I had an event in Miami in Dec 2022 and I decided to go to Key West because I've heard it's cool. Found a hotel that ended up charging a resort fee so it was like 275 for 1 night and I didn't even use the resort fee. Got there right as the sun was going down. Had dinner, walked around.
Realized east coasters loved it because it's one of the few places where you can see the sunset over the water without having to go to the best coast. Ended up spending way too much for something I can see every night at home.
We took ours out years ago and put down shredded redwood bark. It's a small enough area that I'm considering taking the bark up and building a deck, instead.
We are in the very early stages of a project to lay sod in our back yard. Everything I am seeing online appears to make this project pretty doable for a DIY-er. Hoping to have the actual sod laid in about a month or so. I'm looking forward to the results.
I did all the prep to lay sod but had someone else do it. I was recommended by a friend for a place from somewhere out past Tracy that could provide the sod and lay it down. We weren't doing a very large area and the price wasn't that bad. After seeing them do it, I feel like I could've done it. I put in a sprinkler system and all the prep work before they came out and I also did the rolling afterwards. Of course the new owners of the house just ripped out the lawn in the front yard and put in concrete.
Ripping out a lawn and replacing it with concrete. I don't know which is more environmentally obscene. There should be a special place in hell for people who simply lay down concrete because they can't possibly be bothered or can't think of what else to do.
RB Austin Ekeler tears Achilles. Lost for season, potentially career ending. Whole team knew it and each guy touched before he left on the cart with tears in his eyes
OAKLAND, Calif. -- When Noah Millikan fanned Kenny Oyama to finish his seventh and final inning of work, he let out a ferocious roar and stomped off of the mound. Millikan's dinosaur-like reaction was only fitting as the Ballers took down the Ogden Raptors, 4-2, in Thursday's postseason opener.
Dodgers, Giants, A's all have the day off. Big games this weekend between the Dodgers and the Giants. We're going Fri and Sun. Originally it was going to be Ohtani vs Verlander on Fri and Kershaw vs Webb on Sun. Now it's going to be Yamamoto vs Verlander tonight and Glasnow vs TBD on Sun.
On the 24th anniversary of September 11, 2001, California rugby remembers and honors the life and ultimate sacrifice of former Golden Bear, Mark Bingham.
The United States erupted into chaos and devastation on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as terrorists carried out attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Flight 93 emerged as another hijacked plane that was threatening an attack on the U.S. Capitol Building. Bingham was a passenger on that flight.
PITTSBURGH, Penn.– A win on the road is how the California women's soccer team opened up its ACC schedule Thursday night defeating host Pitt 2-1 in the Golden Bears' first ever trip to Ambrose Urbanic Field.
BERKELEY- California cross country is set for its second meet of the season at the Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Stanislaus State. The Golden Bears will travel down to the River Oaks Golf Course in Turlock, with the men lining up at 8:30 p.m. PT, followed by the women's race at 9 p.m. PT.
Six alumni of the California track & field team will close out their 2025 season over the next several days at Tokyo's National Stadium, joining a group of over 2,000 of the world's top athletes from approximately 200 countries to seek glory at the World Athletics Championships. Forty-nine events will be contested across nine days from Sept. 13-21, with the full slate of competition set to show on Peacock and select events on CNBC.
I watched this for future opponent scouting purposes. Wake went from looking great to needing to wake up like a light switch was turned off, which was surprising at home, with an engaged crowd. And inconsistent with most previous experiences with a Dickert coached team, which have usually stayed after it, even if they weren't all that good. Either weird, or NC State is pretty resilient, and therefore good. Could be both are true.
I have to say, apart from NCSU’s superiority in line play (esp., clamping down on Wake’s running game and harassing WF’s qb Ashford), Ashford revealed a lack of leadership at qb. He flashed some great skills early, and potentially has a good future ahead of him with his dual threat capabilities, but his body language when things weren’t going well showed some palpable discouragement; eventually it affected his decision making and reads; frustration and passion are one thing, but I thought he lost his composure progressively as the second half went on. At one point after being chased out of bounds he verbally lashed out at a receiver on the field. His teammates need him to keep it together more emotionally.
So it's looking like the Charlie Kirk shooter was very likely a "Groyper" type, in other words someone who targeted Kirk for not being right-wing ENOUGH. All of conservative media is going to have to immediately forget everything they said for the past 48 hours.
I'm chuckling only because of the vociferous and swift rush to judgement in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, particularly from the indignantly offended far right, was that there would be blood in the streets; this was tantamount to declaring civil war!
