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name some classical music that has become synonymous with an activity (eg, Wagner’s Treulich Geführt from the Lohengrin opera is THE song for a bride’s entrance and a part of Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music (Op 61) in E Major for use during Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is THE recessional song).
Both Wagner and Mendelssohn’s songs usage for weddings was popularized when they were used in the wedding of Princess Victoria (the first child of UK Queen Victoria). She was the heir to the British throne for slightly less than a year until her younger brother, Albert, was born. Albert ascended the throne and became King Edward VII. Victoria got to meet Prussia’s Prince Frederick’s via two state visits the first when she was 11 and he was 19 and the second when she was 15. He asked for her hand in marriage 3 days after his second visit. Frederick became the crown prince after his grandfather the king died three years after his marriage to Victoria. However, he had to wait another 26 years for his father to die, smoking lots of cigarettes while he waited. He got a cough in late 1997, just before his father’s death and his own ascension to the German throne as Frederick III. Three days later, Frederick III was confirmed to have throat cancer. Vicky got to be German Empress for 99 days until Frederick III died. Her son Wilhelm II and his love/hate relationship with the British caused him to rule Germany as a rival to his grandmother Queen Victoria, which included supporting the marriage of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Thus, it was Kaiser Wilhelm II’s mother who popularized bridal music and helped start WW1.
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Bob Iger indicates ESPN will be looking for a joint venture or the spinoff of an ownership stake to a third party as it is not a core creative business according to his interview on CNBC this morning. Does not bode well for a long term linear commitment to the PAC (um) 10.
Despite being a famous '90s cartoon, Barney & Friends was finally discontinued after a raft of lawsuits filed by the program's makers as a consequence of violent video using the purple dinosaur started to surface. This graphic content over time gained more popularity than the actual show.
This childhood staple has come back into rotation as a harried work-from-homer - however, I make it with an unreasonable amount of PB and J so that a mess is guaranteed.
For the boys, sometimes we would do PBJ, sometimes we would do Ritz cracker sandwiches with PBJ, sometimes just slice up some cheese with crackers. Little things like that.
if we are talking the homemade variety i can think of many.
in HS we were allowed to leave campus and because i lived so close, a group of us would go home. we always had Campbells chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. that probably cost $2 for all $ of us!
today, i would say that a tuna salad or chicken salad wrap w/ cucumbers and celery would be my 1st choice.
I hate to be the cost police, but a can of tuna costs about $2.50, and a portion of chicken salad costs at least as much to make. But a homemade tuna sandwich is also one of my cheap lunch picks.
The McDonalds here don't have the $1 value menu anymore. It's like 2.25 or 2.50 for the McChicken. It was best when they had all day breakfast and I could get a Sausage Biscuit for $1.
Cal starts 2017 by beating UNC, Weber State, and Ole Miss behind the original Tercell offense with Ross Bowers, Vic Wharton, and Watson/Enwere/Laird. Downs goes down on October 13th and Cal loses the last four of its five games.
Nate Longshore. Before his ankle injury in the '07 game against Oregon he was a terrific quarterback. Never the same after yet Tedford kept shoving him out there.
Yeah it was Dec and the events ended at 6 so it was dark by the time we ate dinner. After we walked down the main street on Miami beach. Co-worker from Romania wanted to walk into the water so we took off our shoes and walked in just a little bit.
Last year. I called in sick and sat my butt on Wrightsville Beach. If you go midweek, it's almost exclusively retirees and female college students (UNC Wilmington)
wow, it has been a while, despite living very near one (if Long Island Sound counts) as well as a trip to Iceland.
we were in Pompano Beach for a family wedding last June. we stayed right on the beach for a couple days and got a couple nice walks along the beach and goofed around in the water w/ little nieces and nephews.
i guess i was still wearing that neck brace from my bike accident.
Pachelbel in D for trumpet by Winton Marsalis. My favorite music while transliterating hieroglyphs at Cal, put on my Koss headphones and accompanied by a Hank's back in those days.
Canon. my old film manual camera that i inherited from my dad might still be the best of the bunch. i have a 3-4 lenses for it. it is all great and VERY HEAVY.
Nikon. my cousin is a legit photographer and because of that i bought all my new film SLR's and digital SLR's of the Nikon variety. Canon changed their mount anyways, so it made sense to start anew w/ the system where i had more friends.
today .. thinking of switching over to the smaller mirrorless format, probably Nikon.
i recall that my English major friends always talked about the "western canon" of books that they were loosely required to read. i sort of had it on my list to read all of that.
as time has gone on, it seems that there is a lot of backlash against that .. ie mostly white male authors. so i am much less inclined to care anymore even though i am still somewhat intrigued.
as a Classics major (now called DAGRS - Dept of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies) i have read some reasonable fraction by default, but much less of the modern stuff.
