I went to Trader Joe's to get milk for No 2 and saw they had the gorgonzola gnocchi that he loves. Reminded me that I had a bag of Truffle Cream filled gnocchi (mascarpone sauce with truffle bits) that I bought a few months ago when I couldn't find the gorgonzola gnocchi. Made it up with some leftover pizza sauce (basically tomatoes, olive oil, and garlic) and it was really good. The filling makes it rich.
"Just as grave is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (an excellent Solomon Hughes), a surly and devout intellectual all too aware of the sport’s racial hierarchies and existentially skeptical of the material comforts he’s been afforded from being really good at putting a ball through a hoop.
I've never done one so I have a question. Do all wineries charge for a tour and tasting? The few tours of bourbon distilleries I've done were all free with like 1 taste afterwards.
My Uncle is coming to town and my mom was thinking of taking him wine tasting. I assume wineries opened back up for that. Anyways, anyone have any suggestions on where to go?
Be aware that sometimes people say Sonoma when they are referencing Sonoma County. Sonoma County has lots of great tasting options. Healdsburg, right off of 101, has a ton of tasting rooms on the central town Plaza, and lots of wineries a short drive from town (Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley). Simi (recc'd below) is in Healdsburg and does a great winery tour on appointment. La Crema, also recc'd below, is one of the tasting rooms in Healdsburg.
It's much harder to string together decent cellar door visits in Sonoma because they are so much further apart. It's been ages since I've been but La Crema, Simi, Sonoma Cutrer for wines. You gotta book appointments.
Nope I have no idea. I assume he drinks wine but my mom always get him some beer when he's here. I think she chose wine moreso to see the area and check out the wineries than to actually taste them. But I'll ask if we ended up doing that and let you know.
My mom has a place off Trancas St., in Napa...last time I had friends in town, we headed up Trancas, took a left on Silverado Trail, and passed a ton of options, including different wineries with different varietals like Chimney Rock, Pine Ridge, and Mumm.
I don't know. Probably just casual tasting at the counter. I think she's just trying to find somewhere to take him how that I'm here to drive since usually they just sit around the house since she doesn't drive anywhere she's not really familiar with.
Some places have grape juice and/or DD options, so keep an eye out for that.
I recently went here with a group of friends because they had kids, so the picnic area (free, no reservations) was a good option: https://www.vsattui.com/ You can buy food (they have a deli counter as well as cheese, bread, crackers...) and bottles of wine/grape juice. You can also make reservations for tastings. That's in Napa Valley, and if you go to Napa, you can also check out Bouchon Bakery and Model Bakery.
My parents like https://castellodiamorosa.com/ not for the wine, but because they like the castle. They also have a grape juice/DD option, and I think they're reservation only.
This was a cool place to visit because they have a lot of Coppola memorabilia. When I went with my parents and their friends, we just reserved a table at the Bistro, so it wasn't pre-booking a set number of tastings: https://www.inglenook.com/
In Sonoma Valley, I have a soft spot for Gundlach Bundschu, but it looks like everything is reservation only, so you can't just hang out on their picnic grounds https://www.gunbun.com/
most wineries do charge for tastings that could include anywhere between 3-6 tastings. It's been so long since I've done this so I can't say how much they charge. From my experience not all wineries do tours, the ones that do are usually free. and agree with Cugel about avoiding Napa. There are tons of tasting rooms in downtown Sonoma so it minimizes the driving around.
@janna_e_haider: every quarter i give my students an extra credit assignment to make a meme about something we covered in class. this quarter i taught US History from approx 1815-1920(ish), and the kids had some spicy takes (thread of memes)
Broken crayons, dried up markers without lids, and random marker lids not on a marker. I have a 4 year old who puts them in there and I never take them out.
mine used to include 37 cent postage stamps for years after prices went up, so you'd have to double them up (if I could even find them or remember theyre there). lesson was learned, so now I have some old discolored Forever stamps, that I still feel like I'm taking a gamble with on the rare occasions I mail something out.
Back in college, in my first year out of the dorms, I was not prepared at all for Halloween. A couple of kids showed up and I gave them honey and jam packages from KFC (I don't think they were happy but also were too young to possibly egg my apartment).
Why? They almost always give you more the next time you buy. Is it "this has value, so you never know" or "I've gone without before and I never want to be hurt again"?
That’s funny. Just this morning I had to go to CVS to get some Krazy Glue because the tube I had was was crusted as hard as granite. They really should make single-use tubes.
Rapidly rising inflation eating up the ruble's value commences now. How long before Putin reverses course or the Russian ruble becomes absolutely worthless? Will there be a million ruble note in the not too distant future?