Hmm, saw some other report (though from an anonymous source) that indicated he had very lefty views in high school? So that's something pointing in the other direction, though it wouldn't necessarily reflect his current state.
Might be a guy with very strange politics going in all directions.
And he might be a guy who has been confused and searching for a political "home", such as it might be, since adolescence. Or maybe he just wanted to be acknowledged or famous or, who knows what. Whatever he was is in the past, it doesn't tell us why he may have been motivated to commit a very public and notorious murder.
He's 22 years old. It's scary for me to think that this is how a 22-year old decided he would make his mark in the world; that he's chosen to forfeit his life for this one moment of infamy and destruction. That's a very, very dark place to be. Whoever he was before the murder is now lost to time.
I am sitting on a deserted pristine beach, one of the very few where I can watch the sunset into the ocean in the US East coast.
I had an event in Miami in Dec 2022 and I decided to go to Key West because I've heard it's cool. Found a hotel that ended up charging a resort fee so it was like 275 for 1 night and I didn't even use the resort fee. Got there right as the sun was going down. Had dinner, walked around.
Realized east coasters loved it because it's one of the few places where you can see the sunset over the water without having to go to the best coast. Ended up spending way too much for something I can see every night at home.
LAWN
I would never plant a lawn n CA.
We took ours out years ago and put down shredded redwood bark. It's a small enough area that I'm considering taking the bark up and building a deck, instead.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this phrase -
"GET OFF MY ____."
We are in the very early stages of a project to lay sod in our back yard. Everything I am seeing online appears to make this project pretty doable for a DIY-er. Hoping to have the actual sod laid in about a month or so. I'm looking forward to the results.
I did all the prep to lay sod but had someone else do it. I was recommended by a friend for a place from somewhere out past Tracy that could provide the sod and lay it down. We weren't doing a very large area and the price wasn't that bad. After seeing them do it, I feel like I could've done it. I put in a sprinkler system and all the prep work before they came out and I also did the rolling afterwards. Of course the new owners of the house just ripped out the lawn in the front yard and put in concrete.
Ripping out a lawn and replacing it with concrete. I don't know which is more environmentally obscene. There should be a special place in hell for people who simply lay down concrete because they can't possibly be bothered or can't think of what else to do.
When we were back in 2006 we drove by the house and saw this. ugh.
This was over 20 years ago though.
PRO
The Packers defense was already pretty good. With Parsons, it's scary good. Pack beats WFC 27-18 in a defensive battle
https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401772936/commanders-packers
RB Austin Ekeler tears Achilles. Lost for season, potentially career ending. Whole team knew it and each guy touched before he left on the cart with tears in his eyes
I saw WFC in the comment above and I thought, "Why is he referencing Write for California?"
Oh, now I get it: Washington Football Club. Duh.
Or Washington Football Commanders. They answer to both. I just try to ignore them.
Now, *that* sounds like a pretentious name for a football team. The Snyder Era lives on.
Millikan Dominates in Game 1 Win ( Ballers beat Ogdan Raptors 4-2)
https://www.oaklandballers.com/sports/bsb/2025p/releases/202509123zdffi
OAKLAND, Calif. -- When Noah Millikan fanned Kenny Oyama to finish his seventh and final inning of work, he let out a ferocious roar and stomped off of the mound. Millikan's dinosaur-like reaction was only fitting as the Ballers took down the Ogden Raptors, 4-2, in Thursday's postseason opener.
https://www.standard.net/sports/ogden-raptors/2025/sep/11/pioneer-league-playoffs-oakland-ballers-take-game-1-over-ogden-raptors-in-low-scoring-duel/
C’mon Oakland!!
Dodgers, Giants, A's all have the day off. Big games this weekend between the Dodgers and the Giants. We're going Fri and Sun. Originally it was going to be Ohtani vs Verlander on Fri and Kershaw vs Webb on Sun. Now it's going to be Yamamoto vs Verlander tonight and Glasnow vs TBD on Sun.
CAL
[RUGBY] In Remembrance Of Mark Bingham, American Hero
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/11/rugby-in-remembrance-of-mark-bingham-american-hero.aspx
On the 24th anniversary of September 11, 2001, California rugby remembers and honors the life and ultimate sacrifice of former Golden Bear, Mark Bingham.
The United States erupted into chaos and devastation on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as terrorists carried out attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Flight 93 emerged as another hijacked plane that was threatening an attack on the U.S. Capitol Building. Bingham was a passenger on that flight.
