She is a bit of an opportunist, it appears. That's a double edged sword, if ever I've seen one. She's open to charges of hypocrisy, though I'd guess she'll ignore that.
She might confound everything, though, and perform well. Or she might be in over her head.
I spent a few minutes on twitter last night agog at the level of enthusiasm that people are bringing to their favored conspiracy theories and grudges against specific actors and such. I mean, I recognize the behavior from college football and soccer, but those have marginally less racism and misogyny 😜
when one high profile actor gets both accused of abuse AND gets fired from the movie that's one thing. When the director and the star won't talk that's another. When the other lead clearly can't act and is dating the director, that's a third.
Yes though didn’t Wilde actually leave Sudeikis during the filming of this movie, contemporaneously with sleeping with Harry Styles? I mean even if Wilde and Sudeikis were not famous, that is a real thing
Yeah I have a feeling in 5 years there will be a movie about the making of this movie that will be about 100x as popular as this movie (which seems to be getting bad reviews)
RADAR (having dropped a box of vials and looking down at them): Would you mind, Major? (nodding at the box, clearly expecting that Major Winchester would pick up the box).
WINCHESTER: Not at all (and steps over the box and walks into the building).
Winchester Mystery House - Been there, done that. For a person obsessed with building lest she die, Sarah Winchester sure didn't have a plan except to build! And keep building!
Not the best Western, but solid, 4 star and rather violent. Some very good acting (oh and of course a little off to have Rock Hudson as an Indian, but oh well)
Oy. A Trump appointed judge, of course. Just creates the appearance of legal system not being impartial, which appearance whether true or not is bad for the legal system.
However sometimes when a judge is going to rule against you they will give you all the interim/provisional rulings like admitting all your evidence so that your appellate chances are worse. Here I suppose you could see the special master as something like that. But I dunno, just seems like Trump hack being a Trump hack.
I think if the DOJ insists that the SM has to have a very high security clearance, it reduces the chances of trumpian chicanery. And that seems totally reasonable based on public reports of the information in question.
Chef's Table (Netflix, 17/19 WB). There's loving food and then there is peeking into the mind of the world's best chef's - which can be both inspiring and terrifying at how deep these chefs go to be 100% consumed by their craft.
Peaky Blinders (S5). For fans of the series, it was distinctly meh and probably the worst season. (11/19, WB). I think I'm done and won't go out of my way to watch the movie if/when it hits theaters.
I finished The Bear (Hulu, 15/19 WB). Spouses and significant others were spot on in that it was very "yelly". But I thought it was quite satisfying. A story of ego, humility, culture clash, loyalty, contrition, and human flaws.
Caught up on House of the Dragon, it seems to be getting better with each episode, save for a couple overly CGI'd shots. I may be biased with a more nautical focus. The jumps in time may also take some time getting used to.
I don't know that The Rings of Power are great, but the second one was enjoyable, and both were very visual; my sister (visiting from NoVA) and daughter liked them, my wife was a bit "eh"...
I'm liking it so far, but if people expect the same breathless pace the Peter Jackson movies had they're going to be disappointed. The show is actually a bit more like reading Tolkien: some interesting stuff is going to happen, but you also might be taking a break for a few pages of poetry first.
Eh, not "books" - outlines - its not The Silmarillion (which funny side story, my wife at the time was pissed at me for buying a first addition when it came out for $10) just some notes from various books.
I wonder how long the LSU alumni and students will be interested in listening to his buck passing. At this point in the season it's "well we need to coach those kids up on their execution" but prior seasons suggest that he'll switch to "it's their fault" before long.
Iowa's QB got a 1.1 QBR. The game featured 286 offensive yards combined by both teams, not including the 956 yards via 21 punts or 81 yards of penalties. Iowa wins because they got two safeties.
Since my nephews went to Iowa I checked in from time to time. I'm not one to sit down and watch a game all the way through anyway, but this was pretty unwatchable.
I didn’t expect Oregon to win but I thought they would keep it close for a half. They got thoroughly destroyed and didn’t look like a top 20 team at all.
Bo Nix is not a good QB, so if he is starting that must mean the guys behind him are bad.
Oregon is doing Oregon things for week 1. The players are still relying on athleticism, not discipled play and that simply doesn't work against even decently coached high end teams.
Oregon is doing Oregon things for week 1. The players are still relying on athleticism, not discipled play and that simply doesn't work against even decently coached high end teams.
