Does he have to take it private? I guess I always assumed a Board was required for public companies. Heck, even our travel ball team had a "board" because we were a 501c3
Typically in CA for a C Corp you need 3 directors. In DE you just need 1. I assume Twitter is a DE Corp so Musk will just make himself the sole director.
-Boo Bear. Voice by Don Messick, who also voiced Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Astro the Jetson's dog, Muttley the wheeze-laughing dog, Papa Smurf, and He-Man.
oh that one sucks - going GW bridge - Cross Bronx Expressway - Hutchinson - Merritt is just an appalling example of what happens when you don't maintain (NY) or expand (CT) roads. Like an idiot I used that route while trying to get to central MA earlier this year for some college tours.
Honorable mention to Northbound CA-13 - that little freeway that starts at 580 and turns into Tunnel Road. It is a short and fast freeway. The exit to get onto Highway 24 (5c) is around a bend and sometimes it gets backed up on the bend. Every now and again - someone gets killed from slamming into the back of someone on that bend going 70 mph.
That's the Warren Freeway. Is exit 5C the transition from NB Hwy 13 to EB Hwy 24? You'd think drivers would be more careful especially as it dumps into the approach to the Caldecott Tunnel.
I can attest to this having driven it everyday for 3 months before I married Mrs Slug in 1986. Most motorists drive it like a freakin' bat out of hell. There's a certain video game mentality among the drivers on that highway. It straightens out for a bit once you get to Scotts Valley (southbound). The roadway between Los Gatos and Scotts Valley is a twisty turny mess. I can remember driving it before there was a median barrier (K-rails). It was good for a head-on collision about once every 3 or 4 months, at least.
It's not the for the faint of heart. A lot of roads in that neck of the woods are the kind where you can easily tell who drives them every day and who are the visitors.
Highway 9 is also like that, only narrower and sharper turns. I'm guessing from my vague memory that you might be familiar with Highway 9. Didn't your parents live in the Santa Cruz mountains at one time?
You remember correctly, they lived in Boulder Creek. I actually found Hwy 9 easier because it's only one lane in each direction and there's only so fast you can go (offer does not apply to the motorcycle enthusiasts at the weekends). Bear Creek road is super windy though.
I had one absolutely miserable drive on 17 - driving back from visiting my son at UCSC to show him the stick-shift M5 I had just bought - nightmare driving that car up the hills with bunches of auto drivers who don't give you an inch in the 3 hours of drive time in a traffic jamb.
It's not bad for traffic but it is bad for accidents. I run a ped bridge over the parkway a few times a week and see the aftermath of many of these accidents. People need to slow down because it's a parkway not an interstate.
Midwestern corn tastes better than west coast corn. I don't know why, as this is the exception to the general rule of west coast produce being superior. West coast is too sweet and the kernels tend to be smaller.
I think white corn taste sweeter than yellow corn. I try to get white corn when I have a choice. i don't need any flavoring at all. Just put it in boiling water for like 3-4 min and then just eat straight off the cob.
Corn is primarily dent (starch, feed), sweet golden bantam (corn on the cob), flour (flour, tortillas), and flint (cornmeal, hominy, popcorn). These are bred to be the best in terms of starch, sugar, or - for the last two - texture. But they aren't bred for flavor. I recommend you try heirloom corn varieties, which tend to be more "corny" tasting.
Jamieson Sheahan's short punt at the end of the third quarter (32 yards) pushed him down the league tables for country's best punter. He is now #9, down from #6, in YPK (45.49).
didnt watch, but you wouldnt think that the Warriors would be having such a hard time beating a 1-5 Pistons team, even on the tail end of a back-to-back
The defense has been terrible, but they are also playing a bunch of young guys so you kind of expect that. I'm not really worried about whatever happens in the first month.
Agreed. And though he may never live up to being the #2 overall pick, it's nice to at least see some production out of Wiseman. He also lacks the basketball instincts to be even a solid defender, but if he can grab some boards, and be a presence, that'd help.
Early in the season, as opposed to the last time we saw them, this team kinda misses Otto P and GPII, tho both are hurt at their new locations.
Defense is probably the last thing to come with a young big man like Wiseman, so I think there's plenty of room for improvement there. He certainly seems to have the physical tools, so let's see what he can learn.
There were actually some comments on the Raiders fan site boards that they should bring up Garbers "the kid from Cal" as the no. 2 and get rid of Carr.
As an unabashed critic of Jimmy G, a tip of the cap to him...he played an excellent football game.
And he remains a fun post-game interview, at least after a win. If he can string together a series of games like this in the playoffs, the Niners can absolutely beat any team in the NFC.
