I am reading Prisoner of Azkaban with my kids. I told them I was going to dress in all black and tape jokes to my shirt so that I was “Non-Serious Black.” One of my 8 year olds started crying and said she would be too embarrassed by me to go trick or treating, so I did not wear a costume. Upshot: it’s not just my wife who is embarrassed by me anymore!
Funny, last night my son was saying costumes on Halloween for adults are dumb, he can be such a wet blanket sometimes. Even I had fun in college going in costume to Halloween parties.
Everyone told him he needed more weight to survive in the NFL so he put on 15 pounds before his senior season. It wasn't good weight (or he didn't keep his speed) and he had a decent but not outstanding senior season.
I don't think Ivan's game was made for the 2012+ NBA era. Finesse power forward who doesn't have deep range. He would been great in the Jermaine O'Neal/Shareef Abdur-Rahim era of posting up 4s for face-up jumpers or one-dribble moves, but nowadays a 4 needs to be able to stretch the floor, rim run and jump out and guard wings and guards on pick and roll switches, and as much as I love Ivan, he doesn't have that tool kit.
More like his fastball velocity dropped, so hitters didn't have to start their swings so early and could more easily lay off the breaking stuff. If it was just about figuring him out they would have done it before he won the second Cy Young.
Meh, agree to disagree - plenty of guys lose velocity but still get dudes out. When you no longer can count on your bread & butter pitch to get swinging strikes, it makes you susceptible to hitter’s counts…then they own you. Hitters adjust, pitchers adjust…Similar thing happened to Gausman this year, after a hot-as-blazes start.
5 time NBA First team, 3 time defensive player of the year, center of a team that beat prime Lebron, 5 time rebounding leader, 100% sure fire hall of famers.
Hated him when he played for my team. He absolutely ruined the 2014 rockets but 2009-2012 he was one of the 6 best players on the planet.
Yeah, but does that make him "great" in the larger sense of the word? I say no - admittedly he was great for a short time, but even then he had liabilities.
Shaun Alexander (we can probably just list a ton of running backs who had 2-5 great seasons and then fell off a cliff - Priest Holmes, Christian Okoye, Larry Johnson)
Running backs are tough to put on this list bc of the pounding they take…there’s no way they can keep it up. Even Derrick Henry, a Cyberdyne systems cyborg is breaking down.
Between 1985 and 1990 I was a huge comics collector - mainly X titles (Men, Force, Factor, New Mutants, Wolverine's solo stuff) and very oddly the Avengers stuff I read was all West Coast Avengers, and that intertwined with the Vision and Scarlett Witch 12 issue maxi-series, that I really liked because so much of it wasn't about being super heroes, but super-hereoes trying to live a normal life. Which is what I kind of wanted to see from the D+ series.
I used to wear contacts all the time, then at around age 30 switched to glasses for most work days at the office, contacts for weekend activities. I don't really have any problems with either.
For some reason my original eye doctor set me up with hard lenses when I first got contacts. This was in the 90s, when soft lenses were already widely available. Eventually I switched over to soft, which are much more comfortable.
I'd go for it...it's been great! (as typed below), I was ±4.5 for awhile. hoops, skiing (w/o fogged glassed), identifying the person sleeping next to you in the morning ;-)
I kinda have that, particularly with red lights. but it's small potatoes compared to the benefits. like worrying about vaccine side effects as a reason for not getting vaxxed.
Now is the time (open enrollment) to put aside money in your FSA/HSA if you know you'll be spending it on LASIK or other things (like sunscreen haha)
Also, you can get schedule a free consult at the Cal Optometry School to see if LASIK is even a good option for you. I went earlier this year, and they said no, but that I could consider PRK (I opted not to).
I am blind as a bat (my contacts are -9.0 in both eyes, my glasses are god knows what, over -10). My nearsightedness doesn't bug me, my contacts are super comfortable and I don't even think about them.
But in the last 12 months I have started needing reading glasses, at very low power (+0.75) in low light, and I absolutely hate it. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when they're like +2.0!
Also, floaters suck, though they do seem to decrease over time, or maybe your brain just gets used to them. The first year they appeared, I really struggled with them.
Who knew that aging brought so many vision issues??
My eyes were also that bad ever since a very young age. Always needed thick glasses. One thing, though, if you take your glasses off it's like having a 10x magnifying glass. I was always able to read the tiny print on things like pill bottles pretty easily. Sort of a weak super power.
I started getting floaters about 20 years ago. they're weird, but I don't notice them anymore. I'm trying to see them now, but can't. I don't thikn they've disappeared, tho
in Soph year of HS, I was 20-16 vision. 5 years later, I needed glasses.
my eyes got to like -4.75/-4.25...and were like that for several years. then got Lasic in 2004 and it's been great. I need reading glasses, but don't use them
but my main issue is that i have astigmatism, about 1/3 of the power
back in HS i would wear hard contacts for many years. it made my eyes super red and i was super sensitive to any dust in the air.
