Axis and Allies and you could try to negotiate some sort of peace.
Uh, no.
That might be a bit ambitious. Even compared to trying to master early Ford forays into fuel injection and electronics.
I don't know. If I put my mind to it and catch a few breaks I think I could secure world peace in a couple of hours. It's not complicated like realigning college football conferences.
Solving a problem with idle control on my son in law's pickup. It's probably a sensor issue, not the black box, or the actual idle control mechanism, but its so inconsistent its hard to debug, and has proven to resurface after a general tune-up (much needed) helped, but didn't totally resolve the problem. Work and family schedules that don't come close to aligning doesn't help either, especially in winter.
If you could pick an alternative color scheme for Cal, what would it be?
Instead of blue and gold? Gold and blue (you know it's the only answer.)
I'd suggest you could fiddle with the shading/tint, but that's the province of the alternate uniform design marketing arm at Nike for the most part anymore for most programs, unless you are USC or Penn State or Alabama or Texas.
Black and gold
Cerulean and gold
Churros
I passed by a churro shop a few times when I was in Germany last summer. It was so oddly out-of-place that I had to try it my last day there. It was decent, albeit a bit basic.
Just like 할머니 used to make
They were our dessert at the restaurant we ate at Sun night in Cabo. F-ing delicious.
Flying out to Cabo tomorrow, any recs?
Dinner at Edith's.
Nice. We stayed at one of those all inclusive spots so I didn’t even leave the grounds…I was only there 2.5 days, so I got nothing definitive from this trip.
However, if I’d had more time, I was looking at getting out on the water…you could clearly see whales breaching close to the shore just from the beach, so I would recommend a boat ride of some sort. With more time, I would’ve tried to do a charter fishing excursion, or golf (tho pricey, the weather was perfect) and/or the day trip to Todos Santos I heard was cool…great little town.
Cinnamon
I worked with someone named Cinnamon way back when and eventually we dated for a bit. Not a stripper and she was absolutely gorgeous. And in a weird coincidence, her brother was good friends with my cousin which I learned later.
I worked with a guy once who was married to a Cinnamon, she took up with another dude and threw him out, and I swear to god his second wife was named Pepper
I guess he prefers spicy women
So silly.
Sugar and spice, all things nice.
Apparently post-Covid the Costco Churros have gotten worse.
I strongly disagree with this. I can’t remember if Costco had already incorporated the twisted churro pre Covid or during Covid.
Or did everyone's sense of smell degenerate?
I’m having a hard time believing they were ever good
I mean they were fine for $1 (or whatever they were). After Covid I think the price went up and the quality went down.
They cost about $1,000 at a ballpark.
DBD AV CLUB
Smile (Prime Video): Horror flick where a psychiatrist tries to avoid becoming the latest victim of a malevolent entity that follows a person and torments them until they eventually commit suicide. Surprisingly well acted and great production values, but it lacked much suspense or tension. It Follows (2014) used a similar concept in a much more effective manner. 13/19
I watched a couple of episodes of Foundation while on a plane this past weekend, I don't know if it was amazing but it was about right for in-flight entertainment.
In-flght? Sure, but it's not that good, and I mainly think a was dumb idea to even try to make a show from the story.
Not that bad, we watched the whole first season- but that's it.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Foreperson on the Fulton County Grand Jury speaks to the press and giggles. She didn't do anything illegal, but she opened the door for the defendants to petition to dismiss the case.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-grand-juror-multiple-indictments-recommended/KGAJO32SP5CJXO4EYGCONSP5OE/
People's excitement about being the center of attention is not ideal for this kind of thing
MTG clarifies that she doesn't advocate civil war in a national divorce of red/blue states, she just means that Democrats should be forcibly disenfranchised. That seems fair.
https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1628062900345602048
she is such a gaping asshole
George Santos - winning jockey for the 2022 Preakness - reported on his financial filings that he donated money to other GOP campaigns. Except he didn't.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/22/george-santos-campaign-spending-00083886
Joe may not run — and top Dems are quietly preparing
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/22/bidenworld-joe-may-not-run-2024-00083905
If trumps gets the GQP nomination, Biden should absolutely run.
PRO
I’d read that some 49ers were vacationing in Cabo San Lucas over the weekend…I flew in for my step-dad’s 75th bday on Sat, wondering if I’d see any of them.
Well, turns out George/Claire Kittle and Christian McCaffrey/Olivia Culpo were on my flight from Cabo into LAX yesterday…Kittle was the nicest dude, and even McCaffrey smiled at my Cal hat and said what’s up. The Kittles sat one row in front, across the aisle…as things turned out, I de-planed right after them…as we got on the jetway, I said “look at that, Kittle is my lead blocker,” which got a chuckle. Kinda cool…bigger fans now of both.
