One of my nieces was there. She had a little one earlier this summer. She's always been a Swiftie so I'm guessing a night out of Taylor and a few hours respite from the baby put her in heaven.
It was nuts. She started at 8:10, and played til about 11:30…only respites were the 3-5 minute breaks she took throughout to change her wardrobe.
I like and respect Taylor Swift - helluva performer and uber-talented. I knew maybe 1/3 of the 35-40 songs she played.
Can say without a doubt it was one of the most impressive performances I have ever seen. Just a magical escape to see the unbridled joy of 70,000 some-odd people all celebrating Cal’s potential move to the Atlantic Coast Conference, er, I mean a world-wide icon giving it all.
And you didn't have to deal with bad weather. Beyonce at FedEx (Commander's) on Sunday and Pink last night at Nats Park both started late because of severe thunderstorms.
Heavy rain and lightning delayed the start of one of Beyoncé's shows in suburban Washington, D.C. Her tour paid $100,000 to keep 98 D.C. metro stations open an extra hour, so fans could get home.
The Oakland Athletics faced the high-flying Texas Rangers today in the first game of a three-game series at the Oakland Coliseum. Both teams swept their opponents at home this weekend leading up to tonight’s game. The A’s took two straight from their across the bay rivals the Giants while the Rangers dominated the visiting Miami Marlins for a three-game sweep in Arlington.
The A’s sent lefty Ken Waldichuk (2-7, 6.52 ERA) to the mound to face the Rangers righty Dane Dunning (9-4, 3.14 ERA).
Tonight, the San Francisco Giants faced a team that’s been struggling a lot worse than they have been since August 1st. A weekend in Oakland left me in a daze — did that really happen? Did they really lose two games to a team giving away wins? And here they were tonight facing an Angels team that’s 0-6 in August and just 11-11 in the second half.
But the Angels have Shohei Ohtani, which is better than what the A’s — or Giants — have.
There aren’t many obstacles this Dodgers offense can’t overcome. Monday was just another example, when an eight-run fourth inning and many more runs after that erased a nightmare inning by Tony Gonsolin in a 13-7 win over the Padres on Monday afternoon at Petco Park in San Diego.
Eight runs are the most scored in one inning by the Dodgers this season, one more than their fifth-inning tally on April 3 against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium.
Orioles suspended an announcer indefinitely because he made a factual statement and because their owner has very thin skin. I don't think Orioles fans need another reason to hate John Angelos
I don't think too many people had a negative impression of John before this. His dad Peter is pretty widely reviled but John was kind of bland. Apparently the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
That when life expectancies were in the 30-40 age range, people commonly tended to drop dead in their 30s. Rather, those expectancies reflect extremely high levels of infant and childhood mortality. If someone reached adulthood, they tended to live well past typical life expectancy into their 40s, 50s, or even 60s.
"The Crossways" appears twice. Once in the north between Middlefield Rd and Overlook Rd and in the south as a pedestrian path between The Uplands and Hillcrest Road.
It seems that "Bridge Road" between Tunnel Rd and Alvarado Rd used to be called "The Bridge Road" but apparently not anymore. I don't know what the story is there.
I honestly don't know why that particular short block between Middlefield Rd and Overlook Rd is shown as The Crossways; it isn't named that at all. It's actually The Shortcut.
What Google Maps shows as The Shortcut between Walnut St. and Oxford St. is actually Oxford School Way; it is a footpath, not a street. I've been trying to get it corrected for at least 6 months now to no avail. It is listed as a path by Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (their Path List is at https://www.berkeleypaths.org/path-list).
The Crossways between The Uplands and Hillcrest Rd is actually a footpath, not a street. It is also listed as a path by Berkeley Path Wanderers Association.
Crickets word pretty reliably as thermometers. Count the number of chirps over 15 seconds, add 40, and you have an accurate measure of outdoor temperature.
