When I was in Scotland I got several “god you look a lot like your father” comments from various relatives. I mean I do, but it’s getting more noticeable as I’m in my 50s. I assume they mean that and not that I look like him now that he’s dead
More outgoing, when I feel like it. I guess mainly I've learned that I am able to be more patient and more positive, not that I have changed my personality, but that I can work against my more negative impulses in a way that's better for other people and for me also.
Yikes. No major injuries yet. I continue to play. I have chronic achilles tendonitis (not to mention frequent bouts with plantar fascitis), so it's like a few weeks of playing poorly, followed by an achilles tug and six weeks of recovery, followed by two weeks of playing poorly, then another tug and eight weeks of recovery. An endless cycle where I play less and less and manage pain and injuries for longer and longer stretches. But I still come back for more.
I've mellowed out a lot, I've realized that there's no need (or time) to obsessively follow sports teams, and most importantly I've learned it's important to make others feel good about themselves.
2. Got more comfortable wearing glasses sometimes (not always in contacts)
3. Can't easily sleep through the night anymore
I did also get considerably fatter for a while! But I have successfully gotten myself back down to something close to where I was at 22 (which is still overweight, but not as much).
Personality wise I probably changed more in college than after, kind of developed into my adult personality at Cal, or Cal Berkeley, or whatever we are supposed to call it
Speaker McCarthy pulls procedural vote as the GOP splinters and the centrists lose enough support to move forward. A government shutdown seems imminent.
Tough end to the season. Oakland dropped their sixth straight game tonight as the club lost to the division rival Mariners by a final of 7-2 in a tough game. That’s now 105 losses for this lost season.
Right-hander Paul Blackburn got the start for the home team tonight and last year’s All-Star was solid for most of the evening. Seattle tagged him for a quick run in the second inning thanks to a couple back-to-back hits but Blackburn limited the damage to just that. For a Seattle team still clawing for a playoff spot, Pauly B came to play.
If you’re reading this recap then you probably already watched the San Francisco Giants lose to the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 on Tuesday. I can’t imagine anyone is still invested in this season enough to read about it without at least allowing themselves the joyful daily catharsis that comes from watching a baseball team walk itself out to the pasture. That’s the best part! If you’ve moved on to the Niners season then god bless, but move along, you’re lost. The game, while painful, is the fun part. These recaps are only fun if you’re trying to wallow in the muck of the game you just watched. And even then, “fun” is about as apt a descriptor as “fielder” is when Joc Pederson is thrown onto the grass with a mitt on his right hand.
And if you’re reading this recap then you almost surely have watched the Giants entire season unfold, because why else would you be reading this article, unless you’re a confused soul who came here through a deeply-buried google search because I put “Danny Trejo” in the URL just to see what would happen.
The Dodgers led for no part of this game until they actually won it with a walk-off hit from Max Muncy, driving in Mookie Betts on a two-out single to win it 3-2.
Muncy’s nine-game hitting streak was in danger after going hitless in his first four at-bats. But the game-winner stretched Muncy to 10 and set the Dodgers up for what could be their second straight sweep.
I hadn't realized he was one of the big drivers of limiting contact in practices/player safety programs. A lot of players have him to thank for their better brains.
To be honest, I never get that upset about spats between local sports stenographers and the private school semi-pro team. People are interested, but it's not that important. Reports about institutional problems on the degree mill side, or any of the overlaps with public entities however, those I'm interested in and would be annoyed to see stonewalled.
Reading all the stuff about Bankman and Fried, one can't help but think it's not a stretch to see how their kid turned out this way. And also, once again, Stanford should be extremely embarrassed about the ethics of its faculty.
On this day in 1997 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Oklahoma, 40-36. Cal Wide receiver Bobby Shaw caught 11 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns, including the winning score late in the fourth quarter.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
Camryn Bynum had a career- and game-high 15 tackles in Minnesota's 34-28 road loss at Philadelphia and Jake Curhan played all 72 snaps at right tackle in Seattle's 37-31 overtime win at Detroit to highlight the performances of former California football players in the NFL during Week 2 games that ended Monday.
The duo is among 26 former Cal players currently affiliated with NFL teams including 13 on active rosters, eight on coaching staffs, four on injured reserve lists and one on a practice squad.
