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Prince comes from the Latin word prīnceps, which means first or chief. Ironically, princes are not chiefs or necessarily first in line. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of principate, which later evolved to dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, for that task, granted them the title of princeps.
25 million people live within a 60 mile radius of Popocatepetl volcano. An alert on the volcano was raised to "yellow phase 3" after smoke, ash, and molten rock started spewing in the sky. The next phases are Red phases 1-3 and then Brown pants level.
"Popocatepetl, which has not had a massive eruption in more than a millennium, became active again in 1994 and has seen periods of increased activity ever since."
Ominous is a word that comes to mind. I really, really hope everyone stays safe.
On May 13th, the Arlington Renegades upset the DC Defenders 35-26 to win the XFL championship. Renegades QB Luis Perez was named the MVP. Perez played JV football as a freshman and sophomore in high school and didn't play football the next two years. He walked on a Southwestern College in Chula Vista and was the NINTH string QB. Injuries, attrition, and hard-work moved Perez up to second string by the next year. The starter got injured and he started in week 3. He later transferred to a D2 school as a junior and did well enough to get looks at 9 different pro, alternative-pro, and semi-pro teams.
The 2019 Big Game. Desperately needed to snap our longest losing streak to 'Furd, classic finish and it made us bowl eligible while making them bowl ineligible.
Prince's passing is one of those events that I remember where I was when I saw/heard the news...the main terminal bar at the Buffalo Airport with Newellbany, picking up a friend just in from Texas for my bachelor party weekend in Toronto...
Marjorie Traitor Greene has railed against drag queens and other expressions of the LGBTQ community. You know who else has dressed in drag? Her boyfriend.
[Guardian] Remember when the Trump attorney Corcoran had his attorney/client priviledged pierced because the DOJ were quiet convinced that Corcoran was committing crimes. Well, the Guardian says that Corcoran knew that Trump was withholding classified documents from the FBI, Trump had his valet move records with Corcoran assisting in hiding documents, and all the evidence of this happening is now supported in Corcoran's notes. If true, Corcoran and Trump appear to be in definite trouble vis-a-vis the 1917 Espionage Act.
Former teacher of the year arrested for allegedly having intercourse with a sixteen-year-old. "There may be additional victims." According to her teacher of the year citation she "epitomizes the educator so many desire to be — she is the kind and innovative teacher from whom we hope our children will grow; the educator who strives to engage all of her students from her intervention classes to her honors classes."
i ended up in there a decent amount since there was one scholarship offices was in there. and for some reason one of the clubs i was in have office in Sproul on the 3rd floor as well.
sometimes i would just end up studying there late since it was a quiet place that i mostly had to myself.
Bless Cal RB Coach Aristotle Thompson's family. I may go through some tough days, but my troubles are petty compared to what they go through every day related to son Bryson's acute epilepsy.
[SB] Cal lost to Missouri on Friday (5-1) in the double-elimination round-robin regional, but then win their next two games vs. Hofstra (7-0) & Missouri (7-5) to set up a showdown vs. Oklahoma to see who advance. It was good while it lasted as the Bears predictably step into the buzzsaw of the Oklahoma offense, which batted around in the 1st and 3rd inning and were down 14-0 before Cal could come up to bat in the 3rd inning. Mercy ruled in the 5th inning, losing 16-3.
I don't follow softball closely but heard some BlowU chatter before the Regional started on Sirius XM...holy shit that team is stacked. Won 11-0, 11-0 and 16-3 to run rule all 3 games. Run ruled more than half their games this season
Having read headlines of articles on calbears.com, I see nothing to indicate that a new play-by-play announcer has been named or hired.
One assumes that KGO will continue to broadcast Cal football, but even that isn't necessarily a given as what we knew as KGO effectively vanished last October with a big format change. Nearly everyone at the station was fired and all new staff was hired.
We were informed over the weekend that this will be our last season in the Dwinelle lot for tailgating. In fact, we won’t even be able to finish out the season as the lot will be closed after the USC game on October 28. For the remainder of the season we’re looking to move down to Schlesinger Way for the last couple of games. As for next season, who knows where we’ll be.
watched w/ my daughter for one episode. thankfully they finished the rest of the series w/ a friend.
funny/cute show about HS kids at some boarding school in S Korea. nice to see how these types of well regarded and well liked shows are multi-ethnic these days and have slightly different premises than the very standard ones.