I'm also wondering if we get any AP votes for the Top 25 given the scintillating performance against Davis for 3 quarters. Probably not til we beat UNLV on Saturday.
On a fourth consecutive sweltering night at Dodger Stadium, it was perfect “tees off” weather in Los Angeles. The Giants did just that on Monday, slamming four home runs off Andrew Heaney in a 7-4 win in the series opener that raised more questions than answers.
September is about sorting out the roster for October for the Dodgers, especially on the pitching side, with several hurlers in various states of rehabilitation trying to make one final push for the postseason.
On one hand, Heaney stands out, with the highest strikeout rate on the entire staff (35.1 percent), and is apparently healthy after two long stints on the injured list with shoulder troubles, having made his last eight starts. He has 36 strikeouts against only three walks over his last four starts, so things should be looking up.
F1: Tire strategy was an ongoing theme on Sunday as Max Verstappen won the Dutch Grand Prix. Meanwhile Ferrari managed to sink to comical new depths by only bringing out three tires for Carlos Sainz during a pit stop.
Hamilton was not best pleased about getting left out on old tires. I can see his point, but I guess Mercedes isn't taking the view that he gets the chance to win versus jus trying to maximize team points.
After watching Cal's tire fire of offense in the first quarter on Saturday afternoon, I headed out to watch the A's tire fire of an offense get blown out 9-1 by Baltimore. But Cf-98 got a home run ball, so it was all worth it.
Lewis Brinson, he of a career .248 slugging percentage and .578 OPS, was the leadoff hitter for the San Francisco Giants on Labor Day as they attempted to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, the runaway best team in baseball.
It was a sign of the season the Giants have had. It was a sign because a poor-hitting leadoff batter is to be expected from a middling offense (the Giants are 12th in the Majors in runs per game, and 16th in wRC+). And it was a sign because the Giants, in the playoff picture only in the sense that they haven’t yet been mathematically eliminated, are at a place where playing an intriguing, bad player is more important than playing a known, good one.
And that’s exactly what Brinson is. A former top-10ish prospect who has never been good at the Major League level, but who is still full of tools and potential.
Lots of folks in the Outer East Bay probably saw too much of that phrase. I only saw it on my phone yesterday in spite of it being hot in Berkeley on Saturday and Sunday.
A headline on my SFChronicle app said that temps in the Sacramento Valley could reach 119 deg. F. yesterday. Yikes! Nowhere near that hot in Berkeley, but it was still hot.
No AC here. Though there is a portable floor unit we rotate between the family room (turning on around dinner) and in the master bedroom so No 3 can use it going to sleep.
Thankful we haven't seen those temps here in Glendale, I think we maxed out at 103 and it should slowly trend down throughout the week. Also very thankful for our <5yr old central AC, which struggles to maintain the temps in our uninsulated home, but can usually keep us under 80F in these extremes.
It seems the forecasts underestimated the impact of the heat dome. I notice that today's high in Berkeley was also a few degrees higher than forecast. However, temps are starting to come down already. Down 10 degrees in the last two hours.
My sister-in-law said it was upper 90s at their house in Hayward. 107 at my niece's in Dublin. In the DC area this morning we had rain until the mid-morning so it's pretty nice, if cloudy. I waited to run until noon when the rain was gone and was rewarded with a sighting of ten turkeys on Roosevelt Island.
The losses were to USC twice (1947, 1951), and UCLA (1952). The tie was in the 1950 Big Game on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (November 25). The score of the 1950 Big Game was 7-7.
As good as Pappy was, he had a 3-7 record against U$C, beating them only in the Rose Bowl years. So weird that Holmoe of all people (3-2) did better against the Trojans.
Holmoe's success against U$C coincided with years that were particularly putrid by U$C standards. Nonetheless, I am glad Cal could burst the condoms in those years.
How strong was that ribbon?
https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1567076668329660416
[NYT] Russia buys millions of artillery shells and grad rockets from Best Korea
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/us/politics/russia-north-korea-artillery.html
Russia has sanctioned Penn & Teller... [checks notes]... sorry, that's Penn & Stiller
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-florida-united-nations-dd8d43a8843420204d5889f6d8ce118a
And some republican senators??
BoJoXit
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-queen-elizabeth-ii-boris-johnson-inflation-economy-04ef887cf023d80606f7c6ccf2d5ac68
I'd say "good riddance" but they might have actually replaced him with someone worse.
