I'm not really sure what an "American" restaurant even means. Denny's? Chile's?
What is really American food? Corn dogs? Meat loaf, I guess...but I don't see that as having international renown. Most of our food seems to have come from other countries, and then been tweaked.
A burger is American-ish (at least with the buns), but those are ubiquitous (Mickey D's, etc.)
I would like these places to be cheeky and offer stuff like deep-dish pizza, orange chicken, Mission style burritos, California rolls, etc., as that's the real value of "American" cuisine: immigrant tweaks on traditional food from the homeland.
Stopped at one in Paris once. They had hamburgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs. Don't remember what else. You'd think there'd be Marconi and cheese, also meat loaf.
Surprisingly easy - I was only an intermittent smoker (stress and booze), and one day I woke up with my smoke-reeking hand on my face and a top 5 lifetime hangover. Didn’t stop me from drinking but put me right off cigarettes
Kitchen could use a renovation. Bedroom could use a good cleaning. Books are piled around because the bookshelves are full and lots of other papers are piled on the desk. I have the time but not the will to get it done.
Dolores Claiborne is another movie that has clear differences between it and the novella. Quite frankly, I like the movie very much, but the novella is a horror story in ways that probably wouldn't have translated to the screen. The novella is very good, indeed.
The movie script very closely resembles the book; word for word in stretches. But there are clear differences here and there including Red not detailing his crime in the movie.
i had a very pleasant time last time i was there for a about a week. there were good restaurants and cocktail bars and nice side of town and people away from all the casino stuff.
also. the proximity to Tahoe made for fun hikes and outdoor activities.
It was an encore performance from the A’s pitching staff today with Austin Pruitt and Ken Waldichuk holding the Tigers scoreless for the first 7 innings after JP Sears did the same on his own yesterday.
Pruitt was originally announced as today’s “opener”, but after he finished the 1st inning without a baserunner, Mark Kotsay put him out there for the 2nd against an almost all-righty lineup. He followed up his perfect 1st with a perfect 2nd, and then came back out for a perfect 3rd. Though he only got one strikeout, Pruitt clearly had Detroit’s batters off balance throughout his outing. Amazingly, five of his nine outs were infield popups, while another two were groundouts. After his five perfect innings in a spot start last year, it might be worthwhile to see what Pruitt could do with a little rotation run.
Alex Cobb pitched 6 shutout innings in the San Francisco Giants 2 - 0 win against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, helping to avoid a series sweep at home and to pump the brakes on the team’s four game losing streak.
Cobb maybe didn’t have his best stuff but he made up for it with a veteran will to attack the zone and force Seattle hitters to earn their knocks. The knocks certainly came but Cobb scattered them, allowing 6 hits while issuing 0 free bases and striking out 7 over the start.
The Dodgers bounced back after a rough defeat to overcome an early deficit beat the Pirates 6-4, headlined by back-to-back homers from J.D. Martinez, and David Peralta.
The Pirates certainly didn’t make it easy, twice loading the bases in the seventh and ninth, but in both occasions, the Dodgers bullpen survived and thrived, allowing no runs to cross the plate, holding on to a precious two-run lead.
this was a fine wrap-up conclusion to the whole thing, but it wasnt nearly as gripping or suspenseful as the series/episodes.
there must be some formula that is used for movie making that is inconsistent w/ episode making since this same problem plagues the Star Trek movies, Downton Abbey, etc.
A bill in Massachusetts seeks to tax rich colleges that favor families of alumni and donors in admissions policies — namely Harvard University — and give the money to poorer community colleges.
The legislation targets Harvard, Williams College and a half-dozen other schools that use preferences for students whose parents attended the college, called legacies, and meet a threshold of current endowment value per student. Cambridge-based Harvard, the richest US college with a $50.1 billion endowment, would be assessed an estimated $103 million a year, the largest fee, according to sponsors.
I also saw a tshirt at the Brown student store that looked like a Harvard tshirt with the crest but in small letters below said something like: Harvard, for those that can't get into Brown.
An Athletic profile on Cal and our trajectory as a program. Nothing particularly novel, but a nice retrospective on Tedford's success and a bit of a peek into Wilcox's recruiting ethos.
once upon a time i nearly took a detour from my physics/science path to work as an archaeology intern in Athens for a summer. i didnt get accepted to a highly competitive program that was mostly for people who were doing it full time, not just a casual side thing like me.
i think perhaps i should have been more open minded about science career path ...
Rabbit
are very tasty
Man, it's been a long time since I've had one.
You come across an American restaurant in a foreign country. What would you expect to see on the menu?
