Last summer, my family visited Ohio for our family vacation, including a trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. In one of the rooms, there was a large exhibit with Beatles stuff and another large exhibit with Rolling Stones stuff. I put my arm around my then-15-year-old son and said
"Son, there are two kinds of people in this world: Beatles fans and Stones fans. Which are you"
In response, he looks me right in the eye and says "I'm a Hendrix fan".
There are two types of people in this world, those who believe quotes from Robert Benchley and those who go down the research rabbit hole to avoid doing actual work
NYT puts out its top 100 restaurants list. i have been to 7. i supposed they do a good job of keeping it fresh and adding new places i have barely heard of.
An egg cream is a cold beverage consisting of milk, carbonated water, and flavored syrup (typically chocolate or vanilla), as a substitute for an ice cream float
Ideally, the glass is left with 2⁄3 liquid and 1⁄3 foamy head. Despite the name, the drink contains neither eggs nor cream
For the seventh straight game and the 18th time in 19 tries, the Athletics lost a baseball game. Tonight’s opponent, the Minnesota Twins, didn’t even give the home team the courtesy of having a lead all game as they beat the A’s 10-4 to begin a 4-game series between these two clubs.
The series opener between two of the best teams in baseball did not disappoint, with a tight affair throughout. Tanner Scott’s struggles continued in the 10th inning, when the Mets scored a pair off the Dodgers closer then held on for a 4-3 on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
Scott allowed hits to his first two batters faced in the 10th, with a double by Francisco Alvarez and single by Francisco Lindor each plating a run, both with exit velocities of 108.5 mph and 102.5 mph, respectively.
Tanner Scott has not been good. Dodgers made him one of the highest paid relievers and he hasn't been good for maybe the last month. In the last couple of weeks he's blown or given up go ahead runs in at least 3 -4 games.
I was going to ask any Dodger fans to please ask Shohei to hit his homers earlier in the game. I was up to see his two strikeouts but in bed by time he homered.
Over the last few weeks, he's looked kinda ugly at the plate. Mostly since his baby was born. On Sunday the cameras caught him falling asleep against the railing in the sun. Most of his strikeouts are on breaking pitches low in the zone. Not sure why any pitcher would try to throw a fastball towards the top of the zone like Fried did on Fri. His HR yesterday was on a hanging curve thigh or waist high.
Logan Webb went eight scoreless innings on Monday night, and so did the San Francisco Giants hitters. Technically, the Giants went 10 scoreless, while the San Diego Padres got a run in the 10th off an automatic runner, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly to deal the Giants a frustrating 1-0 loss.
Max Homa fired his caddie and carried his own clubs for 36 holes in a U.S. Open qualifier. Made it to a multi person playoff but ultimately didn’t qualify.
Texas Tech (ex-Stanfurd) NiJaree Canady shows that she's worth her $1,050,024 NIL deal by winning her 11th straight game. She has a 0.90 ERA, 0.72 WHIP this season. She has more Wins (33) that Earned Runs given up (29) this season.
The NCAA Baseball Super Regional teams are an intriguing collection of blue blood programs and a few ones new to the party. Normally I root for the underdogs in this. UTSA and Murray State are among the final sixteen advancing. But to this point the most successful group are the ACC teams-of the nine ACC squads who made the 64-team field, five are moving on. I separate the supers participants into the following categories. SEC: 4 teams, including three hosting, ACC: five teams include NC (hosting), Duke (hosting), Louisville (hosting), FSU and Miami, NON-P4’s: Oregon State (who are Independent in baseball), Murray State, Coastal Carolina and UTSA, and finally REMAINING P4’s other than ACC/SEC: UCLA, Arizona and West Virginia. Other than underdogs generally, I will be rooting mildly for the ACC. Oregon State remains highly ranked and are hosting. I guess it would be sort of cool to see them thumb their noses at the moneyed conferences, so I also find myself rooting for the Beavs.
It’s time for another edition of Oski Disicple’s quote of the day.
