I have stuff from the colleges my kids go to. I have a Vandy decal on the back window of my car. I also have a Williams Eph cow standing on top of a Banana slug above it. I don't have a UPenn sticker on my car, but I do have a UPenn shirt that No 1 got me. No 1 was getting me a shirt and asked me which of two I wanted. One was dark red/maroon but the other wasn't. I said usually I wouldn't get red but since this isn't Furd red and it's a better shirt than the other one I OKed it. I have a Vandy club baseball hat and a UCSC No known predators shirt.
I have lots of UNC shirts, sweatshirts, hats, jacket, and a sticker on my car and luggage.
I had "AU BEAR" license plate (thanks to Terence for the idea) in Kentucky. Need to find a couple good Cal ones in Ca since all the ideas I've had are all taken.
Cal blanket, Oski Bobblehead, replica Axe, three books on Cal football history, on field photos with players after Big Game wins, a Cal replica poster of the 1954 football schedule.
License plate holder, large Cal flag, Script logo Cal medallion for the car (that hasn't been affixed yet), BBQ spatula as well, and permanent right shoulder tattoo.
A couple versions of a 3d printed Sather Tower/Campanile, that I printed myself. Design was found online from 3D warehouse. Back when it was free, not sure if it still is.
Mrs Slug says that snow has been reported in Montclair. Walked to the other side of the building to look at the Oakland Hills and all I saw was low clouds; no snow.
Snow on the ground, varies from <1" to 4" depending on how sheltered the spot is. 31 degrees. Low of 20 tonight, and high tomorrow might reach 40, and be freezing by dark. And they plan to play baseball tomorrow.
Related, the UofO-UCSB series was moved from Santa Batbara to Eugene (where temperatures will be in he low 40s by Saturday) because of expected snow in SoCal.
While eating lunch I was watching The Weather Channel. It showed a video from Portland of a car pulling out if its driveway and immediately sliding sideways down the hill.
They must be at least anticipating a significant precipitation event, even if its not much snow, at a location that doesn't often even see (or have a facility designed to handle) significant rainfall.
I usually do my run in the morning. But it's "only" about 50 right now. Forecast is for near 80 today so I'm waiting to go out until after it gets warmer. It's already near 70 not far to the south. Back to normal with a chance of a dusting of snow on Saturday.
[MSWIM] Day 1 of the Pac-12 Championship featured 1 event, which the Bears won - despite a blisteringly fast freestyle route by Stanfurd's Claire Curhan at 23.34s that gave the Card an early lead. Jade Neser and Mia Kragh overcame Stanfurd's lead with outstanding breaststroke and fly rounds. Cal held on the fourth leg as Stanfurd had a very fast final leg and the Bears squeaked by with a 0.02 total win.
Florida schools respond to DeSantis directive to remove types of books and material that upset him. Duval County urged educators to err on the side of caution when deciding which books to remove, which resulted in administrators removing all books from classrooms, reclaiming all books on loan from students, and removing almost all books from the library. One teacher complained via a Tweet, which went viral. He was then fired for that tweet, DeSantis calling it a "false narrative"
Texas state rep filed a bill to bar voting at college because of wanting to avoid Uvalde-like violence and certainly not the voter suppression that it looks like
Steve Bannon stiffed his lawyers for $480k after they defended him after his J6C subpeen. Now he's getting sued. Also, good luck ever getting a lawyer again.
With 4.59m viewers, the NBA All-Star Game had its the lowest ratings in its history (meanwhile TNT is experiencing its the highest NBA ratings since pre-pandemic)
Aaron Rodgers rumors: Packers want QB back, but they apparently have one big condition for his return
""It's an opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation and after that, I feel like I'll be a lot closer to that final, final decision," Rodgers said of his darkness retreat.
ESPN is reporting Rodgers ended his retreat on Wednesday.
Actually, the Packers' condition for Rodgers' return is that the drama continues, unabated, for as long as it keeps the Packers in the news. In other words, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
In other news, the sun rose this morning, although with the cloud cover that's strictly a rumor.
