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Hildebrand Hall is named after long-time UC Berkeley chemistry professor Joel Henry Hildebrand. Dr. Hildebrand taught about 40,000 freshmen from 1913 to 1952. His tenure at Berkeley included being shot by another professor, discovering the solubility of non-electrolytes, managing the US Ski team, and winning pretty much every chemistry prize except the Nobel.
PUP due to medical reasons. Discovering several well-produced non-alcoholic spirits. I do miss manhattans and negronis but not the flush that typically follows consumption.
I would say in my early to mid twenties I drank pretty often (basically every Friday&Saturday), then had to take it down a few rungs with the arrival of a real job, then a few rungs more with the arrival of kids. Then bailing a buddy out of jail after a bender in my late thirties, plus my wife quitting drinking around the same time knocked me down to maybe one or two drinks a month. I mostly drink now if I am out at dinner with people.
I have the asian flush, but not so bad that I get a rash. Mainly I turn bright red and my eyes get bloodshot. After usually less than half a beer. So I really don't drink very much because it really isn't that great.
Hildebrand came and gave an entertaining guest lecture when I was a freshman. He was over 90 at the time. He invited us all to come by, because "all my friends are dead!"
Taylor Swift in NYC - a friend had tickets in a corporate suite for the Chiefs-Jets game last night that i tagged along too. we left at halftime, but it ended up bing a close 23-20 win for KC.
the best part of the game was the tailgate we somehow found ourselves connected too. 7 or 8 people all grilling and making food. the grilled duck breast was particularly good.
for fun stuff, there were jello shots, pudding shots and a shot ski for just regular tequila shots.
The 49ers couldn’t have asked for a better start to the game. They forced a three-and-out against the Cardinals, thanks to a non-holding call on Dre Greenlaw.
After a 15-yard return by Ray-Ray McCloud, the offense marched down the field in four minutes on an 8-play drive covering 62 yards, before Christian McCaffrey capped the drive off with a 1-yard touchdown run. San Francisco quickly took a 7-0 lead.
Since 2020, the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers have played seven times. Six of those games were one-score games. This was no different as the Chargers won 24-17.
Let’s take a look at the key aspects of the game:
Records: The Las Vegas Raiders are 1-3. The Los Angeles Chargers are 2-2.
The Oakland A’s went into their regular season finale trying to accomplish three things: the first was to take the season series against the Angels, the second was to end the regular season with a two game win streak, and third was to head into the offseason on a high note. Unfortunately, Angels starting pitcher Carson Fulmer and first baseman Brandon Drury had other plans.
JP Sears made all thirty-two starts this season, but despite the incredible accomplishment Sears was unable make a positive impact in his final start of the season. Brandon Drury took Sears deep to left field for a solo homer and put the Angels on the board first. The Angels led 1-0 heading into the second inning and never looked back.
LAKE PLACID — The two people killed in an airplane crash at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday have been identified as Russ Francis, a former NFL tight end who recently purchased the Lake Placid Airways scenic tour business at the airport and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden.
The crash happened around 4:09 p.m. at the end of a runway, close to the North Elba Athletic Fields. Lake Placid emergency services, New York State Police, Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad and state Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers responded.
Francis grew up wanting to fly, and he spent his life in the sky. He was 70.
Baseball is never scripted. Sometimes it tricks you into feeling some heavy-hand of fate, the structured narrative culminating in a man-meeting-moment type climax. In what will most certainly be his last appearance as a Giants (potentially his last professional game), Crawford didn’t get his Hollywood ending. Fans waved signs, wrapped their heads in Lou Seal bandanas, oiled down their curls so they shone in the Californian sun and rose to their feet in appreciation of their shortstop, batting at the top of the order for only the second time in his career—but no obvious magic followed.
A five-run sixth inning provided the Dodgers more than enough cushion to finish their regular season in grand style, beating the Giants 5-2 for their 100th win of the season.
With their 100th win, the Dodgers are just the eighth team in major league history to win 100 games in three consecutive seasons.
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday followed through on his threat to try to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House of Representatives.
Gaetz announced Monday evening on the House floor that he had filed a resolution that could force a no-confidence vote in McCarthy this week.
A trusted adviser to Vice President Harris and leader of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, Butler will make history as California’s first openly LGBTQ United States Senator and the first Black lesbian to openly serve in Congress in American history
SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the selection of Laphonza Butler — the President of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, EMILY’s List — to complete the United States Senate term of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, which runs through 2024.
