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HSB is a now a FREE HOUSE ELF

HAG graciously presented me with a sock, one that i left in his dryer last week.

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Didja also match up that sock with its mate, mate?

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Twitter Drama

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So what about the poison pill? Is that nullified because the board accepted his offer?

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I think they adopted the poison pill so that he couldn't become a majority shareholder. Instead it forced him to buy Twitter entirely.

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Not clear if the financing partner will be Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm which was rumored a few days ago.

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Musk is pledging equity in Tesla as collateral for debt financing and needs to arrange an additional $20 billion in loans to close the deal. I suspect he is offering Morgan Stanley pole position in the eventual Space X ipo as an incentive for their participation.

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I got a $46 million term sheet from the firm's predecessor, Golder Thoma, back in 2000 right before the web 1.0 meltdown.

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using 529 plans .. do people have experience with this?

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I gotta set one up. My oldest is definitely going to college - worst case they BOTH go!

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The smarter move would be to take that $200K (x 2) and put it all in crypto...those two would be heirs to a Newellbany family fortune....

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Why would that be smart?

Isn't crypto basically a Ponzi scheme? Crypto has nothing to back it. Crypto is based on computers working at math problems or blockchain transactions.

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Jimmy Chitwood isn't being serious. Even if he was, you still shouldn't take him seriously.

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Apr 25, 2022·edited Apr 25, 2022

Well the smart move would have been to avoid children altogether...smart went right out the window when Newellbany & Dr. Mrs. decided to pull the goalie. The only saving grace is that more of the Dr. Mrs. genes seem to have been passed on, which is better for society all-around.

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so we have a commitment to go to UW (Seattle) for the fall and now thinking thru everything else like when does Cal play UW? (answer: home 2022, away 2023)

sounds like you are forced to keep track of expenses and just reimburse yourself as opposed to pay college directly from the 529?

do you just charge tuition on credit card and collect the miles?

even if you dont need them, are you better off taking whatever loans you can get and pay later?

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For 529, you can pay however you want, keep track of your receipts in case the govt asks, and pay yourself back from the 529. I don't know if some 529s have checks or something like that to make payments.

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URM

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Unreinforced Masonry?

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Underrepresented Minority.

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DBD AV CLUB

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Watched first two eps of S2 of Russian Doll. Liked E1; didn't like E2 (well, the stupidity needed of the character to keep the plot going in the direction it needed to). Prob won't continue.

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Watched Our Flag Means Death, from the mind of Taika Waititi and starring Rhys Darby. Started off "ok, that's cute" and got better as it went on.

Then watched Free Guy (again, wish I hadn't), but it also had Waititi.

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Finally saw No Way Home, quite enjoyable we thought.

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I watched The Batman...wish I hadn't

I'm not a MCU or comic person in general. is it worth watching?

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I'd say so, but you'd get more out of it if you had seen some of the other Spiderman movies. But that's not necessary.

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I saw a couple of Tobey McGuire ones, but that's it

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That helps.

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I finally saw it too! Somehow reminded me of Dr. Who. In a good way.

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Hmmmm.... I could see that.

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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Baker Mayfield statue unveiled at Oklahoma. I mean, it is Baker, right?

https://twitter.com/SimonGibbs26/status/1517661180986376193

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TODAY IN COVID

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Mrs Slug is feeling weak and exhausted; "feeling like I've been run over by a truck" is how she puts it. Today is Day 7 seeing as how symptoms started last Tuesday.

Kaiser advises that the worst should be over and done with by Friday. I fear that I am next.

Both of us have been vaccinated and boosted twice.

Yippee.

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I'm on Day 7 also. Had night fevers the first two days. Since then, just normal head cold stuff...with a foggy brain. But far from the "truck".

Isn't there some covid pill someone should have told me to take?

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I'm on old guy but have been slow to get my second booster. I think you and FiatSlug have prompted me to get off my ass.

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sounds like the pills are are quasi-experimental and "highly restricted". so it's not like it's something I walk into CVS for and pick up.

