Guy cuts down 32 trees to get a better view of NYC. They weren't his trees. The town fined him $32k for cutting down the trees and ordered him to restore the trees - which will cost $1.9m.
Update on former 2022 All Star and Cy Young finalist Alek Manoah who was demoted all the way down to rookie ball. In his first appearance, he was rocked for 11 runs over 8 outs. Poor guy.
I only strangled her when I sexually assaulted her, not broke her skull. Trevor Bauer withdraws his defamation suit against the Athletic after the website retracted claims that the woman had a broken skull.
Giants beat Toronto for the 14th win in 16 games. They moved 11 games over .500 for the second time this year and maintain second place in the NL West. The final was 3-0. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401472206
Pitching battle. Old friend Kevin Gausman was outstanding against the Giants 6.0 IP, 12k, 3 hits, 1 BB. But it's tough for the Blue Jays to score when they strike out 17 times and walk none.
I was disappointed to turn on the mlb channel last night and see the Yanks and A's. I was hoping to see the Angels and check out Shohei doing his things.
Woman fired because she was absent from work as a teacher for 20 of the 24 years she was employed wants to defend her side of the story as to why she was sacked. But she can't because she's at the beach.
Double D and his girlfriend went to Ireland in early March. He brought back a bottle of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish gin. Interesting stuff. Tangentially related, Double D gifted me with a bottle of Hendricks' Flora Adora gin for Father's Day.
There's also Red Spot as well. Irish whiskey used to be hella popular, pre Prohibition Amendment - but afterwards, didn't recover. For me, it's too smooth, not enough "bite" and different flavors as Scotch single barrel.
Supposedly the rooftop scene was filmed there. But in the movie, it's pretty obvious everything was done on a sound stage, including the rooftop. Wonder how that rumor got started.
It's not really a "rumor" - it's much more of a "fuck with the freshmen" thing - sort of telling people that you can use the steam tunnels to get around campus.
Ah, well at least that is a fun story. I don't recall anyone telling me fun stories when I was a freshman. When I was a sophomore, a summer school art teacher told me she took chemistry in LeConte Hall the same time that the first cyclotron was built there. No one knew it was there, but she said her hair started falling out.
the iSchool (school of information) is HQ'ed in that building, so that is my home building these days when i end up on campus for any teaching related activities.
inside seems pretty normal, not too old, not too new. but the super high ceilings are nice.
Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, said that Trump made lewd comments about Ivanka's breasts and butt and wondered out loud "what it might be like to have sex with her." John Kelly scolded Trump that he was speaking about his daughter.
Trump told ABC and Semafor that the documents he was waving around were not classified - that they were construction documents and he was pretending that they were classified plans as an act of bravado.
[New York Times] The DOJ did not feel it had probable cause to search Trump's Bedminster residence/wife-cemetery. The audio evidence of Trump showing top secret documents to civilians has given that to them. The DOJ has subpeened video surveillance tapes from Bedminster. Jack Smith is not messing around.
Caught Asteroid City - one of my favorite Wes Anderson movies, but deeply weird and dollhouse - even for him. I think right now it's number 4 on my list of his films.
oh man . . .what a way to jump into the deep end on Wes Anderson. The minatures, the dollhouse nature, intricate story-within-story storytelling was kind of the "most Wes Anderson it can be" for this movie - I recommend going back and watching Tennebaums and Grand Budapest Hotel if you liked the aesthetic. Most people have Rushmore at the top of their ratings (not me - it's in the middle for me) but it's probably the most accessible.
I have seen and enjoyed Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Isle of Dogs. I did not care at all for Darjeeling Express (or at least the 20 minutes I saw before I hauled my carcass off the couch and left my wife and daughter to watch the rest of it.
I find Darjeeling . .. if not actually racist, then a little bit naive considering it's location. I'm a big big fan of Tennebaums and Grand Budapest - if you really like the intricate Anderson style, Grand Budapest more - Tennebaums is a real force of nature and has a lot more character than the artificial nature of his later work.
I can’t actually say that I got to the point of finding Darjeeling express racist, I had a very strong reaction that I would not want to be trapped in close quarters with the main characters and peaced out
3 of the best 3 episodes of television this year were episodes 3, 4, and 7 of the Bear. Sundae, Honeydew and Forks. Episodes 6 and 10 were two of the most tense episodes this year.
Guy cuts down 32 trees to get a better view of NYC. They weren't his trees. The town fined him $32k for cutting down the trees and ordered him to restore the trees - which will cost $1.9m.
https://twitter.com/SamAsIAm/status/1673371818001047553
Shades of Malibu residents "accidentally" blocking off shoreline access points with hedges, fences, stairs, fake no parking signs, etc
Daniel Snyder once did something similar and basically got away with it.