SDSU up by 28-17 over the Fighting Tedfords with under four minutes to go. SDSU punts and Nikko Remigio makes the fair catch. Fresno State's Jake Haener marches the team 80 yards over three minutes and scores. Then these were the next three plays over the final minute:
Eight games into the season with Fresno State, Nikko Remigio has more yards (483) than his freshman, junior, and senior seasons combined at Cal (390). He had 413 yards his sophomore year.
Excellent point. And this will be an ongoing problem because (1) lawyers are involved and (2) when lawyers are involved people are reluctant to use common sense.
Walking onto the field with a "Stanford Hates Fun" sign is the first time that abomination has done something commendable (besides getting mauled by Oski years ago).
Illinois' defense has had an amazing turnaround over the past two seasons. This season, they lead the country by a mile in almost all defensive statistics. Allowing only 6 TDs all season, fewer than 225 YPG, and only 3.92 yards per play. Their second-year linebacker coach? Andy Buh.
Too bad Cal couldn't play Nevada this year rather than last season. Nevada is terrible this season at 2-7, including losses to Colorado State and Hawaii.
Is there only one tunnel leading to the locker rooms? I haven't seen an explanation about how the two Michigan players ended up in the middle of all the State players.
Bolognese sauce over paparadelle pasta, one of my wife's best sauces - paired with a super Tuscan, which came across more like a Chianti - could not really taste any Cabernet in it at all, which is a very good wine. Daughter made chocolate fudge for dessert and put Halloween spider webs on the top - was fun looking.
Twitter
Musk dissolves Board of Directors
https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1587120287962865664
Does he have to take it private? I guess I always assumed a Board was required for public companies. Heck, even our travel ball team had a "board" because we were a 501c3
a corporation has to have officers (president, etc.). Doesn't have to have a board I don't think, though most large ones do.
Typically in CA for a C Corp you need 3 directors. In DE you just need 1. I assume Twitter is a DE Corp so Musk will just make himself the sole director.
Musk wants to quadruple blue-checkmark price
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription
This is a great terrible idea.
will certainly hasten the demise of the site.
Boo
-urns
-Boo Bear. Voice by Don Messick, who also voiced Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Astro the Jetson's dog, Muttley the wheeze-laughing dog, Papa Smurf, and He-Man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messick
Yeah. Pretty much...
https://twitter.com/gobears99/status/1586848296135319552
Andy
Berry
The worst highway
[broadly gesturing at a map of the greater DC area]
i am in the "greater DC area" this week.
not sure i want to venture too far from College Park, but it seems like a food wasteland in the nearby vicinity.
Cross Bronx "Expressway" that leads off the GW Bridge.
in the 20+ years i have been here, it is always under construction and generally a traffic nightmare
oh that one sucks - going GW bridge - Cross Bronx Expressway - Hutchinson - Merritt is just an appalling example of what happens when you don't maintain (NY) or expand (CT) roads. Like an idiot I used that route while trying to get to central MA earlier this year for some college tours.
Honorable mention to Northbound CA-13 - that little freeway that starts at 580 and turns into Tunnel Road. It is a short and fast freeway. The exit to get onto Highway 24 (5c) is around a bend and sometimes it gets backed up on the bend. Every now and again - someone gets killed from slamming into the back of someone on that bend going 70 mph.
That's the Warren Freeway. Is exit 5C the transition from NB Hwy 13 to EB Hwy 24? You'd think drivers would be more careful especially as it dumps into the approach to the Caldecott Tunnel.
80 through Berkeley. Seems to always be traffic.
880 during commute hours is hellish.
210 10 60 91 405 5 110 710 605
17, between Santa Cruz and San Jose. Goddamn death trap.
Used to be the fastest way to Monterey - a thrill ride!
I can attest to this having driven it everyday for 3 months before I married Mrs Slug in 1986. Most motorists drive it like a freakin' bat out of hell. There's a certain video game mentality among the drivers on that highway. It straightens out for a bit once you get to Scotts Valley (southbound). The roadway between Los Gatos and Scotts Valley is a twisty turny mess. I can remember driving it before there was a median barrier (K-rails). It was good for a head-on collision about once every 3 or 4 months, at least.
It's not the for the faint of heart. A lot of roads in that neck of the woods are the kind where you can easily tell who drives them every day and who are the visitors.
Highway 9 is also like that, only narrower and sharper turns. I'm guessing from my vague memory that you might be familiar with Highway 9. Didn't your parents live in the Santa Cruz mountains at one time?