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had a 3 hour fever .. it went away. tested negative the next day and have been feeling fine ever since.

never had such a short lived cold or anything. presumably the 4 vaccine shots help keep the doctor away better than apples.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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Machin sees his approval rating soar since Biden took office. *sigh*

https://twitter.com/eyokley/status/1518598149081808896

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Within his own state? I can see it.

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NY Judge has found Trump in contempt of court for not responding to NY AG Letitia James' for records. Trump will be fined $10k/day. And unlike other court issues... this one has got some teeth.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-held-in-contempt-in-ny-legal-fight-409f6571e9d74c76055c8e0a57249163

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CNN gets 2319 leaked texts of Mark Meadows, many that don't look good for the GOP and some that are damning.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/mark-meadows-texts-2319/index.html

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And yet, nothing will come of it.

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MTG texted McCarthy saying that Marshall Law [sic] was the only option to keep Trump in power

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/25/greene-text-meadows-raised-topic-martial-law-keep-trump-power/

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Mars Martis Marti Martem Marte. These idiots don't know anything and certainly not Latin.

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The degree of functional illiteracy of some of these folks is stunning.

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OMG, this comment plays out a cartoon I saw, except in real life here on the DBD!

It was something like the fascists were indiscriminately murdering and somebody said "their going to kill us all!" and the democrat is just like *they're*

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if it were someone else, I'd think it was an autocorrect issue

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Did your phone autocorrect autocrat?

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True that

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Slovenia elects centrists, defeating incumbent right populist Orban/Trump ally

https://www.wral.com/slovenias-populist-leader-loses-power-as-trend-continues/20251528/

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Macron defeats LePen, albeit with a narrower margin

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-election-2022-emmanuel-macron-victory-marine-le-pen/

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It was a blowout election. The press makes it sound close - it really wasn't. He won by 17 points. For comparison, Le Pen's 41% is the same as Mondale got when he got famously routed by Reagan in 1984.

Also, worth pointing out that Macron's approval rating going into the election isn't any better than Biden's now.

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I agree with all of this. Sure, her vote share has increased but her winning the French presidency is about as close to Cal going to the Rose Bowl. Some years will be better than other but neither will ever happen.

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It was, though Le Pen's vote share has increased steadily over time. Hard to say how much of that is related to increased name recognition/familiarity though.

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LePen winning would have been a disaster.

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Yep, France's withdrawal from NATO and the EU under LePen would have been a catastrophe. Good riddance to her...until she runs yet again in 2027.

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Qu'est-ce qu'on dit "fourth time's a charm" en Français?

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It wasn’t that narrow. This is some Tedford, “we won the second half against USC” spin.

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PRO

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1-2 finish for Red Bull and a rough, 6-DNF finish for Ferrari at Imola

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/30778/12597922/emilia-romagna-gp-max-verstappen-wins-in-imola-as-charles-leclerc-crashes-to-drop-points

Verstappen produced a faultless display from pole position on a drying track to complete a much-needed perfect weekend after winning the Sprint, and led a Red Bull one-two from team-mate Sergio Perez.

Leclerc, who dropped from second to fourth at the start, hit a barrier as he attempted to chase Perez with 10 laps remaining, eventually finishing sixth after being forced to pit for a new front wing.

Leclerc's error enabled Lando Norris to score a surprise podium for McLaren, with the incident capping a hugely disappointing home race for Ferrari, who saw Carlos Sainz retire on the first lap after a collision with Norris' team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.

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I've been struck by the number of people asking for extended quotes about Hamilton's performance this season from Nico Rosberg, a man famous mostly for loathing Hamilton when they were teammates.

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The Bears scored 3 TDs and held the Steelers scoreless on Saturday

https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1517978596916269062

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They haven't found a replacement for Big Ben yet.

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Nikola Jokić refuses to let Nuggets get swept, leads them to Game 4 win over Warriors

https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2022/4/24/23040096/warriors-nuggets-news-game-four-recap-stephen-curry-klay-thompson-nikola-jokic

The Golden State Warriors could not finish off the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, falling 126-121 on Denver’s home floor. The Nuggets led for nearly all of regulation, but a strong second-half push briefly gave the Dubs an opportunity to complete the sweep. But, ultimately, they fell just short.

