Rank 'em: Jello shot, Jager shot, Fireball shot, a hard slap to your bare left buttcheek, a high-5 from Norweigian crown prince Haakon Magnus (UC Berkeley, BA Poli Sci 1999)
They are normal samples - a high five from someone you probably don't care about is the horizon between good and bad. The butt slap is supposed to represent something physically painful, so something bad.
I don't remember much about the game, but I remember how I felt. That "kiss your sister" feeling of "meh". I remember the tie felt halfway good because Cal was terrible in Bruce Snyder's first year, losing to cupcake San Jose State in the second game of the season, losing to an okay Ricky Foggie at Minnesota, getting smoked by USC and #10 Tennessee. But I also remember feeling kinda bad because Arizona was just as bad as Cal. Cal went on to tie a terrible Wazzu team that year too in Japan. Also, the Pac-10 had four tie games in conference that season, including 3 by Arizona.
No, you're thinking of the '83 game with U of A (33-33)when Cal made a remarkable comeback and had a late field goal try (from over 50 yards) to win. The '87 game was a more pedestrian affair that ended 23 all.
I'm not a horse racing fan perse, but the experience of going to a track, seeing how the horses look, reading the odds, and watching them race 'round after betting the minimum bet while drinking a beer is a great day.
It is forever since I was at a horse race, but do have fond memories of GGF with my dad making bets for me even if I was too young to have a beer at that time.
it pains me to say it since i really like watching baseball in person more than all others. but in terms of time spent (watching TV) over last few years it has fallen behind cycling, football and basketball.
The movie's primary antagonist - "El Guapo" was played by Alphonso Arau, who I loved from his scene stealing Juan "THE Zhjoan Wilder?" the smuggler from Romancing the Stone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQHRizks1sQ
Alphonso Arau is alive and well at 91 years old. He directed "A Walk in the Clouds" as well an adaptation of his then wife and now ex-wife's novel "Like Water for Chocolate".
An interesting article on MLB Robo Balls-and-Strikes, the difference on how humans and robots see the strike zone, and the resulting pitcher and batter adjustments to it.
there were a couple of moments of general excitement, but the Red Bull cars are just too good - although maybe more accurately, the RedBull car in the hands of Verstappen is just too much - so there's only so much entertainment to be had
The first goal was a beauty and should have capped a deserving win for the US. Then Canada got the lucky handball and penalty shot to kick off 30 minutes of wacky CONCACAF action.
I am perhaps colored by watching Jaden Neal give the ball away in the defensive third at least 10 times and Miles "Calamity" Robinson flail his arms around every time a cross came in. Christ, they sucked last night
It’s tough…I agree with Kerr that a Draymond-less W’s team really has no shot at another ring…unfortunately, with the new CBA the way it is, a W’s team featuring Draymond really has little shot at a ring, either.
[New York Times] John Kelly - Trump's former chief of staff - alleges under oath that Trump tried to get the DOJ to go after his political enemies, giving specific examples like directing the IRS to go after top FBI officials who he disliked. The IRS ended up auditing FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. This comes on the heels of Kelly also claiming that Trump used the FBI to help DeSantis win governorship in 2018
Bannon skips out on paying his lawyers who defended his contempt of Congress defense/loss. NY Supreme Court orders him to pay $480k of delinquent invoices.
A movie based on a true story about a small Inuit tribe in the Arctic Circle. A recent college grad goes up there to teach HS as part of his service for paying off his college debt. He finds that the kids up there have a high suicide rate and don't care about school. He starts up a lacrosse team to get them into something other than drinking and drugs. They get invited to the National Lacrosse U-19 national championship.
i watched a lot more TV than average the last few days because i was doing a lot of virtual bike ride of the classic Tour de France climbs on Zwift. but you still meed something else to watch to keep it interesting
Diplomat - finished season 1. great suspenseful cliffhanger ending to the season.
