Currently in Hokkaido, Japan for work. Going back to Tokyo, then Kobe and back to Hokkaido next week. I haven't checked but must have gained a few pounds in just 4 days here. I feel so heavy.
I've got a business trip to Singapore next March. Trying to decide if I piggyback a visit somewhere on the way there or on the way back. Otherwise, it's a 17 hour non-stop from SFO. Not sure I want to do that all at once in Economy.
I was just there in Dec/Jan. It is a fun place to visit. Also did Osaka/Kyoto/Tokyo after Taipei. However, I did have to flu so I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I would've. Maybe I can find somewhere else in Japan to check out. I did Hong Kong back in 1997. And I've had two events in Seoul.
I'm going to Athens for work the 1st-ish week for Dec. I need an AirBNB for my last night there because someone (not my work but the place that contracted us) is too cheap to pay for an extra night. Apparently they won't pay for an extra night after testing is over. I'm going to stay an extra day to sightsee so I'm looking for an AirBNB that last night. Luckily, it looks like I can easily get a place for < 100. The hotel we're at is the Grand Hyatt, so I'm looking just S of Lofos Filopappou park.
Does anyone have food recommendations? I don't know the layout so I don't know how hard it will be to go places around Athens after 6 PM to find good restaurants. Any suggestions would be appreciated. reminds me, I should check if Kod's restaurant list has any suggestions in Athens.
I have a ticket for you. ATO is giving away tickets so I reserved an extra one. Not sure No 2 wants to wake up for a 12 PM game. No 1 and his GF are in town but they're going to be at his old roommate's wedding over the weekend.
That is not true. California is slower than almost any state to report full results. You just don't notice because the top-line races are usually blowouts in favor of Democrats so can be called early. For some of the closer down-ballot stuff it can take up to two weeks before you know.
I agree with this. I've experienced this many times w/r/t local measures, and sometimes with local candidates. I've seen races for local seats drag well into the second week. Never that long for POTUS, Governor, US Senator, or US Rep, unless it's a particularly tight race for a US Rep seat.
Yeah, in 2018 (Trump's first midterm) there were a number of close House seats that took about a week before they could be called. I remember, because the mail ballot drops were trending heavily blue and wound up wiping out all of the Orange County Republicans. (They've since clawed back a few of those seats.)
The article highlights the swing states at the top. Once you get through the 7 swing states, all of the states are listed below that group with thumbnail sketches of what to expect.
Prediction: Based on a presumed tied (or close to tied) race, I think the events of the last couple of weeks suggest that Harris is going to win. If she doesn't, it's because the electorate was just against Democrats this year in a way that polls couldn't adequately capture.
While we Americans are worried, think about the poor Ukrainians. They stand to lose more than the Democrats if Trump wins. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives, innumerable billions of dollars in damage, and their national sovereignty swing in the balance.
Totally! And then the follow on decrease in global security as a result of that…. Trump’s domestic failings get most of the headlines, but holy shit, he would be an unmitigated disaster on the international stage
What happens to Ukraine as a consequence of this election is concerning. The United States stands as the leader in helping other democracies stand up to aggression from strongmen, like Putin. Before our political fabric was riven by extremism, Ukraine would have been a big political issue. It barely got any notice in this election year.
Clarification. Most of you have seen the DBD memo that went out this morning, I'd like to point out a typo. It should have read: "there is a big election today." You'll note that an "r" mistakenly replaced the "l" in election and it has caused some confusion. We apologize for the error.
No. He was on Cal's recruiting board, but Miller Moss went to Bishop Alemany in Mission Hills, so it was presumed he it would be tough to tear him away from either UCLA or USC. He went started doing unofficial visits early - doing one to UCLA, Alabama, UCLA again, UCLA football camp, Cal unofficial, and then a third UCLA unofficial. As an outsider - I would have expected him to be a UCLA lock. But he did one more unofficial to Stanford four days later and USC two days after that and then stopped doing unofficials - which was a sign he made up his mind. He didn't use up any of his official visits and four month later, he committed to USC.
Only Murders in the Building (S4 E10) [19/19 WB Hulu]. Good ending. Season 4 was the best season so far. Really funny writing. Great characters. Touching themes. And some really great whodunnit stuff. It's one of the best shows on TV. And they clearly can land anybody in Hollywood to appear in it because now it is packed with star power.
