When asked to comment about the 30 to 10 free throw advantage the Celtics needed to win a close game against the Pacers, Rick Carlisle said: "My daughter's already going to sit out one semester of college. I can't have her take a whole year off"
Despite having more at-bats with runners in scoring position in this affair, the Dodgers were the ones held scoreless in a 6-0 loss at home on Wednesday night to drop the series against the Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium.
The A’s fell to the Colorado Rockies in game two of the series, losing 4-3 in 12 innings in a tough loss for the club.
Kicking things off for the A’s tonight was rookie right-hander Mitch Spence. The 26-year old began the year in the bullpen but was making his second straight start for the club. His first one went well enough to earn him tonight’s start.
One day you’re lifted upon shoulders; and the next, your face down in the mud. The highs and lows of the 162 game season, and what the San Francisco Giants have learned from the first two games of this series in Pittsburgh, is that whiplash can be even more acute. Not one game to the next, but from inning to inning.
Another picture of Judge Alito's flags have been published. Alito allegedly flew one flag - the upside-down US flag in January 2021, a practice adopted by "the Stop the Steal". His house also has pictures of it flying the "Appeal to Heaven" Pine Tree flag. This flag was adopted by White Christian nationalists in the 2010s.
Vote for cocaine, ketamine, psychedelics, self-harm, and divorces for VP. Also, she was a fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - California track & field's men kicked off competition at the NCAA West Preliminary on Wednesday, overcoming stormy weather at John McDonnell Field to qualify four Golden Bears to the upcoming NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
BERKELEY – The California women's water polo team placed nine student-athletes on the MPSF All-Academic Team, it was announced today.
Cutino Award finalist Isabel Williams earned her fourth career honor, while seniors Maddie DeMattia, Maryn Dempsey, Mallory Reynoso and Reagan Whitney each received it for the third time.
California junior Caleb Lomavita has been named a semifinalist for the 2024 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year award as announced by the Wichita Sports Commission.
Previously known as the Johnny Bench Award, the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award honors the nation's top Division 1 collegiate catcher as voted on by head coaches and sports information directors. Nominations for 2024 included 69 individual athletes, 67 schools, and 25 different Division I conferences. Of those 69 athletes, 16 were chosen as semi-finalists for this year's award. Finalists will be revealed on June 2 with the winner being announced at the Wichita Sports Banquet on June 26.
Former California men's swimmers Jeremy Bagshaw and Jarod Hatch have punched their tickets to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Bagshaw earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic Team with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle event at last week's Canadian Olympic Trials. He will be part of Team Canada's 4x200 relay team in Paris. The Olympic berth was a long time coming for Bagshaw, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic roster spot multiple times.
BERKELEY – Two outgoing Cal student-athletes have each been awarded the Oscar and Theodore Geballe Postgraduate Scholarship for their combination of excellence in both academics and athletic competition.
Hannah Cooper of women's soccer and Fien van Westreenen of women's rowing will each be awarded a $10,000 stipend for their postgraduate studies.
On this day 90 years ago, US gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – better known as Bonnie and Clyde – were shot dead in a police ambush. The infamous pair had gained notoriety for a string of bank robberies before law enforcement officers caught up with them in Louisiana on 23 May 1934.
Their major notariety wasn't that they robbed banks - but that they murdered people in their getaways - 12 total including nine law enforcement officers. This is why the police pumped 112 shots into the car of which 43 hit the pair.
They also pumped them with so much lead because they'd made such remarkable escapes from seemingly impossible situations before. The 1967 did not much exaggerate these.
It's complicated. Early on it was really good. Now, unfortunately, politics has gotten in the way of our relationships, and Mrs Slug has become more vocal with me about her relationship with her parents and her sibs.
Mrs Slug noted that her in-laws are almost as weird and strange as mine. I concurred.
On June 8, Mrs Slug and I will gain a new set of in-laws. CJ and Elle will be married that day. Looking forward to the party. We really like Elle's parents and family. Fun people. Fortunately, they seem to like us, also. At least we haven't driven them off.
My father and mother in law were, like many people from the Deep South, warm, friendly and gracious hosts who were simultaneously redneck bigots. I had a love hate relationship with them but in the latter years of their lives the hate began to win over and I stopped going on visits to their place in the wilds of Oregon. No one seemed to mind. My wife is estranged from her sister who is a selfish nasty piece of work. (My wife loves her in-laws!)
same, my in-laws never visit, we barely see or talk to them.
the kids sort of wish they had nice grandparents like many of their friends seem to have. we try a bit more w/ my mom who comes for a couple weeks a year. the kids are older now 17/20 so it might be too-little-too-late. better something than nothing at least
my in-laws are a strange bunch. it is not all that surprising that they dont really talk to me or never approved of the marriage because of cultural differences, ie caste, language, part of India.
the strange thing is that they seem to have no desire to connect with their grandkids. i have noticed that despite child-parent relationship, most people LOVE spending time w/ their cute little grandkids.
we have thought of all the conventional explanations and none of them seem to apply. so it is just a strangeness that we deal with.