“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don’t.” — Robert Benchley
there are a lot of great "two kinds of people" jokes out there.
this is one of my favorites
https://www.tshirtpalace.com/products/two-types-of-people-incomplete-data-extrapolate-gift-t-shirt_tto0695062-at
No 2 had this shirt. It really is a great one.
i might have heard about it from him ...
Last summer, my family visited Ohio for our family vacation, including a trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. In one of the rooms, there was a large exhibit with Beatles stuff and another large exhibit with Rolling Stones stuff. I put my arm around my then-15-year-old son and said
"Son, there are two kinds of people in this world: Beatles fans and Stones fans. Which are you"
In response, he looks me right in the eye and says "I'm a Hendrix fan".
I love my son.
good parenting!
There are two types of people in this world, those who believe quotes from Robert Benchley and those who go down the research rabbit hole to avoid doing actual work
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/07/two-classes/
EATING OUT
https://media1.tenor.com/m/lOYujypqIyUAAAAC/archer-you.gif
NYT puts out its top 100 restaurants list. i have been to 7. i supposed they do a good job of keeping it fresh and adding new places i have barely heard of.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/dining/best-nyc-restaurants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.FMNH.s4yKnJmPyGWL&smid=url-share
I've been to none of these. Looks like I've got some eating to do.
come visit. at least 93 places i want to go.
most of the 7 that i have been to, i have been to multiple times ...
Txikito - Basque tapas and great vermuth bar
S&P Lunch - used to be Eisenberg's deli, great Jewish deli with egg creams, latkes, pastrami sandwiches
Gramercy Tavern - classic elegant dinner for special occassion
Casa Mono and Bar Jamon - Spanish tapas and amazing wine list
Keens Steakhouse - classic NYC steakhouse famous for their mutton chop
speaking of egg creams, i think this is a east coast thing since HAG and i went to a hot dog place a couple weeks ago and he had never heard of one.
to be clear, an egg cream has neither egg nor cream.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_cream
An egg cream is a cold beverage consisting of milk, carbonated water, and flavored syrup (typically chocolate or vanilla), as a substitute for an ice cream float
Ideally, the glass is left with 2⁄3 liquid and 1⁄3 foamy head. Despite the name, the drink contains neither eggs nor cream
yeah I had never heard of it. Maybe it's just a NE thing? SGB have you heard of egg cream?
PRO
Winter is coming.
A Stark has won the US Open
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/45426453/sweden-maja-stark-wins-us-women-open-first-major
A’s drop 7th straight, fall to Twins 8-4
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2025/6/2/24442026/as-drop-7th-straight-fall-to-twins-8-4
For the seventh straight game and the 18th time in 19 tries, the Athletics lost a baseball game. Tonight’s opponent, the Minnesota Twins, didn’t even give the home team the courtesy of having a lead all game as they beat the A’s 10-4 to begin a 4-game series between these two clubs.
Mets beat Dodgers 4-3 in extra innings.
it was a 1000p ET start. we went to bed w/ the Mets up 1-0 in the 3rd inning.
Tanner Scott struggles continue, Dodgers lose to Mets in 10 innings
https://www.truebluela.com/2025/6/2/24442076/tanner-scott-dodgers-mets-shohei-ohtani-dustin-may
The series opener between two of the best teams in baseball did not disappoint, with a tight affair throughout. Tanner Scott’s struggles continued in the 10th inning, when the Mets scored a pair off the Dodgers closer then held on for a 4-3 on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
Scott allowed hits to his first two batters faced in the 10th, with a double by Francisco Alvarez and single by Francisco Lindor each plating a run, both with exit velocities of 108.5 mph and 102.5 mph, respectively.
Tanner Scott has not been good. Dodgers made him one of the highest paid relievers and he hasn't been good for maybe the last month. In the last couple of weeks he's blown or given up go ahead runs in at least 3 -4 games.
Lindor hits lead-off HRs in 1st and 10th innings. they still need another double in the 10th to win it.
I was going to ask any Dodger fans to please ask Shohei to hit his homers earlier in the game. I was up to see his two strikeouts but in bed by time he homered.
