So... didn't move for a LONG time, finally bought a house instead on "renting" a unit in a 100,000 sf building, I got 6 boxes of books to get rid of - not all bad, but, well we should get rid of quite a few = lots of room on the last bookcase I put up to ad new ones.
But one incredible dumb thing I'm keeping - because it is SUPER dumb - a desk pad with TNG - centered with the Capt. Picard which is only image to change from "Good - Make it So!" to "Bad - Resistance is Futile" But #1 + android, Klingon & singer DON'T change at all - it's so, so, SO silly.
I'm about to be affected by Tropical Storm Ophelia, which is approaching now. We'll see how my landscaping does since I just laid down some fresh mulch and overseeded my lawn.
I was a passenger in a car headed to Alameda via Adeline St and 5th St in Oakland. Stopped at light I observed that diesel prices posted for $6.199/gal. if you paid cash, $6.299/gal. if you charged it.
$6.10? I could buy two orders of fried gizzards, a 128 ounce cup of sweet tea, and two rounds of 5.56 x 72 grain ammo at the same gas station for that.
I think it was around $3.85 for 93 when I last filled up a couple weeks ago. No idea what 89 was (or who actually uses it). Regular was probably $3.10ish
I'd have guessed 3-something, we pay a little more per gallon for living in a higher-commercial-rent area. (I haven't had to put gas in the Civic for several weeks and I have no idea what I paid when I last fueled up the minivan)
Is he even still around? I never see him post anymore. I would vote hug him so that he would feel more welcomed here and perhaps it would encourage him to start posting again. We have created a hostile DBD environment towards him and it needs to end.
People are shocked - shocked, I tell ya - that a tech CEO who graduated high school at 16, Harvard Law at 19 and seemed to lack social skills - has been accused of sexual harassment and really odd behavior. He has resigned, forfeiting 110m in compensation
49ers did what previously seemed inevitable - won 30-12 with strong defense against an overmatched QB without the star RB. Rookie Ronnie Bell caught a beautiful TD on his first career target, starting in place of injured Aiyuk. 49ers has the yardage advantage 441-150 as the blitz-happy Giants couldn't throw Purdy completely off his game
Amazon ran a half-time "Big Quiz" gameshow for its on-air personalities of Cal vs. Stanford trivia. Cal repped by Tony Gonzales, Mooch, and Nnamdi Asomugha. Cal won.
at some point I'll need to do an audit of how much I'm actually spending on all this nonsense plus cable (the cable is for live sports, almost all viewing by my wife and daughters is streaming at this point)
I feel like I need to do the same. Fortunately I don’t have cable so I don’t feel as bad.
Also, T-Mobile pays something like $15 towards my Netflix and I am already an Amazon Prime subscriber so I’m not sure how that impacts the Amazon Prime streaming in terms of what I pay.
we have cable, I get Max as part of my AT&T mobile plan, I got peacock on a discount for the soccer, bundled ESPN+ and Hulu and Disney, and I'm about to stop paying for Britbox (in part because I'm going to pay for my daughter to get a BBC license in the UK and VPN the hell out of that connection.) Also Paramount. And Netflix. JFC I need to prune this back.
Those are exactly what I have and AppleTV. I pay for the Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ bundle. I pay about $5 a month for Netflix, Peacock I got on a Black Friday deal last year.
If I were to cut any of them, it would probably be Netflix as that’s the one I use the least.
He should be pressured to resign. If he won't resign, impeach him and have him face removal from office. I don't care what letter he has behind his name. Crooks, get out.
How bad is education in some places in America? Let's take Baltimore city for example. There are 32 high schools there, not including the one in Juvenile Hall. Of those, 13 schools had zero students pass math proficiency. And on a 1-4 scale, 75% of those students got a 1. Of the 5 best schools, only 11% of students passed (3 or higher) and no student got a 4.
To be fair, this is Sinclair Broadcasting's flagship station that is constantly using any issue in schools (violence, poor test scores, issues with school bus schedules) to push school choice. They are blatantly anti-Baltimore City government and constantly air biased stories trying to undermine officials and their policies.
That said, Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program's math proficiency scores have dropped to 7% in Baltimore (for reference, the MD-wide rate is 20%), as they have across the state due to two years of schooling interrupted by the pandemic. Scores are starting to recover, however, and Baltimore City students are closing the gap with MD in most subjects.
You two are lucky. Our Sinclair station is Fox News local--all bluster and fury about wildly blown-out-of-proportion issues. It's pretty comical comparing their local coverage to the normal stations.
Not surprising in the least. I also note that "vanity" is not far removed from "looking strong, looking healthy, looking impenetrable". Just a slightly different facet of the same turd.