I am bit curious about this whole on-off thing. It sounds like the Polish and Americans were not on the same page as to what they want. Perhaps the US wanted the transfer to be secret, but Poland also wanted it public that they weren't "their" jets for culpable deniability. Perhaps Americans didn't want to be on the hook for millions of dollars for jets that would only fly for a few days before being shot down and that sending Stingers/Javelins in secret plus three-way trades with Turkey for drones would be far more effective.
I was going to say that the fact that the planes were MiG-29s would give away that the jets were not American, but it turns out the U.S. has 21 MiG-29s.
"Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of newly independent states suddenly found themselves in possession of former Soviet military equipment. This included the small country of Moldova, who now has possession of 34 MiG-29s.
In 1996, Moldovan authorities informed U.S. officials that the country had been contacted by the Iranian government over the potential purchase of the MiG-29s. Iran already operated a number of MiG-29 aircraft, but the MiG-29C variant – of which Moldova had 14 – would have represented an upgrade over its older models. Of more concern to Clinton administration officials, however, was the potential for MiG-29Cs to be used for the delivery of nuclear weapons. It was this concern that allowed the United States to purchase a number of MiG-29s from Moldova as part of the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
The following year, the United States completed the purchase of 21 MiG-29s – including the 14 MiG-29Cs – from Moldova, in exchange for a $40 million cash payment and humanitarian assistance, as well as non-lethal defense equipment such as military trucks."
One of the more entertaining things that has come out of his job switch is the unending cope from Oklahoma fans about how he's a snake and how he's losing money by moving to liberal cesspits in southern California. As you might imagine, this is being met with some serious regional snobbery by my fellow alumni. This will only keep the silliness going.
I maybe wrong about this but I think UCSD's transition to D1 is still so recent (like 2 years ago) that they are not yet eligible for any NCAA tournaments.
UCSD was down 76-72. UCSD scored to make it 76-74 and then stole the ball and scored again to presumably tie it at 76 but the scoreboard read 76-75, with Cal Poly still in the lead. So ucsd player fouls Cal Poly, Cal Poly hits both free throws, ucsd down 78-75 attempts and misses a 3 to tie so they could Cal Poly again. Cal Poly hits both free throws and wins the game 80-76 after the score board is corrected.
Thank you. I'd also say it's on the refs to stop play and correct it if they can without disrupting game flow. But in real time that may not have been an option.
My sons graduated from Cal Poly, so there's a small affinity there. But this sucks, big time. Shenanigans, intentional or not, are still shenanigans. Crappy ending to the season. The scoreboard operator should be ashamed.
They’ll have Wentz under contract at a $22MM salary this year with a $6.294MM roster bonus. After that, they’ve got him for two more seasons. In 2023, he’s due $20MM in salary with a $6.176MM roster bonus. In 2024, that salary increases to $21MM with a $6.235MM bonus payout.
The last two years are not guaranteed so they can get rid of him after the first year if it doesn't work. I've been listening to the radio while cleaning up around the house and there is universal disdain for this move. Except for one caller who said he's the best QB they've had in 30 years.
As I was getting ready to go for a run over lunch time I had the radio on to sports talk. A caller was pushing for them to trade for Goff. I guess that won't be happening.
The question then is if it would be better for the 9ers to not have JimmyG so they're not tempted to put him in when/if Lance struggles. Because long run would it be better for Lance to keep playing through his struggles?
You can't keep him for so many reasons, but the $25M+ in cap space is the biggest.
Hearing they'll trade him in the next day or two...he just waived his no-trade clause to IND, PIT and NOR, tho it's a moot point after next week, bc the clause expires...but they need to be under the cap by then, and they're over it now, before contract re-constructions.
Pittsburgh has always made sense, given their passing game is already predicated on quick reads bc of 1. poor OL play that can't pass protect; and, 2. Roethlisberger's lack of mobility and limited arm strength. Add in the traditional running game and a top 5 defense, and you have a match made in heaven for Jimmy G. He can absolutely lead them to the playoffs next year.
I think Indy would also be great...Jimmy's a midwestern guy, he'd have Jonathan Taylor and that dominant OL, quality WR/TE options with a dynamic play caller in Reich, a solid D, and they play indoors.
Based on the way the Warriors played last night, I think Will Ferrell needs to show up to every pre-game from now on. I guess it also helps that the Clippers couldn't make any wide open shots in the 2nd and the 3rd.
I know a lot of W's fan are calling Wiseman a bust, tho I do think he will be good for them long term...but if Wiseman gives them anything this year, that'd be gravy.