Woman and her children get clams at Pismo Beach for about $1,000/lb, eventually discounted to about $7/pound
https://abc11.com/post/california-woman-fined-88k-after-kids-collect-clams/14861247/
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
California has been doing great with renewables
https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1792929817576325470
Brain implant restores mute man's speech using AI. Or Ah-Ee in Spanish.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-brain-implant-conjunction-ai-app.html
If you said that you'd wait to visit Alaska until the rivers are orange, now's the time
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-alaska-rusting-pristine-rivers-streams.html
PRO
Here's the Scottie Scheffler video (top left of screen)
https://x.com/JoePompliano/status/1793680910543405259
Mavs take game 1 on the road over the T-Wolves 108-105
https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401672976/mavericks-timberwolves
When asked to comment about the 30 to 10 free throw advantage the Celtics needed to win a close game against the Pacers, Rick Carlisle said: "My daughter's already going to sit out one semester of college. I can't have her take a whole year off"
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/haliburtons-turnovers-cost-pacers-blow-late-lead-celtics-110456873
Bryce Harper seems like a red-ass jerk and then he goes and does something nice like this.
https://www.mlb.com/news/bryce-harper-helps-teenager-with-promposal
Kobayashi retires. Now we'll never know if Joey Chestnut is better.
https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/competitive-eater-takeru-kobayashi-announces-retirement-to-focus-on-his-health/
Lamar Lite
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40198621/ravens-lamar-jackson-drops-weight-effort-more-agile
Dodgers shut out at home as Diamondbacks take the series
https://www.truebluela.com/2024/5/22/24163031/dodgers-no-offense-diamondbacks-tyler-glasnow
Despite having more at-bats with runners in scoring position in this affair, the Dodgers were the ones held scoreless in a 6-0 loss at home on Wednesday night to drop the series against the Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium.
A’s lose in 12 innings to Rockies
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/5/22/24162863/as-lose-in-12-innings-to-rockies
The A’s fell to the Colorado Rockies in game two of the series, losing 4-3 in 12 innings in a tough loss for the club.
Kicking things off for the A’s tonight was rookie right-hander Mitch Spence. The 26-year old began the year in the bullpen but was making his second straight start for the club. His first one went well enough to earn him tonight’s start.
Giants return the favor
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2024/5/22/24163046/mlb-giants-pirates-recap-5-22-2024-luis-matos-lamonte-wade-jr-matt-chapman-blake-snell
One day you’re lifted upon shoulders; and the next, your face down in the mud. The highs and lows of the 162 game season, and what the San Francisco Giants have learned from the first two games of this series in Pittsburgh, is that whiplash can be even more acute. Not one game to the next, but from inning to inning.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Another picture of Judge Alito's flags have been published. Alito allegedly flew one flag - the upside-down US flag in January 2021, a practice adopted by "the Stop the Steal". His house also has pictures of it flying the "Appeal to Heaven" Pine Tree flag. This flag was adopted by White Christian nationalists in the 2010s.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4680596-flag-jan-6-rioters-alitos-vacation-home-nyt/
Vote for cocaine, ketamine, psychedelics, self-harm, and divorces for VP. Also, she was a fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicole-shanahan-rfk-jrs-vp-pick-allegedly-used-drugs-and-threatened-self-harm
Biden decides to use the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political reasons
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/biden-releasing-1-million-barrels-gasoline-northeast-reserve-110438754
CAL
Go Bears!!!
[T&F] Quartet Of Bears Qualify For NCAA Championships On Day One
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/23/track-field-quartet-of-bears-qualify-for-ncaa-championships-on-day-one.aspx
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - California track & field's men kicked off competition at the NCAA West Preliminary on Wednesday, overcoming stormy weather at John McDonnell Field to qualify four Golden Bears to the upcoming NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
[WPOLO] Bears Land 9 MPSF All-Academic Selections
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/22/womens-water-polo-bears-land-9-mpsf-all-academic-selections.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's water polo team placed nine student-athletes on the MPSF All-Academic Team, it was announced today.