Mississippi State Auditor Shad Write wrote a report complaining that too many people are leaving the state, which is why he recommends defunding public universities unless they effectively become trade schools
What do people think is the more likely outcome tomorrow in Seattle. A total Cal blowout victory 56-7. A solid beating of the Huskies that's over by the middle of the third quarter, 38-21. Or do you think we won't put it away until a late FG or TD, 30-20? I'd be happy with anyone of these.
I just think that Wilcox's defenses tend to keep these games low-scoring so Cal can probably beat the (very high) spread. I don't have much hope of Cal winning.
I would be shocked if any of these happened and Cal walked out with a win. I am expecting a close first half before UW pulls away in the 2nd for a comfortable 17 point victory.
On this day in 1979 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated San Jose State, 13-10. Rich Campbell hit Matt Bouza with a ten-yard touchdown pass 47 seconds before the final whistle to win the game. On the day Bouza caught 11 passes for 135 yards. The victory raised Cal’s overall record to 3-0 en route to a Garden State Bowl appearance in Roger Theder’s second year as head coach.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
I remember that game. Cal has smashed the Spartans two years before and I was too young to remember or attend previous games that were much closer. So, in my mind SJSU was just a cupcake and that game ended up being a wake-up call that SJSU was not a gimme victory. Apropos, San Jose State went on to win the next four of the next seven games versus Cal.
Gunky - what you find that you got when you move...
So... didn't move for a LONG time, finally bought a house instead on "renting" a unit in a 100,000 sf building, I got 6 boxes of books to get rid of - not all bad, but, well we should get rid of quite a few = lots of room on the last bookcase I put up to ad new ones.
But one incredible dumb thing I'm keeping - because it is SUPER dumb - a desk pad with TNG - centered with the Capt. Picard which is only image to change from "Good - Make it So!" to "Bad - Resistance is Futile" But #1 + android, Klingon & singer DON'T change at all - it's so, so, SO silly.
Weather
I'm about to be affected by Tropical Storm Ophelia, which is approaching now. We'll see how my landscaping does since I just laid down some fresh mulch and overseeded my lawn.
We're getting about 3 inches of rain over the weekend and some 20mph winds on Saturday. Great weather to sit at home and watch college football
I hope I can get to the farmer's market Saturday morning, but after that I expect I'll be doing the same.
Outlook in Seattle. High of 64 with good chance of showers at game time
https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/e5df6df1b95181d6ea367f0efdfb0c5deb7119883497c8dde394caa80321b71a
Over/under on the number of quarters of football Jimmy C catches live from Husky Stadium if it’s raining…2.5.
Take the under.
Excellent. We need every advantage we can against UW's lethal passing game
Good thing the game isn't being played today. It's supposed to be about 72.
There’s some kind of burning orb in the sky
Happy California Indigenous People’s Day to everyone!!
Azerbaijan gains territory in Nagorno-Karabakh
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230921-checkmate-in-nagorno-karabakh-how-azerbaijan-got-armenia-to-back-down
Did they roll triple 6s?
Not surprised.
TIL: Azerbaijan has a completely landlocked territory that is west of Armenia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic
GAS
are those apps (gasbuddy, etc.) accurate, or does it get out of date quickly because it's crowdsourced data?
At least in the bay area, gasbuddy seems pretty accurate. People seem to update them fairly early in the morning.
super pro tip! thank you
Concord Costco was 5.09 two days ago.
I was a passenger in a car headed to Alameda via Adeline St and 5th St in Oakland. Stopped at light I observed that diesel prices posted for $6.199/gal. if you paid cash, $6.299/gal. if you charged it.
There's some gouging going on.
I think $5.10/gal last week.
That's super near what I pay in Oakland for 91 - after looking around.
87 is $6.10 at the Chevron closest gas station from my house in Irvine
$6.10? I could buy two orders of fried gizzards, a 128 ounce cup of sweet tea, and two rounds of 5.56 x 72 grain ammo at the same gas station for that.
Costco: $5.50
Non Costco: $5.70
$5.29/gal at Costco Richmond
$5.69/gal at Chevron close to home (Berkeley)
I think it was around $3.85 for 93 when I last filled up a couple weeks ago. No idea what 89 was (or who actually uses it). Regular was probably $3.10ish
I'd have guessed 3-something, we pay a little more per gallon for living in a higher-commercial-rent area. (I haven't had to put gas in the Civic for several weeks and I have no idea what I paid when I last fueled up the minivan)
Fair point. I meant 87 octane, but I'm wildly out of touch with the common people. Like one banana. What could it cost?
Punch twist. Or hug him.
Is he even still around? I never see him post anymore. I would vote hug him so that he would feel more welcomed here and perhaps it would encourage him to start posting again. We have created a hostile DBD environment towards him and it needs to end.
He knows what he did.
Isn’t being a Cal fan punishment enough?