HAG probably remembers that when we used to umpire LMYA baseball i would need to stop the game and tweak my contacts every time some little wind would kick up the infield dirt.
nowadays i have soft lenses but only wear contacts if i am doing something active or am outside and want/need to wear sunglasses.
I used to have astigmatism, and wore glasses over my contact when I needed to drive at night, watch a movie or do a lot of work at a screen. It went away with age, and by the time I was 45 or so I was able to get rid of them.
My ophthalmologist said that it probably fixed itself as a result of the changes in eye shape due to aging. I also needed reading glasses much later than most people (I am almost 55 and just started on them this year), and he thinks that the decrease in astigmatism was probably the beginning of the change that normally makes people need reading glasses, but it fixed a problem before it made a problem for me.
Re: aging. It's been weird. I've got more than ten years on you and still have no need for readers. I've also noticed that my problems with distance have actually improved over the last couple years.
this is the first year that I've had real issues with night vision and reading things in dark restaurants (like I have to use my iphone light on menus all the time now). I got new contacts and it has helped .. . a little. but the vision thing was when I started feeling really old for the first time.
It is harder for me to read with my contacts on than with my glasses. Although my glasses are .25 step lower than my contacts. Usually I only wear them when I'm going to be doing something in the sun for an extended period of time or something like going to the gym or something athletic.
my glasses are only for allergy season, being in Beijing (or any dry dusty town) or when I have to watch Cal games at 3am and go to sleep at 8pm and wake up at 2:55am and try to get the illegal stream working
I have cousin-in-law and spouse coming into town next week. On one hand, they love food. On the other hand, they seem very conservative palate-wise. I mean, they only eat "Western food" and every dish seems to come from the Joy of Cooking. I'm thinking I will only cook "American" food: heritage pork chops, porcini-sauced tortellini, green beans w/ bacon/almonds/balsamic, butter lettuce/roasted beet/grapefruit/praline salad, skillet corn bread w/ apple honey-butter.
Roasted chicken thighs Provencal over shallots, Meyer lemons & Castelvetrano olives, served with rice pilaf. Roasted orange & yellow carrots with spring onions for a side. Paired with a 2016 Pax Sonoma Coast Gamay Noir, pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for afters.
Started Midnight Mass on NEtflix over the weekend. 'Tis the season. 3 episodes in (7 total), and it's good. Excellent worldbuilding for the first couple episodes while slowly uncovering the horror/mystery aspects.
Squid Games (Netflix, 15/19 WB). Certainly a flawed production, but it was really entertaining - in a sick, fucked up kind of way. Only saw one pink soldier for Halloween.
I watched E1 of Alice in Borderland (JP show on Netflix). Haven't watched SG, but was sold as a similar show. The plot was okay, but I enjoyed the Shibuya scenes.
Was gonna watch E2 Sat night, but daughter went to bed late and then spent the rest of the night watching the Dubs and postgame
Foundation - why this was made, I'm not really sure. We'll complete this season, but there are scenes where I care, and others that leave me completely cold.
Really enjoying For All Mankind & Sex Education - both in the first season.
Oh oh oh! Almost forgot - watching the scene where Margo goes to Huntsville to pick up the report and noticed the living room chairs are NOT vintage, they are new mid-century style from Room and Board - Catalan, we have one in leather.
Over the weekend, they found one person who tested positive upon return to Hangzhou so everyone who visited Disneyland Shanghai over the weekend had to get tested and is on soft quarantine for the week and will need to be tested 3 times this week.
I decided to mix my drinks and get a moderna booster after getting pfizer the first time around. Safe to say I didn't react at all well to the booster.
is the thought that sticking with the same one would give you similar effects (which in my case, would be "not much" for Moderna). I'd like to have an easy 3rd shot.
Btw, 2nd shingles shot knocked me out for like 1.5 days.
I don't know, to be honest. If you had Moderna for the first two doses and weren't bothered by it, I'd stick with Moderna - it seems to have the most durable results anyway.
Bengals led by 11 with 7:29 left in the 4th against a Zach Wilson-less Jets. Bonkers stat: Mike White gets his first career start and passes for 405 yards, none longer than 14 yards.
37-45 is no joke...big time let-down game for a young Cincy D....big win @ BAL, and inter-state/divisional rivalry game v. CLE next week....trap trap trap...
Warriors beat OKC easily w/ a lot offense from Draymond
“Draymond was so happy that Michigan State beat Michigan today that he came out firing,” Kerr said. “We kind of all knew it. He was in full green and white at our walkthrough: Michigan State socks, shoes and sweatshirt -- gloating, especially to Jordan Poole (who attended Michigan).”
I'd say the National Championship game...the Niners have gone to the Super Bowl 7 times in the last 40 years (17.5%)...that's within shouting distance of 20%, nearly 1 in 5...