But Kuminga/Wiseman/Moody is a pretty decent nucleus, tho they may have to get a different HC than Kerr.
USA Today's Bob Nightengale reporting that MLB negotiations are actually pretty close and that a full season is still on the table (with double headers).
yes, so long as it's not a day/nite double header. Scheduled ones are usually separate, but if there's a makeup for a rainout, you usually get 18 straight innings in the same seat.
I remember they used to have real DHers where you didn't have to leave in between games. Now they want to sell separate tickets so you have to leave inbewteen. Although these days the DH are usually due to rainouts not a scheduled one. I would guess these scheduled ones would still require 2 tickets so it probably just depends on if they're available for both games.
Real DHers were great. They were almost always on Sundays and I would take a bunch of food and the Sunday paper and spread out in the bleachers at the Coliseum. Just a few bucks for a days entertainment.
I found out that the Bluetooth SIG is going to have an event in Phoenix in the middle of March. Going to try to go to some spring training games that week.
I'm a member of the Cal Alumni Wine Club. 4 times a year, you get wine from producers who have Cal ties. The spring shipment arrived this week, and the bottles all had "Aggies Uncorked" stickers on them. Obviously the fulfiller does the same service for the Davis alumni club. Not a big deal obviously, I let the Cal alumni office know. They offered to mail me stickers. Kinda funny. I'd like to believe there is a Davis alumni who received their bottles with "Go Bears" stickers.
"Not a big deal obviously, I let the Cal alumni office know. They offered to mail me stickers. Kinda funny. I'd like to believe there is a Davis alumni who received their bottles with "Go Bears" stickers."
Oh, gawd. Stories like this amaze me.
The person on the other end of the line is either (A) entirely unaware that any illusion of service/understanding/affinity has been shattered or (B) is trying to distract you, the caller, with "LOOK AT THIS SHINY GREAT THING I'M OFFERING!!!" Only the shiny great thing is stickers.
Sudden thought: there are a lot of incompetent grifters in this world. Most of them end up in sales.
I'm with you. And I just wanted to laugh it off. But under the surface it annoyed me just enough to get me to my keyboard. I signed up due to Cal affinity, and that illusion was mildly burst. I actually checked the wines and paperwork to make sure it was all Cal-related.
Plus, I figured they'd want to know. If the fulfiller let this slip, what will maybe slip through next time.
[BASE] Cal loses 9-6 at home to Santa Clara as both teams first two pitchers struggled, Cal's just a bit more. Stoutenborough takes the L by facing 18 batters for 8 hits, 6 runs, 4 SO, and 1 HBP. Galan after him only recorded one out of the 3 batters he faced, including 1 hit, 2 BB for 2 ER. Bears ended up using 9 pitchers.
The Bronco's starter didn't record an out before loading the bases on three straight walks before get relieved by a guy who gave up 4 hits, 3 BB and hit a batter for 3 ER of the 16 batters he faced.
Anyone know Knowlton's email address?
Are you going to hit him up for ND tickets?
No. Gonna give my thoughts on MBB.
Directory says jim.knowlton@berkeley.edu.
Who would be up for a Pi Day Meetup this Saturday? We could pick a park or maybe meet at Public Market?
DBD Kitchen
I went to Trader Joe's to get milk for No 2 and saw they had the gorgonzola gnocchi that he loves. Reminded me that I had a bag of Truffle Cream filled gnocchi (mascarpone sauce with truffle bits) that I bought a few months ago when I couldn't find the gorgonzola gnocchi. Made it up with some leftover pizza sauce (basically tomatoes, olive oil, and garlic) and it was really good. The filling makes it rich.
Did you get the milk?
Yes I got 2 gallons. He can go through a gallon in like 2.5 days.
I too remember the days before adult-onset lactose intolerance.
I think I'm also getting some lactose intolerance. It's not too bad yet. I can still drink a little nonfat milk every day.
DBD AV Club
The Tourist - HBOMax. You can miss.
"Just as grave is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (an excellent Solomon Hughes), a surly and devout intellectual all too aware of the sport’s racial hierarchies and existentially skeptical of the material comforts he’s been afforded from being really good at putting a ball through a hoop.
Full WaPo review: https://www.washingtonpost.com/tv/2022/03/08/winning-time-adam-mckay-review/
Oh reminds me I need to watch this.
I don't think it's "great" TV, but it is entertaining.
Obi Wan trailer (Disney+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTfhyvzTx0
Looks like a great basis for a story.
Hello there!