Hamburgers
In Germany I ordered American salad with California dressing. This turned out to be iceberg lettuce, tomato slices, and thousand island dressing.
In Lisbon we walked by an American Diner type restaurant. Basically had food you would except like in a diner.
I'm not really sure what an "American" restaurant even means. Denny's? Chile's?
What is really American food? Corn dogs? Meat loaf, I guess...but I don't see that as having international renown. Most of our food seems to have come from other countries, and then been tweaked.
A burger is American-ish (at least with the buns), but those are ubiquitous (Mickey D's, etc.)
I would like these places to be cheeky and offer stuff like deep-dish pizza, orange chicken, Mission style burritos, California rolls, etc., as that's the real value of "American" cuisine: immigrant tweaks on traditional food from the homeland.
Stopped at one in Paris once. They had hamburgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs. Don't remember what else. You'd think there'd be Marconi and cheese, also meat loaf.
Marconi was Italian. But then, Italy is much closer to France than the U.S.
Mac and cheese.
Ex-smokers of the DBD - how was quitting for you?
Surprisingly easy - I was only an intermittent smoker (stress and booze), and one day I woke up with my smoke-reeking hand on my face and a top 5 lifetime hangover. Didn’t stop me from drinking but put me right off cigarettes
Uh... what kind of smoking are we discussing?
Took me seven years and fifteen days to quit, if that answers your question. Haven't had a puff since 1986.
Easy peezy. But I was never much of a smoker. 1/2 pack at most in a day. More like 3 or 4 cigs. I quit in 1985.
DBD Street Journal
What can brown do for you? Strike.
https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2023/07/ups-strike-teamsters-obrien-supply-chain-packages/
Twitter quietly removes requirement to login to view posts
To quote Judy Dench, " Too late! Too late!"
Now they do it. Threads had 10 million users within an hour or two after launch
I do not trust Zuckerbot to be much better than Musk
he won't be, though he seems less of an attention hoor.
Room that needs some TLC
Garage. Needs major cleaning and reorganization, and a new garage door.
Same for me.
Kitchen could use a renovation. Bedroom could use a good cleaning. Books are piled around because the bookshelves are full and lots of other papers are piled on the desk. I have the time but not the will to get it done.
RENO
Where I shot a man just to watch him die
Where Mrs. Dufresne wanted to go to get a divorce from Andy.
Small, but important, deet in Shawshank Redemption. Have you ever read the book? Now I understand Red's crime. It was stupid.
I did, but it’s been so long I don’t remember the specifics…I read it in HS in the early ‘90’s.
Dolores Claiborne is another movie that has clear differences between it and the novella. Quite frankly, I like the movie very much, but the novella is a horror story in ways that probably wouldn't have translated to the screen. The novella is very good, indeed.
The movie script very closely resembles the book; word for word in stretches. But there are clear differences here and there including Red not detailing his crime in the movie.
Wrapping their curses inside of rizlas
Men in back stink of bad business
God help the fool from out of state
Arriving all smiles and a vanity plate
One week of luck and the sky's the limit
No holding back now, in it to win it
Old bait and switch, done it again
Tapping his fingers on the ATM
Cash advances at twenty percent
Throw out the mobile, quit paying rent
Shady motel, heavy smokers
Wedding ring and a pawnbroker
Reno Nevada, a curse on you. Fortune's a mistress seldom fooled
The chill version of Vegas.
"chill" - more like cheap!
Janet
We wrote about our trip there to attend the Nevada game, back when you could include photos. It was...insane.
The "All-you-can-drink-until-2AM Button" was a thing of beauty, and really came in handy after we lost.
i had a very pleasant time last time i was there for a about a week. there were good restaurants and cocktail bars and nice side of town and people away from all the casino stuff.
also. the proximity to Tahoe made for fun hikes and outdoor activities.
PRO
Nats want to see Elly de La Cruz's knob. He shows them a giant dong.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37966526/reds-elly-de-la-cruz-homers-bat-check-umpires
[Wojo] Adam Silver has succeeded in his attempt to make the NBA like European football
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37966379/las-vegas-host-final-four-nba-new-season-tournament-sources-say
Cameraman gets hit on the noggin by a thrown ball. Yeesh.
https://twitter.com/TheDeskDotNet/status/1676793199048933379
A’s crush Tigers in 12-3 blowout
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/7/5/23785245/oakland-athletics-detroit-tigers-austin-pruitt-ken-waldichuk-jordan-diaz
It was an encore performance from the A’s pitching staff today with Austin Pruitt and Ken Waldichuk holding the Tigers scoreless for the first 7 innings after JP Sears did the same on his own yesterday.