Garbers could come back for his 15th season at Cal and he wouldn’t take us to a NCG. Rose Bowl seems more attainable and something the fanbase and alums care about more.
The 49ers waste theirs because the scouting department can't identify talent, and Shanahan can't develop it, for shit. McGlinchy, Pettis, Kinlaw, Aiyuk, Aaron Banks, Trey Sermon...it's laughable.
I'm a Lance guy and think if you're gonna make that stupid trade to deal 2 future 1's to move up to 3, he was the best guy of the bunch, INCLUDING Trevor Lawrence...Trey Lance is going to be really good, bc guys with his physical tools, work ethic and mental make-up have the potential to be special. My issue is Kyle Shanahan - he's the most overrated HC in the NFL, and flat out does not develop players. Look at what he's doing with Aiyuk, after doing the same thing with Pettis. Kyle will be fired sooner than later.
Rams gave up their 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 22 draft. The Rams have been busy leveraging their future for sometime now and trading away draft picks.
The last time the Rams had a 1st round pick in the NFL draft was in 2016 when they selected Goff.
Listened to a little sports talk this morning while having breakfast. WFT needs receivers according to many callers. In addition to lots of other things.
That really sucked. To the extent that there was a bright spot in that game, it was that the coaches are finally finding ways to Ingram loose on running plays... but London has been bailing the teaming out to no end.
unlikely - the assumption was that he would be going pro, and I think he's shown enough to make another season at SC a non-issue for NFL draft purposes
Absolutely shocking. I hate this trend of firing coaches mid-season for performance reasons. I suspect that the new(ish) recruiting calendar has something to do with it.
the team completely quit on him, players were fighting each other and the whole situation had descended into a full on cluster fuck. He had to go now...
I really doubt it. I don't think that the AD or the President would be willing to put up with his bullshit, even before you get to the whole "sheltering a spousal abuser on staff" thing... I mean, even if for some reason someone didn't think that was disqualifying on its face, it would be odd to take the PR hit on top of all the other self-inflicted problems the school has.
Well I defer to someone with DC Trojan in their handle, DC Trojan...but again, it's a splashy hire, and the guy flat out wins at the collegiate level. I don't think sheltering the spousal abuser on staff would prevent the AD/President from hiring him if the actual powers that be wanted him....until they hire someone else, he's a more viable candidate than Mike Tomlin or Jack Del Rio....
And based on yesterdays positively awful showing at SEA, he is going to be available sooner rather than later.
Does he still want to coach? I would imagine Texas Tech would be interested. He would probably be a candidate at SMU if Dykes leaves SMU for TTU or TCU.
This reminds me... the neighborhood where I stayed for the Cal/TCU game had their curbs painted to mark their alma mater. EVERYONE went to college in Texas, so it was either TCU, TTU, UT(Austin), aTm, Baylor, or to a much lesser extent SMU. I gotta imagine that cross-town switching in Texas is high treason.
So where do these tailgates occur. I'm probably coming for USC and it would be nice to see some of y'all, if not then, then definitely at the BIG GAME.
Dwinelle Parking lot, south of Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB). Follow Write for Cal on twitter (and a lot of the writers - especially those who are physically in the Bay Area) - there's always pre-tailgate discussions on the Friday before home games.
I mentioned this to a few people saturday, but I'm bummed Homefield wasted a couple of spots on the Cal script. We can get that anywhere, and I wished they would have dug a little deeper for something else
The Oski leaning on the C is the BeastMode one with a C instead of the B. I wonder if there is a trademark issue. I'm thinking the "Tell the whole damn world" shirt.
they're both official licensees of the university - so both have gone through legal and marketing review. (I used to do licensing for the NBA so I've gone through the process a lot)
I had people pinging me on twitter when they did the SC release and I didn't have the heart to point out that I don't wear hoodies or t-shirts. They make great products though.
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Best Halloween costumes
Business
https://twitter.com/therealfstl1992/status/1454962694013038595
I must be getting old because I didn't recognize 90% of the costumes.
every dad in the neighborhood was ted lasso, the new go-to, low-effort Halloween costume for men.
Is Ted Lasso this year's Jake from State Farm?
I am reading Prisoner of Azkaban with my kids. I told them I was going to dress in all black and tape jokes to my shirt so that I was “Non-Serious Black.” One of my 8 year olds started crying and said she would be too embarrassed by me to go trick or treating, so I did not wear a costume. Upshot: it’s not just my wife who is embarrassed by me anymore!
I think that was clever.
I rocked Gilligan all day yesterday on the water, but had to explain it to everyone under 30
Heh, com'on it's also pretty nondescript, now if you went as Mary Ann...
Sexy picnic table
Funny, last night my son was saying costumes on Halloween for adults are dumb, he can be such a wet blanket sometimes. Even I had fun in college going in costume to Halloween parties.