PRO
How bad are the finances at the Mexican Olympic diving team. If you'll subscribe to his Only Fans page, one diver will tell you.
https://apnews.com/article/mexican-diver-onlyfans-diego-balleza-f632bb4f4b9f5e8656ff4ee482bb7aa9
Update on former 2022 All Star and Cy Young finalist Alek Manoah who was demoted all the way down to rookie ball. In his first appearance, he was rocked for 11 runs over 8 outs. Poor guy.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37923802/blue-jays-starter-alek-manoah-allows-11-1st-minors-game
He was a notoriously slow worker. Wonder if the pitch clock f-cked his rhythm up worse than that MiG f-ed Cougar up in Top Gun….
Former QB Ryan Mallett has died at age 35 after drowning at the beach in Destin FL
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37924883/former-arkansas-nfl-qb-ryan-mallett-dies-35
NASCAR's Jimmy Johnson suffers a personal tragedy as his mother-in-law shoots her husband to death, her grandson, and then herself.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/us/jimmie-johnson-oklahoma-in-laws-dead/index.html
that's awful
Yikes!
I only strangled her when I sexually assaulted her, not broke her skull. Trevor Bauer withdraws his defamation suit against the Athletic after the website retracted claims that the woman had a broken skull.
https://sports.yahoo.com/trevor-bauer-withdraws-defamation-suit-001808793.html
they say the truth is the best defense but in this case I'm not sure that's correct
Giants beat Toronto for the 14th win in 16 games. They moved 11 games over .500 for the second time this year and maintain second place in the NL West. The final was 3-0. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401472206
Pitching battle. Old friend Kevin Gausman was outstanding against the Giants 6.0 IP, 12k, 3 hits, 1 BB. But it's tough for the Blue Jays to score when they strike out 17 times and walk none.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401472206
maybe i should go to the Giants-Mets game in NYC that is coming up.
I was disappointed to turn on the mlb channel last night and see the Yanks and A's. I was hoping to see the Angels and check out Shohei doing his things.
Yeah, but the A's won, 2-1! 😃
I would normally prefer to see the A's, but Shohei. In one sense it didn't matter because of late starts east coast time.
Woman fired because she was absent from work as a teacher for 20 of the 24 years she was employed wants to defend her side of the story as to why she was sacked. But she can't because she's at the beach.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66028403
it's impressive in a way, it's a fair bit of work to put in, in order not to work
I taught in public schools for 24 years also. Now feeling stupid that I didn't take entire decades off.
Something Irish
Dick Van Dyke's voice coach for his Mary Poppins role
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71ZOTdLKUI
ah, that explains it - he was taught by someone who hated the English and wanted to insult them
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin.
Double D and his girlfriend went to Ireland in early March. He brought back a bottle of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish gin. Interesting stuff. Tangentially related, Double D gifted me with a bottle of Hendricks' Flora Adora gin for Father's Day.
that stuff is good! i didnt realize it was Irish
i use it for negroni's on a normal night. good for many other things too.
finishing up a bottle of it right now.
whiskey. maybe they spell it whisky.
there are plenty of good ones. i like Green Spot and Yellow Spot as good solid choices of the pot still variety (just the Yellow i think).
There's also Red Spot as well. Irish whiskey used to be hella popular, pre Prohibition Amendment - but afterwards, didn't recover. For me, it's too smooth, not enough "bite" and different flavors as Scotch single barrel.
single malt Scotch is definitely more refined and distinctive but also requires a bit of extra effort to keep track of it all, just like good wine.
Obviously old buildings
Parthenon
South Hall
Cal freshman are often told that Mary Poppins was filmed there.
Dick Van Dyke used a South Berkeley accent in that movie.
what is a South Berkeley accent ?
Cockney.
Hadn't heard this rumor.
https://foursquare.com/v/south-hall/4aea2651f964a520c8b921e3
Supposedly the rooftop scene was filmed there. But in the movie, it's pretty obvious everything was done on a sound stage, including the rooftop. Wonder how that rumor got started.
It's not really a "rumor" - it's much more of a "fuck with the freshmen" thing - sort of telling people that you can use the steam tunnels to get around campus.
Ah, well at least that is a fun story. I don't recall anyone telling me fun stories when I was a freshman. When I was a sophomore, a summer school art teacher told me she took chemistry in LeConte Hall the same time that the first cyclotron was built there. No one knew it was there, but she said her hair started falling out.