Michelle Yeoh: I will not do a sequel to Everything Everywhere All At Once. "The best thing that has happened is I receive a script that doesn’t describe the character as a Chinese or Asian-looking person. We are actors. We are supposed to act. We are supposed to step into roles that are given to us and do our job as best we can. That, for me, is the biggest step forward."
We watched "Twister" (1996) on Saturday - not my choice, but still a fun and somewhat goofy movie. I think the main reason is because my daughter had not seen it. Does have a good speed and action going on.
On a related note, Helen Hunt will turn 60 in 3 weeks. She is also turning into Lea Thompson's character in Back to the Future when she notified the family that Uncle Joey didn't make bail again.
I walked by a theater a few months ago and every movie advertised on the marquee was a sequel! I feel like the AI already took over the movie business and we just haven’t noticed
I bet the networks/streamers don't want to commit and then have teams bail. I bet Big-1X and maybe even Big-12 are waiting for the Pac-12 number so they know how high they need to go.
that wont last long. I think the SEC does a new deal in '25 and with Texas and BlowU onboard, they will shatter all other TV deals. You know, cause "it just means more" down there
Question: do you guys watch in conference SEC games? I don’t know what it is, but I enjoy watching them in non conf games, but not in conference. If I see like Florida versus Tennessee on TV I will change the channel usually
I'm neutral on them. I don't care when I don't have any emotional connection to the teams and can just enjoy the game for what it is... especially if the game is competitive.
25 million people live within a 60 mile radius of Popocatepetl volcano. An alert on the volcano was raised to "yellow phase 3" after smoke, ash, and molten rock started spewing in the sky. The next phases are Red phases 1-3 and then Brown pants level.
https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-raises-alert-level-volcano-223420069.html
This sentence also appears in the article -
"Popocatepetl, which has not had a massive eruption in more than a millennium, became active again in 1994 and has seen periods of increased activity ever since."
Ominous is a word that comes to mind. I really, really hope everyone stays safe.
What a bad-ass. Former Gurkha/SAS soldier summits Everest without legs.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/21/ex-gurkha-soldier-with-no-legs-reaches-summit-of-mount-everest
Among other things, I can't imagine going across the ladders that span the crevasses with two good legs, let alone on two artificial limbs.
PRO
Lakers down 0-3 versus Nuggets after losing 119-108 despite not having this travel called https://twitter.com/ErickSavage13/status/1660330784840904704
BWAHAHAHAH! SUCK IT LAKERS!
at least we dont have to watch either series for the next 2 games.
and the chances of a Celtics-Lakers rematch is basically ZERO
Not true, they'll play in the third place game.
one game, winner-take-all on a neutral pitch?
He's complaining right to the official and the official is staring right at him!
Melo retires. In other news, I didn't know he wasn't already retired.
https://twitter.com/carmeloanthony/status/1660639136242343936
true story. Thought he had retired at least 3 years ago
Lee Hodges sinks putt, but gets a 1 stroke penalty for his accomplishment
https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1659966042175569921
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/37693628/lee-hodges-penalized-waiting-violation-putt
Heat smoke the Celtics 128-102, take 3-0 lead
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401547673
Celtics gave up.
Inside the NBA crew blasted the Celtics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBONvHAPHYM
Wasn’t even Playoff Jimmy this time, was Playoff Gabe Vincent!
C’s coach is toast…
Oh, I think not - but I could be wrong.
Laid down like dogs. Really shameful.
On May 13th, the Arlington Renegades upset the DC Defenders 35-26 to win the XFL championship. Renegades QB Luis Perez was named the MVP. Perez played JV football as a freshman and sophomore in high school and didn't play football the next two years. He walked on a Southwestern College in Chula Vista and was the NINTH string QB. Injuries, attrition, and hard-work moved Perez up to second string by the next year. The starter got injured and he started in week 3. He later transferred to a D2 school as a junior and did well enough to get looks at 9 different pro, alternative-pro, and semi-pro teams.
What was Cal football's biggest win since 2010?
