he featured prominently in all the promotional materials when we did a college visit last year. of all the schools my child was considering, Pitt had the best mascot.
In 2004, Syracuse official changed their nickname from the Orangemen/Orangewomen to the Orange - as in, the color. Their official mascot remained the same, Otto the Orange - as in the anthropomorphic fruit
[crosses arms] "you know, Child#2, Evergreen State's mascot is a geoduck, a Lushootseed word gʷídəq, meaning “dig deep.”
[Child #2] "Wow dad, your endless knowledge inspires me to no end. I feel supported, enriched, and not at all annoyed at your impressive knowledge of important life details".
NY Post says the Trump campaign has booked Madison Square Garden on Oct 27 for a rally. Yes, haha! Good idea. Spend your finite election resources on a state that you lost by 22 points in 2020.
Woodward book says that Trump has maintained a relationship with Putin even after leaving office. He also sent a bunch of Covid tests to Vladamir Putin at the height of the pandemic when Americans were struggling to get any. Trump called Woodward a liar. Bloomberg later reported that the Kremlin confirmed that this was true.
Only Murders in the Building (S4 E1-5, Hulu 17/19). The writing on this season is so so so good. Now that every character's personalities are set, they can go through their various gags at full sitcom speed without the need for long set-ups. Richard Kind is fantastic, but Molly Shannon is a bit of a weak link. Notwithstanding that, I had lots of belly laughs so far from season 4 - which is better than seasons 1 or 2.
The Dodgers scored first and they scored last, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback after a six-run second inning by the Padres proved to be just enough to win 6-5 in Game 3 at Petco Park in San Diego on Thursday night.
San Diego leads the National League Division Series, two games to one.
Mets win w/ a little less drama than normal. seemingly easy 7-2 win, being up 6-0 early helped.
we were at this game. crowd was super pumped for first home playoff game in while. maybe HAG will cone out to NYC for NLCS vs the Dodgers, but they are not holding up their end of the bargain so far.
normally driving to Citi field is a traffic nightmare. i found a new smaller lot where you can park super close to the exit and be on the road quickly. i was probably home w/in 45 min of the final pitch, which is an hour less than normal!
With a bullpen game, at least it won't be the starters that will blow it. Unless they go with an opener, then Knack for 2-3 innings, then the rest of the bullpen. I'm worried Knack will just get hammered. Most of his ERs this season have been on the long ball.
FAIRFAX – Papon Sawatyanon carded his third consecutive 4-under-par 67 and Matthew Miyamoto sunk the Golden Bears' third ace of the early season, but the California men's golf team could not make up ground on the final day of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational at Meadow Club.
FAIRFIELD – Playing in the first round of the singles main draw at the Solano Challenger, California men's tennis senior Carl Emil Overbeck lost to Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-0.
Fresh off a bye week, the No. 10 California women's soccer returns to Edwards Stadium to host two of the top programs in collegiate soccer. The Golden Bears host No. 1 North Carolina on Thursday afternoon before facing No. 3 Duke on Sunday afternoon.
Cal (10-1-2, 3-0-1 ACC), winner of nine of its last 11 matches, takes an 11-match unbeaten streak into the weekend. This is the best record the Bears have had through their first 13 matches since 2000, when Cal began the year 11-1-1.
What targeting? I've had a nice week away from sports articles, social media, and any repressed feelings. I'm fine. Why? No, really. I'm fine. No, it's just allergies.
I came across a tweet yesterday on a baseball thread, where someone was complaining about the officiating over a catch. Someone (identified only as a Braves fan) retort the OP should get over themselves, as unlike Cal Football, they don't have a legitimate gripe. The way it was brought up so casually as something that should be common knowledge was not only hilarious, but suggested that people were indeed "talking about it".
With all of today’s technology, why are onfield officials still looking at tiny little screens. Reviews should be by central office w big screens and ALL of the tv review footage.
It used to be a ref that was in the press box/not on the field and presumably they had larger monitors. The switch was only in the last couple years to on field ref, like the NFL.
"Reluctant" to share the response as a response only raised more questions, and speculations. College sports is making WWE look like transparent and above board pure competition by comparison.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Their work used advanced technologies, including machine learning, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs are made.