Watched the 3rd episode of Lucky Hank - great acting in our opinions - really worth watching - started the 2nd season of Apple + Murder Mystery show- really, really funny - we do love that show
S1, E3 (the Yasper one): great rap (you only get one shot...twice). only time I've ever heard Aaron Sorkin referenced in a rap. and the pop song (Yeah, sure. Whatever) was also good.
FDA approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill. I am sure there's already plans to ban it, spread false rumors about its safety, or claim that it promotes pedophilia.
US House candidate Anthony Sabatini says the quiet part out loud at a rally - wants a class war. Wants to do away with public schools and government agencies
Larry Householder, the former Ohio House Speaker - is appealing his 20 year Federal prison sentence two weeks into his sentence because he says [checks notes] it's humiliating and he doesn't like it.
CSU system considers 6% tuition hike while enrollment is declining. In an increasingly challenging economy, your service is priced out of reach of more and more of your customers, so you consider making a move to price even more (who need access to affordable education more than ever) customers out. Brilliant strategy. Seems like a price cut would actually be in order, to retain customers and make it affordable for more.
I saw a guy with a Berkeley t-shirt last evening. I said "Go Bears" and pointed to my cap that has Cal and Berkeley stitched on it. His reply was a smile and "Yeah, thanks." Not exactly what I was expecting but better than a blank look.
Bob Iger indicates ESPN will be looking for a joint venture or the spinoff of an ownership stake to a third party as it is not a core creative business according to his interview on CNBC this morning. Does not bode well for a long term linear commitment to the PAC (um) 10.
I can scare up like $10 for a 100% stake.
Want to see lava vs. flowers?
https://i.imgur.com/hYUTzvf.gifv
lol they look so sad as the lava approaches
Similar to Bambi vs Godzilla. Which I saw in Wheeler auditorium, back in the day.
Oooh. Was that the Sick and Twisted Animation Festival?
PRO
LeBron says he's returning next season
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38003400/lakers-lebron-james-confirms-return-upcoming-nba-season
we all know he's not retiring until he can play a season with Bronny
It's funny when JJ Watt reads negative draft reviews. His reading skills are perhaps above average for a pro d-lineman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od76prGY5p4
This is not awesome, baby.
https://twitter.com/DickieV/status/1679274796931072000
I thought he passed away years ago. goes to show how much attention I pay to college basketball.
[ESPN] The shitstorm that was Dan Snyder and how it hurt the Raiders
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37965420/the-secret-history-dan-snyder-demise-washington-commanders-owner
Don't you know she's coming home to me?
You'll lose h er in the turn
I'll get her....
https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1679351723465535489
Something purple
Barney the extinct dinosaur.
Despite being a famous '90s cartoon, Barney & Friends was finally discontinued after a raft of lawsuits filed by the program's makers as a consequence of violent video using the purple dinosaur started to surface. This graphic content over time gained more popularity than the actual show.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/original-barney-friends-was-discontinued-know-why/articleshow/97959280.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Lakers
Best car color. Midnight Purple on the R34 GT-R.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a36697198/legal-midnight-purple-r34-skyline-gt-r-for-sale/
Definitely a good car color. If I had a ridiculous amount of money, I'd strongly consider getting a 911 GT3 in purple: https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016_porsche_911_gt3rs_1614225017d4c7ed257e4dd26Porsche21.jpg
Barry Bonds has a purple Porsche 993 Speedster. https://www.carhp.com/news/here-is-barry-bonds-updated-2023-car-collection
Oh that's a nice one as well.
Ironically, blueberries
And red onions
I usually have both per day, just got done with the "blue" berries.
Some clothes.
Not Pat Fitzgerald.
Minnesota Vikings uniforms.
purple people eaters!!
BTW SG Bear, how ya been?
Fine. And you?
Good. Had minor surgery on my foot yesterday and all's good. Be back in the gym in two weeks.
Let me be the first to point at your foot, say "too much kicking ass?", and then laugh a little too much at my own joke.
I can't reply with LOL because I did not literally laugh out loud, but I did chuckle softly. CS?
pqtm?
Your favorite sub-$2 meal
Kraft dinner.
Mac and Cheese with hot italian sausage
A toasted English muffin, fried egg, + slice o' 'Murican cheese + hot sauce is pretty amazing too.
Street tacos
Unfortunately I'm not sure street tacos are sub $2 anymore in Oakland.