In the words of Chuck D, the hard rhymer - "Can't Truss It"
She is a bit of an opportunist, it appears. That's a double edged sword, if ever I've seen one. She's open to charges of hypocrisy, though I'd guess she'll ignore that.
She might confound everything, though, and perform well. Or she might be in over her head.
Truly hard to say at this point.
So far she's a moron cosplaying Thatcher. Maybe that latter part will drop off now that the party have voted her in, but I doubt it.
Spit or not? Did Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine (UC Berkeley 2002, BS English) or did Pine just find his glasses?
https://twitter.com/Mac70J/status/1566958343461249024
I spent a few minutes on twitter last night agog at the level of enthusiasm that people are bringing to their favored conspiracy theories and grudges against specific actors and such. I mean, I recognize the behavior from college football and soccer, but those have marginally less racism and misogyny 😜
I cannot believe how much detail people are going into when analyzing the "drama" behind this movie.
I don't know about that but the choice of collar on that shirt??
It's a normal collar, find a new slant.
when one high profile actor gets both accused of abuse AND gets fired from the movie that's one thing. When the director and the star won't talk that's another. When the other lead clearly can't act and is dating the director, that's a third.
The abuse accusation is interesting. But the rest is just gossipy gossip run amok.
Yes though didn’t Wilde actually leave Sudeikis during the filming of this movie, contemporaneously with sleeping with Harry Styles? I mean even if Wilde and Sudeikis were not famous, that is a real thing
Yeah I have a feeling in 5 years there will be a movie about the making of this movie that will be about 100x as popular as this movie (which seems to be getting bad reviews)
I'm not sure how this movie could possibly get good reviews now, given all of the tabloid nonsense surrounding it.
What movie?
Don't Worry Darling
Wincester
Agreed that Shaun of the Dead is the best zombie movie ever made. It is quoted regularly in my house.
Charles Emerson Winchester III
POTTER: Rise and shiver! Klinger wants you in my, his, office pronto!
WINCHESTER: A Winchester recognizes only one 5:30 per day. This is not it!
RADAR (having dropped a box of vials and looking down at them): Would you mind, Major? (nodding at the box, clearly expecting that Major Winchester would pick up the box).
WINCHESTER: Not at all (and steps over the box and walks into the building).
Winchester Mystery House - Been there, done that. For a person obsessed with building lest she die, Sarah Winchester sure didn't have a plan except to build! And keep building!
Two pubs named after King John? I'd like to know the story behind those choices.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043137/
Not the best Western, but solid, 4 star and rather violent. Some very good acting (oh and of course a little off to have Rock Hudson as an Indian, but oh well)
What about Days Inn?
Whoosh
I wonder what proportion of those pubs named after kings and queens are in Scotland or Wales.
off the top I would say 'unlikely'.
I have been known to use old Saxon king names for my phones / iPads, because I'm a dork like that.
"Aethelred II the Unready" is trying to connect to your Wifi Hotspot. Allow?
Sweyn Forkbeard is a good name,
that's one of them - also have been known to use Hrothgar for balance
Does he have "protection"?
Pippen & Jordan reunite, kinda
https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/04/michael-jordan-son-marcus-double-date-larsa-pippen-miami/
AWK-WARD!
WHOA!
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
This is a bit of a surprise. https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1567171035002245120
Judge orders halt to DOJ review of documents seized from Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/05/special-master-mar-a-lago-documents-00054814
Oy. A Trump appointed judge, of course. Just creates the appearance of legal system not being impartial, which appearance whether true or not is bad for the legal system.
However sometimes when a judge is going to rule against you they will give you all the interim/provisional rulings like admitting all your evidence so that your appellate chances are worse. Here I suppose you could see the special master as something like that. But I dunno, just seems like Trump hack being a Trump hack.
Obviously stupid, but it doesn't have any real effect - 100% PR.
Obviously stupid, but it doesn't have any real effect - 100% PR.
I think if the DOJ insists that the SM has to have a very high security clearance, it reduces the chances of trumpian chicanery. And that seems totally reasonable based on public reports of the information in question.
absolute nonsense, just making shit up for the benefit of her caudillo naranja
Too Late!
There is a workaround the DOJ can employ to keep the investigation going and there is always the possibility of filing an appeal.