Butler, a longtime senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, labor leader, and advocate for women and working people, will be the first openly LGBTQ person to represent California in the Senate. She will also be the first Black lesbian to openly serve in Congress in American history and the second Black woman to represent California in the Senate following Vice President Kamala Harris.
“An advocate for women and girls, a second-generation fighter for working people, and a trusted adviser to Vice President Harris, Laphonza Butler represents the best of California, and she’ll represent us proudly in the United States Senate,” said Governor Newsom. “As we mourn the enormous loss of Senator Feinstein, the very freedoms she fought for — reproductive freedom, equal protection, and safety from gun violence — have never been under greater assault. Laphonza will carry the baton left by Senator Feinstein, continue to break glass ceilings, and fight for all Californians in Washington D.C.”
Wikipedia doesn't have a birthdate per se, only listing that she was born 1978/1979 which makes her 44 or 45 years old.
Also, a google of her name reveals she was a UC Regent from 2018 to 2021. She was appointed by Jerry Brown to a 12-year term that was to have ended in 2030. She resigned September 27, 2021.
Does the thread header OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY always mean that any and all comments posted underneath it indicates our democracy is crumbling? No, it does not.
anyone watch Killing Eve? It's on Max now for awhile (they're hosting AMC+). quirky and entertaining. Started S2. wondering how long they can keep this going. Eve is back to "normal" with her husband? he's very accommodating...
someone was praising Ashoka last week...huh?!? Slow paced (there're pregnant pauses between every sentence...it's the anti-Sorkin script) and bad acting. And (SPOILER ALERT)...people survive getting gored by lightsabers now?
I quit Kenobi, Boba Fett, and Mando (S3) after 3 eps each. was about to the same here, but watched another two. Wanted to see the thrawn stuff. but gave up. and I have a vague memory of Hayden Christianson at the end of E4? No thanks! [alternatively, Andor was quite good.]
Rather watch ST: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks. even Short Treks was more entertaining.
And getting close to wrapping up another read thru the Heir to the Empire trilogy. Why wasn't *that* the sequels...
I just finished the second of the new Thrawn trilogy, starting on the third hopefully after I finish Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs which is very good
new trilogy? I read the duology(?) from 20+ years ago (something Dawn and something Dusk?), which wasn't great. and read Thrawn (origin story) during covid. not good.
looked it up. T: Alliances and T: Treason being Books 2 and 3 (after Thrawn)? I'll pass...
actually just saw that there's a Thrawn: Ascendancy Trilogy (which Zahn pumped out in like 18 months). maybe that's the new one?
every time I try new SW Thrawn books (or apparently bad SW TV shows), it just makes me re-read the Heir trilogy.
I remember when those "official" books started coming out 30 years ago and the next trilogy was with the Leia-Han twins being 5yo(?) and Luke had (what we'd now call) a padawan (Kit?) as an apprentice gone bad. I think Han and Lando ended up on some planet where there were blob races called a Blobstacle course...I threw up in my mouth a bit reading that.
also read some book a few years ago where Luke and Mara (married now, of course) were on some mission. and maybe she died?
S3 of Starstruck. Had to rewatch S1. which, as a Britcom, meant six 22-min eps, so no biggie.
In the vein of Catastrophe and Lovesick, but the Disbelief Suspension bar is pretty high. That this famous actor (trying to calibrate the famousness, but can't)...(a) would have been in the same bar as the protagonist on NYE, (b) woulda bonded with her "commoner" friend circle, and (c) been able to hang with them in "normal" places without every episode being paparazzi...and (d) woulda bothered with protagonist for as long as he did
On this day in 1965 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Kansas 17-0. This was not the greatest college football game ever played in Berkeley. Cal earned 15 first downs to only six for the Jayhawks while out gaining the visitors by 253 yards to 97. The game featured nine fumbles and 21 penalties. The two teams combined to throw 31 passes, completing only ten. Both Bear touchdowns came on one-yard plunges.
Cal would finish the season with a 5-5 record.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team collected the top two titles in its Cal Fall Invitational on Sunday, with Katja Wiersholm winning the singles crown and the duo of Hannah Viller Moeller and Mao Mushika capturing the doubles final, as the annual, season-opening event concluded at the Hellman Tennis Complex and the Channing Tennis Courts.