Below is how each fared in Week 2 action along with other assorted notes followed by a listing of Week 3 games and the networks televising their next contest.
BERKELEY – The California men's tennis team will send three Golden Bears – Alex Chang, Derrick Chen and Carl Emil Overbeck – to compete in the Battle in the Bay Classic beginning Thursday and ending Sunday at the California Tennis Club in San Francisco. All three Cal juniors will play in the singles draw, and the duo of Overbeck and Chang will also play doubles.
The winner of the singles crown will earn wild-card entry into an upcoming professional tournament.
Slight pain once in awhile in right knee. I sprained my knee in May and incurred a tendon injury which took three months to heal. X-ray of the knee showed signs of potential early arthritis doc said. Ok now though.
How have you changed since college?
I look a LOT more like my dad. So much so that I'll catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and it startles me.
I look like my dad, but my sister really looks like my dad. Weird, but true.
When I was in Scotland I got several “god you look a lot like your father” comments from various relatives. I mean I do, but it’s getting more noticeable as I’m in my 50s. I assume they mean that and not that I look like him now that he’s dead
I look like my dad, too!
I find myself driving by math tutoring centers and getting excited to send my kid there in several years.
I’ve learned to care less about what other people think about me. Sorry, not sorry, peer pressure!
fatter and balder lol
More outgoing, when I feel like it. I guess mainly I've learned that I am able to be more patient and more positive, not that I have changed my personality, but that I can work against my more negative impulses in a way that's better for other people and for me also.
who are you, me
My body no longer allows me to play four hours of basketball each day.
I feel this. Finally gave up the daily game about 5 years ago. Try to play twice a month now, but still feel it for several days afterwards.
My era for daily bball passed by a decade ago. Just one night a week during the rare occasions my body allows.
I've had 3 surgeries due to basketball. Two achilles and one finger.
Yikes. No major injuries yet. I continue to play. I have chronic achilles tendonitis (not to mention frequent bouts with plantar fascitis), so it's like a few weeks of playing poorly, followed by an achilles tug and six weeks of recovery, followed by two weeks of playing poorly, then another tug and eight weeks of recovery. An endless cycle where I play less and less and manage pain and injuries for longer and longer stretches. But I still come back for more.
I've mellowed out a lot, I've realized that there's no need (or time) to obsessively follow sports teams, and most importantly I've learned it's important to make others feel good about themselves.
1. My knees hurt all the time
2. I am kinder
3. I am not destitute
Mrs. Slug knows whereof you speak re: knees.
Ha! I read "kinder" wrong; not nice - I read, more like "boss child"
Aside from gaining weight and losing hair, I've become more liberal in my politics and more conservative in my personal conduct.
1. A bit less hair
2. Got more comfortable wearing glasses sometimes (not always in contacts)
3. Can't easily sleep through the night anymore
I did also get considerably fatter for a while! But I have successfully gotten myself back down to something close to where I was at 22 (which is still overweight, but not as much).
More gray hair, wealthier, way more obligations.
Personality wise I probably changed more in college than after, kind of developed into my adult personality at Cal, or Cal Berkeley, or whatever we are supposed to call it
Eh, I guess not sleeping with different women of various raciest almost every night.
(Am I spelling that correctly?)
I don't know what this means, yet color me interested in learning more.
So you're just sleep with different women of the same race almost every night?
Nope! That "same race" was a complete goof.
classic cugey baby
Haha, wrong way around -> sleeping with (in college).
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Cassidy Hutchison, the Trump aide who testified in front of J6C, says that Drunk Uncle Rudy grabbed her by the pussy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/20/rudy-giuliani-grope-cassidy-hutchinson-claim-january-6-trump-aide
LOL
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1704475765285220614
Speaker McCarthy pulls procedural vote as the GOP splinters and the centrists lose enough support to move forward. A government shutdown seems imminent.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-gop-implodes-over-its-doomed-government-shutdown-plan
The GOP seems intent on driving itself off a cliff.
Driving all of us off a cliff, I think
YouGov poll: Biden loses ground, Trump gains ground, now tied on national level
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4213542-biden-trump-in-dead-heat-poll/
Can the DNC and RNC just do an offset and cancel these two bozos out so we don’t have to see these geezers run again?