The 2019 Big Game. Desperately needed to snap our longest losing streak to 'Furd, classic finish and it made us bowl eligible while making them bowl ineligible.
Garbers' ad hoc run with 1:18 left sealed the victory in Palo Alto.
The Smoke Game
https://twitter.com/YahooSportsCFB/status/919072760831324160
Prince
Princeps Juventus - a title for the son of the reigning Augustus. Usually affiliated with the designation Caesar.
Prince's passing is one of those events that I remember where I was when I saw/heard the news...the main terminal bar at the Buffalo Airport with Newellbany, picking up a friend just in from Texas for my bachelor party weekend in Toronto...
My wife and I saw Prince live sometime around 2004 at the Oakland Coliseum. He was such a polished performer who puts on a pretty amazing show.
His half-time SB show was the BEST ever.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Russian operative Lev Parnas tied to Ron DeSantis via 2018 election
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texts-tie-desantis-closely-trump-insider-lev-parnas-2018-race-2023-05-22/
Marjorie Traitor Greene has railed against drag queens and other expressions of the LGBTQ community. You know who else has dressed in drag? Her boyfriend.
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1660412008561364992
[Guardian] Remember when the Trump attorney Corcoran had his attorney/client priviledged pierced because the DOJ were quiet convinced that Corcoran was committing crimes. Well, the Guardian says that Corcoran knew that Trump was withholding classified documents from the FBI, Trump had his valet move records with Corcoran assisting in hiding documents, and all the evidence of this happening is now supported in Corcoran's notes. If true, Corcoran and Trump appear to be in definite trouble vis-a-vis the 1917 Espionage Act.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-classified-documents-2660463256/
Former teacher of the year arrested for allegedly having intercourse with a sixteen-year-old. "There may be additional victims." According to her teacher of the year citation she "epitomizes the educator so many desire to be — she is the kind and innovative teacher from whom we hope our children will grow; the educator who strives to engage all of her students from her intervention classes to her honors classes."
Indeed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-teacher-arrested-alleged-sex-102000178.html
Victims?
You know, the children she had sex with?
Sproul Hall
is there some news about Sproul Hall?
i ended up in there a decent amount since there was one scholarship offices was in there. and for some reason one of the clubs i was in have office in Sproul on the 3rd floor as well.
sometimes i would just end up studying there late since it was a quiet place that i mostly had to myself.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Bless Cal RB Coach Aristotle Thompson's family. I may go through some tough days, but my troubles are petty compared to what they go through every day related to son Bryson's acute epilepsy.
https://twitter.com/Helmets4Helmets
[SB] Cal lost to Missouri on Friday (5-1) in the double-elimination round-robin regional, but then win their next two games vs. Hofstra (7-0) & Missouri (7-5) to set up a showdown vs. Oklahoma to see who advance. It was good while it lasted as the Bears predictably step into the buzzsaw of the Oklahoma offense, which batted around in the 1st and 3rd inning and were down 14-0 before Cal could come up to bat in the 3rd inning. Mercy ruled in the 5th inning, losing 16-3.
https://www.espn.com/college-softball/boxscore/_/gameId/401549950
#2 UCLA gets eliminated by Liberty 1-0
Washington, Stanfurd, Oregon, and Utah advance.
I don't follow softball closely but heard some BlowU chatter before the Regional started on Sirius XM...holy shit that team is stacked. Won 11-0, 11-0 and 16-3 to run rule all 3 games. Run ruled more than half their games this season
I hate double elimination tournaments. It's bad enough to be eliminated once, but to go through it again is just cruel.
Anyone know who is set to replace Joe Starkey in the FB play-by-play booth? Just a thought that crossed my mind just now.
https://i.imgur.com/aqWVQj1.gif
Having read headlines of articles on calbears.com, I see nothing to indicate that a new play-by-play announcer has been named or hired.
One assumes that KGO will continue to broadcast Cal football, but even that isn't necessarily a given as what we knew as KGO effectively vanished last October with a big format change. Nearly everyone at the station was fired and all new staff was hired.
We were informed over the weekend that this will be our last season in the Dwinelle lot for tailgating. In fact, we won’t even be able to finish out the season as the lot will be closed after the USC game on October 28. For the remainder of the season we’re looking to move down to Schlesinger Way for the last couple of games. As for next season, who knows where we’ll be.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Is it construction related?
