A few weeks ago SGBear posted something about scheduling the AC to chill the house before peak energy rates begin, so the AC goes unused as the temp slowly rises in the house over several hours.
I looked into our BGE rates and peak energy costs FIVE TIMES as much as non-peak. Now I've set the thermostat to chill the house down to 70 from 1pm to 2pm and then fall back to 78 until peak rates end at 7pm. We'll see if this makes a difference in our next bill. Before, I had it set to 74 during waking hours and 78 during sleeping hours.
Nice to see you as well - meant to discuss Celestine’s knee surgery that has him out indefinitely…Men’s Basketball continues on its current trajectory.
Peaceful. Back-to-back conferences are done, no work travel in the future, no upcoming major deadlines. Now I have time to get back to some more enjoyable projects I had been putting off for the past month or so.
Originally launched by - among others - Oprah as a channel for women, it was bought by NBCUniversal and rebranded as a true crime channel. NBCUniversal later evolved its brand to be a women/true crime channel. Why true crime? True crime is overwhelmingly skewed toward female audiences.
FET: Singapore had its fair share of health/medical quackery products/services, a lot of it being unregulated. Miracle pills, magic crystals and so-forth. One of my favorites was in the highest end mall, which had a small store in the basement that sold oxygen-rich air through a canula... and claiming it was an antioxidant.
Bars. I remember a while back, maybe 20-30 years ago, Oxygen bars were all the rage. I'm guessing they're gone now after the owners made a bunch of money. Or lost a bunch since it's a hokey idea.
I still see them in airports, and the Las Vegas strip has several. Though to be fair, the strip currently smells like pot, european cologne, and stale beer 100% of the time.
Republicans beat the Democrats with bats and pitching, 10-0. Rep. Scalise (R-LA), in his fifth straight game, did better than he did in 2017 by drawing a walk and not getting shot by a deranged gunman.
How and why did Manchin flip on the tax and climate bill? Per the Hill, Manchin and staff rewrote the bill to their liking and Schumer had to lie back and think of England.
Republicans are mad that Democrats stole from their playbook:
“How can we negotiate in good faith, compromise where necessary, and get things done together after the majority leader and the senator from West Virginia pull a stunt like this?” [TX Senator John Cornyn] said with rising exasperation. “To look you in the eye and tell you one thing and to do another is absolutely unforgivable.”
Justice Alito gives speech supporting religious freedom, which his take is the freedom to use use religious values to discriminate against others. Also, Alito has decided that looking like Steven Spielberg is the direction he wants to explore.
I wonder how he'd feel if Muslims unrolled prayer rugs and faced Mecca outside of the SCOTUS building. I doubt he'd support religious freedom in that case.
I saw Salman Rushdie in the wine aisle at Andronicos on Shattuck last year, I guess he was in Berkeley for some reason. I was going to ask him about how he was getting along post-fatwa due to the Satanic Verses but kept quiet.
Texts missing from key DHS staff allegedly involved in J6 conspiracy. DHS IG knew and did nothing until - perhaps coincidentally, perhaps intentionally - time ran out and the phones were wiped as per policy.
I didn't recognize him but some govt official was taping something across the street at the Iwo Jima Memorial this morning. When I went out for a run there were a bunch of cameras and lights and screens set up and I saw three big SUVs. When I got back they looked to be finishing up and as I cooled down I could see a half dozen Secret Service officers hanging around the fringes. I tried looking up pictures of the Cabinet but it didn't look like any of them so not sure who it was. Just another balding, white guy.
ICYMI: All-Star KC outfielder Andrew Benintendi was in his hotel room on Wednesday night ahead of their game against the Yankees. At 11 pm, the Royals' manager knocked on his door and told him that he'd be playing for the Yankees the next day.
Charles Barkley says he's sticking to the NBA, turning away from any further overtures to join LIV Golf as a broadcaster.
"I want to thank Greg Norman and LIV for their interest in me," Barkley told the New York Post. "I wish those guys great success and nothing but the best. But, in my best interest, and being fair to Turner -- because Turner and basketball have given me every single thing in my life -- It is best for me to move on and I'm staying with Turner for the rest of my TV career."
Barkley, 59, told ESPN on Thursday that he had not received a formal offer from LIV but had spoken with Norman, the golf series' CEO.