Dang, $1.25 in East Oakland - but I would always get the burrito at Sinaloa's
True. Maybe not sub $2 here in Orange County too
Ramen. Like Shin Black, or the Costco Tonkatsu ramen.
Back in the day... Top Dog
PBJ.
This childhood staple has come back into rotation as a harried work-from-homer - however, I make it with an unreasonable amount of PB and J so that a mess is guaranteed.
Define an "unreasonable amount" of PB & J.
Once I started packing lunches for Cf98 to take to preschool, I rediscovered the joy of a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Highly underrated
For the boys, sometimes we would do PBJ, sometimes we would do Ritz cracker sandwiches with PBJ, sometimes just slice up some cheese with crackers. Little things like that.
That was a staple among certain cousins.
if we are talking the homemade variety i can think of many.
in HS we were allowed to leave campus and because i lived so close, a group of us would go home. we always had Campbells chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. that probably cost $2 for all $ of us!
today, i would say that a tuna salad or chicken salad wrap w/ cucumbers and celery would be my 1st choice.
I hate to be the cost police, but a can of tuna costs about $2.50, and a portion of chicken salad costs at least as much to make. But a homemade tuna sandwich is also one of my cheap lunch picks.
not sure how many are still around, but back in the day a Top Dog would certainly have qualified.
i guess the closest thing i can think of is a McChicken sandwich if you can get it one on the "value menu".
The McDonalds here don't have the $1 value menu anymore. It's like 2.25 or 2.50 for the McChicken. It was best when they had all day breakfast and I could get a Sausage Biscuit for $1.
it was never $1 in NYC. it was more like the $2 value menu.
A Cal player whose college career got derailed by injury
Grigsby
Oh that's a good one. How about Leon Powe.
Cam Saffle, Nick Forbes,
Oh Cam Saffle, what could have been. I was also disappointed when Jake Kearney medically retired.
Poor Cam had to be satisfied with being featured in a Doja Cat video, starting at 2:13 [a bit NSFW]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI3xkL7qUAc
Oh yeah I had forgotten he had turned into a model.
To be clear, this list should exclude BRETT JOHNSON
DeVante Downs.
Cal starts 2017 by beating UNC, Weber State, and Ole Miss behind the original Tercell offense with Ross Bowers, Vic Wharton, and Watson/Enwere/Laird. Downs goes down on October 13th and Cal loses the last four of its five games.
Nate Longshore. Before his ankle injury in the '07 game against Oregon he was a terrific quarterback. Never the same after yet Tedford kept shoving him out there.
Dumb of Tedford, should have let him really heal.
The last time you went into the ocean
Last year when we visited family in SoCal
About 5 years ago. Almost drowned and saved by a life guard. Haven't been since.
Wait, what? That's messed up.
Well, I went to Pt. Reyes a couple months ago, down to the beach, but I really didn't go in, it's chilly, and I wasn't wearing ocean stuff.
if you stuck your foot in, I think that counts as going into the ocean.
That's what I did in Miami last Dec so I'm counting it.
that's it? just foot in ocean in Miami?
one of the pleasures of FL is full body immersion in ocean.
but perhaps Dec was a bit on the chilly side ..
Yeah it was Dec and the events ended at 6 so it was dark by the time we ate dinner. After we walked down the main street on Miami beach. Co-worker from Romania wanted to walk into the water so we took off our shoes and walked in just a little bit.
Last year. I called in sick and sat my butt on Wrightsville Beach. If you go midweek, it's almost exclusively retirees and female college students (UNC Wilmington)
what do the male college students do? something else?
presumably going to class ...
Snorkeling on Saturday at Big Fisherman's Cove off Catalina Island
Sounds like lots of fun!!!
wow, it has been a while, despite living very near one (if Long Island Sound counts) as well as a trip to Iceland.
we were in Pompano Beach for a family wedding last June. we stayed right on the beach for a couple days and got a couple nice walks along the beach and goofed around in the water w/ little nieces and nephews.
i guess i was still wearing that neck brace from my bike accident.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FdMJ46z3DDorN1yY7
Music synonymous with an activity
Ride of the Valkyries, usually accompanying some grand, triumphant effort
Chopin's Funeral March is reserved for comedic deaths/funerals, not actual funerals any more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-9wXQpzESo
Heh
bow chicka wow-wow
Pomp and Circumstance, for some education related activity.
Flight of the Bumblebee. Used in everything from Disney's Fantasia to the first episode of Sesame Street. Always denotes frenetic activity.
Apropos: Yakkety Sax is reserved for sustained comically bad execution
Or the Benny Hill theme.
1812 Overture and the booming cannons seems to be used almost always in conjunction with fireworks displays.
Cannon
Beach, Or. With Haystack Rock that is offshore and you can walk to during low tide.