Adults in kiddie costumes can be dumb, but grown up costums can be cool. Went to a lot of fun Halloween parties in college.
Great athletes who were then suddenly not great (and not due to injury)
whatever happened to Russell White?
Everyone told him he needed more weight to survive in the NFL so he put on 15 pounds before his senior season. It wasn't good weight (or he didn't keep his speed) and he had a decent but not outstanding senior season.
Ivan Rabb. Shoulda entered the draft with Jaylen! (altho I didn't have that opinion back then)
I don't think Ivan's game was made for the 2012+ NBA era. Finesse power forward who doesn't have deep range. He would been great in the Jermaine O'Neal/Shareef Abdur-Rahim era of posting up 4s for face-up jumpers or one-dribble moves, but nowadays a 4 needs to be able to stretch the floor, rim run and jump out and guard wings and guards on pick and roll switches, and as much as I love Ivan, he doesn't have that tool kit.
Junior vs Senior year. Shoulda left early. Went into social work, iirc.
Brendan Bigelow
Lincecum? Brian Wilson? (Or were there injuries there?) With Timmy, it just seemed to be that he couldn't get anyone out anymore.
Plus the League figured out Big Time Timmy Jim....started laying off that splitter in the dirt.
More like his fastball velocity dropped, so hitters didn't have to start their swings so early and could more easily lay off the breaking stuff. If it was just about figuring him out they would have done it before he won the second Cy Young.
Meh, agree to disagree - plenty of guys lose velocity but still get dudes out. When you no longer can count on your bread & butter pitch to get swinging strikes, it makes you susceptible to hitter’s counts…then they own you. Hitters adjust, pitchers adjust…Similar thing happened to Gausman this year, after a hot-as-blazes start.
Barry Zito
Very true.
Bo Jackson
Bo was an injury though.
oops, thanks, I misread the criteria
Dwight Howard?
No, he was never great.
5 time NBA First team, 3 time defensive player of the year, center of a team that beat prime Lebron, 5 time rebounding leader, 100% sure fire hall of famers.
Hated him when he played for my team. He absolutely ruined the 2014 rockets but 2009-2012 he was one of the 6 best players on the planet.
Yeah, but does that make him "great" in the larger sense of the word? I say no - admittedly he was great for a short time, but even then he had liabilities.
Trent Richardson
Oh man, that guy's demise was quick
Shaun Alexander (we can probably just list a ton of running backs who had 2-5 great seasons and then fell off a cliff - Priest Holmes, Christian Okoye, Larry Johnson)
Running backs are tough to put on this list bc of the pounding they take…there’s no way they can keep it up. Even Derrick Henry, a Cyberdyne systems cyborg is breaking down.
Not sure he was ever that good. He got yards and TDs in his first year, but that's because he had heavy volume. His yards/carry average was only 3.6.
I think it was more about his production at Alabama and having a good rookie season on a bad Browns team.
Yeah, I don't think his rookie season was actually all that good.
Dropoff from college performance, yeah sure, but there's a long list of those guys.
Yeah, he fell off hard. I thought he was going to be the best of the Saban era Alabama backs at the time, I was very wrong.
Wow. I get home, have dinner, and turn on the laptop to almost 250 comments.
@FireStarkey - apparently both enterprise and alamo are sold out of rental cars in Austin?
planning a pool peeing party?
hmmmm, keep looking. Worst case I can pick you up and drop you somewhere that has cars
Vision
Wanda...
A Fish Called...
My father was in the British Secret Service Mr. Manfrengensensen
Between 1985 and 1990 I was a huge comics collector - mainly X titles (Men, Force, Factor, New Mutants, Wolverine's solo stuff) and very oddly the Avengers stuff I read was all West Coast Avengers, and that intertwined with the Vision and Scarlett Witch 12 issue maxi-series, that I really liked because so much of it wasn't about being super heroes, but super-hereoes trying to live a normal life. Which is what I kind of wanted to see from the D+ series.
They might dive into that with Hawkeye depending on how closely it follows a seminal comic run that it's definitely taking some inspiration from.
Pizza Dog!
-6.25 L, -4.75 R
I used to wear contacts all the time, then at around age 30 switched to glasses for most work days at the office, contacts for weekend activities. I don't really have any problems with either.
For some reason my original eye doctor set me up with hard lenses when I first got contacts. This was in the 90s, when soft lenses were already widely available. Eventually I switched over to soft, which are much more comfortable.
-2.25 in both eyes, it's been consistent for 10+ years now so I've been considering Lasix more and more every time I spend $200+ on new contacts
I'd go for it...it's been great! (as typed below), I was ±4.5 for awhile. hoops, skiing (w/o fogged glassed), identifying the person sleeping next to you in the morning ;-)
My vision hasn't changed for at least the last 17-18 years. I would consider Lasix, except for the night starburst thing that some people have.