Warriors are 6-1 heading into showdown w/ Celtics tomorrow night. my guess is that the lose by 20. at least Steph was back and put in 24 points on limited minutes.
i am hoping Wiggins starts earning all the $$ they paid him
He got a raw deal here in a humanist way. But he got far too good a deal in a financial way. I like a little carefree in my basketball now and again (Steph anyone), but he's just not a serious basketball player really much of ever.
No on 33, 34, and 36. The rent control one wouldn't do much of anything, except generate lawsuits. 34 will be thrown out by the courts if it passes. 36 just no, existing law is fine and taking decisions out of the hands of the courts doesn't help the problems at all.
I also voted Yes on 34. All 3 of the rent control propositions in the last 6 (?) years have been because AIDS Heath Foundation has financed the signature gathering and campaigns from profits generated by a federal program to make medicines less costly. They are literally wasting money that could be better used to help people live healthier and longer. It's a huge waste and they have zero to show for it.
Yeah, as I researched both 33 and 34 I read that AHF was responsible for the majority of rent control measures/props in LA and State of California, which I found odd for a healthcare non profit. I read that a lot of those funds came from profits from dollars that were supposed to be going to healthcare, which seems irresponsible to me.
Housing can count as health care, so i can see where an interest might lie. However, these measures are a waste of time and won't solve the actual problems.
Georgetown must be bear territory. As I ran by near campus I looked right and saw a guy wearing a Cal sweatshirt. Looked left and there was a woman wearing a Berkeley sweatshirt. Both were halfway down the block so no Go Bears exchanged.
I was at the airport in Mexico City and saw a woman in a grey sweatshirt with CALIFORNIA written across her chest in dark blue. You've probably had to do the same thing as me, which is analyze the font in order to figure out if she is a Cal fan or a tourist who has been to the state of California. The font was close, but a bit off - so my GO BEARS remained holstered.
BERKELEY (AP) – Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 17 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 16 for California on Monday night and the new-look Golden Bears beat Cal State Bakersfield 86-73 in the season opener for both teams at Haas Pavilion.
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team opened the 2024-25 season with a dominant defensive performance coupled with an impressive offensive display to put the Saint Mary's Gaels away 90-58 at Haas Pavilion Monday evening. The win extended the Golden Bears' win streak in the series to seven games and marked the largest margin of victory over the Gaels since an 89-41 win on Nov. 5, 2012.
Charmin Smith is a hell of a recruiter. She has brought in great talent - almost as good as her initial year. And she'll need to be now that she's in the ACC.
The California men's soccer team (6-7-2) makes its ACC Championship debut when it takes on eighth-ranked North Carolina (9-3-4) on Wednesday at 3 p.m. PT in its second trip to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this season. Both teams are vying to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Championship that is awarded to the winner of the ACC Championship final.
The California field hockey team had two student-athletes earn All-ACC honors, including the ACC Freshman of the Year award to Liz Klompmaker, the conference announced Monday.
Klompmaker cemented herself in the history books after being named the conference's top freshman while also being named to the All-ACC First Team. Graduate student Canisha van Duyn was named to the All-ACC Second Team in her lone season at Cal. Over the last 43 years, the Bears have had at least two student-athletes receive all-conference accolades in each season.
California women's tennis alumna Stephanie Kusano Wallace – a former All-American who led the Golden Bears to the 2008 NCAA final – has returned to Berkeley this season to bolster the Bears' staff as an assistant coach.
The erstwhile Cal star joins a staff consisting entirely of Cal alumni, including head coach Amanda Augustus (Cal '99/Cal '15) and assistant coach Sean Hill (BYU'20/Cal '22).