You remember correctly, they lived in Boulder Creek. I actually found Hwy 9 easier because it's only one lane in each direction and there's only so fast you can go (offer does not apply to the motorcycle enthusiasts at the weekends). Bear Creek road is super windy though.
That is true - but most times I actually liked driving it except for that first time back.
I had one absolutely miserable drive on 17 - driving back from visiting my son at UCSC to show him the stick-shift M5 I had just bought - nightmare driving that car up the hills with bunches of auto drivers who don't give you an inch in the 3 hours of drive time in a traffic jamb.
Blah.
Oh, gawd. That must have been awful.
There's also that crazy "fish hook" merge to Highway 1 in Santa Cruz.
That's the merge from NB 1 (coming from Capitola) onto the last little bit of SB 17, IIRC. Not particularly well designed is it?
Either 80 or 880. I thought 8 was good luck!
It's not bad for traffic but it is bad for accidents. I run a ped bridge over the parkway a few times a week and see the aftermath of many of these accidents. People need to slow down because it's a parkway not an interstate.
https://www.arlnow.com/2022/10/31/new-another-rainy-day-gw-parkway-rollover-crash-near-key-bridge/
101 North or South through Santa Barbara and on down through Ventura/Oxnard/Camarillo can be a mess.
I84 from the NY / CT line through Hartford
Pretty much any stage of the PA Turnpike, just complete ass
90 - 290 - 495 - 95 around Worcester MA to avoid Boston
95 in CT (any segment)
The Garden State Parkway in NJ
Corn
Midwestern corn tastes better than west coast corn. I don't know why, as this is the exception to the general rule of west coast produce being superior. West coast is too sweet and the kernels tend to be smaller.
Yeah, you want yellow sweet corn, none of this tasteless white stuff.
I think white corn taste sweeter than yellow corn. I try to get white corn when I have a choice. i don't need any flavoring at all. Just put it in boiling water for like 3-4 min and then just eat straight off the cob.
Corn is primarily dent (starch, feed), sweet golden bantam (corn on the cob), flour (flour, tortillas), and flint (cornmeal, hominy, popcorn). These are bred to be the best in terms of starch, sugar, or - for the last two - texture. But they aren't bred for flavor. I recommend you try heirloom corn varieties, which tend to be more "corny" tasting.
Candy corn is an abomination.
I think it's fine and have never understood the hate for it. I wouldn't seek it out or anything, but it's fine.
Probably because it's only slightly adulterated corn syrup.
Irony being that corn syrup is often used in recipes for pecan pie.
There are a lot of corn in the US specifically grown to be eaten by animals and not human.
My sister lives in Iowa and over half of their corn is grown to be used in ethanol.
Cal
Truth
https://twitter.com/CurleeIv/status/1586939082571014147
Jamieson Sheahan's short punt at the end of the third quarter (32 yards) pushed him down the league tables for country's best punter. He is now #9, down from #6, in YPK (45.49).
It was one of those instances when a normally silly looking punting style looks absolutely ridiculous.
I thought we were running a fake punt. He sold it better than Cole Leininger
Football! Yay.......
See "Boo" from above...
Go Bears!!!
[MPolo] #2 Bears come from behind and beat #1 UCLA in overtime, 10-9
https://calbears.com/news/2022/10/29/mens-water-polo-no-2-bears-come-back-to-beat-no-1-ucla.aspx
[WSOC] Bears outshot Utah, but still end in a nil-all draw
https://calbears.com/news/2022/10/30/womens-soccer-cal-earns-scoreless-draw-with-utah.aspx
[MSOC] Cal has a man-advantage in the 30th minute vs. OSU, still only manages a tie 1-1.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/10/30/mens-soccer-adimabua-scores-in-draw-with-oregon-state.aspx
[VB]
Cal is close-but-no-cigar vs. #19 UW, lose 3-0.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/10/28/volleyball-bears-keep-it-competitive-against-no-19-uw.aspx
Cal loses to WSU 3-0, including a 25-6 spanking in the first set
https://calbears.com/news/2022/10/30/volleyball-bears-conclude-weekend-against-cougars.aspx
Has Knowlton been fired yet?
Pro sports
if you watch only one thing today, make sure its this: https://twitter.com/NASCARonNBC/status/1586834658028703744
https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1586837853924773890
This move put Ross Chastain into the championship race next week. One in a million moment.
Bryan Anger boots an 83-yard punt
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1586872463282999296
didnt watch, but you wouldnt think that the Warriors would be having such a hard time beating a 1-5 Pistons team, even on the tail end of a back-to-back
They're sure cold from 3 to start the year.
The defense has been terrible, but they are also playing a bunch of young guys so you kind of expect that. I'm not really worried about whatever happens in the first month.