I kinda have that, particularly with red lights. but it's small potatoes compared to the benefits. like worrying about vaccine side effects as a reason for not getting vaxxed.
altho vax are free and lasic is not!
Re: costs
Now is the time (open enrollment) to put aside money in your FSA/HSA if you know you'll be spending it on LASIK or other things (like sunscreen haha)
Also, you can get schedule a free consult at the Cal Optometry School to see if LASIK is even a good option for you. I went earlier this year, and they said no, but that I could consider PRK (I opted not to).
I am blind as a bat (my contacts are -9.0 in both eyes, my glasses are god knows what, over -10). My nearsightedness doesn't bug me, my contacts are super comfortable and I don't even think about them.
But in the last 12 months I have started needing reading glasses, at very low power (+0.75) in low light, and I absolutely hate it. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when they're like +2.0!
Also, floaters suck, though they do seem to decrease over time, or maybe your brain just gets used to them. The first year they appeared, I really struggled with them.
Who knew that aging brought so many vision issues??
My eyes were also that bad ever since a very young age. Always needed thick glasses. One thing, though, if you take your glasses off it's like having a 10x magnifying glass. I was always able to read the tiny print on things like pill bottles pretty easily. Sort of a weak super power.
I started getting floaters about 20 years ago. they're weird, but I don't notice them anymore. I'm trying to see them now, but can't. I don't thikn they've disappeared, tho
in Soph year of HS, I was 20-16 vision. 5 years later, I needed glasses.
my eyes got to like -4.75/-4.25...and were like that for several years. then got Lasic in 2004 and it's been great. I need reading glasses, but don't use them
i am respectably nearsighted, -4.00 to -4.50.
but my main issue is that i have astigmatism, about 1/3 of the power
back in HS i would wear hard contacts for many years. it made my eyes super red and i was super sensitive to any dust in the air.
HAG probably remembers that when we used to umpire LMYA baseball i would need to stop the game and tweak my contacts every time some little wind would kick up the infield dirt.
nowadays i have soft lenses but only wear contacts if i am doing something active or am outside and want/need to wear sunglasses.
I used to have astigmatism, and wore glasses over my contact when I needed to drive at night, watch a movie or do a lot of work at a screen. It went away with age, and by the time I was 45 or so I was able to get rid of them.
I didn't know astigmatism could go away.
It can change, mine did, and now I have 20/20 (with glasses).
i did not know that either.
My ophthalmologist said that it probably fixed itself as a result of the changes in eye shape due to aging. I also needed reading glasses much later than most people (I am almost 55 and just started on them this year), and he thinks that the decrease in astigmatism was probably the beginning of the change that normally makes people need reading glasses, but it fixed a problem before it made a problem for me.
Re: aging. It's been weird. I've got more than ten years on you and still have no need for readers. I've also noticed that my problems with distance have actually improved over the last couple years.
also, my younger one, 14, has almost the identical Rx as i do. we could swap contacts if we really had to
I have/had astigmatism, but never had a real-world effect
-3.25 L -2.25 R. And it's getting harder to read with my glasses on.
this is the first year that I've had real issues with night vision and reading things in dark restaurants (like I have to use my iphone light on menus all the time now). I got new contacts and it has helped .. . a little. but the vision thing was when I started feeling really old for the first time.
It is harder for me to read with my contacts on than with my glasses. Although my glasses are .25 step lower than my contacts. Usually I only wear them when I'm going to be doing something in the sun for an extended period of time or something like going to the gym or something athletic.
same. i even have trouble w/ the computer screen or phone w/ the contacts.
i have progressive lenses on the eyeglasses
my glasses are only for allergy season, being in Beijing (or any dry dusty town) or when I have to watch Cal games at 3am and go to sleep at 8pm and wake up at 2:55am and try to get the illegal stream working
I think I am starting to get more floaters...age thing I guess
my vision is as bad as my athletic skills
Balloon game
Our Crumbling Democracy
"I don't like whatever it is"
https://twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1455243036795998212
Poll:
“Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country"
Agree:
30% of GOP respondents
17% of Independents
11% of DEM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/prri-poll-republicans-violence-040144322.html
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is angry that drugs aren't making it to Iowa.
https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1455180010646646786
That was probably his shipment. He wants his corners!
DBD Test Kitchen
I have cousin-in-law and spouse coming into town next week. On one hand, they love food. On the other hand, they seem very conservative palate-wise. I mean, they only eat "Western food" and every dish seems to come from the Joy of Cooking. I'm thinking I will only cook "American" food: heritage pork chops, porcini-sauced tortellini, green beans w/ bacon/almonds/balsamic, butter lettuce/roasted beet/grapefruit/praline salad, skillet corn bread w/ apple honey-butter.
You gotta go all-in on the food of your local Native Americans!
maize, squash, beans, wild plants, clams, oysters, turkeys in north carolina i think
That sounds good... what's wrong with that?