The San Francisco Giants have been playing their worst baseball of the season over the past couple of weeks. But, after losing their first seven games out of the All-Star break, the Giants finally ended their skid with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs.
Giants manager Gabe Kapler threw a lineup of righties at Cubs starting pitcher Justin Steele, who was unable to work around some atrocious defense in the third and fourth innings.
With one out and nobody on, Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Slater reached base safely on back-to-back grounders to Patrick Wisdom (Yaz’s was ruled a fielding error while Slater’s was called an infield single). Then, after striking out Darin Ruf and hitting Wilmer Flores, Steele faced Yermín Mercedes with the bases loaded.
My buddy was born and raised in Chicago and is a lifelong Cubs fan. His son was miraculously drafted by the Mets last year in the 1st round and then more miraculously traded to the Cubs as part of the Baez deal. Seems impossibly improbable. Pete Crow-Armstrong. He's in Hi-A in South Bend now and looking great. Hoping he gets called up for a cup in September.
The Dodgers pounced on the opposing starter right away for the second straight game, then took advantage of numerous Rockies miscues for a 13-0 blowout win at Coors Field to start a four-game weekend series in Denver.
Two runs came in the first against José Ureña thanks to a double steal by Trea Turner, who singled, and Freddie Freeman, who walked. Catcher Elias Díaz’s throw to third got away, allowing Turner to score and Freeman to advance, then a wild pitch from Ureña gave the Dodgers a second run.
Two more errors were cashed in by the Dodgers, with first baseman Connor Joe’s throw to second base hitting Cody Bellinger in the back in the second inning, and Ureña threw wide to first base on a comebacker by Freeman.
If you haven't been keeping up with the Alex Jones defamation case, it's been delightfully awful (for Jones).
DBD Home
A few weeks ago SGBear posted something about scheduling the AC to chill the house before peak energy rates begin, so the AC goes unused as the temp slowly rises in the house over several hours.
I looked into our BGE rates and peak energy costs FIVE TIMES as much as non-peak. Now I've set the thermostat to chill the house down to 70 from 1pm to 2pm and then fall back to 78 until peak rates end at 7pm. We'll see if this makes a difference in our next bill. Before, I had it set to 74 during waking hours and 78 during sleeping hours.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
Dr. Mary Higby Schweitzer talks about how she's found actual dinosaur cells. Great for science, but it's the first step toward Jurassic Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHS_c6AHkQ
Also Jurassic Park was mostly Cretaceous animals.
How's your mood?
Anxious. Traveling to the midwest this weekend to attend to some elder business for my dad. I expect it to be minorly unpleasant.
OTOH, met up with a small group of W4C people at Henry's last night. Nice to finally put some faces to screen names.
Nice to see you as well - meant to discuss Celestine’s knee surgery that has him out indefinitely…Men’s Basketball continues on its current trajectory.
Good luck with the trip…Go Bears!
Peaceful. Back-to-back conferences are done, no work travel in the future, no upcoming major deadlines. Now I have time to get back to some more enjoyable projects I had been putting off for the past month or so.
Notre Dame is already promoting its 2024 season
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-62341328
Oxygen
... Channel.
Originally launched by - among others - Oprah as a channel for women, it was bought by NBCUniversal and rebranded as a true crime channel. NBCUniversal later evolved its brand to be a women/true crime channel. Why true crime? True crime is overwhelmingly skewed toward female audiences.
FET: Singapore had its fair share of health/medical quackery products/services, a lot of it being unregulated. Miracle pills, magic crystals and so-forth. One of my favorites was in the highest end mall, which had a small store in the basement that sold oxygen-rich air through a canula... and claiming it was an antioxidant.
There was an oxygen bar on Venice Beach for many years, it was just four stools, some clear hoses and a sketchy guy behind a bar.
Amazing
Wanna know what a truck full of oxygen tanks on fire looks like?
https://www.king5.com/video/news/local/aerials-multiple-explosions-from-truck-fire-on-sb-i-5/281-f0941531-c526-42ea-9189-81dfec56a20c
with both oxygen and propane, it's a wonder it didn't melt through the bridge. Or maybe it did, later.
I like how at about 4:00, a flaming piece of debris shoots out about 15 yards, and then propels itself another 15 yards along the ground.