Is it just me or was anyone else surprised that Brandon Miller was allowed to play for Alabama last night a day after it was disclosed that he furnished the gun that was used in a capital murder? Am I missing something? Dunno, definitely seems like that’s kind of a big deal and he maybe should’ve taken a night off…
Yahoo had a good article on the details of it in the morning newsletter. The gist of it is Miller didn't do anything illegal, and didn't know the gun (which Miles had left in Miller's car) was going to be used in a crime, as far as the DA can prove.
Like Wayne Campbell, as someone that does not own A gun, let alone MANY guns that would necessitate an entire rack, the whole concept just seems foreign to me…
What's fascinating is listening to the local flagship station show blasting Alabama for playing Miller, even though they acknowledge someone must know more than has come out so far (duh!), when they have a standard practice of sitting on news-worthy information, and defending any local action ever taken on the sometimes valid grounds that there is more info than has been released (because they aren't releasing it).
Actual journalism has become an incredibly scarce thing.
We picked fine time to pass on our revenue sports. We're not the only under-performing school, but we sure have become a drag for the rest of this conference.
YES! I mean, to a certain extent what happens at another school like Cal is their business, up until it isn’t…when inept leadership becomes your business, like it is now, you have a problem.
If I’m an experienced administrator at another P12 school, I would absolutely despise Jim Knowlton for his incompetence…he’s damaging the Pac 12 brand while he absolutely destroys the Cal one.
The Pac-12 is selling filler for a network's college football programming. ESPN and Fox set the bar with Larry Scott's "leadership". Nothing has changed.
They have mostly filler FB & BB programing, with a sprinkling of actually attractive games, but are trying to sell a non-existent significant number of actually attractive games because their membership seems to believe they are marketable on a scale with or above the BIG Xii & ACC (they aren't), and even see themselves in the same community as the B1G (which is ludicrous).
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
Jesus, this is a bit scary
https://www.techspot.com/news/97702-samsung-bixby-update-users-clone-their-voice-answer.html
Non-apparel Cal stuff
I have a lot of letters from Cal soliciting money from me
a Cal script window cling for my car and a license plate frame from the alumni association
a couple stickers on my laptop(s) and nice Cal blanket for the TV room.
Oh I did forget about the Cal blanket you got me. And a few stadium bobblehead and other giveaways.
I forgot about a kickass Cal blanket I have, too. My folks handed it down.
I have stuff from the colleges my kids go to. I have a Vandy decal on the back window of my car. I also have a Williams Eph cow standing on top of a Banana slug above it. I don't have a UPenn sticker on my car, but I do have a UPenn shirt that No 1 got me. No 1 was getting me a shirt and asked me which of two I wanted. One was dark red/maroon but the other wasn't. I said usually I wouldn't get red but since this isn't Furd red and it's a better shirt than the other one I OKed it. I have a Vandy club baseball hat and a UCSC No known predators shirt.
I have lots of UNC shirts, sweatshirts, hats, jacket, and a sticker on my car and luggage.
Oh I misread this topic. I just realized it's non-apparel Cal stuff not non-Cal college stuff.
I have a Cal BBQ spatula that HSB got me. And Cal decal and license plate holders for my cars. Don't think I have anything else.
i have this spatula too
I had "AU BEAR" license plate (thanks to Terence for the idea) in Kentucky. Need to find a couple good Cal ones in Ca since all the ideas I've had are all taken.
FX10FRD
Clever. I like it.
Cal blanket, Oski Bobblehead, replica Axe, three books on Cal football history, on field photos with players after Big Game wins, a Cal replica poster of the 1954 football schedule.
License plate holder, large Cal flag, Script logo Cal medallion for the car (that hasn't been affixed yet), BBQ spatula as well, and permanent right shoulder tattoo.
Luggage tag, license plate frame, and tire valve stem caps
Used to use lots of Cal cellphone cases.
I have a luggage tag.
I have a cute little mini football.
A couple versions of a 3d printed Sather Tower/Campanile, that I printed myself. Design was found online from 3D warehouse. Back when it was free, not sure if it still is.
I have a bottle opener that plays "Fight for California" when you open a cap.
Mine just ran out of battery.
Throw it out and buy a new one. Keep the economy strong!
Me too
I got a bunch of stickers from the administration for being a sequential donor for something like five years.
I also have a bunch of fiat lux tumblers, a bottle opener that plays fight for California, license plate holders for the cars, etc.