Roasted chicken thighs Provencal over shallots, Meyer lemons & Castelvetrano olives, served with rice pilaf. Roasted orange & yellow carrots with spring onions for a side. Paired with a 2016 Pax Sonoma Coast Gamay Noir, pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for afters.
Sounds delightful
adventures in meatless cooking
the Beyond Brats are pretty good. not like "top dog good" but very satisfying
you can 8 wienies from top dog (the wheat glueten no meat dog) for $12 and cook them at home
DBD AV Club
Started Midnight Mass on NEtflix over the weekend. 'Tis the season. 3 episodes in (7 total), and it's good. Excellent worldbuilding for the first couple episodes while slowly uncovering the horror/mystery aspects.
Squid Games (Netflix, 15/19 WB). Certainly a flawed production, but it was really entertaining - in a sick, fucked up kind of way. Only saw one pink soldier for Halloween.
I watched E1 of Alice in Borderland (JP show on Netflix). Haven't watched SG, but was sold as a similar show. The plot was okay, but I enjoyed the Shibuya scenes.
Was gonna watch E2 Sat night, but daughter went to bed late and then spent the rest of the night watching the Dubs and postgame
I enjoyed it...definitely pretty fucked up but I thought it was good.
I thought the ending was stupid but entertaining for the most part
Definitely had flaws, but it also kept me enthralled the whole time, so it did its job.
It's amazing how many shows have underwhelming endings...Clickbait was another one. Booooo
WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier,
Foundation - why this was made, I'm not really sure. We'll complete this season, but there are scenes where I care, and others that leave me completely cold.
Really enjoying For All Mankind & Sex Education - both in the first season.
Enjoy FAM!
Yeah part of Foundation keeps me entertained and then others don't. Usually I care about the non-Trantor stuff.
Oh oh oh! Almost forgot - watching the scene where Margo goes to Huntsville to pick up the report and noticed the living room chairs are NOT vintage, they are new mid-century style from Room and Board - Catalan, we have one in leather.
Today in Covid 19
WH press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for Covid.
Over the weekend, they found one person who tested positive upon return to Hangzhou so everyone who visited Disneyland Shanghai over the weekend had to get tested and is on soft quarantine for the week and will need to be tested 3 times this week.
I decided to mix my drinks and get a moderna booster after getting pfizer the first time around. Safe to say I didn't react at all well to the booster.
is the thought that sticking with the same one would give you similar effects (which in my case, would be "not much" for Moderna). I'd like to have an easy 3rd shot.
Btw, 2nd shingles shot knocked me out for like 1.5 days.
I don't know, to be honest. If you had Moderna for the first two doses and weren't bothered by it, I'd stick with Moderna - it seems to have the most durable results anyway.
Pro
Bengals led by 11 with 7:29 left in the 4th against a Zach Wilson-less Jets. Bonkers stat: Mike White gets his first career start and passes for 405 yards, none longer than 14 yards.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401326444
37-45 is no joke...big time let-down game for a young Cincy D....big win @ BAL, and inter-state/divisional rivalry game v. CLE next week....trap trap trap...
Aaron Rodgers expresses disappointment over the honoring of Jeff Tedford at Memorial...
https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12/status/1454504065505931265
Yeah, it was sad - Let's honor the winningest coach! But first the Cal dance team! Why not let someone speak?
Cal Athletic Department being super cringe yet again
supposedly Tedford requested it be low key? But it still seemed half-assed.
He is the sort of guy to request low-key but you still go all out for him because he is awesome
He's not wrong
OK, Back to Butte College instead of Cal....Aaron is mad again
Aaron all in on bitcoin.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-01/aaron-rodgers-getting-part-of-salary-in-bitcoin-in-square-promo
I just parked some dough in a crypto ETF
Which one?
Warriors beat OKC easily w/ a lot offense from Draymond
“Draymond was so happy that Michigan State beat Michigan today that he came out firing,” Kerr said. “We kind of all knew it. He was in full green and white at our walkthrough: Michigan State socks, shoes and sweatshirt -- gloating, especially to Jordan Poole (who attended Michigan).”
49ers explode for 33 points and 467 yards of offense to beat the Bears 33-22
https://www.ninersnation.com/2021/10/31/22755991/49ers-explode-for-33-points-and-467-yards-of-offense-to-beat-the-bears-33-22
What? Jimmy G is good again? I don't know what to do with this.
Wait...is Chase Garber's career paralleling Jimmy G??
Garbers would have to take us to a Rose Bowl for that to be true.
I'd say the National Championship game...the Niners have gone to the Super Bowl 7 times in the last 40 years (17.5%)...that's within shouting distance of 20%, nearly 1 in 5...
We've sniffed Pasadena once in 60+...
But your point is valid.
Garbers could come back for his 15th season at Cal and he wouldn’t take us to a NCG. Rose Bowl seems more attainable and something the fanbase and alums care about more.
I think he could be around 15 seasons...