Ïts really nice to have a tournament at home here at Hellman and Channing, and get the opportunity for almost all of our players to compete in the same event,¨ Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. ¨Nothings better on the last day to either have us playing against each other on our home courts or being in the finals. We won a singles title and a doubles title, and we reached some finals.
TULSA, Okla./DAVIS – The pre-qualifying singles tournament at the ITA All-American Championships came to an end Sunday with no members of the California men's tennis team advancing to qualifying singles – though one Golden Bear is already in the field – and the Aggie Invitational at UC Davis also ended, with two Bears falling in the singles semifinals.
In the pre-qualiifying round of 64 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cal freshman Jonathan Irwanto added another win, beating Mississippi's Isac Stromberg, 6-3, 6-0, while teammate Alex Chang fell to North Carolina's Will Peters, 6-4, 6-4. But Irwanto lost in the round of 32 to Princeton's Ellis Short, 7-5, 7-6(3).
LOS ANGELES – The California men's soccer team ended its trip to Southern California on Sunday with another close game against a Pac-12 opponent. But, unlike Thursday, when the Golden Bears upset 17th-ranked and previously unbeaten San Diego State 1-0, this time the Golden Bears suffered a 2-1 loss to UCLA at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.
The setback left Cal with a 4-3-3 overall record (1-2-1 Pac-12). UCLA improved to 4-2-2 (1-0-1).
BERKELEY – California volleyball went toe-to-toe with another tough Pac-12 foe on Sunday, falling to No. 25 Arizona State in five sets at Haas Pavilion. The clash between the Sun Devils (15-1, 3-1 Pac-12) and the Golden Bears (12-3, 1-3) featured a pair of teams that went undefeated in nonconference play.
For Cal, junior Annalea Maeder (49 assists, 14 digs) and senior Sam Taumoepeau (18 kills, 12 digs) each recorded a double-double, while freshman Maggie Li led the squad with 19 kills and senior Tara DeSa added 21 digs. Arizona State was powered by the efficient play of opposite hitter Marta Levinska, who totaled 30 kills on .482 hitting, while setter Shannon Shields notched 54 assists and outside hitter Geli Cyr paced the court with 22 digs. Both teams encountered trouble at the service line, combining for 29 total service errors.
STANFORD – Three unanswered second-half goals were the difference as Stanford came back to defeat the California field hockey team 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at Varsity Field Hockey Turf.
Cal (4-6) led 3-1 at the intermission thanks to first-half goals by Sophie Everett, Bente Baekers and Holly Pears. However, it was the goal by Haley Mossmer in the 50th minute that gave Stanford (3-8) the nonconference win on its Senior Day.
BERKELEY – Although California volleyball had already recorded its best start in recent memory, going undefeated in nonconference play, the team still had a figurative monkey clinging to its back – the Golden Bears had not won a Pac-12 match since the 2020-21 season. That changed on Friday night in front of an ecstatic home crowd, with Cal (12-2, 1-2 Pac-12) dismissing the visiting Arizona Wildcats in four sets, 3-1.
"We had a talk yesterday about mentality and the belief that we are good enough to win games this year," senior libero Tara DeSa said. "We came up with some tangible things that we could do to carry that over into our energy, both in pregame and during the match – we stayed committed to it the entire time and it was nice to see it manifest into a win."
It's also the start of a new quarter (and the last quarter) of calendar year 2023. Which also means that reporting for the previous quarter is underway.
Maybe it has an effect on DBD denizens. I don't know. Maybe not.
Alcohol
None since June 23, 2019
PUP due to medical reasons. Discovering several well-produced non-alcoholic spirits. I do miss manhattans and negronis but not the flush that typically follows consumption.
Clean and sober for many years now but have been enjoying non-alcoholic beer of late. Some really good IPAs.
Athletic Brewing is the one i generally get. any other good suggestions?
Best Day Brewing. Their West Coast is my favorite, also like Hazy.
I seem to be an outlier. A couple glasses of wine most nights.
Very little since the beginning of Covid (Feb 2020). No real reason, just less.
I would say in my early to mid twenties I drank pretty often (basically every Friday&Saturday), then had to take it down a few rungs with the arrival of a real job, then a few rungs more with the arrival of kids. Then bailing a buddy out of jail after a bender in my late thirties, plus my wife quitting drinking around the same time knocked me down to maybe one or two drinks a month. I mostly drink now if I am out at dinner with people.