Bars. I remember a while back, maybe 20-30 years ago, Oxygen bars were all the rage. I'm guessing they're gone now after the owners made a bunch of money. Or lost a bunch since it's a hokey idea.
I still see them in airports, and the Las Vegas strip has several. Though to be fair, the strip currently smells like pot, european cologne, and stale beer 100% of the time.
DBD AV CLUB
For All Mankind - that episode was great, liked the end of one annoying story + some craziness in the future.
I gotta start up again. Only seen E1 this season. Jet lag keeps me from starting. Maybe will try E2 now
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Pac-12 to be shown exclusively on the Gas Pump Network?
https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1553044267186077697
Kliavkoff getting a little feisty.
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1553038304928354304
Under Armour settles with UCLA for $67.5 M. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/34313337/under-armour-pay-ucla-675m-settlement-termination-apparel-sponsorship-deal
What about Cal?
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Republicans beat the Democrats with bats and pitching, 10-0. Rep. Scalise (R-LA), in his fifth straight game, did better than he did in 2017 by drawing a walk and not getting shot by a deranged gunman.
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/congressional-baseball-game-republicans-shut-out-democrats-protesters-arrested-outside-stadium
Kevin McCarthy's memory is suddenly a bitty hazy about January 6th
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1553015602188533763
How and why did Manchin flip on the tax and climate bill? Per the Hill, Manchin and staff rewrote the bill to their liking and Schumer had to lie back and think of England.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3578689-inside-the-secret-manchin-schumer-deal-dems-shocked-gop-feels-betrayed/
Republicans are mad that Democrats stole from their playbook:
“How can we negotiate in good faith, compromise where necessary, and get things done together after the majority leader and the senator from West Virginia pull a stunt like this?” [TX Senator John Cornyn] said with rising exasperation. “To look you in the eye and tell you one thing and to do another is absolutely unforgivable.”
Maybe the first big play by Schumer as Senate Leader
Josh Hawley (R-MO) is penning a book about masculinity. Ok, you can stop laughing now.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3578211-hawley-book-manhood-set-for-release-next-year/
Justice Alito gives speech supporting religious freedom, which his take is the freedom to use use religious values to discriminate against others. Also, Alito has decided that looking like Steven Spielberg is the direction he wants to explore.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/samuel-alito-religious-liberty-notre-dame-rome/index.html
I wonder how he'd feel if Muslims unrolled prayer rugs and faced Mecca outside of the SCOTUS building. I doubt he'd support religious freedom in that case.
Yeah he seems to pretty much ignore the establishment clause
He also looks a bit like Salman Rushdie.
I saw Salman Rushdie in the wine aisle at Andronicos on Shattuck last year, I guess he was in Berkeley for some reason. I was going to ask him about how he was getting along post-fatwa due to the Satanic Verses but kept quiet.
Fatwa just reminds me of the Curb episode where Larry David get's fatwa-ed.
https://youtu.be/pMGZEnnLi3U?t=91
Probably the right thing to do. You could have asked him if Bono takes his shades off in the house though.
Texts missing from key DHS staff allegedly involved in J6 conspiracy. DHS IG knew and did nothing until - perhaps coincidentally, perhaps intentionally - time ran out and the phones were wiped as per policy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/28/homeland-security-texts-jan6/
This is such a bad look - some time ago I was reluctant to see Trump charged with a crime, but now I think it is absolutely necessary.
I didn't recognize him but some govt official was taping something across the street at the Iwo Jima Memorial this morning. When I went out for a run there were a bunch of cameras and lights and screens set up and I saw three big SUVs. When I got back they looked to be finishing up and as I cooled down I could see a half dozen Secret Service officers hanging around the fringes. I tried looking up pictures of the Cabinet but it didn't look like any of them so not sure who it was. Just another balding, white guy.
PRO
ICYMI: The Jays beat the Red Sox last week, scoring 27 runs in the first 6 innings before winning 28-5
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401355627
Shohei Ohtani has to be on the trading block, no?
No. Because then I'll have nothing to look forward to when my wife drags me to Angels games.
@she can drag you to Dodgers games when he gets traded to the Dodgers@
I hope not. I live near Angels Stadium and enjoy going to the Angels game a lot more than before now.