Judge Cannon strikes two Special Counsel filings related to two Trump-related defendants related to the Mar-A-Lago case and asked for a response from the DOJ. While this is a minor setback for the DOJ, it does add another brick in the wall of of evidence of Judge Cannon's lack of fitness to be a major Federal judge
HIV/AIDS used to be a rampant wildfire - a fairly quick death sentence - for many in sub-Saharan Africa. Medicinal advancement and the US government's PEPFAR program has helped organize help. The program has saved about 25 million lives at the cost of about $100 billion. GOP now wants to defund PEPFAR because the work often goes through health agencies - some of which do family planning and abortion - which the GOP doesn't like. If the GOP gets its way, millions of Africans may die.
CAL-BERKELEY ATHLETICS IS IN SEVERE DEBT AND ACC KICKING TIRES ON EXPANSION COULD BE GOLDEN BEARS’ SAVING GRACE
No public school in the country has more athletics debt than the University of California-Berkeley. It is operating significantly in the red, to the point that the university is paying back some of the athletic department’s debt to help ease the burden and make it look like it was operating in the green.
The Golden Bears’ monster debt, based on the 2021-2022 fiscal year report, totals $439,974,051. San Diego State is the next-closest school in terms of outstanding athletics debt at $332,247,260— nearly $120 million less.
I think there was an exception for already scheduled games. So I think Auburn and Florida fall under that exception. I assume Ole Miss was also scheduled pre-law so that also qualified.
HAG taught me to drive one in HS. i was still very mediocre until we bought one of our own.
was a good/fun decision to get one - Subaru WRX - for A#1 as she needed a car to drive to school. my wife was enthusiastic about learning also, since she is something of a car enthusiast.
In the past, cinnamon in the US was Ceylon Cinnamon. With the rise of globalism, cinnamon is more commonly sourced from Cassia Cinnamon, which has a broader growing area. Ceylon and Cassia taste quite similar, so most people don't notice the difference. However, Cassia has higher levels of coumarin - a toxin. If you ate a teaspoon of cassia cinnamon a day, you would risk liver failure. Not sure what kind of cinnamon stick you have? Cassia has a thicker bark that stays intact and is a hard. Ceylon has thinner bark, is more brittle/fibrous. So next time you're buying cinnamon, read the label. Ceylon Cinnamon is also noticeably more expensive.
This amused me https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/15ljqib/i_shaved_my_butt_and_joined_my_friend_groups_best/
Saw Taylor Swift last night at SoFi.
Bonkers. Just, bonkers.
Never would've taken you for a Swiftie.
I appreciate talent….and am starved for it considering Wilcox can’t produce a single NFL-caliber player on Offense!! ;-)
And all the hot moms accompanying their daughters wouldn't have anything to do with it would it?
there are plenty of hot moms accompanying their daughters at Cal games too, no?
probably not like Taylor Swift concerts.
Given the comment below, ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT DCBLUE'S NIECE
One of my nieces was there. She had a little one earlier this summer. She's always been a Swiftie so I'm guessing a night out of Taylor and a few hours respite from the baby put her in heaven.
It was nuts. She started at 8:10, and played til about 11:30…only respites were the 3-5 minute breaks she took throughout to change her wardrobe.
I like and respect Taylor Swift - helluva performer and uber-talented. I knew maybe 1/3 of the 35-40 songs she played.
Can say without a doubt it was one of the most impressive performances I have ever seen. Just a magical escape to see the unbridled joy of 70,000 some-odd people all celebrating Cal’s potential move to the Atlantic Coast Conference, er, I mean a world-wide icon giving it all.
Wow, wow, that's all I can say.
And you didn't have to deal with bad weather. Beyonce at FedEx (Commander's) on Sunday and Pink last night at Nats Park both started late because of severe thunderstorms.
Heavy rain and lightning delayed the start of one of Beyoncé's shows in suburban Washington, D.C. Her tour paid $100,000 to keep 98 D.C. metro stations open an extra hour, so fans could get home.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192634069/beyonces-renaissance-tour-paid-to-keep-d-c-s-metro-running-overtime
That’s a bummer. Bet they were not disappointed tho. I’m still kinda on a high just from the experience!
Most of the reports I saw said people who attended loved it.
https://dcist.com/story/23/08/07/inside-the-chaos-beyonce-concert-fedex-field/
What is an actual victimless crime?
Public masturbation
money laundering?
You mean a la Walter White?
Drug sales?
Jaywalking?