My 22 year old self would be pretty shocked at how little I drink these days.
I have the asian flush, but not so bad that I get a rash. Mainly I turn bright red and my eyes get bloodshot. After usually less than half a beer. So I really don't drink very much because it really isn't that great.
i get the benefit of always having HAG around to drive me home from places.
Heh, my Asian Love Slave is very much like that, one drink is all she can safely have, and will make her face into pretty red - two = danger zone.
i have been very consistently 1-ish-drink a day for a good long time.
trying to cut back on weeknight drinking so that i finally get into better shape a little.
it seems that no amount of consistent exercise is enough to fully counteract bad eating and drinking habits.
the non-alcoholic beer options are pretty good these days. the zero-proof spirit alternatives are ok and getting better.
on the other hand, nothing beats a good negroni (or two).
Hildebrand
Hildebrand came and gave an entertaining guest lecture when I was a freshman. He was over 90 at the time. He invited us all to come by, because "all my friends are dead!"
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Taylor Swift in NYC - a friend had tickets in a corporate suite for the Chiefs-Jets game last night that i tagged along too. we left at halftime, but it ended up bing a close 23-20 win for KC.
the best part of the game was the tailgate we somehow found ourselves connected too. 7 or 8 people all grilling and making food. the grilled duck breast was particularly good.
for fun stuff, there were jello shots, pudding shots and a shot ski for just regular tequila shots.
pudding shot menu >>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/invMBXWoxrET8oP36
49ers offense answers the bell and withstands a Cardinals rally, 35-16
https://www.ninersnation.com/2023/10/1/23898654/49ers-cardinals-week-4-recap
The 49ers couldn’t have asked for a better start to the game. They forced a three-and-out against the Cardinals, thanks to a non-holding call on Dre Greenlaw.
After a 15-yard return by Ray-Ray McCloud, the offense marched down the field in four minutes on an 8-play drive covering 62 yards, before Christian McCaffrey capped the drive off with a 1-yard touchdown run. San Francisco quickly took a 7-0 lead.
This just in: Christian M is pretty good.
Cardinals are better than expected. Josh Dobbs seems pretty good!
I guess we'll see against Dallas next week, but the Niners look like the best team in the NFL.
Raiders-Chargers recap: Too many mistakes in Las Vegas defeat
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2023/10/1/23844873/raiders-chargers-recap-24-17
Since 2020, the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers have played seven times. Six of those games were one-score games. This was no different as the Chargers won 24-17.
Let’s take a look at the key aspects of the game:
Records: The Las Vegas Raiders are 1-3. The Los Angeles Chargers are 2-2.
A’s fall to Angels 7-3 in regular season finale
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/10/1/23898841/as-fall-to-angels-7-3-in-regular-season-finale
The Oakland A’s went into their regular season finale trying to accomplish three things: the first was to take the season series against the Angels, the second was to end the regular season with a two game win streak, and third was to head into the offseason on a high note. Unfortunately, Angels starting pitcher Carson Fulmer and first baseman Brandon Drury had other plans.
JP Sears made all thirty-two starts this season, but despite the incredible accomplishment Sears was unable make a positive impact in his final start of the season. Brandon Drury took Sears deep to left field for a solo homer and put the Angels on the board first. The Angels led 1-0 heading into the second inning and never looked back.
RIP Oakland baseball
Well, RIP in like 4 years when there is actually a stadium in LV to play in…
Huh, I somehow missed that they are planning to play in Oakland in 2024
Wake me when the Las Vegas Stadium has been cleared for construction.
Never underestimate the sheer incompetence of the A's to get a ballpark approved and shovel ready. That project isn't there yet.
A friend in the know - I guess - told me the authorized plot of land is 9 acres, whereas it takes 12 acres to build a dome or retractable roof...
Definitely! I think it will get done there, but not until the A’s swallow some new conditions probably. They kind of lost their leverage now
😢
At least this lost season is finito.
Russ Francis died in a plane crash yesterday.
Two killed in Lake Placid airplane crash identified
https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/news/local-news/2023/10/01/two-killed-in-lake-placid-airplane-crash-identified/
LAKE PLACID — The two people killed in an airplane crash at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday have been identified as Russ Francis, a former NFL tight end who recently purchased the Lake Placid Airways scenic tour business at the airport and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden.
