Not bad. They supplied a range of things for lunch. I had the chicken with some sort of cream sauce, pasta with red sauce, greek salad, grilled veges, quinoa or some thing like that. It was fine.
I went to a gala for the food bank yesterday, and not only did they falter quite miserably at serving the entrees (tables in other rows not only go their food before us, which is fine, the people had enough time to complete their entrees and have their empty plates picked up before we were served), they also came up to me and the two other people at my table who had picked the vegetarian meal (the other two were an older couple who were most likely Indian) and said, "We ran out of the vegetarian meal; can you eat the chicken?"
Thanks, HAG, for posting - presumably on Portugal time. I'm taking a beach day in Wilmington NC. Fine sand beaches, great food, perfect weather & water temperature, nobody here.
American Beauty. Even beyond the Kevin Spacey personal issues, something that felt relevatory in 1999 now feels childish and simplistic (albeit well-performed and beautifully filmed). It's less about the movie itself and more about how the world changed after that: 9/11, financial crash, Trump election. The stuff everyone worried about at the end of the 90s seems so ridiculously unimportant now.
I didn’t much care for American Beauty when it was out either...I never saw any way in hell that Spacey and Bening’s characters would ever hook up in the first place...so the whole thing was too big a stretch for me. They had ZERO chemistry at all, and while that was the point in their later years, the fact that they were ever together was farfetched.
Also worth noting for me is that other movies from the same time that addressed a similar late-90s malaise have aged better, like Fight Club or Office Space. Probably because they don't take themselves nearly as seriously as AB.
The special effects are just dreadful...and I bet they made the script up as they went along. Yeesh, hope Kurt and Goldie bought a kickass bungalow somewhere with the proceeds...
After watching Prey I decided to rewatch Predator 2 and it did not age well at all. The opening scene is full of late 80s/early 90s LA gang stereotypes that were dialed all the way up for level 10.
Lots and lots of rom coms and teen comedies from the '80s, '90s and early '00s that are rife with sexist tropes, homophobic slurs, objectifying of women and even racial stereotyping. Among them Sixteen Candles, Never Been Kissed, Weird Science and Pretty Women.
Some of the misogyny in the 80s teen comedies seems particularly unpleasant now. I was just noticing it in one that we had on in the background a few weeks ago...I think it was Sixteen Candles
Star Wars (IV) has aged well, though all of the subsequent movies have not. It may just be me getting older and not being a kid anymore, but who knows. The sale to Disney has meant intense commercialization and brand/story extensions which seemingly are out of control.
I rewatched the Cannonball Run recently - since I was expecting the general homophobia / xenophobia/ sexism, the part that caught me off guard was all the causal drunk driving. Also when I saw it in 1982 I didn’t know who Jackie Chan, Jamie Farr, and Terry Bradshaw were
Trump considering pardoning, then apologizing to January 6th rioters if he is elected. In the land of false equivalencies, I guess this is like a response to Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness.
Because Jimmy G played so well in a monsoon in that awful loss v. Indy last year? Please, Lance isn't the reason they lost, tho he can play better. They all can.
Lance actually made some really nice throws - he'll be fine with more reps. A bigger issue is the interior of the Niners OL, that they made a conscious decision to NOT address in the offseason, was terrible, and Mike McGlinchy is horrible (UPDATED after watching game film - eek, MM had a really rough day).
To be fair, this was basically a preseason game in dreadful conditions for the 5 guys up front that had not played a down of football together....the Deebo fumble, the loss of Elijah Mitchell and the stupid ass penalties cost them this game. They should fare better at home v SEA.
The Las Vegas Raiders opened the 2022 regular season at the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The star-studded matchup ended as a 24-19 loss for Josh McDaniels’ new-look Raiders.
Let’s take a look at the key aspects of the game:
Records: The Raiders are 0-1. The Chargers are 1-0.
I think the Chargers DL is just really good. Mack and Bosa are tough to block simultaneously. Your best bet is a TE to help the LT and a RB to help the RT.
If there has been one constant throughout for the Dodgers since 2014, it has been Justin Turner’s status as one of the faces of the Dodgers. When you think he might be done, he reminds everyone of the offense his bat can still provide to the Dodgers.
After a mediocre first half, Turner has been hot in the second, hitting .330/.398/.524 in 118 plate appearances prior to today’s game. On Sunday, Turner hit two home runs, one his second career grand slam, to lead the Dodger comeback for a 11-2 win.
if they aren't fired up or motivated then Marcus Freeman should follow Scott Frost out the door. If we keep it within 21 by halftime he should be fired.