Interesting. So this is between episodes 1 and 2? Or between 3 and 4?
10 years after Revenge of the Sith. Jedi are scattered and being hunted by the inquisitors. Luke is a tween, so like 9 years before Star Wars.
3 and 4
I cleaned cache from past 24 hours, and lost my stats from Wordle.
oh nooo
NOOOOOOOO
DBD Wine Tasting
I've never done one so I have a question. Do all wineries charge for a tour and tasting? The few tours of bourbon distilleries I've done were all free with like 1 taste afterwards.
They pretty much all do so now (charge for tasting) - most will comp it if you buy a bottle or two, but not all.
Yes, but some have grounds you can just walk around, and like BentPawn said, a lot of places require reservations now (because of COVID).
My Uncle is coming to town and my mom was thinking of taking him wine tasting. I assume wineries opened back up for that. Anyways, anyone have any suggestions on where to go?
Hendry Winery and Materra Winery are my favorites. Also, book as early as possible. The days of being able to drop in are long gone.
It'll have to be midweek so I'm hoping that it will be less crowded, if they're even open midweek right now.
Sonoma, if you want to avoid crowds
Any specific wineries?
Be aware that sometimes people say Sonoma when they are referencing Sonoma County. Sonoma County has lots of great tasting options. Healdsburg, right off of 101, has a ton of tasting rooms on the central town Plaza, and lots of wineries a short drive from town (Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley). Simi (recc'd below) is in Healdsburg and does a great winery tour on appointment. La Crema, also recc'd below, is one of the tasting rooms in Healdsburg.
It's much harder to string together decent cellar door visits in Sonoma because they are so much further apart. It's been ages since I've been but La Crema, Simi, Sonoma Cutrer for wines. You gotta book appointments.
Depends on what your uncle likes and or drinks, do you know? I'd ask first.
Nope I have no idea. I assume he drinks wine but my mom always get him some beer when he's here. I think she chose wine moreso to see the area and check out the wineries than to actually taste them. But I'll ask if we ended up doing that and let you know.
My mom has a place off Trancas St., in Napa...last time I had friends in town, we headed up Trancas, took a left on Silverado Trail, and passed a ton of options, including different wineries with different varietals like Chimney Rock, Pine Ridge, and Mumm.
Be glad to share more from this.
Let me find out if we're going and I'll get back to you if we do. Thanks.
I'm sure Cugel will have opinions, but what kind of experience do you think they want (or you, if you're going along)?
-private tasting
-casual tasting at a counter
-picnic
-casual food
-formal food
I don't know. Probably just casual tasting at the counter. I think she's just trying to find somewhere to take him how that I'm here to drive since usually they just sit around the house since she doesn't drive anywhere she's not really familiar with.
Some places have grape juice and/or DD options, so keep an eye out for that.
I recently went here with a group of friends because they had kids, so the picnic area (free, no reservations) was a good option: https://www.vsattui.com/ You can buy food (they have a deli counter as well as cheese, bread, crackers...) and bottles of wine/grape juice. You can also make reservations for tastings. That's in Napa Valley, and if you go to Napa, you can also check out Bouchon Bakery and Model Bakery.
My parents like https://castellodiamorosa.com/ not for the wine, but because they like the castle. They also have a grape juice/DD option, and I think they're reservation only.
This was a cool place to visit because they have a lot of Coppola memorabilia. When I went with my parents and their friends, we just reserved a table at the Bistro, so it wasn't pre-booking a set number of tastings: https://www.inglenook.com/
In Sonoma Valley, I have a soft spot for Gundlach Bundschu, but it looks like everything is reservation only, so you can't just hang out on their picnic grounds https://www.gunbun.com/
The top 2 listed are uh, tourist traps, bottom two, good wineries (inglenook is $$$).
Like I said, it's not for the wine; it's for the setup.
Thanks I'll check them out.
most wineries do charge for tastings that could include anywhere between 3-6 tastings. It's been so long since I've done this so I can't say how much they charge. From my experience not all wineries do tours, the ones that do are usually free. and agree with Cugel about avoiding Napa. There are tons of tasting rooms in downtown Sonoma so it minimizes the driving around.
https://twitter.com/janna_e_haider/status/1501346702350950400?s=20&t=teeriY2lHoe8GobzGpCbYg
@janna_e_haider: every quarter i give my students an extra credit assignment to make a meme about something we covered in class. this quarter i taught US History from approx 1815-1920(ish), and the kids had some spicy takes (thread of memes)
That's an excellent idea and those were some genuinely funny submissions
that's some quality content right there
Brilliant, those were really well done.