The crash happened around 4:09 p.m. at the end of a runway, close to the North Elba Athletic Fields. Lake Placid emergency services, New York State Police, Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad and state Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers responded.
Francis grew up wanting to fly, and he spent his life in the sky. He was 70.
#81. Tight end for the Niners in the 80s. 😔
Bay Area bids DJ Craw adieu
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/10/1/23899009/mlb-final-giants-dodgers-10-1-2023-recap-brandon-crawford-bay-area-bids-dj-craw-adieu
Baseball is never scripted. Sometimes it tricks you into feeling some heavy-hand of fate, the structured narrative culminating in a man-meeting-moment type climax. In what will most certainly be his last appearance as a Giants (potentially his last professional game), Crawford didn’t get his Hollywood ending. Fans waved signs, wrapped their heads in Lou Seal bandanas, oiled down their curls so they shone in the Californian sun and rose to their feet in appreciation of their shortstop, batting at the top of the order for only the second time in his career—but no obvious magic followed.
Dodgers win 100 games for the 4th full season in a row
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/10/1/23897838/dodgers-100-wins-again
A five-run sixth inning provided the Dodgers more than enough cushion to finish their regular season in grand style, beating the Giants 5-2 for their 100th win of the season.
With their 100th win, the Dodgers are just the eighth team in major league history to win 100 games in three consecutive seasons.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday followed through on his threat to try to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House of Representatives.
Gaetz announced Monday evening on the House floor that he had filed a resolution that could force a no-confidence vote in McCarthy this week.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-motion-filed-oust-kevin-mccarthy_n_651aed79e4b0b443172fa9a3?0nh
How is this for crumbling democracy?
Governor Gavin Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler to Complete Senator Feinstein’s Term in the U.S. Senate
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/01/governor-gavin-newsom-appoints-laphonza-butler-senate/
A trusted adviser to Vice President Harris and leader of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, Butler will make history as California’s first openly LGBTQ United States Senator and the first Black lesbian to openly serve in Congress in American history
SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the selection of Laphonza Butler — the President of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, EMILY’s List — to complete the United States Senate term of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, which runs through 2024.
Butler, a longtime senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, labor leader, and advocate for women and working people, will be the first openly LGBTQ person to represent California in the Senate. She will also be the first Black lesbian to openly serve in Congress in American history and the second Black woman to represent California in the Senate following Vice President Kamala Harris.
“An advocate for women and girls, a second-generation fighter for working people, and a trusted adviser to Vice President Harris, Laphonza Butler represents the best of California, and she’ll represent us proudly in the United States Senate,” said Governor Newsom. “As we mourn the enormous loss of Senator Feinstein, the very freedoms she fought for — reproductive freedom, equal protection, and safety from gun violence — have never been under greater assault. Laphonza will carry the baton left by Senator Feinstein, continue to break glass ceilings, and fight for all Californians in Washington D.C.”
I admittedly know nothing about her, but she is under 80 and mentally competent, so hey! I’ll take it!
under 80 and mentally competent ... sadly, that is a pretty low bar
Same bar to clear as the Cal Chancellors
Same.
Wikipedia doesn't have a birthdate per se, only listing that she was born 1978/1979 which makes her 44 or 45 years old.
Also, a google of her name reveals she was a UC Regent from 2018 to 2021. She was appointed by Jerry Brown to a 12-year term that was to have ended in 2030. She resigned September 27, 2021.
This equals a crumbing democracy? Odd.
Does the thread header OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY always mean that any and all comments posted underneath it indicates our democracy is crumbling? No, it does not.
I agree with Cugel...I was surprised to see this item here
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anyone watch Killing Eve? It's on Max now for awhile (they're hosting AMC+). quirky and entertaining. Started S2. wondering how long they can keep this going. Eve is back to "normal" with her husband? he's very accommodating...
I made it through season 1 before bagging it
someone was praising Ashoka last week...huh?!? Slow paced (there're pregnant pauses between every sentence...it's the anti-Sorkin script) and bad acting. And (SPOILER ALERT)...people survive getting gored by lightsabers now?
I quit Kenobi, Boba Fett, and Mando (S3) after 3 eps each. was about to the same here, but watched another two. Wanted to see the thrawn stuff. but gave up. and I have a vague memory of Hayden Christianson at the end of E4? No thanks! [alternatively, Andor was quite good.]