Nikola Jokić finally was able to carry the Nuggets to victory. He scored 18 first-quarter points and finished with 37 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga were the only Dubs defenders who had any semblance of success slowing down the reigning MVP.

The Warriors' offense was abysmal in the first quarter. Golden State shot just 30.8% from the field and only had two trips to the free-throw line. Klay Thompson led the team with eight first-quarter points but was forced to the bench after picking up some quick fouls. Yet, the Nuggets only led 26-21 because none of their secondary scorers found a rhythm.

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Nuggets definitely got the benefit of the whistle in this one, but as the road team you kind of have to expect that. Good on Denver for not rolling over.

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Turnovers and fouls for GSW has been their Achilles heel all season, if they keep them in check even a slow start won't do them in. This was also the first time Klay got to the foul line in this series, which although is not a barometer for winning or losing, was just a surprising stat for me. Hoping they close it out on Wednesday to get some rest before facing the winner of Mem/Min which is shaping up to be a really competitive series.

Suns and Pels tied at 2-2 is also pretty surprising given how they've played when missing one of their stars. If by some miracle the Pels pull out the series win I think it would be a bigger upset than the We Believe Warriors over the Mavs.

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Game #17: A’s shut out Rangers to salvage series finale

https://www.athleticsnation.com/2022/4/24/23040293/game-17-oakland-as-texas-rangers-score-result

The Oakland A’s lineup hasn’t scored a lot of runs lately, but they didn’t need many on Sunday.

The pitching staff shut out the Texas Rangers, leading the A’s to a 2-0 victory in their series finale at the Coliseum. Oakland avoided a sweep at the hands of an AL West division rival, and clinched a winning homestand.

Entering today, the A’s had only scored one run through the first two games of this series against the Rangers, and they’d only totaled 14 runs through six games at the Coliseum. That trend continued, as all they got in this contest was a two-run homer from Stephen Piscotty, but it turned out to be enough thanks to a brilliant pitching performance.

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I think the A's will finish at about .500 this year.

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I think you're right, and the fact that the A's are usually competitive on a shoestring budget is both awesome and infuriating. Just imagine if John Fisher wasn't the world's biggest piece of shit and they actually gave that front office a little bit to work with.

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Wondering if the A's are within striking distance come September whether fans will come back. Have my doubts - unloading Olson, Chapman, Bassitt, & Manaea for hit or miss prospects was such an F-you to everyone.

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I can't root against them, but we aren't really paying attention until the NBA finals are over.

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I check in on them every day, whether that's watching, listening, or just watching the highlights the next morning. I'm hoping that by June I'll stop saying "who the fuck are these guys?"

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Giants break a lot of unwritten rules, complete sweep of Nationals 12-3

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/4/24/23040200/mlb-recap-scores-san-francisco-giants-washington-nationals-joc-pederson-logan-webb

After dropping three of four to the New York Mets in their last series, the San Francisco Giants roared back in this three-game series against the Washington Nationals, winning all three games by a combined score of 24-6. Along the way, there were angry comments from Nationals players and their manager, Dave Martinez, as the Giants refused to let their foot off the gas even as they retained leads deep into games. This year, the Giants’ philosophy has been “score until they make you stop,” which makes perfect sense for a major league sport—nobody told the Germans to stop scoring when they were up 3-0 on Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semifinals—but somehow this has become controversial. The Giants have shown no willingness to give in, though.

The game today began somewhat strangely; after two pitches, Lucius Fox (former Giants international signing who went to the Rays in the Matt Moore trade) threw up on the field and was taken out for illness—after the game, Martinez mentioned he’d been dealing with a stomach flu, so hopefully he heals up quickly. Joc Pederson saw that, however, and decided he wanted to get out of the infield as soon as possible, so hit a monster home run as the leadoff batter.

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I've been enjoying Washington's cherry blossom alternate uniforms that they wore on Saturday

https://twitter.com/Nationals/status/1517853404084805633

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I went to DC two weeks ago. Cherry blossom was already finished by then. Should have worn those a month ago.