A 21-point lead requires ND to score 21 points, which seems optimistic after last week's performance. Meanwhile Cal will probably struggle to score double-digits.
Your observation about Cal suggests that Cal is not capable of scoring double digits against UND.
I suggest that Cal's offense is actually a Jekyll-and-Hyde unit. In the first two games, we've seen more of Mr. Hyde. If Dr. Jekyll shows up, Cal has a chance to defeat UND.
That's true: Musgrave seems to have 2-3 games per season where the offense keeps moving the ball all game (last year: TCU, Oregon State, Big Game). I don't think we'll see one of those until the offensive line improves, and that's a tough ask against the ND D-line.
they looked terrible on Saturday... had kind of a Helton-coached team vibe (just ignore the fact that the actual Helton-coached team got Scott Frost fired)
Are there any Cal get-togethers happening in Chicago Friday night or Saturday night? I saw the Chicago alumni chapter is hosting something on Friday, but it was already full.
DBD Lunch
I am excited to be eating out for lunch everyday for the next 7 days in Japan. Ramen, sushi, what else.
Mixed greens salad with some toasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and a side of leftover smoked trout from the weekend.
lunch date w/ wife at local French bistro. they do a nice 3-course lunch.
this is "focus week" at Pfizer which means fewer meetings and a little more downtime for personal stuff too
Not bad. They supplied a range of things for lunch. I had the chicken with some sort of cream sauce, pasta with red sauce, greek salad, grilled veges, quinoa or some thing like that. It was fine.
I went to a gala for the food bank yesterday, and not only did they falter quite miserably at serving the entrees (tables in other rows not only go their food before us, which is fine, the people had enough time to complete their entrees and have their empty plates picked up before we were served), they also came up to me and the two other people at my table who had picked the vegetarian meal (the other two were an older couple who were most likely Indian) and said, "We ran out of the vegetarian meal; can you eat the chicken?"
Ham and swiss sandwich.
Frittata with tomatoes, potatoes, cheese, and ground sausage.
MMMMMMMMMmmmmmm sounds good, I used to make those, but since my wife won't eat that (or other egg food) I don't make it any more.
It's good cold, too. Mrs Slug makes frittatas when we have a surfeit of eggs.
My youngest sister won't eat eggs except as part of a recipe where the egginess is much less or not apparent (such as in cakes).
Thanks, HAG, for posting - presumably on Portugal time. I'm taking a beach day in Wilmington NC. Fine sand beaches, great food, perfect weather & water temperature, nobody here.
Yup in Lisbon. Lots of tourists here, unfortunately. was in the mid 80s Fri and sat, high 70s Sun, and about 70 and rain the rest of the week.
A far cry from this coming weekend.
Goodness knows that like most of the rest of Europe they could do with the rain
It's the remnant of the D or the E hurricane.
movies that didn't age well
Ex always fast-forwarded past the blackface performance while watching Holiday Inn every Christmas.
American Beauty. Even beyond the Kevin Spacey personal issues, something that felt relevatory in 1999 now feels childish and simplistic (albeit well-performed and beautifully filmed). It's less about the movie itself and more about how the world changed after that: 9/11, financial crash, Trump election. The stuff everyone worried about at the end of the 90s seems so ridiculously unimportant now.
So true; never liked it.
I didn’t much care for American Beauty when it was out either...I never saw any way in hell that Spacey and Bening’s characters would ever hook up in the first place...so the whole thing was too big a stretch for me. They had ZERO chemistry at all, and while that was the point in their later years, the fact that they were ever together was farfetched.
Also worth noting for me is that other movies from the same time that addressed a similar late-90s malaise have aged better, like Fight Club or Office Space. Probably because they don't take themselves nearly as seriously as AB.
Birth of a Nation.
Certainly near the top of the “all time” list
Escape from LA (1996)...I just threw on the tv while working and it was on. Sweet Jesus what trash....
The NY one is still good though...
Yes - a classic.
The surfing scene is so bad.
NY is still good.
It's probably been 20ish years since I've seen it and the only thing I remember was that surfing scene. That movie was trying way too hard to be cool.
The special effects are just dreadful...and I bet they made the script up as they went along. Yeesh, hope Kurt and Goldie bought a kickass bungalow somewhere with the proceeds...
That opening scene of the big earthquake in LA was just as laughably bad in 96 as it is today.