The prize was awarded to David Baker, who works at the University of Washington in Seattle, and to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, who both work at Google DeepMind, a British-American artificial intelligence research laboratory based in London.
Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said the award honored research that unraveled long-standing scientific mysteries.
“That was actually called a grand challenge in chemistry, and in particular in biochemistry, for decades. So, it’s that breakthrough that gets awarded today,” he said.
UW adds another Nobel Prize winner. UW claims 7 other Nobel Prize winners, 5 of whom are deceased. All previous winners were in Physiology and Medicine or Physics.
This season California will not play UCLA in football for the first time since 1932. The series began with a scoreless tie in Pasadena on November 4, 1933. The following year in Berkeley the “cousins” engaged in another low-scoring affair with the Golden Bears emerging victorious, 3-0. Cal kept the Bruins out of the end zone again in their third encounter in 1935, winning 14-2. The UCLANs finally hit pay dirt claiming a 17-6 win in 1936. Stub Allison (1935-1944) was a rare California head coach who had a winning record against their Southern California rivals going 8-5 (the school met twice a season during World War II). Jeff Tedford (2002-2012) also had a winning record in the rivalry, 7-4. Pappy Waldorf only managed four wins in ten tries against the Powder Blues. The last meeting between the two schools in November 2023 also marked the end of Pac-12 regular season play. The Bears won that game, 33-7.
Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts appears Tuesday through Thursday on the DBD throughout the 2024 college football season. This feature is brought to you by the National Asbestos Foundation. Asbestos, we’re not so bad once you get to know us.
That Nov 2023 game was phenomenal. I went with No 2 and No 3. A MS/HS friend of me and HSB took us to the game. Her husband and youngest was in Phoenix for a baseball tournament and that was the week they had tickets up in the donors box so we sat up there with the Wooden Athletic Fund donors. Sitting right next to us in the front of the big box was a Cal alum, his UCLA wife, and their kids. Even though we were up at the top of the Rose Bowl, I'm glad it was enclosed because I think it got down to high 40s low 50s and we were in shorts. The UCLA fans were super quiet and many left by mid 3Q.
In 1919, UCLA lost to three different high school teams - Manual Arts HS, Hollywood HS, and Bakersfield HS. That year, they also lost to a junior college (LAJC), the freshman team of Occidental College, and the battleship USS Idaho's crew.
The NCAA Division I Council has approved the immediate elimination of the national letter of intent program, the NCAA announced Wednesday, marking a historic shift to the recruiting landscape.
Established in 1964, the NLI program has existed as the formal, binding agreement between prospective athletes and college programs for the past 60 years. The NLI will be replaced by a new financial aid agreement that will provide many of the same core functions as the NLI and will likely be tied to a contract related to an impending revenue-sharing model across college athletics.
Under the new rules, transfer athletes will be allowed to sign with a new school after they've formally entered the portal. Per the NCAA, once a prospect has signed a written offer of athletic aid, other schools will be "prohibited from recruiting communications."
A little light rain this morning, but after that, and for about a week nice fall weather. High of 70 +- 3 degrees, lows mid 40s (so no where near frost damage yet). Best weather of the year in the NW is usually mid-fall.
Less than 12 hour to go until Hurricane Milton hits Florida. The cone of probability now centers around Sarasota, which means the areas just south of there - south Sarasota, Venice, Vamo, Siesta Key, and Osprey are going to have a bad night.
Tell them to listen to Kamala Harris on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert that the hurricane is extremely series and pack your stuff up and get out of town.
Update: It's down to a Cat 3. The storm wobbled a bit north, so the eye is going over Bradenton, which means Sarasota is going to feel the brunt of this. Heaven help those poor people.
I saw a headline in WaPo this morning that was depressing. To paraphrase, "Mom, 6 kids can't evacuate. They don't have the money."
I realize that there's probably others in a similar situation. There probably were many such similar cases in New Orleans during Katrina in 2005. But it made me incredibly sad to think it was even possible.