WEATHER
Let's check in on Venice, Italy. Gawd, that must smell awful
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venice-canal-dry-italy-fears-over-alps-snow-shortage-after-summer-drought/
Sunny, high of 81, but a bit breezy. This type of weather makes me want to close my computer and go do something else than work.
Meanwhile, record warmth for February on the East Coast.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/us/early-spring-record-warmth-impacts-climate/index.html
So LA has its first ever blizzard warning
https://twitter.com/EvelynTaft/status/1628642659308011521
Oh "The Day After Tomorrow" is happening.
I think of that movie way more than I ever thought I would...
Looks like I'll have some great views of the snow when flying into LAX on Sunday morning
Mrs Slug says that snow has been reported in Montclair. Walked to the other side of the building to look at the Oakland Hills and all I saw was low clouds; no snow.
Snow on the ground, varies from <1" to 4" depending on how sheltered the spot is. 31 degrees. Low of 20 tonight, and high tomorrow might reach 40, and be freezing by dark. And they plan to play baseball tomorrow.
Related, the UofO-UCSB series was moved from Santa Batbara to Eugene (where temperatures will be in he low 40s by Saturday) because of expected snow in SoCal.
While eating lunch I was watching The Weather Channel. It showed a video from Portland of a car pulling out if its driveway and immediately sliding sideways down the hill.
That’ll be quite something if it snows here near UCSB…it’ll definitely dust up in the Santa Ynez mountains, tho.
They must be at least anticipating a significant precipitation event, even if its not much snow, at a location that doesn't often even see (or have a facility designed to handle) significant rainfall.
Chilly this morning (37 deg. F at 5:00 AM) with mostly cloudy skies.
Brrrr...!
I usually do my run in the morning. But it's "only" about 50 right now. Forecast is for near 80 today so I'm waiting to go out until after it gets warmer. It's already near 70 not far to the south. Back to normal with a chance of a dusting of snow on Saturday.
Same, I'm pushing my bike ride after lunch to try to bask in those peak, mid-70s temperatures
CAL
[MSWIM] Day 1 of the Pac-12 Championship featured 1 event, which the Bears won - despite a blisteringly fast freestyle route by Stanfurd's Claire Curhan at 23.34s that gave the Card an early lead. Jade Neser and Mia Kragh overcame Stanfurd's lead with outstanding breaststroke and fly rounds. Cal held on the fourth leg as Stanfurd had a very fast final leg and the Bears squeaked by with a 0.02 total win.
https://calbears.com/documents/2023/2/22/event_2_final_results__2_.pdf
Go Bears!!!
Cal is giving away Under Armour stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/stories/1658938134203677/UzpfSVNDOjU3OTE5NTIwNDI0NzcyOQ==/
I watched that too long. Once that story was done a Ken Montgomery story came on.
DBD AV CLUB
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Florida schools respond to DeSantis directive to remove types of books and material that upset him. Duval County urged educators to err on the side of caution when deciding which books to remove, which resulted in administrators removing all books from classrooms, reclaiming all books on loan from students, and removing almost all books from the library. One teacher complained via a Tweet, which went viral. He was then fired for that tweet, DeSantis calling it a "false narrative"
https://twitter.com/JagsFanBrian/status/1618977880696041474
To the Democrat's delight, Trump visited Ohio
Trump got Goya to donate pallets of beans to Palestine, Ohio.
Also Trump donated 13 pallets of Trump Water, which went bankrupt 13 years ago.
Texas state rep filed a bill to bar voting at college because of wanting to avoid Uvalde-like violence and certainly not the voter suppression that it looks like
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/texas-republican-seeks-ban-polling-places-schools-rcna71710
Vote by mail works from anywhere quite nicely.
Steve Bannon stiffed his lawyers for $480k after they defended him after his J6C subpeen. Now he's getting sued. Also, good luck ever getting a lawyer again.
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/davidoff-hutcher-citron-v-bannon-complaint.pdf
Buttigieg world frustrated at GOP attacks over train wreck
“Pete Buttigieg has taken a lot of bullets for the president on this,” one senior Democrat said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/23/train-derailment-ohio-buttigieg-00084111
PRO
Alex Morgan cleans up a stray near the penalty area and curls in a beautiful left footer
https://twitter.com/USWNT/status/1628564937328168960
That's Coach Webb to you
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1628874548983607305
He's already 28!!?