Son Kai-Kee (aka Sam), the son of Chinese immigrants, was California’s first Asian American football player. He played quarterback on the freshman team in 1915 and was a backup running back for the varsity for three years though he didn’t see the field as either a sophomore or junior. Sam finally saw action in his senior year (1918) in games against St. Mary's, USC & Stanford. The diminutive Kai-Kee made up for his lack of bulk with great speed. Among his teammates in 1918 was Walter Gordon, the first African-American to play for the Bears. That year Kai-Kee and Gordon were members of the first Cal team to win a Pacific Coast Conference championship. In the 1940s another Asian-American back played for Cal, George Fong. George played for three different coaches, Buck Shaw, Frank Wickhorst and Pappy Waldorf. The first play from scrimmage in Pappy’s first game as a head coach was a 39-yard touchdown run by Fong at Memorial Stadium. Fong, a San Francisco native, started every game of the 1947 season, his senior year.
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 Falstaff Beer, go go for Falstaff, that’s our beer.
"The 1946 season was so bad that during an embarrassing Big Game loss, the students tore up the benches at Memorial Stadium and threw them on the field."
Throwing cards seems so tame by comparison!
"And the team was so unhappy that 42 of the 44 varsity players, including George Fong, signed a petition asking that Coach Wickhorst be fired. He was."
I voted on the second day of voting in a tiny rural county of barely 20,000 people to vote in a tiny little room with perhaps 10 voting tables. People were very southern - very polite to your face. But it's a deep red county with older poor white farmers who outnumber poor black townfolk in the biggest "city" that is only 2,000 people. I am literally one of eight non-black/hispanic POC in the county. The farmers primarily grow corn and tobacco, which will almost certainly will get hit by retaliatory tariffs if Trump is elected and cause domestic market prices to plummet. I am no longer surprised at how much people will vote against their own self interest.
I have also seen so many people vote against their own beliefs. My current hypothesis is that they vote with their gut, ie voting because they like the candidate's personality and style, even if the policies are irrational.
Voted “absentee” on Oct 11, a few days before I left for Japan, just in case my return to US was delayed. Dropped my ballot in a drop box at city hall.
My county started encouraging vote by mail several years ago so there are very few IRL polling places now. I do miss walking to the local school / community center / neighborhood garage / library to cast my vote behind the curtain. Took my kids along too.
Voted earlier - short walk to the local middle school, got there about 0845, it was surprisingly quiet. Went with my older daughter (who also was voting) and my wife, who had voted absentee because she just came back from an overseas trip yesterday and had decided to vote absentee just in case she had some issues getting home.
I voted a few weeks ago but went by my polling place out of curiosity. Apparently there was a long line first thing this morning and has been steady since then. Earlier I ran by the VP residence. The property has a 10 foot iron fence with spikes on the top. The’ve added some of that unscalable fencing about twenty feet out around the entire property and closed off the sidewalk. A handful of DC cop cars hanging around.
walked 5 min to local polling place. no lines. NO BAKE SALE at our local elementary school. that was disappointing.
i did meet someone from our old neighborhood who just moved in though. we have a fun tight knit set of friends such that when someone new moves in, the most common thing you say is "i have been in your house so many times"
Mt. Rose ski resort opens in three days
https://skirose.com/
i saw that. time to start planning those winter ski trips!
as of today ..
firm plans to ski Revelstoke 3rd week in Mar
tentative plans to ski somewhere end of Jan and Presidents Week in Feb.
DBD Travel
Currently in Hokkaido, Japan for work. Going back to Tokyo, then Kobe and back to Hokkaido next week. I haven't checked but must have gained a few pounds in just 4 days here. I feel so heavy.
I've got a business trip to Singapore next March. Trying to decide if I piggyback a visit somewhere on the way there or on the way back. Otherwise, it's a 17 hour non-stop from SFO. Not sure I want to do that all at once in Economy.
Maybe Taipei? I've never been and I would like to visit some day. But US to Taipei should be very long too.
I was just there in Dec/Jan. It is a fun place to visit. Also did Osaka/Kyoto/Tokyo after Taipei. However, I did have to flu so I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I would've. Maybe I can find somewhere else in Japan to check out. I did Hong Kong back in 1997. And I've had two events in Seoul.
Maybe Hiroshima and Fukuoka in western Japan?
Oh that's an idea. The Mazda museum is outside Hiroshima I think. That would make it worth it.