MMMMMMM....
Cake for breakfast.
Speaking of cake... pour out a little Cherry Cheese Danish for homie Charles Entenmann. RIP. Dead at 92.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/business/charles-entenmann-death/index.html
Even earned a Seinfeld ref.
I endorse this, always.
more details please
pistachio - olive oil bundt cake with a lemon glaze.
yum!
Shackleton's ship "Endurance" found, in remarkable condition since it is in very cold water
https://twitter.com/NatGeo/status/1501456569619341313
One of the greatest stories of survival on the sea
DON'T PUSH THIS BUTTON
https://twitter.com/business/status/1501513895948832773
This reminds me of the big SoCal power outage we had about 6 or 7 years ago when someone in Yuma flipped a switch and shutoff all power to SoCal.
Never fails to amaze me.
I guess someone didn't get the memo - tell people what to do, avoid telling them what *not* to do.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/506/580/ad4.jpg
I lost the first game but won the next 99.
pqtm
pqtm. Got me.
for some people you might as well have a sign saying "you absolutely have to push this button," it's the human condition
What is something that a "junk drawer" needs in order to be considered a proper one.
Broken crayons, dried up markers without lids, and random marker lids not on a marker. I have a 4 year old who puts them in there and I never take them out.
Instruction manuals for appliances you no longer own.
5 partially used spools of Scotch tape
Random screws to who knows what
Takeout Menus to closed restaurants
Are they partially such that all 5 might be able to wrap one present? Because I think mine are that partially used.
old spare USB (type A) cable(s) that will never be used again
Not much of a thing anymore or in mine but in my parents when I was kid: expired coupons.
mine used to include 37 cent postage stamps for years after prices went up, so you'd have to double them up (if I could even find them or remember theyre there). lesson was learned, so now I have some old discolored Forever stamps, that I still feel like I'm taking a gamble with on the rare occasions I mail something out.
A pair of scissors, which are never actually in the drawer. Where are they?!
About 20 allen wrenches, with about 8 of them being the same size.
because most of the allen wrenches came with IKEA furniture
and that "missing" 10mm socket
Oh is that where mine went?
Dull scissors
unused condiment packages
I once threw a mayonaise packet to a squirrel. He pounced on it, bit off the end, and started sucking away.
Back in college, in my first year out of the dorms, I was not prepared at all for Halloween. A couple of kids showed up and I gave them honey and jam packages from KFC (I don't think they were happy but also were too young to possibly egg my apartment).
Some otherwise passable Chinese take out restaurants give packets of fake soy sauce--basically colored salt water.
Why? They almost always give you more the next time you buy. Is it "this has value, so you never know" or "I've gone without before and I never want to be hurt again"?
both. the former mrs used to keep the plastic silverware packets too. just in case
sugar, salt, pepper
I had a bunch of Chick-fil-A sauce packets until I found that a large bottle is available at Target.
I have those but they are in the cheese drawer in the fridge
paper clips, partially used tube of super glue, crusty pink eraser
Update: the super glue must be completely crusted over and unusable
That’s funny. Just this morning I had to go to CVS to get some Krazy Glue because the tube I had was was crusted as hard as granite. They really should make single-use tubes.
They do!
They do? Bonus! I am going to buy a dozen and stuff them into the junk drawer.
https://www.staples.com/Krazy-Glue-Single-Use-Tubes-with-Storage-Case-4-Tubes-per-Pack/product_504127?ci_sku=504127&KPID=504127&cid=PS:GS:SBD:PLA:OS&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt-6bqqC69gIVEg_nCh3W_QTXEAQYASABEgJ9BPD_BwE
Awesome! Thank you.
be warned! They don't last forever.
Ok. Thanks.
So true. SOOOO very true.
but don't throw it out!
Loose staples, a Canadian coin, pencils, a pen out of ink and rubber bands.
Twist ties, bits of string
Gotta have a half rolled up ball of twine in there
Batteries of different sizes, always in quantities one fewer than you need.
Including dead ones so, do you feel lucky?
And, speaking from personal experience, a battery charger that isn't being used to solve this problem
Random keys: extra car keys, house keys, and keys to locks that you haven't seen/used in over a decade.
also house keys for the neighbors for when they're out of town / kids lock themselves out, but not labeled in case someone nefarious comes across them
"Definitely not next door neighbor's"
What tastes better when it's a little burnt?
Basque Cheesecake.
Lots of roasted vegetables, mainly broccolini, brussel sprouts and sweet potatoes for me
Dolsot bibimbop
Paella
Toasted Bagels
bacon
The bottom layer of clay pot rice
Burnt ends
Singed corn
Boxes
Break them down!