A real autumn morning. Started cool in the high 40s, low humidity, and warmed to the mid 70s. There will be no leaf peeping this year as the trees are smashed in the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed indefinitely. As my colleague who has a house up there noted "it would have been better if [his neighbors] lost everything in the storm because they're going to lose their business because tourism is closed this year and insurance wont' cover that".
Looks like low to mid 70s east of the hills in the next 10 days. Going to try to get stuff done on the shed before leaving for Paris middle of next week now that it's no longer in the high 90s/100s. Did most of the painting of the outside last night. Next is to put up some mesh between the floor and the concrete slab to keep out the critters. Then some vinyl flooring and wire up the light.
Down to the mid 50s overnight and now up to the low 70s and as temp has gone up the humidity is down below thirty. Not long ago we had eleven straight days of measurable rain so the clear blue sky is most welcome.
The heat wave is over. Yesterday evening as I stepped out of the North Berkeley BART station, I could feel the chill in the air, quite a contrast from the day before or even earlier that morning.
My Weather Underground widget now says that the highs all the way out to next Wednesday will be no warmer than 74 deg. F. Thursday and Friday of next week have forecast highs of 77 and 79, respectively. Cooler. Much cooler.
Pit/Pitt
If you come to Raleigh/Durham area to enjoy Duke/UNC games - do not go to "The Pit".
It is a famous place highlighted in several television shows, but it's not great and is badmouthed by locals as not being authentic.
If you're going to Durham, it's "Original Q Shack"
https://theoriginalqshackdurham.com/
I think HSB and I are definitely doing UNC and probably on Dook. I just want to go back to Sunrise. But we can check out Original Q Shack.
It is stupid difficult to get into Sunrise. It's the Snow BBQ of biscuits.
It's drive thr/take out isn't it? But yeah, I think I waited in line 25 min last time.
Roc the Panther is their mascot.
he featured prominently in all the promotional materials when we did a college visit last year. of all the schools my child was considering, Pitt had the best mascot.
the Syracuse Orangemen is maybe in 2nd place ..
In 2004, Syracuse official changed their nickname from the Orangemen/Orangewomen to the Orange - as in, the color. Their official mascot remained the same, Otto the Orange - as in the anthropomorphic fruit
Child #2 should choose a college based on the mascot!
i take a lot of time to point out the mascot to whatever school we visit as well as some unfiltered commentary.
[crosses arms] "you know, Child#2, Evergreen State's mascot is a geoduck, a Lushootseed word gʷídəq, meaning “dig deep.”
[Child #2] "Wow dad, your endless knowledge inspires me to no end. I feel supported, enriched, and not at all annoyed at your impressive knowledge of important life details".
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAypGGMPaBK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
...aaaand the UCSC Banana Slugs are nowhere on your child's list. Presumably. Now, that's a cool mascot.
Roc is very solid. And much more energetic than Oski.
Government stuff
NY Post says the Trump campaign has booked Madison Square Garden on Oct 27 for a rally. Yes, haha! Good idea. Spend your finite election resources on a state that you lost by 22 points in 2020.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/trump-books-madison-square-garden-rally-to-kick-off-final-stretch-of-2024-campaign/?LOLwhy
Woodward book says that Trump has maintained a relationship with Putin even after leaving office. He also sent a bunch of Covid tests to Vladamir Putin at the height of the pandemic when Americans were struggling to get any. Trump called Woodward a liar. Bloomberg later reported that the Kremlin confirmed that this was true.
https://dailyboulder.com/betrayal-exposed-kremlin-confirms-report-of-trumps-secret-gift-to-putin-while-americans-struggled-for-supplies/
I'm surprised that the Kremlin would deign to comment.
Trump will probably say Bloomberg reporting lied too
Is there no end with that ish?
If things go well, November 6th, 2024, inshallah
Co-signed.
DBD AV Club
Only Murders in the Building (S4 E1-5, Hulu 17/19). The writing on this season is so so so good. Now that every character's personalities are set, they can go through their various gags at full sitcom speed without the need for long set-ups. Richard Kind is fantastic, but Molly Shannon is a bit of a weak link. Notwithstanding that, I had lots of belly laughs so far from season 4 - which is better than seasons 1 or 2.
I'm in the middle of episode 6. So far it's been pretty good.