I'm going to Athens for work the 1st-ish week for Dec. I need an AirBNB for my last night there because someone (not my work but the place that contracted us) is too cheap to pay for an extra night. Apparently they won't pay for an extra night after testing is over. I'm going to stay an extra day to sightsee so I'm looking for an AirBNB that last night. Luckily, it looks like I can easily get a place for < 100. The hotel we're at is the Grand Hyatt, so I'm looking just S of Lofos Filopappou park.
Does anyone have food recommendations? I don't know the layout so I don't know how hard it will be to go places around Athens after 6 PM to find good restaurants. Any suggestions would be appreciated. reminds me, I should check if Kod's restaurant list has any suggestions in Athens.
next week .. in Seattle Sat-Tue and Berkeley from Wed-Sat.
HAG and i are going to the Syracuse game, right?
I have a ticket for you. ATO is giving away tickets so I reserved an extra one. Not sure No 2 wants to wake up for a 12 PM game. No 1 and his GF are in town but they're going to be at his old roommate's wedding over the weekend.
POLITICS
trying to decide on what to drink late into the evening ... probably something like a Manhattan or old fashioned, strong and with bourbon ..
does it seem strange that the states most likely to take long time to report results are also the major swing states?
maybe they are only highlighting the swing states ..
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/results-timing-presidential-race-calls.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk4.fv73.H_DKPqkK4pcw&smid=url-share
When to Expect Results in Each State on Election Night, and Beyond
Georgia counts fast (but watch the vote margin).
North Carolina counts fast (with new rules).
Pennsylvania is likely to take longer than election night.
Michigan could be faster than in the past.
Wisconsin is likely to finish most counting Wednesday.
Arizona could take days.
Nevada could take days.
That is not true. California is slower than almost any state to report full results. You just don't notice because the top-line races are usually blowouts in favor of Democrats so can be called early. For some of the closer down-ballot stuff it can take up to two weeks before you know.
I agree with this. I've experienced this many times w/r/t local measures, and sometimes with local candidates. I've seen races for local seats drag well into the second week. Never that long for POTUS, Governor, US Senator, or US Rep, unless it's a particularly tight race for a US Rep seat.
Yeah, in 2018 (Trump's first midterm) there were a number of close House seats that took about a week before they could be called. I remember, because the mail ballot drops were trending heavily blue and wound up wiping out all of the Orange County Republicans. (They've since clawed back a few of those seats.)
The article highlights the swing states at the top. Once you get through the 7 swing states, all of the states are listed below that group with thumbnail sketches of what to expect.
Prediction: Based on a presumed tied (or close to tied) race, I think the events of the last couple of weeks suggest that Harris is going to win. If she doesn't, it's because the electorate was just against Democrats this year in a way that polls couldn't adequately capture.
While we Americans are worried, think about the poor Ukrainians. They stand to lose more than the Democrats if Trump wins. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives, innumerable billions of dollars in damage, and their national sovereignty swing in the balance.
Totally! And then the follow on decrease in global security as a result of that…. Trump’s domestic failings get most of the headlines, but holy shit, he would be an unmitigated disaster on the international stage
What happens to Ukraine as a consequence of this election is concerning. The United States stands as the leader in helping other democracies stand up to aggression from strongmen, like Putin. Before our political fabric was riven by extremism, Ukraine would have been a big political issue. It barely got any notice in this election year.
Clarification. Most of you have seen the DBD memo that went out this morning, I'd like to point out a typo. It should have read: "there is a big election today." You'll note that an "r" mistakenly replaced the "l" in election and it has caused some confusion. We apologize for the error.
If your election persists for more than four hours after the polls close, seek emergency care
when i first read this i flipped different letters, as in "there is a big electron today"
in which case you would want to be careful w/ your electronic devices and extra protons that you keep handy.
the Onion breaks down the electoral map to a microscopic level. this is funniest thing i have seen in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qI0LTmSr38
oh my word.
I love this! But most people I know, such as my wife, would find it too nerdy.
ELSEWHERE IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
First team out of initial CFP is SMU. Look for the Mustangs to look to roll up style points against Cal.
Memphis MBB forward Tyreek Smith in in the portal. The word is that he wanted more NIL money and essentially overplaying his hand and got cut.