He's gonna gonna set all the Cal QB records when he returns next year for his 5th year of starting.
He looked really good in the part I watched.
Von Miller is traded to Rams
At least the Rams get something for their picks.
The 49ers waste theirs because the scouting department can't identify talent, and Shanahan can't develop it, for shit. McGlinchy, Pettis, Kinlaw, Aiyuk, Aaron Banks, Trey Sermon...it's laughable.
The Niners haven’t drafted well for a while, going back to Harbaugh they had a lot of misses.
I'm a Lance guy and think if you're gonna make that stupid trade to deal 2 future 1's to move up to 3, he was the best guy of the bunch, INCLUDING Trevor Lawrence...Trey Lance is going to be really good, bc guys with his physical tools, work ethic and mental make-up have the potential to be special. My issue is Kyle Shanahan - he's the most overrated HC in the NFL, and flat out does not develop players. Look at what he's doing with Aiyuk, after doing the same thing with Pettis. Kyle will be fired sooner than later.
I remember Aiyuk against the Bears. He was almost as good as DK Metcalf.
Rams gave up their 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 22 draft. The Rams have been busy leveraging their future for sometime now and trading away draft picks.
The last time the Rams had a 1st round pick in the NFL draft was in 2016 when they selected Goff.
and what a bust that was
It looked good at the time and did help improve the team. Goff has looked bad this season and it isn’t just because of the Lions.
With Stafford, they have a legit shot this year and next.
After that, tho, you're looking at some lean years for Kroenke's Krew...
I heard a stat that OKC has something like 35 draft picks over the next 6 or so drafts. That's crazy.
DeSean Jackson is going to be traded. Who needs WRs? Lions? Packers? Falcons? Texans?
Listened to a little sports talk this morning while having breakfast. WFT needs receivers according to many callers. In addition to lots of other things.
Maybe Jesean Dackson can line up to play for cal?
Saw a local license plate here yesterday - LV R8DRS. Really would not have expected that.
Lebron playing while Lebron look-alike watches goes viral
https://twitter.com/ThePettiestLA/status/1455019592502235136?s=20
(Look alike is former Cal guard Patrick Christopher! There to watch his little brother Josh play for the Rockets)
Other College
UCLA MBB gets 5-star commit
https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/1454961200282800133
If Cronin starts getting fundamentally sound Mickey D AA’s that buy into D, the P12 is in trouble.
Wake Forest - which is not located in Wake Forest - had great student turnout vs. Dook
https://twitter.com/kellygramlich/status/1455157279473405955
USC's star receiver out for season with broken ankle
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32523488/usc-star-wide-receiver-nfl-prospect-drake-london-miss-rest-season-ankle-injury
That really sucked. To the extent that there was a bright spot in that game, it was that the coaches are finally finding ways to Ingram loose on running plays... but London has been bailing the teaming out to no end.
Hope recovery & rehab goes well. That wasn't good. I wonder if he plays for USC again, before getting paid (more).
unlikely - the assumption was that he would be going pro, and I think he's shown enough to make another season at SC a non-issue for NFL draft purposes
He’s a stud. NFL size.
London is a stud. Keep your eye on him in fantasy football drafts in the future.
ICYMI: Georgia's defense is crazy good. I watched them embarrass Florida.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32520073/how-georgia-football-built-perfect-defense-kirby-smart
TCU's Gary Patterson out.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32522383/gary-patterson-tcu-20-years-coach-athletic-director-says
[CBS} Sonny Dykes is top candidate to replace Patterson
https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/1454961200282800133
The firing is shocking, and the idea of replacing him with Sonny Dykes is even more shocking.
Rule #1: never let them make a statue of you before you're dead.
TCU has been trending down for sometime. It seems like TCU wanted to let him coach out the season and he said no thanks.
Was beating Cal their apex?
beating Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl probably was
When that is your apex, you know things aren’t going well.
Wasn't there a statue of him outside the stadium? I guess it could be defaced Roman style through a Damnatio Memoriae.
Absolutely shocking. I hate this trend of firing coaches mid-season for performance reasons. I suspect that the new(ish) recruiting calendar has something to do with it.
the team completely quit on him, players were fighting each other and the whole situation had descended into a full on cluster fuck. He had to go now...
Exactly...this went beyond simple W's & L's...the lack of discipline in the K-State was a really bad look.
apparently they asked him to see out the season and he told them to pound sand
I knew he'd been there for a while but I had no idea it was 20 years!
He is an elite Xs and Os coach. Candidate for USC?
SC is aiming higher. Still think Urban Meyer finds a way to South Central
I really doubt it. I don't think that the AD or the President would be willing to put up with his bullshit, even before you get to the whole "sheltering a spousal abuser on staff" thing... I mean, even if for some reason someone didn't think that was disqualifying on its face, it would be odd to take the PR hit on top of all the other self-inflicted problems the school has.