PRO
Athletics drop series opener to the Rangers 5-3 in Oakland
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/8/7/23824004/athletics-rangers-5-3-waldichuk-dunning
The Oakland Athletics faced the high-flying Texas Rangers today in the first game of a three-game series at the Oakland Coliseum. Both teams swept their opponents at home this weekend leading up to tonight’s game. The A’s took two straight from their across the bay rivals the Giants while the Rangers dominated the visiting Miami Marlins for a three-game sweep in Arlington.
The A’s sent lefty Ken Waldichuk (2-7, 6.52 ERA) to the mound to face the Rangers righty Dane Dunning (9-4, 3.14 ERA).
Giants blessed by Angels with a miracle 9th inning, win 8-3
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/8/7/23824013/san-francisco-giants-los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-final-score-shohei-ohtani-makes-more-history
Tonight, the San Francisco Giants faced a team that’s been struggling a lot worse than they have been since August 1st. A weekend in Oakland left me in a daze — did that really happen? Did they really lose two games to a team giving away wins? And here they were tonight facing an Angels team that’s 0-6 in August and just 11-11 in the second half.
But the Angels have Shohei Ohtani, which is better than what the A’s — or Giants — have.
Dodgers offense overwhelms Padres, lifts Tony Gonsolin
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/8/7/23823350/dodgers-offense-mookie-betts-tony-gonsolin-padres
There aren’t many obstacles this Dodgers offense can’t overcome. Monday was just another example, when an eight-run fourth inning and many more runs after that erased a nightmare inning by Tony Gonsolin in a 13-7 win over the Padres on Monday afternoon at Petco Park in San Diego.
Eight runs are the most scored in one inning by the Dodgers this season, one more than their fifth-inning tally on April 3 against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium.
The Umpire Strikes Back - and rightfully so
https://twitter.com/NBCSWhiteSox/status/1688738151857098752
Orioles suspended an announcer indefinitely because he made a factual statement and because their owner has very thin skin. I don't think Orioles fans need another reason to hate John Angelos
https://twitter.com/MattJergs/status/1688566966733115392
I don't think too many people had a negative impression of John before this. His dad Peter is pretty widely reviled but John was kind of bland. Apparently the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Tell the DBD a common false belief
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
That when life expectancies were in the 30-40 age range, people commonly tended to drop dead in their 30s. Rather, those expectancies reflect extremely high levels of infant and childhood mortality. If someone reached adulthood, they tended to live well past typical life expectancy into their 40s, 50s, or even 60s.
The Pac-12 will have a media rights deal by Spring 2023
Napoleon was not particularly short, indeed he was of average height for his time, about five feet, seven inches tall.
An M-80 is not an eighth or quarter stick of dynamite. M-80s use 80 grains of flash powder, whereas dynamite is made from high explosives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-80_(explosive)
Tell the DBD a random fact
There are at least 7 streets in Berkeley whose street name begins with "The". The ones I know of are -
The Alameda
The Circle
The Crescent
The Plaza Drive
The Shortcut
The Spiral
The Uplands
Northern Californians just call them "Alameda", "Circle", ...
ISWYDT.
"The Crossways" appears twice. Once in the north between Middlefield Rd and Overlook Rd and in the south as a pedestrian path between The Uplands and Hillcrest Road.
It seems that "Bridge Road" between Tunnel Rd and Alvarado Rd used to be called "The Bridge Road" but apparently not anymore. I don't know what the story is there.
I honestly don't know why that particular short block between Middlefield Rd and Overlook Rd is shown as The Crossways; it isn't named that at all. It's actually The Shortcut.
What Google Maps shows as The Shortcut between Walnut St. and Oxford St. is actually Oxford School Way; it is a footpath, not a street. I've been trying to get it corrected for at least 6 months now to no avail. It is listed as a path by Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (their Path List is at https://www.berkeleypaths.org/path-list).
The Crossways between The Uplands and Hillcrest Rd is actually a footpath, not a street. It is also listed as a path by Berkeley Path Wanderers Association.
I have two Stanley Tumblers.