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They debuted them opening weekend. Might have been when you were here.

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Yeah, it was the opening weekend. They've been wearing it all this month?

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They're the City Connect unis, we'll be seeing them all year.

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They're calling it Bloom Day, but that's a missed opportunity. Should have it on June 16th, which is Bloomsday, for the Joyce reference.

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I didn't like them at first but they're growing on me.

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Dodgers flip script with 10-2 win over the Padres

https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/24/23040058/dodgers-padres-recap-bellinger-freeman-kershaw-sunday-win

The Dodgers had not faced many left-handed pitchers so far this season but when they did, they were hitting a collective .194/.282/.255 and their .537 OPS was tied with Arizona for 28th in the majors.

With left-hander Sean Manaea as their opposing pitcher on Sunday, it did not appear that their woes would end today but the Dodgers were able to knock out Manaea in the fifth inning and cruise to an easy like Sunday afternoon 10-2 win over the Padres at Petco Park.

Clayton Kershaw won his third game of the season and while he was not dominant, he did collect three strikeouts in his five innings of work. That left him four short of taking the Dodger franchise lead. That will have to wait for another day, possibly this coming Saturday at Dodger Stadium against the Detroit Tigers.

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CAL

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Apparently Saturday's scrimmage featured both Plummer and Millner at QB and they had similar performances, struggling at first and then starting to heat up. Apparently the other QB's on the roster aren't in the mix anymore. Seems like Plummer might have the inside track on the starting job, but who knows. Several players were held out because of injuries. Hopefully the depth by the Fall will be sufficient.

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The OL is going to be a disaster this season.

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A unit already questionable is going to be even thinner.

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I take it as a good news that Millner is on per with Plummer. Hopefully it's a high level competition.

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Go Bears!!!

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Yup.

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[MROW] #3 Bears beat #8 UW in a dual meet. The Pac-12 is very strong in rowing thanks to Cal, Stanfurd, UW, and USC all being in the top 10. Perhaps ironically, Navy is not in the top 20.

https://calbears.com/news/2022/4/23/mens-rowing-the-schoch-cup-returns-to-berkeley.aspx

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That's like how Air Force runs the option. I mean, c'mon - throw the damn ball!

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[Rugby] #1 Bears fell behind 28-0 and couldn't claw all the way back, falling to #2 St. Mary's 35-26. St. Mary's will be the prohibitive favorite to win the national championship as it plays #3 Army.

https://calbears.com/news/2022/4/23/rugby-bears-fall-to-gaels.aspx

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win-win for those of us from Moraga .. not that often we get the national spotlight.

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[BVB] Cal ends regular season with two wins 4-1 over St. Mary's and 5-0 vs. UW. Cal finished 23-11, 2-2 in conference.

https://calbears.com/news/2022/4/24/beach-volleyball-cal-closes-regular-season-with-doubleheader-win.aspx

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[WLax] Bears lose regular season finale 11-18 to Furd, finishing with a 2-15 record, 1-9 in conference.

https://calbears.com/news/2022/4/23/lacrosse-cal-plays-strong-in-18-11-senior-day-loss-to-no-21-stanford.aspx

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[SB] Bears lose the series to Miami of Ohio, 5-6, 5-7, and then an unusual 8-all tie as the game was called because Cal had to catch a plane home.

https://calbears.com/news/2022/4/24/softball-sunday-tie.aspx

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[Base] Bears lose the series to #13 UCLA, winning of Friday 8-3, but then losing 4-9 and 3-6.

https://calbears.com/news/2022/4/24/baseball-bats-go-quiet-in-series-finale.aspx

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DBD Kitchen

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Southwestern style grilled chicken thighs with elote style grilled corn, paired with a 2013 Hermitage.

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Smoked pork spare ribs yesterday. Nice to have an easy and tasty BBQ to make. Had it with baked potatoes with the works.

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It's been too long since I've smoked ribs. I need to fix that this weekend.

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Making carne asada fajitas today

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