Well I defer to someone with DC Trojan in their handle, DC Trojan...but again, it's a splashy hire, and the guy flat out wins at the collegiate level. I don't think sheltering the spousal abuser on staff would prevent the AD/President from hiring him if the actual powers that be wanted him....until they hire someone else, he's a more viable candidate than Mike Tomlin or Jack Del Rio....
And based on yesterdays positively awful showing at SEA, he is going to be available sooner rather than later.
I can't imagine he's got much traction for west coast recruiting.
Does he still want to coach? I would imagine Texas Tech would be interested. He would probably be a candidate at SMU if Dykes leaves SMU for TTU or TCU.
Trading head coaches across town! Wouldn't that make for some juicy blog article writing!
This reminds me... the neighborhood where I stayed for the Cal/TCU game had their curbs painted to mark their alma mater. EVERYONE went to college in Texas, so it was either TCU, TTU, UT(Austin), aTm, Baylor, or to a much lesser extent SMU. I gotta imagine that cross-town switching in Texas is high treason.
Does $C want a coach that was just fired?
Eyeball emoji
https://twitter.com/jasonrmcintyre/status/1455201375982288901?s=21
Cal
Write for Cal on the Pac-12 network!
https://twitter.com/Pac12Network/status/1454580485640835078?s=20
also our tailgate is being gifted a Cal branded corn hole set.
From the P12N?
a friend of the lady friend wants to buy one for us, so in a sense it will be my cornhole set
not the pac12 network. Those cheap bastards handed me an insulated lunch bag with cheap sunglasses, and a key chain as their way of saying thanks.
Should've commented that all their money must have gone to Larry Scott...
So where do these tailgates occur. I'm probably coming for USC and it would be nice to see some of y'all, if not then, then definitely at the BIG GAME.
Dwinelle Parking lot, south of Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB). Follow Write for Cal on twitter (and a lot of the writers - especially those who are physically in the Bay Area) - there's always pre-tailgate discussions on the Friday before home games.
Bulgogi tortas with homemade kimchi on the menu for USC
Ooo nice that sounds good. Around what time would this start for a 12:30 game?
holy shit I'll be right there
Looks like I need to pack.
How was the Banh Mi? I planned to be there, but stuff came up.
turned out well. We have so many baguettes leftover
they made us change the words to the drinking song bc we couldn't say "ass" or "son-of-a-bitch" but they let us say "stanfurd sucks.'
That is the most important part.
I did notice that.
Hope you guys stocked up on your homefield Cal drop on Saturday
https://www.homefieldapparel.com/collections/university-of-california-berkeley-vintage-apparel
I got the retro Oski hoody (although this version of Oski was very much in use when I was in school . . . so am I retro myself?)
a Grr-Ah tee, a this is bear territory tee, and Oski Wow-wow tee
oh, I loaded the fuck right up on that shit
I like the Oski Wow-Wow design, but I wish it were available in women's sizes.
Just buy a small, and wash it in hot water...
It's not a matter of size; it's a matter of cut.
Ah
I mentioned this to a few people saturday, but I'm bummed Homefield wasted a couple of spots on the Cal script. We can get that anywhere, and I wished they would have dug a little deeper for something else
Yeah we can get Cal script shirts elsewhere.
More weird Oski logos
I'm going to get the hoodie. Haven't pulled the trigger yet. I recently bought a CALIFORNIA hoodie with the walking bear for the gold-out.
WRITEFORCAL for your discount! (I already burned my discount by using FULLCAST on a UC Irvine shirt and Fullcast tee)
You have more than one email address though. Unless they check your shipping address.
money is already in their accounts.
The Oski leaning on the C is the BeastMode one with a C instead of the B. I wonder if there is a trademark issue. I'm thinking the "Tell the whole damn world" shirt.
they're both official licensees of the university - so both have gone through legal and marketing review. (I used to do licensing for the NBA so I've gone through the process a lot)
Maybe Cal has a template for that. It's just weird that the Oski's are exactly the same (I think), the angle they lean, all that.
that Oski existed way before Beastmode.
I had 2 t-shirts with the exact same art on it when I was in school - so it's known University art.
I had people pinging me on twitter when they did the SC release and I didn't have the heart to point out that I don't wear hoodies or t-shirts. They make great products though.
You just wear tank tops year round or go shirtless?
collared shirts or gtfo. I do wear t-shirts for stuff like yard work, and occasionally if I'm not leaving the house.
but that Tire Biter shirt is sweet
it really is - I might buy one anyway
a little early bday/xmas shopping ..
Got 2 tees for me, 1 for Mrs Paulie, one for the spawn. It was a good day!
Grinell (one of the two Cal falcons along with Annie) was found badly injured south of campus on Friday :(
https://twitter.com/CalFalconCam/status/1455018279597232129?s=20
Sounds like he's going to be ok, but has some healing to do and it's unknown if he'll return to campus after his recovery.