Cutino Award finalist Isabel Williams earned her fourth career honor, while seniors Maddie DeMattia, Maryn Dempsey, Mallory Reynoso and Reagan Whitney each received it for the third time.
[BASE] Lomavita Named Semifinalist For Buster Posey Award
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/22/baseball-lomavita-named-semifinalist-for-buster-posey-award.aspx
California junior Caleb Lomavita has been named a semifinalist for the 2024 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year award as announced by the Wichita Sports Commission.
Previously known as the Johnny Bench Award, the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award honors the nation's top Division 1 collegiate catcher as voted on by head coaches and sports information directors. Nominations for 2024 included 69 individual athletes, 67 schools, and 25 different Division I conferences. Of those 69 athletes, 16 were chosen as semi-finalists for this year's award. Finalists will be revealed on June 2 with the winner being announced at the Wichita Sports Banquet on June 26.
[MSWIM] Former Cal Swimmers Qualify For Summer Olympics
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/22/mens-swimming-diving-former-cal-swimmers-qualify-for-summer-olympics.aspx
Former California men's swimmers Jeremy Bagshaw and Jarod Hatch have punched their tickets to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Bagshaw earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic Team with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle event at last week's Canadian Olympic Trials. He will be part of Team Canada's 4x200 relay team in Paris. The Olympic berth was a long time coming for Bagshaw, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic roster spot multiple times.
[NEWS] Golden Bears Awarded Geballe Scholarships
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/22/athletics-news-golden-bears-awarded-geballe-scholarships.aspx
BERKELEY – Two outgoing Cal student-athletes have each been awarded the Oscar and Theodore Geballe Postgraduate Scholarship for their combination of excellence in both academics and athletic competition.
Hannah Cooper of women's soccer and Fien van Westreenen of women's rowing will each be awarded a $10,000 stipend for their postgraduate studies.
DBD AV CLUB
Beetlejuice 2 coming in September
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZqL9N6Rx4
I, for one, am looking forward to watching it when it eventually makes it to a streaming service
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Penn State to demolish barn that was part of the Underground Railroad
https://www.lancasterfarming.com/country-life/antiques-and-history/tales-of-underground-railroad-add-to-mystery-of-kepler-barn-penn-state-continues-with-demolition/article_97c2d27c-12d5-11ef-9d4d-832f8bb6362a.html
On this day 90 years ago, US gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – better known as Bonnie and Clyde – were shot dead in a police ambush. The infamous pair had gained notoriety for a string of bank robberies before law enforcement officers caught up with them in Louisiana on 23 May 1934.
Their major notariety wasn't that they robbed banks - but that they murdered people in their getaways - 12 total including nine law enforcement officers. This is why the police pumped 112 shots into the car of which 43 hit the pair.
They also pumped them with so much lead because they'd made such remarkable escapes from seemingly impossible situations before. The 1967 did not much exaggerate these.
I really enjoyed The Highwaymen, with Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson on Netflix. One of my favorite films of 2019.
in laws
It's complicated. Early on it was really good. Now, unfortunately, politics has gotten in the way of our relationships, and Mrs Slug has become more vocal with me about her relationship with her parents and her sibs.
Mrs Slug noted that her in-laws are almost as weird and strange as mine. I concurred.
On June 8, Mrs Slug and I will gain a new set of in-laws. CJ and Elle will be married that day. Looking forward to the party. We really like Elle's parents and family. Fun people. Fortunately, they seem to like us, also. At least we haven't driven them off.
My father and mother in law were, like many people from the Deep South, warm, friendly and gracious hosts who were simultaneously redneck bigots. I had a love hate relationship with them but in the latter years of their lives the hate began to win over and I stopped going on visits to their place in the wilds of Oregon. No one seemed to mind. My wife is estranged from her sister who is a selfish nasty piece of work. (My wife loves her in-laws!)
same, my in-laws never visit, we barely see or talk to them.
the kids sort of wish they had nice grandparents like many of their friends seem to have. we try a bit more w/ my mom who comes for a couple weeks a year. the kids are older now 17/20 so it might be too-little-too-late. better something than nothing at least
No 1 got to spend a bunch of time with both my parents and the inlaws. No 2 and No 3 didn't because we moved to Ky.
my in-laws are a strange bunch. it is not all that surprising that they dont really talk to me or never approved of the marriage because of cultural differences, ie caste, language, part of India.
the strange thing is that they seem to have no desire to connect with their grandkids. i have noticed that despite child-parent relationship, most people LOVE spending time w/ their cute little grandkids.
we have thought of all the conventional explanations and none of them seem to apply. so it is just a strangeness that we deal with.