Pit/Pitt
dont post here .. there is a duplicate Pit/Piit thread
weird...I must have accidentally hit Post twice.
sometimes i post once and it looks like i posted twice. but if i refresh only one shows up.
this can just be a random thread where we talk about whatever.
what are the chances you fly out to NY if the Mets play the Dodgers in NLCS?
I'll be in Paris if they make it that far. Going to be lots of late nites/early mornings if they make it.
What if I want to anyway?
You can't tell me what to do!!
PRO
Cam Bynum does the Parent Trap celebration
https://twitter.com/KassidyGHill/status/1842936443318223163
Wimbledon does away with line judges starting 2025 and goes with electronic line calling. Frankly, I am totally fine with this.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/09/tennis-wimbledon-abolishes-line-judges-after-147-years-electronic-line-calling
Who is John McEnroe going to yell "You can't be serious" to??
See "Only Murders in the Building" Season 4
I just watched that episode.
4 division series games tonight. 2x game 3s and 2x game 4s.
After 6-run Padres inning, Dodgers comeback falls just short in NLDS Game 3
https://www.truebluela.com/2024/10/8/24264917/dodgers-comeback-short-padres-teoscar-hernandez-fernando-tatis-walker-buehler
The Dodgers scored first and they scored last, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback after a six-run second inning by the Padres proved to be just enough to win 6-5 in Game 3 at Petco Park in San Diego on Thursday night.
San Diego leads the National League Division Series, two games to one.
Mets win w/ a little less drama than normal. seemingly easy 7-2 win, being up 6-0 early helped.
we were at this game. crowd was super pumped for first home playoff game in while. maybe HAG will cone out to NYC for NLCS vs the Dodgers, but they are not holding up their end of the bargain so far.
Grimace .. there were a lot of them in attendance at Citi Field last night.
i felt like i underdressed for the occasion.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/96BtvPu4G9zQNHT67
normally driving to Citi field is a traffic nightmare. i found a new smaller lot where you can park super close to the exit and be on the road quickly. i was probably home w/in 45 min of the final pitch, which is an hour less than normal!
Queue Belloq’s “It’s Beautiful” scene from Raiders….
"maybe HAG will cone out to NYC for NLCS vs the Dodgers, but they are not holding up their end of the bargain so far."
Two things related to that quote -
1. "maybe HAG will cone out to NYC..." Does that mean HAG will channel David Cone if he travels to NYC?
2. Dodgers need to pick it up if they want to move to the next round. It's now or never, tonight.
With a bullpen game, at least it won't be the starters that will blow it. Unless they go with an opener, then Knack for 2-3 innings, then the rest of the bullpen. I'm worried Knack will just get hammered. Most of his ERs this season have been on the long ball.
Cal
[MGOLF] Cal Places Fourth At MacKenzie Invitational
https://calbears.com/news/2024/10/8/mens-golf-cal-places-fourth-at-mackenzie-invitational.aspx
FAIRFAX – Papon Sawatyanon carded his third consecutive 4-under-par 67 and Matthew Miyamoto sunk the Golden Bears' third ace of the early season, but the California men's golf team could not make up ground on the final day of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational at Meadow Club.
[MTEN] Overbeck Falls In Fairfield
https://calbears.com/news/2024/10/8/mens-tennis-overbeck-falls-in-fairfield.aspx
FAIRFIELD – Playing in the first round of the singles main draw at the Solano Challenger, California men's tennis senior Carl Emil Overbeck lost to Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-0.
[WTEN] No. 10 Bears To Host No. 1 UNC, No. 3 Duke
https://calbears.com/news/2024/10/8/womens-soccer-no-10-bears-to-host-no-1-unc-no-3-duke.aspx
Fresh off a bye week, the No. 10 California women's soccer returns to Edwards Stadium to host two of the top programs in collegiate soccer. The Golden Bears host No. 1 North Carolina on Thursday afternoon before facing No. 3 Duke on Sunday afternoon.