Canon
Pachelbel in D for trumpet by Winton Marsalis. My favorite music while transliterating hieroglyphs at Cal, put on my Koss headphones and accompanied by a Hank's back in those days.
"He got a cough in late 1997"
1897? 1887?
you're talking Prussia and Queen Vic and Archduke Ferdinand
vs Nikon ... i have both.
Canon. my old film manual camera that i inherited from my dad might still be the best of the bunch. i have a 3-4 lenses for it. it is all great and VERY HEAVY.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JxM5Q7yda3ZtT5bM9
Nikon. my cousin is a legit photographer and because of that i bought all my new film SLR's and digital SLR's of the Nikon variety. Canon changed their mount anyways, so it made sense to start anew w/ the system where i had more friends.
today .. thinking of switching over to the smaller mirrorless format, probably Nikon.
i recall that my English major friends always talked about the "western canon" of books that they were loosely required to read. i sort of had it on my list to read all of that.
as time has gone on, it seems that there is a lot of backlash against that .. ie mostly white male authors. so i am much less inclined to care anymore even though i am still somewhat intrigued.
as a Classics major (now called DAGRS - Dept of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies) i have read some reasonable fraction by default, but much less of the modern stuff.
i did one of those online lists and seem to have read about 10%. but again, heavily skewed to the Greek/Roman stuff.
there was a lot of poetry and lot of things i had barely heard of ...
Pachebel's in D Major.
one of the few pieces i can still play from memory on piano.
DBD AV CLUB
Quantum of Solace .. one of the films in the Bond-Vesper story arc.
reasonably entertaining .. a very grumpy angry James Bond in this one.
Watched the 3rd episode of Lucky Hank - great acting in our opinions - really worth watching - started the 2nd season of Apple + Murder Mystery show- really, really funny - we do love that show
The Afterparty! Man, hard time remembering the name.
S1, E3 (the Yasper one): great rap (you only get one shot...twice). only time I've ever heard Aaron Sorkin referenced in a rap. and the pop song (Yeah, sure. Whatever) was also good.
Q.Ron Rodgers and Jets will be on "Hard Knocks"
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37999161/sources-nfl-picks-jets-hard-knocks
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
DOJ appeals its own sentences to try for longer terms for the worst of the 1/6 Oath Keeper Insurgents
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/12/doj-appeals-oath-keepers-sentences-00106040
FDA approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill. I am sure there's already plans to ban it, spread false rumors about its safety, or claim that it promotes pedophilia.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-nonprescription-daily-oral-contraceptive
US House candidate Anthony Sabatini says the quiet part out loud at a rally - wants a class war. Wants to do away with public schools and government agencies
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1679286713040904193
Chris Christie gets enough donations to quality for the GOP presidential debates. This ought to be good.
https://twitter.com/GovChristie/status/1679288514179919872
Larry Householder, the former Ohio House Speaker - is appealing his 20 year Federal prison sentence two weeks into his sentence because he says [checks notes] it's humiliating and he doesn't like it.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/larry-householder-appeal_n_64afdd70e4b0bd54c0f831e2
Georgia state senator switches to GOP. Good luck with that, lady
https://apnews.com/article/mesha-mainor-georgia-republican-party-switch-democrat-a725f1c3d5e827a05a95eb178194f80e
JFK Jr. Press event devolved into a early Renaissance-era comedy
https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-gigantic-fart-derailed-rfk-jrs-nyc-press-dinner
That would be RFK Jr. a JFK Jr. press event would be quite a story in itself and make a lot of Q-Anon people feel mighty smug.
Speaking of QAnon, RFK Jr is repeating a QAnon conspiracy about tapwater turning people gay
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs/index.html
lol. I'm keeping it unedited.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
CSU system considers 6% tuition hike while enrollment is declining. In an increasingly challenging economy, your service is priced out of reach of more and more of your customers, so you consider making a move to price even more (who need access to affordable education more than ever) customers out. Brilliant strategy. Seems like a price cut would actually be in order, to retain customers and make it affordable for more.
Price cuts just don’t happen in industries with near monopolies.
A price cut would be too logical in this case. Always go with the dumb move.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
I saw a guy with a Berkeley t-shirt last evening. I said "Go Bears" and pointed to my cap that has Cal and Berkeley stitched on it. His reply was a smile and "Yeah, thanks." Not exactly what I was expecting but better than a blank look.
Maybe he didn’t go to Cal.
Matt Cindric wins an off the field accolade
https://www.threads.net/t/Cum9zhrOJvK/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
In related news, Cal posts its first Threads post