Unbroken down boxes in the recycling bin has been a pet peeve of mine for as long as I can remember
at my last building some jackoff put the entire, unbroken down box his sofa came in in the dumpster area.
On the ground blocking the entrance.
Some folks are the worst. The WORST I tell you!
Ukraine
Russia goes back to Soviet times. Black market is now the only way to convert Rubles from now until September 9th, at a minimum.
https://twitter.com/anders_aslund/status/1501315627386118145
Rapidly rising inflation eating up the ruble's value commences now. How long before Putin reverses course or the Russian ruble becomes absolutely worthless? Will there be a million ruble note in the not too distant future?
He doesn't care, his assets aren't in rubles.
You're not too far off. CME rubles futures are implying +40% annual inflation.
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/fx/emerging-market/russian-ruble.quotes.html
ICYMI: US shoots down Polish MIG deal
https://www.axios.com/poland-fighter-jets-ukraine-8c71b8b9-b22b-4f0f-aabd-789081ddb994.html
I am bit curious about this whole on-off thing. It sounds like the Polish and Americans were not on the same page as to what they want. Perhaps the US wanted the transfer to be secret, but Poland also wanted it public that they weren't "their" jets for culpable deniability. Perhaps Americans didn't want to be on the hook for millions of dollars for jets that would only fly for a few days before being shot down and that sending Stingers/Javelins in secret plus three-way trades with Turkey for drones would be far more effective.
I was going to say that the fact that the planes were MiG-29s would give away that the jets were not American, but it turns out the U.S. has 21 MiG-29s.
Really? I wonder if they're at Top Gun or Nellis AFB for Red Flag.
"Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of newly independent states suddenly found themselves in possession of former Soviet military equipment. This included the small country of Moldova, who now has possession of 34 MiG-29s.
In 1996, Moldovan authorities informed U.S. officials that the country had been contacted by the Iranian government over the potential purchase of the MiG-29s. Iran already operated a number of MiG-29 aircraft, but the MiG-29C variant – of which Moldova had 14 – would have represented an upgrade over its older models. Of more concern to Clinton administration officials, however, was the potential for MiG-29Cs to be used for the delivery of nuclear weapons. It was this concern that allowed the United States to purchase a number of MiG-29s from Moldova as part of the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
The following year, the United States completed the purchase of 21 MiG-29s – including the 14 MiG-29Cs – from Moldova, in exchange for a $40 million cash payment and humanitarian assistance, as well as non-lethal defense equipment such as military trucks."
I'm sure the US wanted this to just happen without any notice. Publishing this killed it.
That was my thought last night, as well.
Or maybe they publicly say it isn't happening, then they do it anyways.
This was my first thought.
I think it is a combination of all those things.
I also think Poland saw this as an opportunity to upgrade their fleet with newer U.S. fighter jets.
Elsewhere in college
Wanna see what Lincoln Riley is living in these days?
https://www.chrisadlam.com/property/909-via-coronel-palos-verdes-estates-california-90274-united-states-of-america
One of the more entertaining things that has come out of his job switch is the unending cope from Oklahoma fans about how he's a snake and how he's losing money by moving to liberal cesspits in southern California. As you might imagine, this is being met with some serious regional snobbery by my fellow alumni. This will only keep the silliness going.
In-Laws have a home on that street.
oh wow one of my college besties grew up on that street!
Dang, looks nice.
Jacksonville State loses the ASUN championship, thereby clinching their automatic bid to the Big Dance
https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2022/03/09/Bellarmine-wins-ASun-denied-NCAA-tourney-bid-rule-college-basketball/6131646833857/
Bellarmine was a really good D2 team. Won the D2 natty maybe 10 years ago. Their campus is about 2 miles from where we lived in Louisville.
Anyways, I wonder what the purpose is of the rule that a team cannot go to March Madness within the first 4 years of joining a D1 conference.
[MBB] LSU reportedly served with NCAA investigation papers related to Will Wade, plus some related to its football program.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33457186/source-lsu-receives-notice-allegations-tied-men-basketball-football-programs-wade-scrutiny
[MBB] NEC Championship game delayed by a fight between Wagner and Bryant... fans.
https://twitter.com/TroyMachir/status/1501376355262472192
That was brutal. Not a good look for any parties involved.
[MBB] UC San Diego loses chance at playoffs partly due to incorrect scoreboard operation
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/college/story/2022-03-08/uc-san-diego-tritons-basketball-season-ends-cal-poly-scoreboard-cbi-eric-olen
I maybe wrong about this but I think UCSD's transition to D1 is still so recent (like 2 years ago) that they are not yet eligible for any NCAA tournaments.