Over the last few weeks, he's looked kinda ugly at the plate. Mostly since his baby was born. On Sunday the cameras caught him falling asleep against the railing in the sun. Most of his strikeouts are on breaking pitches low in the zone. Not sure why any pitcher would try to throw a fastball towards the top of the zone like Fried did on Fri. His HR yesterday was on a hanging curve thigh or waist high.
Oakland Ballers are winners and win the off-day.
Giants waste eight shutout Logan Webb innings and lose, 1-0
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2025/6/2/24442094/sf-giants-san-diego-padres-waste-logan-webb-shutout
Logan Webb went eight scoreless innings on Monday night, and so did the San Francisco Giants hitters. Technically, the Giants went 10 scoreless, while the San Diego Padres got a run in the 10th off an automatic runner, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly to deal the Giants a frustrating 1-0 loss.
Offensive explosion!
Guess who the QB coach of the CLE Browns is
Answer: William Scott Musgrave
https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches-roster/bill-musgrave
That's a downgrade from my guess of Davis Webb.
Ryan Glover
Brandon Ayoob?
Davis Webb?
Ziv Gottlieb?
Aaron Rodgers?
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Max Homa fired his caddie and carried his own clubs for 36 holes in a U.S. Open qualifier. Made it to a multi person playoff but ultimately didn’t qualify.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
Looks like we're saved, but don't pop all your champagne at once. You'll want to save some to see if it actually comes true.
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-encounters-galactic-kind-simulations-milky.html
PYREX vs pyrex
https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/products/life-sciences/resources/stories/in-the-field/pyrex-vs-pyrex-whats-the-difference.html
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Chancellor's Spurs (softball edition): Sooners fall in their bid to Five-Peat as WCWS champs.
WCWS continues with its surprises as Texas Tech walks off #2 Oklahoma. It's Texas vs. Texas Tech in the WCWS.
https://www.ncaa.com/video/softball/2025-06-02/full-7th-inning-thrilling-texas-tech-oklahoma-softball-wcws-semifinal
https://x.com/SGBear2/status/1929905629272879344
Texas Tech (ex-Stanfurd) NiJaree Canady shows that she's worth her $1,050,024 NIL deal by winning her 11th straight game. She has a 0.90 ERA, 0.72 WHIP this season. She has more Wins (33) that Earned Runs given up (29) this season.
POLITICS
Happy Pride Month, y'all
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-desantis-florida-pride-marchers
John Stewart: [Elon Musk] "is leaving his job [at DOGE] to make more family with his time"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIhlC3L99x8
I hate to be that guy but it's Jon not John Stewart.
ANNE OR OTHER DERIVATIVES
Anne Boleyn. She was "ahead" of her times.
[Lurch groan.gif]
DBD AV CLUB
Voltron, Defender of the Universe ..
just saw a preview for live action movie coming out soon. i was mostly just trying to show my kid how amazing Voltron was when i stumbled across it.
Production Status: Filming has been completed.
Release Platform: The movie is expected to be released on Amazon Prime Video.
Release Timing: While a specific date hasn't been announced, the release is anticipated for 2026.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing the film.
Starring: Henry Cavill will be starring in the movie.
The NCAA Baseball Super Regional teams are an intriguing collection of blue blood programs and a few ones new to the party. Normally I root for the underdogs in this. UTSA and Murray State are among the final sixteen advancing. But to this point the most successful group are the ACC teams-of the nine ACC squads who made the 64-team field, five are moving on. I separate the supers participants into the following categories. SEC: 4 teams, including three hosting, ACC: five teams include NC (hosting), Duke (hosting), Louisville (hosting), FSU and Miami, NON-P4’s: Oregon State (who are Independent in baseball), Murray State, Coastal Carolina and UTSA, and finally REMAINING P4’s other than ACC/SEC: UCLA, Arizona and West Virginia. Other than underdogs generally, I will be rooting mildly for the ACC. Oregon State remains highly ranked and are hosting. I guess it would be sort of cool to see them thumb their noses at the moneyed conferences, so I also find myself rooting for the Beavs.
I saw a bit of Oregon State-USC. Interesting to see the PAC 12 logo in the background.
FIRE LARRY SCOTT AGAIN
I was loving that the Pac12 beat USC.