$3.29/gallon
or about $29.61/firkin
Around $4.95 a gallon
DBD Street Journal
Cisco is buying Splunk for $28b
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/cisco-acquire-splunk-28-billion-2023-09-21/
People are shocked - shocked, I tell ya - that a tech CEO who graduated high school at 16, Harvard Law at 19 and seemed to lack social skills - has been accused of sexual harassment and really odd behavior. He has resigned, forfeiting 110m in compensation
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bombshell-report-claims-39-old-191349059.html
PRO
Chicago QB Justin Fields backpedals away from pressure
https://www.nbcsportschicago.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-analysis/justin-fields-clarifies-comments-on-bears-coaching-places-blame-on-himself-for-struggles/508052/
Trey Lance is a better QB.
They are one and the same, IMO.
Are you willing to bet a steak on that?
49ers did what previously seemed inevitable - won 30-12 with strong defense against an overmatched QB without the star RB. Rookie Ronnie Bell caught a beautiful TD on his first career target, starting in place of injured Aiyuk. 49ers has the yardage advantage 441-150 as the blitz-happy Giants couldn't throw Purdy completely off his game
https://www.espn.com/nfl/matchup/_/gameId/401547426
I spent most of this game thinking Purdy looked off and then at the end he has 310 yards and 2 TDs.
He's tight - and fast
What's 100% looking unfair? Giants new QB looks so dumb - some year he may be great - but he still has a little way to go.
Just a little.
Amazon ran a half-time "Big Quiz" gameshow for its on-air personalities of Cal vs. Stanford trivia. Cal repped by Tony Gonzales, Mooch, and Nnamdi Asomugha. Cal won.
https://twitter.com/NFLonPrime/status/1705074796390744335
Love the tiny Axe. Why was Luck dressed like a Civil War soldier?
Luck was dressed as his Twitter meme - Captain Andrew Luck. If you haven't read it, it's pretty good
https://twitter.com/captandrewluck?lang=en
Go Bears! Who was that between Luck and Sherman? A little surprised McAfee got so close.
That wasn’t McAfee, that was Ryan Fitzpatrick.
I was surprised he got so close as well. I wonder what the list of players who he played with.
Why would you run a play where you don't block Nick Bosa?
https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1705021335024583040
I think there was a guy who was supposed to block him, but airballed it.
Nick Bosa is better than Joey Bosa. I think it is due to Nick being more MAGA than Joey.
Stephen A. Smith will probably be pretty quiet about this topic
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1705002972504100944
Some well-deserved roasting: http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/38463607
Steve Harvey was my favorite: http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/38461754
Earlier this week I saw that a guy with no arms or hands threw out the first pitch with his foot, and did as good as Stephen A.
That’s why you don’t throw out the ceremonial first pitch from the actual mound.
Sign her up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sln2y_eV6m0
That would be a first
US Bobsledding may have its own Larry Nassar
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/38452889/aja-evans-olympic-bobsled-medalist-sues-usa-bobsled-team-doctor
DBD AV CLUB
Ick
https://twitter.com/TimFullerton/status/1704990642936426598
Amazon Prime video will have ads next year. If you want it to be ad-free, it'll be another $36/year.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/amazon-starts-ads-prime-video-2024-2023-09-22/
These streaming video providers are hastening their own demise with all these rate hikes and ad injections
at some point I'll need to do an audit of how much I'm actually spending on all this nonsense plus cable (the cable is for live sports, almost all viewing by my wife and daughters is streaming at this point)
We have cut way back on streaming, don't pay for cable. If need by can always run up the Jolly Roger and pirate stuff.
I feel like I need to do the same. Fortunately I don’t have cable so I don’t feel as bad.
Also, T-Mobile pays something like $15 towards my Netflix and I am already an Amazon Prime subscriber so I’m not sure how that impacts the Amazon Prime streaming in terms of what I pay.
If you have Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Prime, & Peacock, you’re already up around $100.
we have cable, I get Max as part of my AT&T mobile plan, I got peacock on a discount for the soccer, bundled ESPN+ and Hulu and Disney, and I'm about to stop paying for Britbox (in part because I'm going to pay for my daughter to get a BBC license in the UK and VPN the hell out of that connection.) Also Paramount. And Netflix. JFC I need to prune this back.
Those are exactly what I have and AppleTV. I pay for the Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ bundle. I pay about $5 a month for Netflix, Peacock I got on a Black Friday deal last year.
If I were to cut any of them, it would probably be Netflix as that’s the one I use the least.
Yes but what is the alternative? I suppose it will just be over the antenna.
I guess I could go to the library and peruse their selection of DVDs
Ironically that’s probably both the cheapest and easiest way to see feature films anymore
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) indicted on corruption charges. Again.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/politics/bob-menendez-charges/index.html
He should be pressured to resign. If he won't resign, impeach him and have him face removal from office. I don't care what letter he has behind his name. Crooks, get out.