This is correct. The game was Saturday. It did impact standings going into the conference tournament.
Paywalled, and I can't find a comparable article elsewhere. What happened?
UCSD was down 76-72. UCSD scored to make it 76-74 and then stole the ball and scored again to presumably tie it at 76 but the scoreboard read 76-75, with Cal Poly still in the lead. So ucsd player fouls Cal Poly, Cal Poly hits both free throws, ucsd down 78-75 attempts and misses a 3 to tie so they could Cal Poly again. Cal Poly hits both free throws and wins the game 80-76 after the score board is corrected.
Thank you. I'd also say it's on the refs to stop play and correct it if they can without disrupting game flow. But in real time that may not have been an option.
Fog of war and fog of competition is real.
That ucsd loss really hurts Cals mens bball SOS and might cost us a tournament spot.
I was just thinking this morning, when do we find out who we're playing in the tourney?
Wazzu
lol
That’s the joke.
My sons graduated from Cal Poly, so there's a small affinity there. But this sucks, big time. Shenanigans, intentional or not, are still shenanigans. Crappy ending to the season. The scoreboard operator should be ashamed.
Coach Prime has two fewer piggies
https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/08/deion-sanders-toes-amputated-blood-clots-surgery-jackson-state
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Grown-ass man still on his parents phone plan
https://www.al.com/news/2022/03/stephen-miller-sues-to-block-jan-6-subpoena-phone-is-on-parents-t-mobile-family-plan.html
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Rep. Cawthorn (R-NC) has a rebellious streak and a lead... hand?
https://www.wral.com/u-s-rep-madison-cawthorn-faces-charge-of-driving-with-revoked-license/20178763/
PRO
Ron Rivera gets Wentz
https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/03/colts-to-trade-carson-wentz-to-commanders
They’ll have Wentz under contract at a $22MM salary this year with a $6.294MM roster bonus. After that, they’ve got him for two more seasons. In 2023, he’s due $20MM in salary with a $6.176MM roster bonus. In 2024, that salary increases to $21MM with a $6.235MM bonus payout.
The last two years are not guaranteed so they can get rid of him after the first year if it doesn't work. I've been listening to the radio while cleaning up around the house and there is universal disdain for this move. Except for one caller who said he's the best QB they've had in 30 years.
Wentz isn’t good.
As I was getting ready to go for a run over lunch time I had the radio on to sports talk. A caller was pushing for them to trade for Goff. I guess that won't be happening.
They can get both and let them compete. We will finally have an answer on who's the best QB from 2016 class
Poor Rivera...now he gets saddled with Wentz.
Tho this defines a very fair trade market for Jimmy G...a 3rd & a conditional 2nd sounds about right, as both are remarkably similar players.
Let's just keep Jimmy as a backup if that's his value.
The question then is if it would be better for the 9ers to not have JimmyG so they're not tempted to put him in when/if Lance struggles. Because long run would it be better for Lance to keep playing through his struggles?
You can't keep him for so many reasons, but the $25M+ in cap space is the biggest.
Hearing they'll trade him in the next day or two...he just waived his no-trade clause to IND, PIT and NOR, tho it's a moot point after next week, bc the clause expires...but they need to be under the cap by then, and they're over it now, before contract re-constructions.
Pittsburgh has always made sense, given their passing game is already predicated on quick reads bc of 1. poor OL play that can't pass protect; and, 2. Roethlisberger's lack of mobility and limited arm strength. Add in the traditional running game and a top 5 defense, and you have a match made in heaven for Jimmy G. He can absolutely lead them to the playoffs next year.
I could see that.
I think Indy would also be great...Jimmy's a midwestern guy, he'd have Jonathan Taylor and that dominant OL, quality WR/TE options with a dynamic play caller in Reich, a solid D, and they play indoors.
Colts wins that division with Garoppolo.
Jackie Moons signs 10 day contract with Warriors for defensive help in Draymond's absence
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33458075/will-ferrell-takes-court-golden-state-warriors-ahead-slump-busting-win
Based on the way the Warriors played last night, I think Will Ferrell needs to show up to every pre-game from now on. I guess it also helps that the Clippers couldn't make any wide open shots in the 2nd and the 3rd.
Didn't help Klay from deep! Very excited to have Draymond, Andre and Wiseman returning next week.
I know a lot of W's fan are calling Wiseman a bust, tho I do think he will be good for them long term...but if Wiseman gives them anything this year, that'd be gravy.