I think after 2023 he is an unrestricted free agent, so yeah probably
As a closeted and ashamed Angels fan, I'm fairly certain Moreno is in denial and will try to keep him--which will fail.
Orioles have to be the luckiest team in baseball.
https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1552736734076669954
I'm disappointed that clip didn't include the slow-mo replay of the ball hitting the outfielder in the cheek. It was quite the spectacle.
ICYMI: All-Star KC outfielder Andrew Benintendi was in his hotel room on Wednesday night ahead of their game against the Yankees. At 11 pm, the Royals' manager knocked on his door and told him that he'd be playing for the Yankees the next day.
https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1552744145864822784
Cardinals remove study-hall clause from Kyler Murray's contract
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34309612/arizona-cardinals-remove-independent-study-clause-quarterback-kyler-murray-contract
Meanwhile, I think TNT just upped Barkley's pay for the remainder of his contract.
Charles Barkley says he is staying with Turner Broadcasting after entertaining LIV Golf interest
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34311717/charles-barkley-says-staying-turner-broadcasting-entertaining-liv-golf-interest
Charles Barkley says he's sticking to the NBA, turning away from any further overtures to join LIV Golf as a broadcaster.
"I want to thank Greg Norman and LIV for their interest in me," Barkley told the New York Post. "I wish those guys great success and nothing but the best. But, in my best interest, and being fair to Turner -- because Turner and basketball have given me every single thing in my life -- It is best for me to move on and I'm staying with Turner for the rest of my TV career."
Barkley, 59, told ESPN on Thursday that he had not received a formal offer from LIV but had spoken with Norman, the golf series' CEO.
The losing streak is over! Giants end their skid with 4-2 victory over Cubs
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/7/28/23283294/giants-end-losing-streak-alex-wood-yermin-mercedes
The San Francisco Giants have been playing their worst baseball of the season over the past couple of weeks. But, after losing their first seven games out of the All-Star break, the Giants finally ended their skid with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs.
Giants manager Gabe Kapler threw a lineup of righties at Cubs starting pitcher Justin Steele, who was unable to work around some atrocious defense in the third and fourth innings.
With one out and nobody on, Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Slater reached base safely on back-to-back grounders to Patrick Wisdom (Yaz’s was ruled a fielding error while Slater’s was called an infield single). Then, after striking out Darin Ruf and hitting Wilmer Flores, Steele faced Yermín Mercedes with the bases loaded.
I was at that game. Cubbies are that bad. Surprisingly feisty crowd last night given the direction of the season.
I am a Cubs fan, and yeah, Cubs are like a bad AAA team. But Giants seem to be spiraling down to our level!
My buddy was born and raised in Chicago and is a lifelong Cubs fan. His son was miraculously drafted by the Mets last year in the 1st round and then more miraculously traded to the Cubs as part of the Baez deal. Seems impossibly improbable. Pete Crow-Armstrong. He's in Hi-A in South Bend now and looking great. Hoping he gets called up for a cup in September.
Oh he is our best prospect! That is crazy you know him! He was in the Futures Game this year
Giants won a game? Are they still allowed to do that?
Dodgers pounce on Rockies early, backing another Tyler Anderson gem
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/7/28/23283200/dodgers-early-offense-tyler-anderson-scoreless-rockies-blowout
The Dodgers pounced on the opposing starter right away for the second straight game, then took advantage of numerous Rockies miscues for a 13-0 blowout win at Coors Field to start a four-game weekend series in Denver.
Two runs came in the first against José Ureña thanks to a double steal by Trea Turner, who singled, and Freddie Freeman, who walked. Catcher Elias Díaz’s throw to third got away, allowing Turner to score and Freeman to advance, then a wild pitch from Ureña gave the Dodgers a second run.
Two more errors were cashed in by the Dodgers, with first baseman Connor Joe’s throw to second base hitting Cody Bellinger in the back in the second inning, and Ureña threw wide to first base on a comebacker by Freeman.
CAL
Pac-12 Media Day is today. Wilcox takes the stage at 2pm PDT.
Go Bears!!! Dissed by the media poobahs as the season approaches.
The Bears are in full force at Brown Bear Falls (Katmai)
https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
Until it’s proven otherwise, not sure why anyone is surprised