Agreed. And though he may never live up to being the #2 overall pick, it's nice to at least see some production out of Wiseman. He also lacks the basketball instincts to be even a solid defender, but if he can grab some boards, and be a presence, that'd help.
Early in the season, as opposed to the last time we saw them, this team kinda misses Otto P and GPII, tho both are hurt at their new locations.
Defense is probably the last thing to come with a young big man like Wiseman, so I think there's plenty of room for improvement there. He certainly seems to have the physical tools, so let's see what he can learn.
Astros Framber Valdez shuts downs the Phils 5-2
Hmmmm....
https://twitter.com/HardRockSB/status/1586547639453159424
Baker Mayfield watches this from the sidelines.
https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1586813918063665154
Saints shut-out the Raiders 24-0
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401437810
There were actually some comments on the Raiders fan site boards that they should bring up Garbers "the kid from Cal" as the no. 2 and get rid of Carr.
If Garbers starts next week, we'll have 3 starting QBs in the NFL.
And one from each of Tedford, Dykes and Wilcox.
We are Quarterback U!
Carr is so polarizing amongst Raider fans.
He is the Kirk Cousin of the AFC.
Christian McCaffrey and the Forty-Niners put the Rams away in the second half, win 31-14 on the road. Kupp injured.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401437815
As an unabashed critic of Jimmy G, a tip of the cap to him...he played an excellent football game.
And he remains a fun post-game interview, at least after a win. If he can string together a series of games like this in the playoffs, the Niners can absolutely beat any team in the NFC.
Looks like the Niners are tied with the Commanders for the last wild card spot at 4-4. Lots of teams right behind at 3-5.
The NFC is looking so weak right now that it's hard to imagine them not getting a playoff spot.
Once their defense gets healthy, they're probably winning the NFC.
Packers lose to Buffalo, now 3-5. Aaron not having a good season.
You used to think 45 seconds would be enough for Rodgers to do something special. Now the game is out of reach with a quarter still left to play.
That sounds about right for a Cal game.
Their pass protection was about as good as Cal's on Saturday.
Our crumbling democracy
Lula defeats Bolsanaro in Brazil. Everyone holds their breath as Bolsanaro is expected to do something bad.
Much like Trump, Bolso out-performed his polling but not by enough.
Eurozone inflation hits 10.7%. According to some people, it's because of those $1,400 stimulus checks and Biden making gas expensive.
https://www.dw.com/en/eurozone-inflation-jumps-to-record-high-107/a-63604438
GOP nominee for NH race in US Senate says "he wishes he was making this up" about something that is completely made up.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/politics/kfile-republican-nominee-new-hampshire/index.html
I wish someone would call them on it and demand a specific example.
This is happening schools full of phone-toting children and no one has managed to take a picture? What are the odds?
Stephen Miller's "America First Legal" has been running these ads
https://politico-audio-feed.simplecast.com/episodes/america-first-legal-ad
Russia directly interfered with 2018 election. FEC did nothing.
https://twitter.com/EllenLWeintraub/status/1586102400577900544
Elsewhere in college
Future Cal HC Troy Taylor does it again.
https://twitter.com/SacHornetsFB/status/1586570308005175296
ASU beats CU 42-34, but the game wasn't that close as Buffs scored 2 TDs in garbage time. Again, this does not make Cal's loss to CU any better.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404023
Someone should have been canned on the tarmac in Boulder.
At a school that actually values football, that person would have been Justin Wilcox.
Instead, an incompetent Athletic Director EXTENDS him, despite multiple seasons left on his contract.
Sigh.
Auburn fires Bryan Harsin. Cal hosts Auburn on the second game of next season. Cal then goes to Auburn in 2024.
https://twitter.com/ChrisVannini/status/1587125909945208833
LOL
https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1587142029561110528
I would be in favor of hiring Harsin as our OC.
The OOC Cal curse
The next victim for the Curse is Minnesota (2025). Abandon all ye hope, PJ Fleck.
Promoting the chances that either UMass or UConn earns a victory over the foreseeable future
https://twitter.com/UMassFootball/status/1587083364795916292
An extra point attempt from the 48 yard line
https://twitter.com/SickosCommittee/status/1587101235882106880
One of the reasons why they were there was their backup QB got ejected. From the sideline.
https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1586437473739182080
Not sure why he got ejected for saying, “Hey Goosey! Love you!”