But Kuminga/Wiseman/Moody is a pretty decent nucleus, tho they may have to get a different HC than Kerr.
Nobody knows anything about Wiseman right now, which I guess is why the speculation is running wild.
True. From what I remembered, lots of Klay's shots were short. Guess he just needs more time after being out for 2+ years.
USA Today's Bob Nightengale reporting that MLB negotiations are actually pretty close and that a full season is still on the table (with double headers).
https://twitter.com/BNightengale
I've always wanted to try buying tickets to a double-header. Is that even a thing? Can you buy the same seat for a double-header?
yes, so long as it's not a day/nite double header. Scheduled ones are usually separate, but if there's a makeup for a rainout, you usually get 18 straight innings in the same seat.
I remember they used to have real DHers where you didn't have to leave in between games. Now they want to sell separate tickets so you have to leave inbewteen. Although these days the DH are usually due to rainouts not a scheduled one. I would guess these scheduled ones would still require 2 tickets so it probably just depends on if they're available for both games.
Real DHers were great. They were almost always on Sundays and I would take a bunch of food and the Sunday paper and spread out in the bleachers at the Coliseum. Just a few bucks for a days entertainment.
So I'll buy two tickets, go to the first game, go to a bar in between, then come back.
I found out that the Bluetooth SIG is going to have an event in Phoenix in the middle of March. Going to try to go to some spring training games that week.
We really think there's going to be Spring Training games that week, hag? My fingers are crossed....
Sorry...I should've clarified 2023. If we still don't have spring training games that week then we've got a problem.
We’ll have baseball by then.
And we’ve still got a problem;-)
We shall see.
Carlos Boozer improves his ball handling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1AZC8WvDsU
CAL
I'm a member of the Cal Alumni Wine Club. 4 times a year, you get wine from producers who have Cal ties. The spring shipment arrived this week, and the bottles all had "Aggies Uncorked" stickers on them. Obviously the fulfiller does the same service for the Davis alumni club. Not a big deal obviously, I let the Cal alumni office know. They offered to mail me stickers. Kinda funny. I'd like to believe there is a Davis alumni who received their bottles with "Go Bears" stickers.
"Not a big deal obviously, I let the Cal alumni office know. They offered to mail me stickers. Kinda funny. I'd like to believe there is a Davis alumni who received their bottles with "Go Bears" stickers."
Oh, gawd. Stories like this amaze me.
The person on the other end of the line is either (A) entirely unaware that any illusion of service/understanding/affinity has been shattered or (B) is trying to distract you, the caller, with "LOOK AT THIS SHINY GREAT THING I'M OFFERING!!!" Only the shiny great thing is stickers.
Sudden thought: there are a lot of incompetent grifters in this world. Most of them end up in sales.
I'm with you. And I just wanted to laugh it off. But under the surface it annoyed me just enough to get me to my keyboard. I signed up due to Cal affinity, and that illusion was mildly burst. I actually checked the wines and paperwork to make sure it was all Cal-related.
Plus, I figured they'd want to know. If the fulfiller let this slip, what will maybe slip through next time.
Go Bears!!!
This man is going to be a physical mismatch this season. 😍
https://twitter.com/AllDayMaine/status/1501672933931945984
I like that there is a large man wearing a tube top in the background
You win, you made me look.
OH NO! This is horrible!
https://twitter.com/curley_young7/status/1501014881146839041
jeez, that's terrible
[BASE] Cal loses 9-6 at home to Santa Clara as both teams first two pitchers struggled, Cal's just a bit more. Stoutenborough takes the L by facing 18 batters for 8 hits, 6 runs, 4 SO, and 1 HBP. Galan after him only recorded one out of the 3 batters he faced, including 1 hit, 2 BB for 2 ER. Bears ended up using 9 pitchers.
The Bronco's starter didn't record an out before loading the bases on three straight walks before get relieved by a guy who gave up 4 hits, 3 BB and hit a batter for 3 ER of the 16 batters he faced.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/3/8/baseball-bears-leave-opportunities-on-base-paths.aspx
https://www.costco.com/pendleton-packable-blanket.product.100740677.html These are $19.99 at the Richmond Costco. Ready for picnics!!!!!
Those blankets are incredibly convenient for trips to the beach. I used mine all the time when I lived ~10 min from the beach in grad school.
I own a much much much much more expensive Pendleton blanket. $19.99 is a STEAL. (Mine was like $200)
That Pendleton ISN'T wool. Not a steal.
another sell out to a Chinese manufacturer