RIGHT!!! Oh my. The question I have for bad movies featuring A-listers is whether they know at the time how awful a movie is?
Gone With The Wind
Eddie Murphy's "Delirious". Nothing made me laugh harder at the time, but man, so, so many cringes today.
After watching Prey I decided to rewatch Predator 2 and it did not age well at all. The opening scene is full of late 80s/early 90s LA gang stereotypes that were dialed all the way up for level 10.
Well, one that did: The Other Guys - 2010, ridiculous and fun movie, didn't see it until Saturday
Lots and lots of rom coms and teen comedies from the '80s, '90s and early '00s that are rife with sexist tropes, homophobic slurs, objectifying of women and even racial stereotyping. Among them Sixteen Candles, Never Been Kissed, Weird Science and Pretty Women.
Some of the misogyny in the 80s teen comedies seems particularly unpleasant now. I was just noticing it in one that we had on in the background a few weeks ago...I think it was Sixteen Candles
Gosh some of the other ones....St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, etc.
Revenge of the Nerds has some major "yikes" moments in it.
Never saw the Drew Barrymore film, but the other 3 remain classics, as is The Bad News Bears with Matthau...highly offensive, yet iconic.
Star Wars (IV) has aged well, though all of the subsequent movies have not. It may just be me getting older and not being a kid anymore, but who knows. The sale to Disney has meant intense commercialization and brand/story extensions which seemingly are out of control.
I think the ESB still works. RotJ doesn't, but it didn't in 1983 either.
To quote the Family Guy Emperor: Something, something, something Dark Side...something, something Complete.
I rewatched the Cannonball Run recently - since I was expecting the general homophobia / xenophobia/ sexism, the part that caught me off guard was all the causal drunk driving. Also when I saw it in 1982 I didn’t know who Jackie Chan, Jamie Farr, and Terry Bradshaw were
Democracy, good or bad.
Trump is in DC today. He says golf. Unfounded rumors that he is getting arrested today. If true, diet is off and I am having champagne
It would be shocking if they actually arrested him today.
J6 Committee has Gingrich in it's sights
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3636412-jan-6-panel-set-to-re-emerge-with-eye-on-newt-gingrich/
I would love to see the look on the face of that odious prick when he reads the summons
I ended up at the urinal next to him once at the Kennedy Center. Took a lot of discipline not to accidentally turn to the side while peeing.
Theoretically good but capitalism is a corrupting influence manipulating the system to serve the wealthy and greedy.
Trump considering pardoning, then apologizing to January 6th rioters if he is elected. In the land of false equivalencies, I guess this is like a response to Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness.
Pro
Niners lose to Da Bears
Lance is not going to be a very good QB in the NFL.
3 first round picks!! THREE!!
3 picks for a QB that isn’t even as good as JG. I am not a big JG fan but I think SF wins that game if JG is the starter.
Yeah, I dunno about that. Jimmy G wasn't effective in bad weather either.
I didn’t think the conditions were that bad in the first half.
Because Jimmy G played so well in a monsoon in that awful loss v. Indy last year? Please, Lance isn't the reason they lost, tho he can play better. They all can.
Respectfully, Golden, this post will not age well.
That whole second half was one big oof. Lance looked terrible, and the defense made way too many mistakes to hand points to a bad Bears offense.
Lance actually made some really nice throws - he'll be fine with more reps. A bigger issue is the interior of the Niners OL, that they made a conscious decision to NOT address in the offseason, was terrible, and Mike McGlinchy is horrible (UPDATED after watching game film - eek, MM had a really rough day).
To be fair, this was basically a preseason game in dreadful conditions for the 5 guys up front that had not played a down of football together....the Deebo fumble, the loss of Elijah Mitchell and the stupid ass penalties cost them this game. They should fare better at home v SEA.
The saving grace for the Niners is that almost all the other NFC contenders also sucked this week. So we're basically just restarting next week.
Final score: Chargers 24, Raiders 19
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2022/9/11/23341372/final-score-chargers-24-raiders-19-week-1
The Las Vegas Raiders opened the 2022 regular season at the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The star-studded matchup ended as a 24-19 loss for Josh McDaniels’ new-look Raiders.
Let’s take a look at the key aspects of the game:
Records: The Raiders are 0-1. The Chargers are 1-0.
Raiders OL might be worse than Cal's OL.
I only watched about the last third of the game but Derek Carr didn't look too good. Devante Adams can catch the ball.
They need Garbers. Send in Chase!