Did you ask McCaffrey how he enjoyed his Sun Bowl?
I dream of this day…
I'm jealous you got to meet McCaffrey.
That's awesome.
Agree with that assessment.
Westbrook to Clippers is a done deal
https://twitter.com/LAClippers/status/1628559472452079616
Purdy's surgery delayed due to swelling, which may push back his recovery
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35709534/sources-niners-purdy-now-aiming-march-elbow-surgery
ICYMI: Tiger Woods handed Justin Thomas a tampon after oudriving him off the tee
https://twitter.com/bustedcoverage/status/1626425969832783875
Toxic masculinity run amok.
Astros' Jeremy Pena reports to camp and apparently only did arm days during the offseason.
https://twitter.com/astros/status/1627478377048203267/photo/2
@it's from pounding the garbage cans@
Ten crazy NFL offseason predictions: Aaron Rodgers returns to Packers; Jimmy Garoppolo replaces Tom Brady
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ten-crazy-nfl-offseason-predictions-aaron-rodgers-returns-to-packers-jimmy-garoppolo-replaces-tom-brady/
Elsewhere in college
[JMBB] Georgetown snaps two year road losing streak
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35698061/georgetown-beats-butler-snap-22-game-losing-streak
Given the team's futility under Fox, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it's only been a year and ten days since Cal last won a road game
Georgetown has had a couple of games that suggest their might be a path forward for Cal...
The best player on the #2 MBB team (Alabama) has been arrested for capital murder
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/sec/2023/01/15/alabama-crimson-tide-basketball-darius-miles-charged-capital-murder/11060770002/
Coach Oates defends Miller
https://twitter.com/on3sports/status/1628113958514184193?s=46&t=bzeIBEyOuHlFkAIMB1tqkw
For saying something tone-deaf, Coach Oates get rewarded with a contract extension. Like, wut?
https://twitter.com/alex_kirshner/status/1628123643224985613
I thought Miles was a middling player. Isn't Miller (not charged) the super frosh?
Ya…Miles is a back-end of the rotation guy.
Brandon Miller is a stud…
CT HS wrestling championship lost do the ticky-tackiest penalty
https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/wrestling/article/rham-wrestling-team-denied-connecticut-state-17794119.php
Penix Jr ..
the guy currently delivering furniture is cousins with him. he saw the UW stuff in my daughter's room and we started chatting about it.
then he proceeded to showed us a couple photos from his time at IU when we went to see him play. said that he didnt go to any games at UW this year, but planning on it next year.
there was also the additional connection that both my wife and I went to IU.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Grant Marek out repping the Bears
https://twitter.com/Grant_Marek/status/1627280074868412416
Back to the branding topic, Berkeley is far more well known worldwide.
But then, as for athletics, they are not our target. So I still think we should go in "Cal" direction.
Got roped into presenting a "Safety Minute" at work tomorrow, so I picked Avian Flu preparedness and am planning to quote Marshawn.
DBD Travel
I have a 72-hour whirlwind work trip to LA starting on Sunday. Ordinarily I'd be annoyed that my flight back leaves at 5:30am, but I figure I'll still be on eastern time so it will feel slightly less barbaric to be at LAX at that hour.
just picked up HAG at the New Rochelle train station. we are having dinner in NYC and a Mardi Gras themed jazz show tonight. tomorrow we (mostly HAG) are making homemade pizzas
this is all before we head down to DC for the DBD reunion event
Hope hag got into the car singing:
"Well, you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk, Rochelle, Rochelle. You never stopped hoping; now you're in a Pinsk, Rochelle, Rochelle. When the naysayers 'nay' you picked up your pace. You said nothing's going to stop me so get out of my face. I'm having adventures all over the place, Rochelle, ROCHELLE!"
I was in Oregon this past weekend for my mother's 80th birthday (well, got there late Wednesday and flew home Monday). Not bad, there's only so much you can do with a newly minted octogenarian who will not / can not walk very far, but we got some stuff done and had a good time with my brother and his family too.
cinnamon rolls.
our HS cafeteria has some amazing freshly baked cinnamon rolls. i was never a big fan of the cheese zombies that everyone seemed to like so much, so i usually got the cinnamon rolls during our brunch break.
i still like something sweet to start off my day w/ first breakfast.
That's because you needed to order the cheese AND sausage zombie. But the cinnamon rolls were good too