[WSOC] Cal Tops Pitt In ACC Opener 2-1
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/11/womens-soccer-cal-tops-pitt-in-acc-opener-2-1.aspx
PITTSBURGH, Penn.– A win on the road is how the California women's soccer team opened up its ACC schedule Thursday night defeating host Pitt 2-1 in the Golden Bears' first ever trip to Ambrose Urbanic Field.
[XC] Bears Head To The Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/11/cross-country-bears-head-to-the-kim-duyst-twilight-invitational.aspx
BERKELEY- California cross country is set for its second meet of the season at the Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Stanislaus State. The Golden Bears will travel down to the River Oaks Golf Course in Turlock, with the men lining up at 8:30 p.m. PT, followed by the women's race at 9 p.m. PT.
[T&F] 6 Cal Alumni To Compete At World Athletics Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/11/track-field-6-cal-alumni-to-compete-at-world-athletics-championships.aspx
Six alumni of the California track & field team will close out their 2025 season over the next several days at Tokyo's National Stadium, joining a group of over 2,000 of the world's top athletes from approximately 200 countries to seek glory at the World Athletics Championships. Forty-nine events will be contested across nine days from Sept. 13-21, with the full slate of competition set to show on Peacock and select events on CNBC.
POLITICS
https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3lynplbfnfs2q
What we know about the Charlie Kirk alleged shooter Tyler Robinson so far:
- White
- Straight
- Male
- Christian
- Republican
- Conservative background
- 2nd Amendment supporter
- experienced firearms user
- a good son
- 22 years old
- outside of the murder, law abiding.
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Ewww.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/texas/news/texas-christian-university-debuts-new-purple-corn-dog-and-the-internet-is-reacting/
Tonight: 'Cuse plays winless Colgate 7pm/4pm ACC Network
Wake Forest built a 14-0 lead on NC State and then went 2 quarters+4 minutes without a first down, losing 34-24
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401754531/nc-state-wake-forest
I watched this for future opponent scouting purposes. Wake went from looking great to needing to wake up like a light switch was turned off, which was surprising at home, with an engaged crowd. And inconsistent with most previous experiences with a Dickert coached team, which have usually stayed after it, even if they weren't all that good. Either weird, or NC State is pretty resilient, and therefore good. Could be both are true.
I have to say, apart from NCSU’s superiority in line play (esp., clamping down on Wake’s running game and harassing WF’s qb Ashford), Ashford revealed a lack of leadership at qb. He flashed some great skills early, and potentially has a good future ahead of him with his dual threat capabilities, but his body language when things weren’t going well showed some palpable discouragement; eventually it affected his decision making and reads; frustration and passion are one thing, but I thought he lost his composure progressively as the second half went on. At one point after being chased out of bounds he verbally lashed out at a receiver on the field. His teammates need him to keep it together more emotionally.
Jack Endries is looking good. Meanwhile Ott isn't doing anything.
https://hookemheadlines.com/new-addition-to-texas-offense-already-turning-heads-of-nfl-evaluators-after-2-weeks-jack-endries
Forgot to remember Mark Bingham yesterday
I wonder how popular a name "Tyler" will be for male babies going forward.
So it's looking like the Charlie Kirk shooter was very likely a "Groyper" type, in other words someone who targeted Kirk for not being right-wing ENOUGH. All of conservative media is going to have to immediately forget everything they said for the past 48 hours.
I'm chuckling only because of the vociferous and swift rush to judgement in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, particularly from the indignantly offended far right, was that there would be blood in the streets; this was tantamount to declaring civil war!
Crickets now. Fu**wits.
Hmm, saw some other report (though from an anonymous source) that indicated he had very lefty views in high school? So that's something pointing in the other direction, though it wouldn't necessarily reflect his current state.
Might be a guy with very strange politics going in all directions.
And he might be a guy who has been confused and searching for a political "home", such as it might be, since adolescence. Or maybe he just wanted to be acknowledged or famous or, who knows what. Whatever he was is in the past, it doesn't tell us why he may have been motivated to commit a very public and notorious murder.
He's 22 years old. It's scary for me to think that this is how a 22-year old decided he would make his mark in the world; that he's chosen to forfeit his life for this one moment of infamy and destruction. That's a very, very dark place to be. Whoever he was before the murder is now lost to time.
Might have a similar profile to the guy who shot at Trump. Very confused, online radicalized, mish-mash of grievances against the establishment.
Indeed. And there's another confused kid who we will never know because he was killed in the immediate aftermath.
They should all be called out, but they won't.
Was this the same group that adopted Pepe the Frog as a symbol or meme?
Yup, it looks like he was likely influenced by that group.