Welcome to real business world, Mr. Smith.
https://x.com/RLastellaReport/status/1853538011365167419
Dana Holgorsen switches from TCU (Big XII) to Nebraska (B1G) midseason
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42209606/sources-nebraska-adding-dana-holgorsen-offensive-consultant
USC benches QB Miller Moss
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42209185/sources-usc-benching-qb-miller-moss-start-jayden-maiava
Cal should try to get him in the portal.
Wasn’t he a Cal commit a few years ago?
No. He was on Cal's recruiting board, but Miller Moss went to Bishop Alemany in Mission Hills, so it was presumed he it would be tough to tear him away from either UCLA or USC. He went started doing unofficial visits early - doing one to UCLA, Alabama, UCLA again, UCLA football camp, Cal unofficial, and then a third UCLA unofficial. As an outsider - I would have expected him to be a UCLA lock. But he did one more unofficial to Stanford four days later and USC two days after that and then stopped doing unofficials - which was a sign he made up his mind. He didn't use up any of his official visits and four month later, he committed to USC.
DBD AV CLUB
I’ve been watching Disclaimer on Appletv with my wife and we are both enjoying it.
Only Murders in the Building (S4 E10) [19/19 WB Hulu]. Good ending. Season 4 was the best season so far. Really funny writing. Great characters. Touching themes. And some really great whodunnit stuff. It's one of the best shows on TV. And they clearly can land anybody in Hollywood to appear in it because now it is packed with star power.
PRO
JA DROPPING
https://x.com/tuffmiddy/status/1853623435555225668
Warriors are 6-1 heading into showdown w/ Celtics tomorrow night. my guess is that the lose by 20. at least Steph was back and put in 24 points on limited minutes.
i am hoping Wiggins starts earning all the $$ they paid him
Poole looks better this year than he did last year. Still chucks it up wildly sometimes.
Must be a contract year again.
i am a big fan of Poole despite the rocky exit from W's and rough first few years in DC
he is fun to watch when he isnt falling over because he ran too fast
He got a raw deal here in a humanist way. But he got far too good a deal in a financial way. I like a little carefree in my basketball now and again (Steph anyone), but he's just not a serious basketball player really much of ever.
CAL
An article about Randy Wickstrom
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/cal-gymnast-randy-wickstrom-19872128.php
I’m in California and I dropped off my ballot this morning.
How did Californians vote on the props?
I voted no on 33, which was the rent control prop.
I voted yes on 34, I struggled with this and I bet this goes to court as it was basically a revenge prop against the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
I voted no on Prop 36, which was the tough on crime to crack down on shoplifting and drug possession.
No on 33, 34, and 36. The rent control one wouldn't do much of anything, except generate lawsuits. 34 will be thrown out by the courts if it passes. 36 just no, existing law is fine and taking decisions out of the hands of the courts doesn't help the problems at all.
I also voted Yes on 34. All 3 of the rent control propositions in the last 6 (?) years have been because AIDS Heath Foundation has financed the signature gathering and campaigns from profits generated by a federal program to make medicines less costly. They are literally wasting money that could be better used to help people live healthier and longer. It's a huge waste and they have zero to show for it.
Yeah, as I researched both 33 and 34 I read that AHF was responsible for the majority of rent control measures/props in LA and State of California, which I found odd for a healthcare non profit. I read that a lot of those funds came from profits from dollars that were supposed to be going to healthcare, which seems irresponsible to me.
Housing can count as health care, so i can see where an interest might lie. However, these measures are a waste of time and won't solve the actual problems.
Georgetown must be bear territory. As I ran by near campus I looked right and saw a guy wearing a Cal sweatshirt. Looked left and there was a woman wearing a Berkeley sweatshirt. Both were halfway down the block so no Go Bears exchanged.
I was at the airport in Mexico City and saw a woman in a grey sweatshirt with CALIFORNIA written across her chest in dark blue. You've probably had to do the same thing as me, which is analyze the font in order to figure out if she is a Cal fan or a tourist who has been to the state of California. The font was close, but a bit off - so my GO BEARS remained holstered.
[MBB] New Cast Propels Cal To Opening Win
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/4/mens-basketball-new-cast-propels-cal-to-opening-win.aspx
BERKELEY (AP) – Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 17 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 16 for California on Monday night and the new-look Golden Bears beat Cal State Bakersfield 86-73 in the season opener for both teams at Haas Pavilion.