Cal (10-1-2, 3-0-1 ACC), winner of nine of its last 11 matches, takes an 11-match unbeaten streak into the weekend. This is the best record the Bears have had through their first 13 matches since 2000, when Cal began the year 11-1-1.
people are still NOT talking about the game winning targeting non-call
Cal Taking the High Road Regarding Non-Targeting Call in Miami Game
Cal communicated with the ACC about that controversial play against Miami, but Cal was reluctant to share the ACC's response
https://www.si.com/college/cal/football/cal-taking-the-high-road-regarding-non-targeting-call-in-miami-game-01j9q0pwegmn
What targeting? I've had a nice week away from sports articles, social media, and any repressed feelings. I'm fine. Why? No, really. I'm fine. No, it's just allergies.
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I came across a tweet yesterday on a baseball thread, where someone was complaining about the officiating over a catch. Someone (identified only as a Braves fan) retort the OP should get over themselves, as unlike Cal Football, they don't have a legitimate gripe. The way it was brought up so casually as something that should be common knowledge was not only hilarious, but suggested that people were indeed "talking about it".
With all of today’s technology, why are onfield officials still looking at tiny little screens. Reviews should be by central office w big screens and ALL of the tv review footage.
It used to be a ref that was in the press box/not on the field and presumably they had larger monitors. The switch was only in the last couple years to on field ref, like the NFL.
oh I thought they were back in Secaucus. Isn't that what they told us? Or maybe that's MLB. I guess Secaucus wouldn't make sense for the Pac-12
"Reluctant" to share the response as a response only raised more questions, and speculations. College sports is making WWE look like transparent and above board pure competition by comparison.
Too many games, but they need something similar to the NBA last 2 minutes report.
Yes, but in the case of incident based inquiries, like this, there is a response. All that is needed is to make them public.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of life
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-awarded-to-3-scientists-for-work-on-proteins-building-blocks-of-life/ar-AA1rWWZE?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=db5c1f8d36f74828804a04c94a932899&ei=59
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Their work used advanced technologies, including machine learning, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs are made.
The prize was awarded to David Baker, who works at the University of Washington in Seattle, and to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, who both work at Google DeepMind, a British-American artificial intelligence research laboratory based in London.
Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said the award honored research that unraveled long-standing scientific mysteries.
“That was actually called a grand challenge in chemistry, and in particular in biochemistry, for decades. So, it’s that breakthrough that gets awarded today,” he said.
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How is this Cal related, you ask?
David Baker completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 (as per his biography at https://sites.uw.edu/biochemistry/faculty/david-baker/).
UW adds another Nobel Prize winner. UW claims 7 other Nobel Prize winners, 5 of whom are deceased. All previous winners were in Physiology and Medicine or Physics.
https://www.washington.edu/research/or/honors-and-awards/nobel-prize/
[DJ Khaled voice] "anuthaone"
It’s time again for Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts.
This season California will not play UCLA in football for the first time since 1932. The series began with a scoreless tie in Pasadena on November 4, 1933. The following year in Berkeley the “cousins” engaged in another low-scoring affair with the Golden Bears emerging victorious, 3-0. Cal kept the Bruins out of the end zone again in their third encounter in 1935, winning 14-2. The UCLANs finally hit pay dirt claiming a 17-6 win in 1936. Stub Allison (1935-1944) was a rare California head coach who had a winning record against their Southern California rivals going 8-5 (the school met twice a season during World War II). Jeff Tedford (2002-2012) also had a winning record in the rivalry, 7-4. Pappy Waldorf only managed four wins in ten tries against the Powder Blues. The last meeting between the two schools in November 2023 also marked the end of Pac-12 regular season play. The Bears won that game, 33-7.
Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts appears Tuesday through Thursday on the DBD throughout the 2024 college football season. This feature is brought to you by the National Asbestos Foundation. Asbestos, we’re not so bad once you get to know us.
That Nov 2023 game was phenomenal. I went with No 2 and No 3. A MS/HS friend of me and HSB took us to the game. Her husband and youngest was in Phoenix for a baseball tournament and that was the week they had tickets up in the donors box so we sat up there with the Wooden Athletic Fund donors. Sitting right next to us in the front of the big box was a Cal alum, his UCLA wife, and their kids. Even though we were up at the top of the Rose Bowl, I'm glad it was enclosed because I think it got down to high 40s low 50s and we were in shorts. The UCLA fans were super quiet and many left by mid 3Q.