Yes. Access to the lot will be shut off after the USC game.
KNOWLTONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
DBD AV CLUB
XO Kitty .. 7/19
watched w/ my daughter for one episode. thankfully they finished the rest of the series w/ a friend.
funny/cute show about HS kids at some boarding school in S Korea. nice to see how these types of well regarded and well liked shows are multi-ethnic these days and have slightly different premises than the very standard ones.
Michelle Yeoh: I will not do a sequel to Everything Everywhere All At Once. "The best thing that has happened is I receive a script that doesn’t describe the character as a Chinese or Asian-looking person. We are actors. We are supposed to act. We are supposed to step into roles that are given to us and do our job as best we can. That, for me, is the biggest step forward."
https://news.yahoo.com/michelle-yeoh-confirms-everything-everywhere-165020027.html
Also Michelle Yeoh:
https://twitter.com/DisneyPlus/status/1658898889674719234
started The Diplomat on Sunday with my wife. I really liked it, she didn’t seem to like it as much and fell asleep during the 2nd episode.
Heh...
We watched "Twister" (1996) on Saturday - not my choice, but still a fun and somewhat goofy movie. I think the main reason is because my daughter had not seen it. Does have a good speed and action going on.
On a related note, Twisters (aka Twister 2) will be release a scant 28 years after the original
https://twitter.com/hunterjacksonfm/status/1657256578683228160
On a related note, Helen Hunt will turn 60 in 3 weeks. She is also turning into Lea Thompson's character in Back to the Future when she notified the family that Uncle Joey didn't make bail again.
https://www.instagram.com/helenhunt/
When I was watching the Mad About You revival in 2019 I was trying to figure out how much work she had done.
Interesting -- I would have guessed she was several years older than that.
I walked by a theater a few months ago and every movie advertised on the marquee was a sequel! I feel like the AI already took over the movie business and we just haven’t noticed
It's been like this for at least the last decade. Look at the top box office for any year . . . all sequels or remakes or franchise spinoffs.
Some sequels and remakes are OK. I wouldn't mind seeing another Big Game win by Cal.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Isaiah Foskey visited Cal's Gunnar Rask right after he got drafted
https://www.espn.com/blog/new-orleans-saints/post/_/id/36155/how-the-saints-rallied-around-the-death-of-the-sister-of-top-pick-bresee-during-draft
Shemy Schembechler - son of Bo Schembechler - resigns after three whole days as Michigan football's assistant director of recruiting.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37706428/glenn-schembechler-apologizes-flippant-behavior-twitter
color me shocked that he is a drooling racist
Seth Towns will attend Howard for his EIGHT year of college basketball. And he might have another year of eligibility after that.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37685576/seth-towns-committing-howard-eighth-hoops-season
Record revenues at Pac-12
https://twitter.com/johncanzanobft/status/1659624335039139840
You'd think a solid TV deal would be in the cards now but so far Kliavkoff has not secured a distribution agreement.
I bet the networks/streamers don't want to commit and then have teams bail. I bet Big-1X and maybe even Big-12 are waiting for the Pac-12 number so they know how high they need to go.
Dirt is now starting to come out after USC AD Bohn's resignation
https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1659679574484193281?s=20
[my shocked face]
the firm SC hired to protect themselves are sexual harassment defense specialists apparently
...and helping Oregon?
Harvard boosters start an NIL group, against Harvard's wishes
https://twitter.com/WinterSportsLaw/status/1659637312911712256
Big 10 passes SEC in total revenue and sits atop the Power 5's earnings pecking order.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-leads-power-five-conferences-with-845-6-million-in-revenue-in-2022-fiscal-year-per-report/
that wont last long. I think the SEC does a new deal in '25 and with Texas and BlowU onboard, they will shatter all other TV deals. You know, cause "it just means more" down there
Question: do you guys watch in conference SEC games? I don’t know what it is, but I enjoy watching them in non conf games, but not in conference. If I see like Florida versus Tennessee on TV I will change the channel usually
I'm neutral on them. I don't care when I don't have any emotional connection to the teams and can just enjoy the game for what it is... especially if the game is competitive.
Pretty much the same here