I can’t wait for the Garbers 30 for 30 in 25 years.
What if I told you, Garbers would be the next Tom Brady.
The story of the rise of the unlikely heir to the greatest QB of all time and how Cal still didn’t win a Rose Bowl with him…
Wonder odds you could get on a 'Chase Garbers will win an NFL game as a starter' prop bet?
I think the Chargers DL is just really good. Mack and Bosa are tough to block simultaneously. Your best bet is a TE to help the LT and a RB to help the RT.
A's beat the ChiSox 10-3
Giants beat the Cubbies 4-2
Dodgers closer to slamming door on NL West
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/11/23347651/dodgers-padres-justin-turner-chris-taylor-andrew-heaney
If there has been one constant throughout for the Dodgers since 2014, it has been Justin Turner’s status as one of the faces of the Dodgers. When you think he might be done, he reminds everyone of the offense his bat can still provide to the Dodgers.
After a mediocre first half, Turner has been hot in the second, hitting .330/.398/.524 in 118 plate appearances prior to today’s game. On Sunday, Turner hit two home runs, one his second career grand slam, to lead the Dodger comeback for a 11-2 win.
Rodgers needs better receivers. He gave me -4 pts last night.
Why does Rodgers look like a January 6th defendant?
He's got that squirrelly look in the eyes and the awful hair...
Cal
US News: UCB #20 and tied for #1 public
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public
Jadyn Ott wins PAC 12 freshman of the week AGAIN
Play the man!
Yup. Give him the <unprintable> ball!
Go Bears!!!
ND QB1 Buchner is out for the year
https://twitter.com/theathleticcfb/status/1569360056130457602?s=46&t=_aKN0SX1w0GpC0fU5MuhgA
maybe that will improve their offense. (not sure if QB1 was the reason they're not scoring or not).
<<soyouresayingtheresachance.gif>>
Will Plummer coming in last year and bailing out Arizona against Cal
It feels like our matchups against Texas where we caught them right on a downswing…
Of course we could score a gazillion points back then, so are different ourselves
I'll always err on the side of scoring a gazillion points...at least the games are fun to watch.
Wilcox games are disgusting.
Very similar in that both hired a black coach for the first time, both have QB issues coming into the game.
The line has dropped to-9, and o/u is 41
What was it before?
-13.5 with an o/u of 49.5 on Sunday
wow
Isn’t that what happened to Ewers on Saturday as well?
When I saw both Ewers and Buchner go down I thought it was a broken collarbone.
Will Notre Dame be fired up/motivated?
Or will they be lackluster and moribund?
if they aren't fired up or motivated then Marcus Freeman should follow Scott Frost out the door. If we keep it within 21 by halftime he should be fired.
A 21-point lead requires ND to score 21 points, which seems optimistic after last week's performance. Meanwhile Cal will probably struggle to score double-digits.
How is Marshall's D compared to Cal. @maybe someone can write an article comparing the two@
Also do a deep dive into how many portal transfers Marshall got compared to Cal and how those Marshall portal transfers are performing.
And the two deep and offense rankings of each of Marshall's opponent last year. It certainly won't be me doing it.
Your observation about Cal suggests that Cal is not capable of scoring double digits against UND.
I suggest that Cal's offense is actually a Jekyll-and-Hyde unit. In the first two games, we've seen more of Mr. Hyde. If Dr. Jekyll shows up, Cal has a chance to defeat UND.
That's true: Musgrave seems to have 2-3 games per season where the offense keeps moving the ball all game (last year: TCU, Oregon State, Big Game). I don't think we'll see one of those until the offensive line improves, and that's a tough ask against the ND D-line.
This could end up being a Wilcoxian rock fight, very easily.
Dragging Notre Dame into an ugly unpleasant game is almost certainly our plan.
Dragging won't be required. That's where Notre Dame lives.
Freeman made 2 big mistakes:
1. He didn’t get a QB transfer through the portal.
2. He kept OC Tommy Rees.
they looked terrible on Saturday... had kind of a Helton-coached team vibe (just ignore the fact that the actual Helton-coached team got Scott Frost fired)
Are there any Cal get-togethers happening in Chicago Friday night or Saturday night? I saw the Chicago alumni chapter is hosting something on Friday, but it was already full.
If you’re staying through Monday I’ll give you our info in CHI.
Yeah, although we have Cubs game and dinner plans on Sunday.
Looks like we might go to the Chicago Alumni get together on Friday after all. Anyone else going?