UCLA has an all-time record of 5-6-1 versus Cal Tech.
In 1919, UCLA lost to three different high school teams - Manual Arts HS, Hollywood HS, and Bakersfield HS. That year, they also lost to a junior college (LAJC), the freshman team of Occidental College, and the battleship USS Idaho's crew.
Wow, I'm overwhelmed by the response to this post.
NCAA approves elimination of national letter of intent program
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/41702974/ncaa-approves-elimination-national-letter-intent-program
The NCAA Division I Council has approved the immediate elimination of the national letter of intent program, the NCAA announced Wednesday, marking a historic shift to the recruiting landscape.
Established in 1964, the NLI program has existed as the formal, binding agreement between prospective athletes and college programs for the past 60 years. The NLI will be replaced by a new financial aid agreement that will provide many of the same core functions as the NLI and will likely be tied to a contract related to an impending revenue-sharing model across college athletics.
Under the new rules, transfer athletes will be allowed to sign with a new school after they've formally entered the portal. Per the NCAA, once a prospect has signed a written offer of athletic aid, other schools will be "prohibited from recruiting communications."
Won't they think of the fax machines?
Oh when I first read an article on this it used NLI, which I read as NIL. Confused the hell out of me why they were already getting rid of the NIL.
A mental transposition: a mental typo, as it were.
WEATHER
A little light rain this morning, but after that, and for about a week nice fall weather. High of 70 +- 3 degrees, lows mid 40s (so no where near frost damage yet). Best weather of the year in the NW is usually mid-fall.
Less than 12 hour to go until Hurricane Milton hits Florida. The cone of probability now centers around Sarasota, which means the areas just south of there - south Sarasota, Venice, Vamo, Siesta Key, and Osprey are going to have a bad night.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents
havent heard an update for 24 hours, but as of yesterday one of my wife's cousins who lives in Tampa was refusing to evacuate.
Tell them to listen to Kamala Harris on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert that the hurricane is extremely series and pack your stuff up and get out of town.
Oy. Hope they come out of it healthy and whole.
Down to Cat 4 and the storm surge is expected to be 9-13 feet, down from 10-15. Still really deadly and terrible, but not worst-case scenario.
Update: It's down to a Cat 3. The storm wobbled a bit north, so the eye is going over Bradenton, which means Sarasota is going to feel the brunt of this. Heaven help those poor people.
I saw a headline in WaPo this morning that was depressing. To paraphrase, "Mom, 6 kids can't evacuate. They don't have the money."
I realize that there's probably others in a similar situation. There probably were many such similar cases in New Orleans during Katrina in 2005. But it made me incredibly sad to think it was even possible.
Ugh.
A real autumn morning. Started cool in the high 40s, low humidity, and warmed to the mid 70s. There will be no leaf peeping this year as the trees are smashed in the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed indefinitely. As my colleague who has a house up there noted "it would have been better if [his neighbors] lost everything in the storm because they're going to lose their business because tourism is closed this year and insurance wont' cover that".
Looks like low to mid 70s east of the hills in the next 10 days. Going to try to get stuff done on the shed before leaving for Paris middle of next week now that it's no longer in the high 90s/100s. Did most of the painting of the outside last night. Next is to put up some mesh between the floor and the concrete slab to keep out the critters. Then some vinyl flooring and wire up the light.
perfect fall day again in NYC.
one of my friends in Sarasota relocated to a high school that is being used as a shelter.
Down to the mid 50s overnight and now up to the low 70s and as temp has gone up the humidity is down below thirty. Not long ago we had eleven straight days of measurable rain so the clear blue sky is most welcome.
Looks like a nice day here. finally less than 60 overnight.
The heat wave is over. Yesterday evening as I stepped out of the North Berkeley BART station, I could feel the chill in the air, quite a contrast from the day before or even earlier that morning.
My Weather Underground widget now says that the highs all the way out to next Wednesday will be no warmer than 74 deg. F. Thursday and Friday of next week have forecast highs of 77 and 79, respectively. Cooler. Much cooler.