Crickets word pretty reliably as thermometers. Count the number of chirps over 15 seconds, add 40, and you have an accurate measure of outdoor temperature.
now convert that to a Celsius formula ;-)
i recently learned that Bengalis are the worlds 3rd largest ethnic group, after Han Chinese and Arabs.
being somewhat a minority i this country i rarely think of myself as being part of a really large group like that.
https://twitter.com/ArainGang/status/1537855398199406593?lang=en
The term Asian-American was coined during the Third World Liberation Front strike on the University of California campus in early 1969..
342 chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor during the Tea Party…
You have to be 21 to buy non-alcoholic beer, except in Colorado where the age is 18
https://sevenbridesbrewing.com/how-old-do-you-have-to-be-to-buy-non-alcoholic-beer/
Something you got “stuck” in/on and quit
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Judge Cannon strikes two Special Counsel filings related to two Trump-related defendants related to the Mar-A-Lago case and asked for a response from the DOJ. While this is a minor setback for the DOJ, it does add another brick in the wall of of evidence of Judge Cannon's lack of fitness to be a major Federal judge
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-judge-aileen-cannon-court-ruling-b2389395.html
HIV/AIDS used to be a rampant wildfire - a fairly quick death sentence - for many in sub-Saharan Africa. Medicinal advancement and the US government's PEPFAR program has helped organize help. The program has saved about 25 million lives at the cost of about $100 billion. GOP now wants to defund PEPFAR because the work often goes through health agencies - some of which do family planning and abortion - which the GOP doesn't like. If the GOP gets its way, millions of Africans may die.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/hiv-aids-pepfar-program-republicans-abortion-rcna96427
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
CAL-BERKELEY ATHLETICS IS IN SEVERE DEBT AND ACC KICKING TIRES ON EXPANSION COULD BE GOLDEN BEARS’ SAVING GRACE
No public school in the country has more athletics debt than the University of California-Berkeley. It is operating significantly in the red, to the point that the university is paying back some of the athletic department’s debt to help ease the burden and make it look like it was operating in the green.
The Golden Bears’ monster debt, based on the 2021-2022 fiscal year report, totals $439,974,051. San Diego State is the next-closest school in terms of outstanding athletics debt at $332,247,260— nearly $120 million less.
https://www.outkick.com/cal-stanford-acc-tv-media-deal-revenue-share-california-berkeley-money-broke-debt/
Cal currently cannot travel to 9 of the 14 schools in the ACC because of AB1887 https://oag.ca.gov/ab1887
So, you're saying that the Regents would be in violation of California law if they approved Cal's membership in the ACC.
Travel funds would need to be source outside of state funds, presumably by setting up a trust with donor funds.
Utah and Arizona are also on that list and hasn’t stopped them from traveling so I’m calling bullshit on the no travel list.
We played at Mississippi after this was passed! It clearly doesn't affect college sports.
I think there was an exception for already scheduled games. So I think Auburn and Florida fall under that exception. I assume Ole Miss was also scheduled pre-law so that also qualified.
TCU grows 'em big
https://gofrogs.com/sports/football/roster/brione--ramsey-brooks/15143
DBD AV CLUB
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Stick
ball
, cheese
in the mud
shift
HAG taught me to drive one in HS. i was still very mediocre until we bought one of our own.
was a good/fun decision to get one - Subaru WRX - for A#1 as she needed a car to drive to school. my wife was enthusiastic about learning also, since she is something of a car enthusiast.
Candle
, Cinnamon.
In the past, cinnamon in the US was Ceylon Cinnamon. With the rise of globalism, cinnamon is more commonly sourced from Cassia Cinnamon, which has a broader growing area. Ceylon and Cassia taste quite similar, so most people don't notice the difference. However, Cassia has higher levels of coumarin - a toxin. If you ate a teaspoon of cassia cinnamon a day, you would risk liver failure. Not sure what kind of cinnamon stick you have? Cassia has a thicker bark that stays intact and is a hard. Ceylon has thinner bark, is more brittle/fibrous. So next time you're buying cinnamon, read the label. Ceylon Cinnamon is also noticeably more expensive.
Usually used as if it was a sword. Unless we had enough real swords for everyone. I preferred 16th Cent style.
Carrot
i prefer to cut my own instead of those seemingly fake and processed baby carrots. there is something very strange about those ...