DBD AV CLUB
I forgot I bought tickets to the Wrath of Kahn last night :(
That doesn't sound like you.
Buried alive, alive . . . .KAAAHHHNNNNNNNNNNNN
The Search for Spock is better - disagree - meet me with your Bat'leth
Doesn't mean Wrath of Kahn isn't great!
jIHDaq ghomta' jIH!
Driving back from Shallow Alto yesterday evening, I saw a car with the license plate: KHAAAAN
Chef's Table (Netflix, 17/19 WB). There's loving food and then there is peeking into the mind of the world's best chef's - which can be both inspiring and terrifying at how deep these chefs go to be 100% consumed by their craft.
Took No 3 to watch Top Gun Maverick Sat night with a $3 IMAX ticket. He thought the sequel was better than the original.
I started Stranger Things. Needed something to binge on my flight to/from Lisbon. So far through about 4 episodes and am enjoying it.
Peaky Blinders (S5). For fans of the series, it was distinctly meh and probably the worst season. (11/19, WB). I think I'm done and won't go out of my way to watch the movie if/when it hits theaters.
I finished The Bear (Hulu, 15/19 WB). Spouses and significant others were spot on in that it was very "yelly". But I thought it was quite satisfying. A story of ego, humility, culture clash, loyalty, contrition, and human flaws.
Caught up on House of the Dragon, it seems to be getting better with each episode, save for a couple overly CGI'd shots. I may be biased with a more nautical focus. The jumps in time may also take some time getting used to.
I don't know that The Rings of Power are great, but the second one was enjoyable, and both were very visual; my sister (visiting from NoVA) and daughter liked them, my wife was a bit "eh"...
You can definitely tell they spent money on it.
I'm liking it so far, but if people expect the same breathless pace the Peter Jackson movies had they're going to be disappointed. The show is actually a bit more like reading Tolkien: some interesting stuff is going to happen, but you also might be taking a break for a few pages of poetry first.
Is this series based on any books? I never read any of Tolkiens work but I didn’t enjoy all the movies.
Eh, not "books" - outlines - its not The Silmarillion (which funny side story, my wife at the time was pissed at me for buying a first addition when it came out for $10) just some notes from various books.
I think it's based on the appendices, which are more like history/information books about Middle Earth than a proper story like LOTR or The Hobbit.
They looked beautiful, great visuals. My wife and I enjoyed them.
A few potential spoilers:
That is Gandalf that fell from the sky right?
The kid is the son of the elf and the village woman.
There's quite a few people that could be - Radagast, Tom Bombadil, Gandalf, Sauron.
Not Sauron - he already exists.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Oregon tumbles out of the top 25 altogether. #10 USC, #13 Utah.
Also receiving votes: Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, Arizona.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
Arizona?!?!?!?!
Oregon tumbles out of the top 25 altogether. #10 USC, #13 Utah.
Also receiving votes: Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, Arizona.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
Vandy's Mike Wright is still a very fast QB.
https://twitter.com/SEC/status/1566243251639705600
Let's check in to see how Brian Kelly is doing.
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1566628100175147008
I wonder how long the LSU alumni and students will be interested in listening to his buck passing. At this point in the season it's "well we need to coach those kids up on their execution" but prior seasons suggest that he'll switch to "it's their fault" before long.
Mistake 1 was starting Jayden Daniels.
Daniels actually played better than I expected and came up clutch when needed.
I didn't watch the game tbh - was having drinks with some folks in the neighborhood
There's our crowd at Memorial Stadium. And then there's Purdue. JFC.
https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPN/status/1565535638341967872
reminds me of an ocean floor full of sea urchins
There is something in the NC air. Both the NC State/ECU and UNC/App State games had absolutely bananas endings.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401411096
https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay/_/gameId/401411095
Iowa vs. FCS South Dakota State was like a 1922 game.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401405062
Iowa's QB got a 1.1 QBR. The game featured 286 offensive yards combined by both teams, not including the 956 yards via 21 punts or 81 yards of penalties. Iowa wins because they got two safeties.
That was the most Iowa win in Iowa history.
First team to ever score 7 points and win a game without scoring a touchdown.
A type of scorigami.
Since my nephews went to Iowa I checked in from time to time. I'm not one to sit down and watch a game all the way through anyway, but this was pretty unwatchable.
Pretty much the opposite of the thrilling WVU-Pitt game on Thursday
That was a very fun game to watch.