Three years ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost to their own 42-year old zamboni driver
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/808764387/toronto-zamboni-driver-david-ayres-makes-his-nhl-debut-as-goalie
Oh I remember his. There's also the Chicago (I think it was) emergency goalie that got into a game and made some good saves.
Yeah it was the Blackhawks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-IGNvfrg8&ab_channel=NHL
With 4.59m viewers, the NBA All-Star Game had its the lowest ratings in its history (meanwhile TNT is experiencing its the highest NBA ratings since pre-pandemic)
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/02/nba-all-star-ratings-viewership-record-low-tnt/
3d printed non-pumped basketball used in slam dunk contest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRoHKpmcRS0
How the ball was made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elyhSE6Tkus
Aaron Rodgers rumors: Packers want QB back, but they apparently have one big condition for his return
""It's an opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation and after that, I feel like I'll be a lot closer to that final, final decision," Rodgers said of his darkness retreat.
ESPN is reporting Rodgers ended his retreat on Wednesday.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-rumors-packers-want-qb-back-but-they-apparently-have-one-big-condition-for-his-return/
Actually, the Packers' condition for Rodgers' return is that the drama continues, unabated, for as long as it keeps the Packers in the news. In other words, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
In other news, the sun rose this morning, although with the cloud cover that's strictly a rumor.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
She's not wrong
https://twitter.com/Emilnem/status/1628802411627429888
Texas AD not only is wrong on so many fronts
https://twitter.com/ChipBrown247/status/1627831578918326273
Is it just me or was anyone else surprised that Brandon Miller was allowed to play for Alabama last night a day after it was disclosed that he furnished the gun that was used in a capital murder? Am I missing something? Dunno, definitely seems like that’s kind of a big deal and he maybe should’ve taken a night off…
Yahoo had a good article on the details of it in the morning newsletter. The gist of it is Miller didn't do anything illegal, and didn't know the gun (which Miles had left in Miller's car) was going to be used in a crime, as far as the DA can prove.
Ok, that’s a little more context…thanks Andy.
Like Wayne Campbell, as someone that does not own A gun, let alone MANY guns that would necessitate an entire rack, the whole concept just seems foreign to me…
Kid’s a helluva ball player, tho.
What's fascinating is listening to the local flagship station show blasting Alabama for playing Miller, even though they acknowledge someone must know more than has come out so far (duh!), when they have a standard practice of sitting on news-worthy information, and defending any local action ever taken on the sometimes valid grounds that there is more info than has been released (because they aren't releasing it).
Actual journalism has become an incredibly scarce thing.
It's not just you. But it does seem like they are trying their best to turn a blind eye.
What is the Pac-12 actually selling? Ratings without USC, UCLA explain league's struggle to land rights deal
The Pac-12's inability to land a media rights deal is reaching a concerning point
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/what-is-the-pac-12-actually-selling-ratings-without-usc-ucla-explain-leagues-struggle-to-land-rights-deal/
We picked fine time to pass on our revenue sports. We're not the only under-performing school, but we sure have become a drag for the rest of this conference.
Mark Fox is single-handedly gonna cost the P12 bids come Selection Sunday. That’s quite a feat…well done.
Feels like we should be relegated. The other conference uni presidents and ADs must hate us.
YES! I mean, to a certain extent what happens at another school like Cal is their business, up until it isn’t…when inept leadership becomes your business, like it is now, you have a problem.
If I’m an experienced administrator at another P12 school, I would absolutely despise Jim Knowlton for his incompetence…he’s damaging the Pac 12 brand while he absolutely destroys the Cal one.
The Pac-12 is selling filler for a network's college football programming. ESPN and Fox set the bar with Larry Scott's "leadership". Nothing has changed.
They have mostly filler FB & BB programing, with a sprinkling of actually attractive games, but are trying to sell a non-existent significant number of actually attractive games because their membership seems to believe they are marketable on a scale with or above the BIG Xii & ACC (they aren't), and even see themselves in the same community as the B1G (which is ludicrous).
Just got a Campus safety alert, apparently there have been a couple of episodes of people cutting the cable lock and stealing electric scooters.
Probably took cover behind the distraction of the people cutting cable locks and stealing bikes on and around campus.