Alabama taking a page out of Ron DeSantis' book to disenfranchise voters
https://www.wsfa.com/2023/09/18/alabama-unveils-homegrown-avid-system-maintain-state-voter-rolls/
DBD AV CLUB
PRO
TIL: Austin Clark is the DL coach for the Dolphins https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/coaches-roster/austin-clark
4x Pro-Bowler Dolphins CB Xavien Howard is really good at Bump and Run
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/714900-xavien-howard-four-women-allegedly-pregnant
I can't decide if this is "I wouldn't kick him/her out of bed for eating..." or a clever marketing angle
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-12528511/Patrick-Mahomes-wife-Brittany-opens-QB-husbands-strange-habit-bed-night-goes-life-spotlight-alongside-Chiefs-star.html
Yet again, DeShaun Watson won't face consequences for unwanted touching
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/browns/2023/09/19/deshaun-watson-wont-face-suspension-contact-with-official-nfl-loss-kwon-alexanders-browns-steeler/70884310007/
A’s drop sixth straight, fall to Mariners 7-2
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/9/19/23881502/as-drop-sixth-straight-fall-to-mariners-7-2
Tough end to the season. Oakland dropped their sixth straight game tonight as the club lost to the division rival Mariners by a final of 7-2 in a tough game. That’s now 105 losses for this lost season.
Right-hander Paul Blackburn got the start for the home team tonight and last year’s All-Star was solid for most of the evening. Seattle tagged him for a quick run in the second inning thanks to a couple back-to-back hits but Blackburn limited the damage to just that. For a Seattle team still clawing for a playoff spot, Pauly B came to play.
Giants game does a damn good Giants season impression
They lost.
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/9/19/23881569/giants-diamondbacks-recap-loss-alex-cobb-joc-pederson-danny-trejo
If you’re reading this recap then you probably already watched the San Francisco Giants lose to the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 on Tuesday. I can’t imagine anyone is still invested in this season enough to read about it without at least allowing themselves the joyful daily catharsis that comes from watching a baseball team walk itself out to the pasture. That’s the best part! If you’ve moved on to the Niners season then god bless, but move along, you’re lost. The game, while painful, is the fun part. These recaps are only fun if you’re trying to wallow in the muck of the game you just watched. And even then, “fun” is about as apt a descriptor as “fielder” is when Joc Pederson is thrown onto the grass with a mitt on his right hand.
And if you’re reading this recap then you almost surely have watched the Giants entire season unfold, because why else would you be reading this article, unless you’re a confused soul who came here through a deeply-buried google search because I put “Danny Trejo” in the URL just to see what would happen.
Max Muncy walks it off as Ryan Pepiot stifles the Tigers
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/9/19/23881668/los-angeles-dodgers-tigers-recap-win-muncy-pepiot
The Dodgers led for no part of this game until they actually won it with a walk-off hit from Max Muncy, driving in Mookie Betts on a two-out single to win it 3-2.
Muncy’s nine-game hitting streak was in danger after going hitless in his first four at-bats. But the game-winner stretched Muncy to 10 and set the Dodgers up for what could be their second straight sweep.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
JFC. RIP ex-Stanford HC Buddy Teevens. That is a terrible way to go. Peace to his family, friends, and colleagues.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38443079/dartmouth-football-coach-buddy-teevens-dies-march-bicycle-accident
I hadn't realized he was one of the big drivers of limiting contact in practices/player safety programs. A lot of players have him to thank for their better brains.
USC blocks a media outlet
https://www.ocregister.com/2023/09/19/usc-football-program-blocks-scng-writers-access/
To be honest, I never get that upset about spats between local sports stenographers and the private school semi-pro team. People are interested, but it's not that important. Reports about institutional problems on the degree mill side, or any of the overlaps with public entities however, those I'm interested in and would be annoyed to see stonewalled.
Riley and SC are getting appropriately dragged for this, and I couldn't be more pleased.
Which team leads the FBS for 4th down attempts?
Which team has the worst record in the FBS for turnovers lost, including teams that have played 4 games instead of 3?
Name any of the five teams who lead FBS for turnovers gained thus far this year
Fresno State, beneficiary of ASU's 8 turnovers last week
Yup
The University of California Golden Bears.