Suits - watched the 2 part pilot about a guy who is working his way up in a law firm w/o going to law school. it was perfectly fine and entertaining but gets predictable quickly. i liked Partner Track better if we are talking about modern day legal profession comedy-dramas.
Is That Cake? - some ridiculous reality show i watched w/ child where the baker contestants try to make cakes that looks like real objects.
Wimbledon - Djokovic match suspended at 1100p local time, he was up 2-0 in sets.
He may not be the most cartoonish villain in college football, old Pat, but he's certainly in the running for most over-indulged asshole. Running-a-.500-program-the-right-way jackass
Man, I don't ever want to celebrate the kind of violence endemic to our shitty prisons, but it's hard to feel too bad about this one. You won't be surprised that responses to the news on twitter including various Larry Nasser truthers.
Rank 'em: Jello shot, Jager shot, Fireball shot, a hard slap to your bare left buttcheek, a high-5 from Norweigian crown prince Haakon Magnus (UC Berkeley, BA Poli Sci 1999)
1. jager
2. fireball
3. jello
jager is not as bad as its reputation of a drunken college booze.
it has a distinct good taste, works for cocktails, etc.
not sure why buttcheeks and high 5's are on the list. maybe for the non-drinkers? HAG?
They are normal samples - a high five from someone you probably don't care about is the horizon between good and bad. The butt slap is supposed to represent something physically painful, so something bad.
1. Fireball (see #5)
2. Princely Hi-5
3. Jello
4. Jager
5. Butt slap, unless it's from Ana de Armas
None of those for me.
That time Cal tied
1987 - Cal vs. Arizona
I don't remember much about the game, but I remember how I felt. That "kiss your sister" feeling of "meh". I remember the tie felt halfway good because Cal was terrible in Bruce Snyder's first year, losing to cupcake San Jose State in the second game of the season, losing to an okay Ricky Foggie at Minnesota, getting smoked by USC and #10 Tennessee. But I also remember feeling kinda bad because Arizona was just as bad as Cal. Cal went on to tie a terrible Wazzu team that year too in Japan. Also, the Pac-10 had four tie games in conference that season, including 3 by Arizona.
You're forgetting that the tie represented a big comeback. Cal was down by 3 scores (I want to say 20 points) and seemingly headed for another loss.
No, you're thinking of the '83 game with U of A (33-33)when Cal made a remarkable comeback and had a late field goal try (from over 50 yards) to win. The '87 game was a more pedestrian affair that ended 23 all.
Point taken. You're right, I was confusing the '83 game with the '87 game.
Tuan Van Le
Horrible, terrible memory. Should have taken a plunge or two into the end zone first.
Your fourth favorite sport to watch
Horse racing.
I'm not a horse racing fan perse, but the experience of going to a track, seeing how the horses look, reading the odds, and watching them race 'round after betting the minimum bet while drinking a beer is a great day.
Horse Racing is pretty cool. Especially when you're at the race and seeing the thoroughbreds run past the line. There is so much power in them.
I still try to watch the Derby and the other triple crown races when I remember.
It is forever since I was at a horse race, but do have fond memories of GGF with my dad making bets for me even if I was too young to have a beer at that time.
baseball.
it pains me to say it since i really like watching baseball in person more than all others. but in terms of time spent (watching TV) over last few years it has fallen behind cycling, football and basketball.
Football (Cal #1)
Basketball
Baseball (I guess, but soccer if USA USA! USA!!!!!!!)
Not sure about the rest, probably varies.
Probably swimming.
1. Baseball
2. Football
3. Basketball
Soccer
Soccer
Basketball
Link a song that you're currently digging
Sweet Symphony, by Joy Oladokun (feat: Chris Stapleton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR-FR_-RA_0
I'm a big Joy Oladokun fan. She's great.
Roll the Credits by Danielle Ponder (who, by day, is a public defender in Rochester, NY!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPKATubFAKg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXUa0oSNvaY
Only this weekend because it was in something we were watching but my wife didn't know it!!! How is that possible?