Rather watch ST: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks. even Short Treks was more entertaining.
And getting close to wrapping up another read thru the Heir to the Empire trilogy. Why wasn't *that* the sequels...
It's fine! But that's it.
I just finished the second of the new Thrawn trilogy, starting on the third hopefully after I finish Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs which is very good
new trilogy? I read the duology(?) from 20+ years ago (something Dawn and something Dusk?), which wasn't great. and read Thrawn (origin story) during covid. not good.
looked it up. T: Alliances and T: Treason being Books 2 and 3 (after Thrawn)? I'll pass...
actually just saw that there's a Thrawn: Ascendancy Trilogy (which Zahn pumped out in like 18 months). maybe that's the new one?
I just finished Alliances, then will likely read the Ascendancy trilogy after I finish Treason
that's dedication!
every time I try new SW Thrawn books (or apparently bad SW TV shows), it just makes me re-read the Heir trilogy.
I remember when those "official" books started coming out 30 years ago and the next trilogy was with the Leia-Han twins being 5yo(?) and Luke had (what we'd now call) a padawan (Kit?) as an apprentice gone bad. I think Han and Lando ended up on some planet where there were blob races called a Blobstacle course...I threw up in my mouth a bit reading that.
also read some book a few years ago where Luke and Mara (married now, of course) were on some mission. and maybe she died?
S3 of Starstruck. Had to rewatch S1. which, as a Britcom, meant six 22-min eps, so no biggie.
In the vein of Catastrophe and Lovesick, but the Disbelief Suspension bar is pretty high. That this famous actor (trying to calibrate the famousness, but can't)...(a) would have been in the same bar as the protagonist on NYE, (b) woulda bonded with her "commoner" friend circle, and (c) been able to hang with them in "normal" places without every episode being paparazzi...and (d) woulda bothered with protagonist for as long as he did
I *love* Starstruck -- suspension of disbelief is high but it's cute and funny and fun, so far I'm liking the new season.
yeah, it's a fun watch, but why Tom bothers with her, I don't get.
CAL
Noon kickoff for Cal-Utah.
If Rising is still out with injury, this may be our best chance for a win in the upcoming five-game gauntlet (OSU, at Utah, USC, at Oregon, Wazzu)
first team to 10 wins
So we're winning. 3-0 so far during the day, 0-2 at night. All our wins last year were under the sun too IIRC.
Maybe? Would need it be like a 6-3 type game
go bears!
On this day in 1965 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Kansas 17-0. This was not the greatest college football game ever played in Berkeley. Cal earned 15 first downs to only six for the Jayhawks while out gaining the visitors by 253 yards to 97. The game featured nine fumbles and 21 penalties. The two teams combined to throw 31 passes, completing only ten. Both Bear touchdowns came on one-yard plunges.
Cal would finish the season with a 5-5 record.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
[WSOC] Cal Draws With Arizona State
https://calbears.com/news/2023/10/1/womens-soccer-cal-draws-with-arizona-state.aspx
BERKELEY- The California women's soccer team tied 1-1 with visiting Arizona State Sunday afternoon.
Cal now holds a 5-3-3 record and remains undefeated in conference at 2-0-1 conference. ASU stands at 6-2-4, 1-1-1.
[WTEN] Bears Win Top Titles In Cal Fall Invite
https://calbears.com/news/2023/10/1/womens-tennis-bears-win-top-titles-in-cal-fall-invite.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team collected the top two titles in its Cal Fall Invitational on Sunday, with Katja Wiersholm winning the singles crown and the duo of Hannah Viller Moeller and Mao Mushika capturing the doubles final, as the annual, season-opening event concluded at the Hellman Tennis Complex and the Channing Tennis Courts.
Ïts really nice to have a tournament at home here at Hellman and Channing, and get the opportunity for almost all of our players to compete in the same event,¨ Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. ¨Nothings better on the last day to either have us playing against each other on our home courts or being in the finals. We won a singles title and a doubles title, and we reached some finals.
[MTEN] Bears Turn To Tulsa Qualifying Draw, Wrap Up Aggie Invite
https://calbears.com/news/2023/10/2/mens-tennis-bears-turn-to-tulsa-qualifying-draw-wrap-up-aggie-invite.aspx
TULSA, Okla./DAVIS – The pre-qualifying singles tournament at the ITA All-American Championships came to an end Sunday with no members of the California men's tennis team advancing to qualifying singles – though one Golden Bear is already in the field – and the Aggie Invitational at UC Davis also ended, with two Bears falling in the singles semifinals.