He's also simply a liability for Democrats' chances of holding the Senate. Not many D's who could lose New Jersey right now, but he might do it.
Yeah, he should resign. Would the NJ Governor pick his replacement until the election?
Yes. Gov. Murphy is also a Democrat.
I'm sure New Jersey could do better.
Clarence Thomas participated in Koch Brother fund raising events
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus
Conservative NYT columnist David Brooks is getting roasted over his social post
https://newrepublic.com/post/175705/david-brooks-78-airport-meal-fact-check
How bad is education in some places in America? Let's take Baltimore city for example. There are 32 high schools there, not including the one in Juvenile Hall. Of those, 13 schools had zero students pass math proficiency. And on a 1-4 scale, 75% of those students got a 1. Of the 5 best schools, only 11% of students passed (3 or higher) and no student got a 4.
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/at-13-baltimore-city-high-schools-zero-students-tested-proficient-on-2023-state-math-exam#
To be fair, this is Sinclair Broadcasting's flagship station that is constantly using any issue in schools (violence, poor test scores, issues with school bus schedules) to push school choice. They are blatantly anti-Baltimore City government and constantly air biased stories trying to undermine officials and their policies.
That said, Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program's math proficiency scores have dropped to 7% in Baltimore (for reference, the MD-wide rate is 20%), as they have across the state due to two years of schooling interrupted by the pandemic. Scores are starting to recover, however, and Baltimore City students are closing the gap with MD in most subjects.
Sinclair stations are basically local Fox News/Newsmax. I hate that they are quietly taking over local news stations.
Awhile back they bought the local ABC affiliate. I've been pleasantly surprised I haven't noticed a change in news coverage.
Same thing happened with our local Fox News station. It was bought by Sinclair about 2 years ago but I haven’t noticed a change in its news coverage.
You two are lucky. Our Sinclair station is Fox News local--all bluster and fury about wildly blown-out-of-proportion issues. It's pretty comical comparing their local coverage to the normal stations.
Cassidy Hutchison reveals the real reason why Trump would not wear a mask during Covid. Of course.
https://news.yahoo.com/ex-white-house-aide-reveals-061332617.html
why does he wear so much makeup that it comes off so easily?
Not surprising in the least. I also note that "vanity" is not far removed from "looking strong, looking healthy, looking impenetrable". Just a slightly different facet of the same turd.
Prince MBS says he DGAF about what you think about his sport-washing
https://www.bbc.com/sport/66874723
We can’t get off of Saudi oil fast enough.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Mississippi State Auditor Shad Write wrote a report complaining that too many people are leaving the state, which is why he recommends defunding public universities unless they effectively become trade schools
https://news.yahoo.com/mississippi-auditor-says-several-college-144453922.html
CAL
What do people think is the more likely outcome tomorrow in Seattle. A total Cal blowout victory 56-7. A solid beating of the Huskies that's over by the middle of the third quarter, 38-21. Or do you think we won't put it away until a late FG or TD, 30-20? I'd be happy with anyone of these.
I just think that Wilcox's defenses tend to keep these games low-scoring so Cal can probably beat the (very high) spread. I don't have much hope of Cal winning.
But if we do win, it would be super close.
If it comes down to us making a FG, in the rain or even sunshine, we lose.
I would be shocked if any of these happened and Cal walked out with a win. I am expecting a close first half before UW pulls away in the 2nd for a comfortable 17 point victory.
I expect UW to Milton Berle it, like last year. Just pull enough out of the playbook to win in a nice, workmanlike, 2-score fashion.
Penix is twice the QB Jake Browning was. Incidentally, Browning may start for Cincy on MNF
Your rationality is confusing to me.
On this day in 1979 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated San Jose State, 13-10. Rich Campbell hit Matt Bouza with a ten-yard touchdown pass 47 seconds before the final whistle to win the game. On the day Bouza caught 11 passes for 135 yards. The victory raised Cal’s overall record to 3-0 en route to a Garden State Bowl appearance in Roger Theder’s second year as head coach.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
I remember that game. Cal has smashed the Spartans two years before and I was too young to remember or attend previous games that were much closer. So, in my mind SJSU was just a cupcake and that game ended up being a wake-up call that SJSU was not a gimme victory. Apropos, San Jose State went on to win the next four of the next seven games versus Cal.
Go Bears!!!
Coach Rivera also doesn't like "Cal Berkeley" nonsense.
https://twitter.com/riverboatronhc/status/1704923979847233713
A name from the old CGB days part way down that thread.
I am sure the majority of people don’t.
Cal going white on gold unis
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1705008079224611084
I love that look but I wish they would wear the gold helmets. That would be 🔥 🔥