Goodbye Girl - K.G.B.
"That Part" by Lauren Spencer Smith. Not usually my kind of song, but I really like the lyrics and the vocal rhythms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWIFJgoitzA
An animal that is generally liked, but is kind of a jerk
Oski?
hmm. i guess i dont think of animals as nice or jerks. they just do what they do .. and we seem to apply these adjectives as if they were humans.
Dolphins
Orcas, without a doubt.
We should be extremely thankful they don't see us as food.
Sea otters.
Or so I've gathered.
Golden retrievers
Three
Amigos
The movie's primary antagonist - "El Guapo" was played by Alphonso Arau, who I loved from his scene stealing Juan "THE Zhjoan Wilder?" the smuggler from Romancing the Stone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQHRizks1sQ
Alphonso Arau is alive and well at 91 years old. He directed "A Walk in the Clouds" as well an adaptation of his then wife and now ex-wife's novel "Like Water for Chocolate".
“I read jour books…I read ALL of JOUR books…Jefe, esta es Juanita Wilder….”
“Ah, Juaaaannniiittttaaaa”…
didnt we have a discussion about THREE last week? or was that FIVE?
FIVE, I think.
Five is right out
PRO
An interesting article on MLB Robo Balls-and-Strikes, the difference on how humans and robots see the strike zone, and the resulting pitcher and batter adjustments to it.
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-baseball-robots-umpires-view-differently.html
Megan Rapinoe to retire after the World Cup this summer
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/megan-rapinoe-retiring-uswnt-soccer/
I didn't know she was 38. She looks younger.
Dodgers now tied for NL West lead (51-38) with Dbacks. Giants 2.5 games back.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings
GBBR
Padres might be getting their shit together. Won 5 of last 6 and really should have swept the Mets.
Blue Jays draft Arjun Nimmala, the highest drafted Indian-American in league history (1/#20)
https://twitter.com/SweenyMurti/status/1678227721422360577
Verstappen wins British GP - his 6th straight victory
https://www.thescore.com/formula1/news/2675405
there were a couple of moments of general excitement, but the Red Bull cars are just too good - although maybe more accurately, the RedBull car in the hands of Verstappen is just too much - so there's only so much entertainment to be had
US comes from behind in thrilling fashion and wins in PKs to advance in CONCACAF Gold Cup
https://sports.yahoo.com/concacaf-gold-cup-usmnt-survives-wild-match-beats-canada-in-penalty-kicks-to-reach-semifinals-031010703.html
sloppy, ugly game. B team action on full display
That's not 100% wrong, but a bit harsh; there was at least some solid play.
The first goal was a beauty and should have capped a deserving win for the US. Then Canada got the lucky handball and penalty shot to kick off 30 minutes of wacky CONCACAF action.
I am perhaps colored by watching Jaden Neal give the ball away in the defensive third at least 10 times and Miles "Calamity" Robinson flail his arms around every time a cross came in. Christ, they sucked last night
ICYMI: Draymond re-signs with Dubs, 4 years @ $100m
i guess now that it is a done deal, lets hope he keeps his shit together as a human being.
It’s tough…I agree with Kerr that a Draymond-less W’s team really has no shot at another ring…unfortunately, with the new CBA the way it is, a W’s team featuring Draymond really has little shot at a ring, either.
Giants beat Rockies, 1-0 behind Logan Webb complete game shutout. https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401472369
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
[New York Times] John Kelly - Trump's former chief of staff - alleges under oath that Trump tried to get the DOJ to go after his political enemies, giving specific examples like directing the IRS to go after top FBI officials who he disliked. The IRS ended up auditing FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. This comes on the heels of Kelly also claiming that Trump used the FBI to help DeSantis win governorship in 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/us/politics/trump-irs-investigations.html
"I got it from watching you, all right?"
Bannon skips out on paying his lawyers who defended his contempt of Congress defense/loss. NY Supreme Court orders him to pay $480k of delinquent invoices.