Big XII. $380m per year
https://twitter.com/sbj/status/1586719833554669568
SDSU up by 28-17 over the Fighting Tedfords with under four minutes to go. SDSU punts and Nikko Remigio makes the fair catch. Fresno State's Jake Haener marches the team 80 yards over three minutes and scores. Then these were the next three plays over the final minute:
https://twitter.com/CFBONFOX/status/1586596243261751297
https://twitter.com/avinashkunnath/status/1586603348307824641
https://twitter.com/FresnoStateFB/status/1586598646149132288
Eight games into the season with Fresno State, Nikko Remigio has more yards (483) than his freshman, junior, and senior seasons combined at Cal (390). He had 413 yards his sophomore year.
a little bit of pass protection goes a long way.
Stanford has a homeless problem
https://stanforddaily.com/2022/10/28/imposter-student-caught-removed-from-crothers-hall/
After reading that article, Stanf*rd also has a bureaucracy problem.
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd guess that the bureaucracy problem is driven in part by the fact that Stanford has a rape problem.
Excellent point. And this will be an ongoing problem because (1) lawyers are involved and (2) when lawyers are involved people are reluctant to use common sense.
Double ugh.
I think those kinda go hand in hand and feed off each other.
Ugh.
What the...
https://twitter.com/kminnicksports/status/1585977922468597760
Stanfurd Tree gets suspended. Unfortunately, the tree's backup will be at the Big Game.
https://twitter.com/DaStanfordTree/status/1586918322389426176
Walking onto the field with a "Stanford Hates Fun" sign is the first time that abomination has done something commendable (besides getting mauled by Oski years ago).
Is the backup tree any better than backup Cal QB?
Illinois' defense has had an amazing turnaround over the past two seasons. This season, they lead the country by a mile in almost all defensive statistics. Allowing only 6 TDs all season, fewer than 225 YPG, and only 3.92 yards per play. Their second-year linebacker coach? Andy Buh.
Wow Buh and Dykes having success
No..............
It seems the participants in the 2019 Redbox Bowl have gone in opposite directions.
One hired a pretty good football coach and got a solid QB from the transfer portal.
The other extended a below average Head Coach...likewise with the portal QB.
Pretty much tells the story.
Yup
Three Pac-12 teams are in the top 10 of the FBS for third down conversion - #2 USC (0.547), #5 UW (0.536), and #9 UCLA (0.510). Cal is #101 at 0.348.
Too bad Cal couldn't play Nevada this year rather than last season. Nevada is terrible this season at 2-7, including losses to Colorado State and Hawaii.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2440/nevada-wolf-pack
Still no guarantee we would win.
*points, taps Colorado game on the schedule
Yeah, and we played an uncomfortably close game with UNLV too. We could easily have lost to Nevada.
#12 UCLA grinds up Stanfurd 38-13 on the ground. Charbonnet gained 198 yards on 21 carries (9.4 average).
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404025
Getting 24 yards punting the hard way
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1586584079591387136
Four Michigan State players are suspended after assaulting a Michigan player in the tunnel.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34915387/michigan-state-suspends-tank-brown-khary-crump-angelo-grose-zion-young
Is there only one tunnel leading to the locker rooms? I haven't seen an explanation about how the two Michigan players ended up in the middle of all the State players.
Wasn't there also a fight between Michigan and Penn State? If that was also in the tunnel I'm guessing they'll have to do something about it.
I want to say these incidents have been going on for years, and most teams who play there know how to avoid the stupidity of Michigan players.
Yes, only one tunnel.
Iowa's terrible offense gets well by playing against Northwestern and wins 33-13. Spencer Petras somehow throws his third TD pass of the season.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401405122
While I have made fun of Spencer Petras all season, which FBS program has only 1 passing TD after playing eight games?
Speaking of terrible offense - Miami beat UVA 14-12 in 4 OTs.
Justin Wilcox approves
Halloween!
I'll be handing out peanut butter cups at the front door while sipping a mocha.
Always a tough decision between trick or treat. Sometimes tricks are fun.
Especially if you get paid?
Voting
My chili was voted the best in the neighborhood last night.
I dropped mine off at the post office Fri night. Waiting for a text that my ballot was received. I think I got one last time.
Got an email saying my ballot was rejected for a signature mismatch. Hoping they contact me in time for the actual election.
Where do you live?
San Diego
took Junior to vote for the first time today
wow that made me feel OLD.
Is good!
Sunday Dinner:
Chili...
and booze and brownies confiscated by my neighbor from teenagers holding a party at his AirBNB rental unit.
Bolognese sauce over paparadelle pasta, one of my wife's best sauces - paired with a super Tuscan, which came across more like a Chianti - could not really taste any Cabernet in it at all, which is a very good wine. Daughter made chocolate fudge for dessert and put Halloween spider webs on the top - was fun looking.
Grilled flank steak...