An artful assertion.
the iSchool (school of information) is HQ'ed in that building, so that is my home building these days when i end up on campus for any teaching related activities.
inside seems pretty normal, not too old, not too new. but the super high ceilings are nice.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
This guy...
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1674142959263178752
Florida's constitutional carry law starts on Saturday. Florida Man will concealed carry without any license or training necessary.
Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, said that Trump made lewd comments about Ivanka's breasts and butt and wondered out loud "what it might be like to have sex with her." John Kelly scolded Trump that he was speaking about his daughter.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivanka-naked-sexism-miles-taylor-book-nyt-anonymous-1809187
Actually, I violently sexually assaulted you, not raped you. Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation because Ms. Carroll said that Trump raped her.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/28/trump-sues-e-jean-carroll-for-defamation-over-comments
Trump told ABC and Semafor that the documents he was waving around were not classified - that they were construction documents and he was pretending that they were classified plans as an act of bravado.
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/27/2023/it-was-bravado-trump-says-he-wasnt-holding-up-classified-documents-in-2021-meeting
[New York Times] The DOJ did not feel it had probable cause to search Trump's Bedminster residence/wife-cemetery. The audio evidence of Trump showing top secret documents to civilians has given that to them. The DOJ has subpeened video surveillance tapes from Bedminster. Jack Smith is not messing around.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/trump-investigation-bedminster.html
I'll know it's gone to another level when they exhume Ivana.
DBD AV CLUB
Caught Asteroid City - one of my favorite Wes Anderson movies, but deeply weird and dollhouse - even for him. I think right now it's number 4 on my list of his films.
i saw this opening night as well. forgot to post about.
agree w/ Terrence, that is was deeply weird, but enjoyable and funny too.
i have not seen the other movies to comment on relative ranking.
oh man . . .what a way to jump into the deep end on Wes Anderson. The minatures, the dollhouse nature, intricate story-within-story storytelling was kind of the "most Wes Anderson it can be" for this movie - I recommend going back and watching Tennebaums and Grand Budapest Hotel if you liked the aesthetic. Most people have Rushmore at the top of their ratings (not me - it's in the middle for me) but it's probably the most accessible.
I have seen and enjoyed Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Isle of Dogs. I did not care at all for Darjeeling Express (or at least the 20 minutes I saw before I hauled my carcass off the couch and left my wife and daughter to watch the rest of it.
I find Darjeeling . .. if not actually racist, then a little bit naive considering it's location. I'm a big big fan of Tennebaums and Grand Budapest - if you really like the intricate Anderson style, Grand Budapest more - Tennebaums is a real force of nature and has a lot more character than the artificial nature of his later work.
I can’t actually say that I got to the point of finding Darjeeling express racist, I had a very strong reaction that I would not want to be trapped in close quarters with the main characters and peaced out
It's fourth for me too after Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom and Royal Tenenbaums.
Tenenbaums, Grand Budapest Hotel and Fantastic Mr Fox for me.
3 of the best 3 episodes of television this year were episodes 3, 4, and 7 of the Bear. Sundae, Honeydew and Forks. Episodes 6 and 10 were two of the most tense episodes this year.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Good idea: snowmobiling.
Bad idea: this...
https://twitter.com/Dexxxzzz/status/1643879073079279617
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
TN State becomes first HBCU to add men's ice hockey (club level).
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/37928096/tennessee-state-1st-hbcu-ice-hockey-program
Cal offers a rising sophomore a scholarship. He looks like a grown-ass man, not a kid who was a freshman a month ago.
https://twitter.com/Jadenoneal_26/status/1674037620270157824
He's 6-3" 200 pounds and already has 9 Power 5 scholarship offers, 2 G5, and one D2 offer.
https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Jaden-ONeal-154939/RecruitInterests/
Anyone else notice that he'd look particularly good in blue and gold?
Doesn’t everyone?
I guess I'm the only who caught that.
Brutal Heat-Wave in the South East? Affecting anyone here?
Feels like normal summer weather for me. Hot Soup outside. Unlike Texas, we have reliable electricity - so it feels nice inside.
i hear AQI in midwest is pretty bad too.
live reporting from Muncie IN where my friend lives.
Go Eagles!!!
I haven't seen the Hudsucker Proxy in a long time. I need to watch that one again.
Tree Poetry
‘A Poison Tree’ - William Blake
.
And I watered it in fears.
Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles.
And with soft deceitful wiles.
.
And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine …
I don't think I shall ever see a poem as lovely as a tree...