Yup
Peoples Republic of Berkeley Golden Bears. Let's own the ef out of it.
that's the Cal Berkeley to you sir
The Takers are Takin'
Sexual assaulter and current UofA QB Jayden de Laura has a court case go his way
https://tucson.com/sports/college/football/arizona-jayden-de-laura-hawaii-alleged-sexual-assault/article_d7f6bc3e-5677-11ee-9494-d7d954099e54.html
Stanfurd will return fraud alumni their gifts. I am sure the creditors to that company will that much happier.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/stanford-university-will-return-entirety-of-gifts-received-from-ftx/ar-AA1gXJTs
Speaking of Stanfurd weenies:
https://twitter.com/jconorgrogan/status/1704136563062439940?s=46&t=eRqDXeERe1dovhcQTWgJnw
Reading all the stuff about Bankman and Fried, one can't help but think it's not a stretch to see how their kid turned out this way. And also, once again, Stanford should be extremely embarrassed about the ethics of its faculty.
And we were excited about raising over a million in 3 days... SMU just raised over ONE HUNDRED million in 7 days, mostly from a core of 30 big whale donors. THIS is what we are up against- will we find our donor whales? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/smu-raises-100-million-in-seven-day-stretch-from-key-donors-to-support-upcoming-acc-move/
If you've watched the 30 for 30 Pony Express episode this will not come as a surprise.
Yup. I saw that 30 for 30. Helped cement my attitudes on college football.
CAL
Go Bears!
[MGolf] Cal's amazing second day helped secure #3 finish at the Husky Invitational. Pac-12 finishers were 1. Washington, 3. Cal/Oregon State, 5 Oregon, 6 Wazzu/UCLA 9 Utah
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/19/mens-golf-cal-ties-for-third-at-husky-invitational.aspx
[VB] As expected, Cal loses Big Spike and their first match of the season 25-18, 25-22, 25-19.
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/19/volleyball-bears-drop-pac-12-opener.aspx
Cal Berkeley has stopped giving @berkeley.edu email addresses to alumni
https://www.change.org/p/don-t-disconnect-us-our-berkeley-edu-email-is-more-than-just-an-address
On this day in 1997 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Oklahoma, 40-36. Cal Wide receiver Bobby Shaw caught 11 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns, including the winning score late in the fourth quarter.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
That's a name I forgot.
[FB] Pro Bears NFL Week 2
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/19/football-pro-bears-nfl-week-2.aspx
Camryn Bynum had a career- and game-high 15 tackles in Minnesota's 34-28 road loss at Philadelphia and Jake Curhan played all 72 snaps at right tackle in Seattle's 37-31 overtime win at Detroit to highlight the performances of former California football players in the NFL during Week 2 games that ended Monday.
The duo is among 26 former Cal players currently affiliated with NFL teams including 13 on active rosters, eight on coaching staffs, four on injured reserve lists and one on a practice squad.
Below is how each fared in Week 2 action along with other assorted notes followed by a listing of Week 3 games and the networks televising their next contest.
I just read all of the comments about each former Cal players, and it's filled with typos and incomplete sentences. Is it AI generated?
If you train your neural net on bad data, does that make it AS: Artificial Stupidity
[MTEN] 3 Bears To Play In Battle In The Bay Classic
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/19/mens-tennis-3-bears-to-play-in-battle-in-the-bay-classic.aspx
BERKELEY – The California men's tennis team will send three Golden Bears – Alex Chang, Derrick Chen and Carl Emil Overbeck – to compete in the Battle in the Bay Classic beginning Thursday and ending Sunday at the California Tennis Club in San Francisco. All three Cal juniors will play in the singles draw, and the duo of Overbeck and Chang will also play doubles.
The winner of the singles crown will earn wild-card entry into an upcoming professional tournament.
I checked in for my vaccination appointment at Walgreens yesterday, only to be told that they'd run out!!!
Oh no! 😬. Hope you found another appt or they gave you first dibs on the next batch.
Slight pain once in awhile in right knee. I sprained my knee in May and incurred a tendon injury which took three months to heal. X-ray of the knee showed signs of potential early arthritis doc said. Ok now though.