In the pre-qualiifying round of 64 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cal freshman Jonathan Irwanto added another win, beating Mississippi's Isac Stromberg, 6-3, 6-0, while teammate Alex Chang fell to North Carolina's Will Peters, 6-4, 6-4. But Irwanto lost in the round of 32 to Princeton's Ellis Short, 7-5, 7-6(3).
[MSOC] Cal Falls 2-1 At UCLA
https://calbears.com/news/2023/10/1/mens-soccer-cal-falls-2-1-at-ucla.aspx
LOS ANGELES – The California men's soccer team ended its trip to Southern California on Sunday with another close game against a Pac-12 opponent. But, unlike Thursday, when the Golden Bears upset 17th-ranked and previously unbeaten San Diego State 1-0, this time the Golden Bears suffered a 2-1 loss to UCLA at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.
The setback left Cal with a 4-3-3 overall record (1-2-1 Pac-12). UCLA improved to 4-2-2 (1-0-1).
[VB] Cal Falls To No. 25 ASU In Five Sets
https://calbears.com/news/2023/10/1/volleyball-cal-falls-to-no-25-asu-in-five-sets.aspx
BERKELEY – California volleyball went toe-to-toe with another tough Pac-12 foe on Sunday, falling to No. 25 Arizona State in five sets at Haas Pavilion. The clash between the Sun Devils (15-1, 3-1 Pac-12) and the Golden Bears (12-3, 1-3) featured a pair of teams that went undefeated in nonconference play.
For Cal, junior Annalea Maeder (49 assists, 14 digs) and senior Sam Taumoepeau (18 kills, 12 digs) each recorded a double-double, while freshman Maggie Li led the squad with 19 kills and senior Tara DeSa added 21 digs. Arizona State was powered by the efficient play of opposite hitter Marta Levinska, who totaled 30 kills on .482 hitting, while setter Shannon Shields notched 54 assists and outside hitter Geli Cyr paced the court with 22 digs. Both teams encountered trouble at the service line, combining for 29 total service errors.
[FH] Bears Fall To Cardinal On The Road
https://calbears.com/news/2023/10/1/field-hockey-bears-fall-to-cardinal-on-the-road.aspx
STANFORD – Three unanswered second-half goals were the difference as Stanford came back to defeat the California field hockey team 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at Varsity Field Hockey Turf.
Cal (4-6) led 3-1 at the intermission thanks to first-half goals by Sophie Everett, Bente Baekers and Holly Pears. However, it was the goal by Haley Mossmer in the 50th minute that gave Stanford (3-8) the nonconference win on its Senior Day.
[VB] Bears Notch First Pac-12 Win, Improve To 12-2
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/29/volleyball-bears-notch-first-pac-12-win-improve-to-12-2.aspx
BERKELEY – Although California volleyball had already recorded its best start in recent memory, going undefeated in nonconference play, the team still had a figurative monkey clinging to its back – the Golden Bears had not won a Pac-12 match since the 2020-21 season. That changed on Friday night in front of an ecstatic home crowd, with Cal (12-2, 1-2 Pac-12) dismissing the visiting Arizona Wildcats in four sets, 3-1.
"We had a talk yesterday about mentality and the belief that we are good enough to win games this year," senior libero Tara DeSa said. "We came up with some tangible things that we could do to carry that over into our energy, both in pregame and during the match – we stayed committed to it the entire time and it was nice to see it manifest into a win."
It's 9:11 pacific time and this is only the 14th comment. Are DBD posters being held hostage somewhere?
I was on a plane until an hour ago!
i have a couples therapy appt on Monday mornings ...
Bet you love Mondays!
Probably still hung-over after winning vs. Arizona State. Not me, but I'm only one.
It's also the start of a new quarter (and the last quarter) of calendar year 2023. Which also means that reporting for the previous quarter is underway.
Maybe it has an effect on DBD denizens. I don't know. Maybe not.
It may have more to do with the fact that this is the birthday of Groucho Marx. Born on this day in 1890.
You Bet Your Life.
. . .say the secret word. . .
...and you will win $50.
I remember that one of the UHF stations (KBHK, I think) ran the reruns in the afternoon before the dinner hour.