Pruitt was originally announced as today’s “opener”, but after he finished the 1st inning without a baserunner, Mark Kotsay put him out there for the 2nd against an almost all-righty lineup. He followed up his perfect 1st with a perfect 2nd, and then came back out for a perfect 3rd. Though he only got one strikeout, Pruitt clearly had Detroit’s batters off balance throughout his outing. Amazingly, five of his nine outs were infield popups, while another two were groundouts. After his five perfect innings in a spot start last year, it might be worthwhile to see what Pruitt could do with a little rotation run.
It was 12-0 for a bit! So nice!
WE CAN STILL WIN 99
Cobb shuts down Mariners to dodge sweep
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/7/6/23785530/mlb-final-giants-mariners-7-5-2023-recap-alex-cobb
Alex Cobb pitched 6 shutout innings in the San Francisco Giants 2 - 0 win against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, helping to avoid a series sweep at home and to pump the brakes on the team’s four game losing streak.
Cobb maybe didn’t have his best stuff but he made up for it with a veteran will to attack the zone and force Seattle hitters to earn their knocks. The knocks certainly came but Cobb scattered them, allowing 6 hits while issuing 0 free bases and striking out 7 over the start.
J.D. Martinez & David Peralta homer, Dodgers bullpen escapes to beat Pirates
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/7/5/23785402/dodgers-home-runs-jd-martinez-david-peralta-ryan-brasier-daniel-hudson-bases-loaded-escape-pirates
The Dodgers bounced back after a rough defeat to overcome an early deficit beat the Pirates 6-4, headlined by back-to-back homers from J.D. Martinez, and David Peralta.
The Pirates certainly didn’t make it easy, twice loading the bases in the seventh and ninth, but in both occasions, the Dodgers bullpen survived and thrived, allowing no runs to cross the plate, holding on to a precious two-run lead.
DBD AV CLUB
The Last Kingdom - Seven Kings Must Die (13/19)
this was a fine wrap-up conclusion to the whole thing, but it wasnt nearly as gripping or suspenseful as the series/episodes.
there must be some formula that is used for movie making that is inconsistent w/ episode making since this same problem plagues the Star Trek movies, Downton Abbey, etc.
that is .. the movies are fine but rarely great.
Agreed. Everything seemed rushed, which though to be expected for a movie v. a series, was nonetheless a slight turnoff.
But Uhtred remains one of the more iconic original series characters of any platform.
Uhtred was great and very well portrayed
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
This looks like defamation to me.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110663249322897070
Lots of people are required to get CPR training. You know who doesn't need it in Florida? Nurses.
https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/florida-does-not-require-nurses-be-cpr-certified/
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
In a college summer league game, there was this squeeze play on a soft grounder to third
https://twitter.com/BCSNErie/status/1676768415543951360
Oh my. Never seen that before.
Ex-Florida Gator QB Jalen Kitna, the son of Jon, had his child pornography charged reduced to a slap on the wrist.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ex-florida-qb-jalen-kitna-has-child-porn-charges-dropped-in-plea-deal-sentenced-to-probation-233536168.html
Harvard Legacy Admissions Targeted by Massachusetts Lawmakers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/harvard-targeted-by-massachusetts-lawmakers-on-legacy-admissions
A bill in Massachusetts seeks to tax rich colleges that favor families of alumni and donors in admissions policies — namely Harvard University — and give the money to poorer community colleges.
The legislation targets Harvard, Williams College and a half-dozen other schools that use preferences for students whose parents attended the college, called legacies, and meet a threshold of current endowment value per student. Cambridge-based Harvard, the richest US college with a $50.1 billion endowment, would be assessed an estimated $103 million a year, the largest fee, according to sponsors.
I also saw a tshirt at the Brown student store that looked like a Harvard tshirt with the crest but in small letters below said something like: Harvard, for those that can't get into Brown.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
https://theathletic.com/4668377/2023/07/06/cal-football-justin-wilcox?source=user-shared-article
An Athletic profile on Cal and our trajectory as a program. Nothing particularly novel, but a nice retrospective on Tedford's success and a bit of a peek into Wilcox's recruiting ethos.
DBD Archaeology
Site of 197 A.D massive battle between forces of Clodius Albinus and Septimius Severus found in France.
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-roman-battle-weapons-found-france-archeology-1810923
once upon a time i nearly took a detour from my physics/science path to work as an archaeology intern in Athens for a summer. i didnt get accepted to a highly competitive program that was mostly for people who were doing it full time, not just a casual side thing like me.
i think perhaps i should have been more open minded about science career path ...