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-pay-legal-fees-sued-1811830
[NYT] A conservative group bought access via Justice Clarence Thomas by gifting him things.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4087798-investigation-finds-clarence-thomas-accepted-more-undisclosed-gifts-from-wealthy-friends-through-elite-association/
he's certainly an impressive exemplar of longstanding corruption. Not sure why he didn't just go to Big Law if all he wanted was cash.
I think your answer is in your comment.
Probably because he wasn’t a very good lawyer and wanted the prestige and job security of the SCOTUS.
DBD AV CLUB
NY Times shutters its sports department, will rely solely on The Athletic which it acquired in 2022
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-new-york-times-disbands-its-sports-department
Rotten decision for its staff.
Coming Thanksgiving week: Gladiator 2: Commodus' French Revenge
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1678373728332177408
The Grizzlies. (17/19 Netflix)
A movie based on a true story about a small Inuit tribe in the Arctic Circle. A recent college grad goes up there to teach HS as part of his service for paying off his college debt. He finds that the kids up there have a high suicide rate and don't care about school. He starts up a lacrosse team to get them into something other than drinking and drugs. They get invited to the National Lacrosse U-19 national championship.
I think my family room was very dusty last night.
i watched a lot more TV than average the last few days because i was doing a lot of virtual bike ride of the classic Tour de France climbs on Zwift. but you still meed something else to watch to keep it interesting
https://zwiftinsider.com/climb-portal/
Tour de France - a lot of live racing
Diplomat - finished season 1. great suspenseful cliffhanger ending to the season.
Suits - watched the 2 part pilot about a guy who is working his way up in a law firm w/o going to law school. it was perfectly fine and entertaining but gets predictable quickly. i liked Partner Track better if we are talking about modern day legal profession comedy-dramas.
Is That Cake? - some ridiculous reality show i watched w/ child where the baker contestants try to make cakes that looks like real objects.
Wimbledon - Djokovic match suspended at 1100p local time, he was up 2-0 in sets.
Finished The Bear, season 2.
It was excellent, I think it was better than the first season. The Christmas episodes and Forks were probably the two best episodes of the season.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Two LSU players got drafted #1 and #2 this year
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37986399/pirates-select-lsu-paul-skenes-first-pick-2023-mlb-draft
Former Northwestern football player steps forward and says Fitzgerald absolutely knew about hazing
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37987381/ex-northwestern-player-says-coach-pat-fitzgerald-failed-not-stopping-hazing
What's the over/under on days until he's fired?
Oh, timely comment. It's apparently zero.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/07/decision-to-relieve-head-football-coach-pat-fitzgerald-of-his-duties/?fj=1
Now speak Cal going to the Rose Bowl into existence, Scootie
He may not be the most cartoonish villain in college football, old Pat, but he's certainly in the running for most over-indulged asshole. Running-a-.500-program-the-right-way jackass
Yeah, f-ck that guy.
OUCH!!!
Disgraced former MSU sports doctor and serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar got shanked in prison
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/37989188/report-larry-nassar-stabbed-multiple-s-federal-prison
Ain't that a shame.
Man, I don't ever want to celebrate the kind of violence endemic to our shitty prisons, but it's hard to feel too bad about this one. You won't be surprised that responses to the news on twitter including various Larry Nasser truthers.
Things get weird as apparent former WVU MBB HC Bob Huggins claims he never resigned
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37981764/former-coach-bob-huggins-says-never-resigned-wvu
This is like SDSU and the MWC
It's about to get very messy, it seems. It also seems that Huggins is ostensibly asking to be fired by WVU.
Northwestern backpedals from Fitzgerald punishment
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37980269/ex-northwestern-player-says-hazing-included-sexualized-acts
CAL
Go Bears!!!
A summary of Cal's off-season that is fair with only a few minor inaccuracies
https://youtu.be/JNZVHvc8PLQ