It was a bit like watching a car wreck. I couldn't look away
To be fair, both defenses were pretty good. The Brawl was an instant classic, though.
Specifically Iowa was like a car wreck, the Backyard Brawl was great
Oregon tumbles out of the top 25
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ap-top-25-poll-georgia-jumps-ohio-state-florida-makes-huge-splash-in-college-football-rankings/
I didn’t expect Oregon to win but I thought they would keep it close for a half. They got thoroughly destroyed and didn’t look like a top 20 team at all.
Bo Nix is not a good QB, so if he is starting that must mean the guys behind him are bad.
Oregon is doing Oregon things for week 1. The players are still relying on athleticism, not discipled play and that simply doesn't work against even decently coached high end teams.
Oregon is doing Oregon things for week 1. The players are still relying on athleticism, not discipled play and that simply doesn't work against even decently coached high end teams.
Well, of course.
The most targeting targeting of all time
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1566606896068435968?t=HWPgGSzRAXyrHfPxqLYjzQ&s=19
yeow!
guys in pubs in Glasgow thought that was a bit much
No surprise here:
Bowl projections: Pac-12 takes major College Football Playoff hit
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bowl-projections-pac-12-takes-major-college-football-playoff-hit-as-georgia-florida-flex-in-week-1/
Those idiot Beavers are in our spot!
I watched the first half of that game, I thought Oregon State looked pretty good.
The Sun Bowl?
Can’t grow Roses without the Sun, golden….realistic baby steps
I'm also wondering if we get any AP votes for the Top 25 given the scintillating performance against Davis for 3 quarters. Probably not til we beat UNLV on Saturday.
Well... I wish, but highly unlikely, unless we beat them 77-3 or something.
And not then either
No
The $10,000 question: Is this good for Cal?
No. If Oregon or Utah makes College Playoffs, Pac12 will get $6 million which will be distributed (evenly, I believe) among 12 schools.
Correct. The Oregon and Utah losses both will wind up costing all 12 teams in the conference $s.
Eh, a mediocre Oregon doesn't impact us negatively as long as someone gets in the CFP. The Utah loss hurts.
PRO
Giants hit 4 home runs off Andrew Heaney to beat Dodgers
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/5/23338608/andrew-heaney-home-runs-dodgers-mistakes-giants
On a fourth consecutive sweltering night at Dodger Stadium, it was perfect “tees off” weather in Los Angeles. The Giants did just that on Monday, slamming four home runs off Andrew Heaney in a 7-4 win in the series opener that raised more questions than answers.
September is about sorting out the roster for October for the Dodgers, especially on the pitching side, with several hurlers in various states of rehabilitation trying to make one final push for the postseason.
On one hand, Heaney stands out, with the highest strikeout rate on the entire staff (35.1 percent), and is apparently healthy after two long stints on the injured list with shoulder troubles, having made his last eight starts. He has 36 strikeouts against only three walks over his last four starts, so things should be looking up.
F1: Tire strategy was an ongoing theme on Sunday as Max Verstappen won the Dutch Grand Prix. Meanwhile Ferrari managed to sink to comical new depths by only bringing out three tires for Carlos Sainz during a pit stop.
https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/dutch-f1-gp-ferraris-comical-mistakes-lead-to-another-red-bull-verstappen-win
Hamilton was not best pleased about getting left out on old tires. I can see his point, but I guess Mercedes isn't taking the view that he gets the chance to win versus jus trying to maximize team points.
A's didn't lose...but they also didn't win.
After watching Cal's tire fire of offense in the first quarter on Saturday afternoon, I headed out to watch the A's tire fire of an offense get blown out 9-1 by Baltimore. But Cf-98 got a home run ball, so it was all worth it.
Lewis Brinson states his MVP case
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/9/5/23338651/giants-dodgers-recap-lewis-brinson-logan-webb-jd-davis-david-villar-thairo-estrada
Lewis Brinson, he of a career .248 slugging percentage and .578 OPS, was the leadoff hitter for the San Francisco Giants on Labor Day as they attempted to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, the runaway best team in baseball.
It was a sign of the season the Giants have had. It was a sign because a poor-hitting leadoff batter is to be expected from a middling offense (the Giants are 12th in the Majors in runs per game, and 16th in wRC+). And it was a sign because the Giants, in the playoff picture only in the sense that they haven’t yet been mathematically eliminated, are at a place where playing an intriguing, bad player is more important than playing a known, good one.
And that’s exactly what Brinson is. A former top-10ish prospect who has never been good at the Major League level, but who is still full of tools and potential.
Her parents must be so proud
https://www.totalprosports.com/2022/09/04/the-us-open-beer-chug-girl-returns-fans-went-nuts-watching-her-video/
at least she had a decent outfit going this year
I missed that.
Twins catcher Gary Sanchez is happy his teammate didn't get a hit
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1566532552717963264
Okay Margaret. There, there. Eat your jello and take your medicine. Bingo will be at 4 pm.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/05/margaret-court-says-serena-williams-played-in-much-easier-era
One of Margaret Court's opponent in the Australian Open final was the world's number 1. . . table tennis player.
whaaaa-mbulance
What could go wrong when trying a panenka during a playoff? This.
https://twitter.com/MattDoyle76/status/1566608368508207110
bad idea. very bad idea
CAL
HAG is tied for first place in W4C Pick 'em Pool. There will be no getting around his ego now.
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/write-for-californias-pac-12-pickem-180
Just means I'll miss most of my predictions this week.
Jadyn Ott wins PAC 12 freshman of the week
He looked very good, VERY.
Go Bears!!!
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
Lots of folks in the Outer East Bay probably saw too much of that phrase. I only saw it on my phone yesterday in spite of it being hot in Berkeley on Saturday and Sunday.
A headline on my SFChronicle app said that temps in the Sacramento Valley could reach 119 deg. F. yesterday. Yikes! Nowhere near that hot in Berkeley, but it was still hot.
Just went to Costco in Concord to get gas for my mom before I leave for Lisbon. 119 over by Monument and 680.
About 106 in Moraga yesterday. Assume it'll be the same today.
Very much better than 110+ degrees, but still very, very hot, indeed.
I feel rather guilty sitting in an air conditioned space, especially when others are sweltering on the other side of the windows.
No AC here. Though there is a portable floor unit we rotate between the family room (turning on around dinner) and in the master bedroom so No 3 can use it going to sleep.
Thankful we haven't seen those temps here in Glendale, I think we maxed out at 103 and it should slowly trend down throughout the week. Also very thankful for our <5yr old central AC, which struggles to maintain the temps in our uninsulated home, but can usually keep us under 80F in these extremes.
Hit 109F in Marin yesterday. Crazy--the predicted high was 99, but kept going up and up.
Same thing seems to be happening today! Predicted high of 98, but it's already 99 before 2 pm.
Temp is now 100, and high is revised upward to 106. 2:24 pm.
It seems the forecasts underestimated the impact of the heat dome. I notice that today's high in Berkeley was also a few degrees higher than forecast. However, temps are starting to come down already. Down 10 degrees in the last two hours.
I hope it goes down even further. Going to Top Dog with No 3 for dinner so I can get No 1 and his GF a hat and tshirt.
Man so cool on the deck here in the shade, so nice.
I'll be right over...
You want a glass of Chianti?
My sister-in-law said it was upper 90s at their house in Hayward. 107 at my niece's in Dublin. In the DC area this morning we had rain until the mid-morning so it's pretty nice, if cloudy. I waited to run until noon when the rain was gone and was rewarded with a sighting of ten turkeys on Roosevelt Island.
Wow, it seems like this is definitely one of the hotter weather events in the last 10 or 20 years.
was 109 yesterday, and going to be 111 today. only got down to 76 last night.
Ugh. My sympathies.
Update: current temp at work is 115.
Looking for any suggestions for Cal related fantasy football team name?
F***MackBrown
Too polite: FuckMackBrown!!!
The PLAYBears! Then use sexy Oski for your team logo.
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Cal football trivia fun fact. Sponsored by Power Bar.
Between 1947 and 1952 the Bears boasted a record of 34-3-1 at Memorial Stadium.
The losses were to USC twice (1947, 1951), and UCLA (1952). The tie was in the 1950 Big Game on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (November 25). The score of the 1950 Big Game was 7-7.
As good as Pappy was, he had a 3-7 record against U$C, beating them only in the Rose Bowl years. So weird that Holmoe of all people (3-2) did better against the Trojans.
Holmoe's success against U$C coincided with years that were particularly putrid by U$C standards. Nonetheless, I am glad Cal could burst the condoms in those years.