[WBB] Bears Dominant In Win Over Saint Mary’s
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/4/womens-basketball-bears-dominant-in-win-over-saint-mary-s.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team opened the 2024-25 season with a dominant defensive performance coupled with an impressive offensive display to put the Saint Mary's Gaels away 90-58 at Haas Pavilion Monday evening. The win extended the Golden Bears' win streak in the series to seven games and marked the largest margin of victory over the Gaels since an 89-41 win on Nov. 5, 2012.
Charmin Smith is a hell of a recruiter. She has brought in great talent - almost as good as her initial year. And she'll need to be now that she's in the ACC.
[MSOC] Cal Faces No. 8 UNC In ACC First Round
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/4/mens-soccer-cal-faces-no-8-unc-in-acc-first-round.aspx
The California men's soccer team (6-7-2) makes its ACC Championship debut when it takes on eighth-ranked North Carolina (9-3-4) on Wednesday at 3 p.m. PT in its second trip to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this season. Both teams are vying to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Championship that is awarded to the winner of the ACC Championship final.
[FH] Klompmaker Tabbed ACC Freshman Of The Year
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/4/field-hockey-klompmaker-tabbed-acc-freshman-of-the-year.aspx
The California field hockey team had two student-athletes earn All-ACC honors, including the ACC Freshman of the Year award to Liz Klompmaker, the conference announced Monday.
Klompmaker cemented herself in the history books after being named the conference's top freshman while also being named to the All-ACC First Team. Graduate student Canisha van Duyn was named to the All-ACC Second Team in her lone season at Cal. Over the last 43 years, the Bears have had at least two student-athletes receive all-conference accolades in each season.
They are down 3-0 just before half in the ACC tourney. It’s on the ACCN if you get it and are interested.
[WTEN] Cal Alumna Kusano Wallace Joins Women’s Tennis Staff
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/4/womens-tennis-cal-alumna-kusano-wallace-joins-womens-tennis-staff.aspx
California women's tennis alumna Stephanie Kusano Wallace – a former All-American who led the Golden Bears to the 2008 NCAA final – has returned to Berkeley this season to bolster the Bears' staff as an assistant coach.
The erstwhile Cal star joins a staff consisting entirely of Cal alumni, including head coach Amanda Augustus (Cal '99/Cal '15) and assistant coach Sean Hill (BYU'20/Cal '22).
It’s time again for Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts.
Son Kai-Kee (aka Sam), the son of Chinese immigrants, was California’s first Asian American football player. He played quarterback on the freshman team in 1915 and was a backup running back for the varsity for three years though he didn’t see the field as either a sophomore or junior. Sam finally saw action in his senior year (1918) in games against St. Mary's, USC & Stanford. The diminutive Kai-Kee made up for his lack of bulk with great speed. Among his teammates in 1918 was Walter Gordon, the first African-American to play for the Bears. That year Kai-Kee and Gordon were members of the first Cal team to win a Pacific Coast Conference championship. In the 1940s another Asian-American back played for Cal, George Fong. George played for three different coaches, Buck Shaw, Frank Wickhorst and Pappy Waldorf. The first play from scrimmage in Pappy’s first game as a head coach was a 39-yard touchdown run by Fong at Memorial Stadium. Fong, a San Francisco native, started every game of the 1947 season, his senior year.
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 Falstaff Beer, go go for Falstaff, that’s our beer.
Apropos: https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2011/8/2/2296612/son-kai-kee-and-george-fong-cals-asian-american-football-pioneers
"The 1946 season was so bad that during an embarrassing Big Game loss, the students tore up the benches at Memorial Stadium and threw them on the field."
Throwing cards seems so tame by comparison!
"And the team was so unhappy that 42 of the 44 varsity players, including George Fong, signed a petition asking that Coach Wickhorst be fired. He was."
Those were the days.
Remember the Big Game that was so bad that we stormed the field tore up Stanfurd's turf?
Thanks for the link! I somehow missed it the first time around.
I miss CalBear81. Hope she's doing OK.
I believe she's the person who runs the Cal Bear History account on Twitter which is quite active so I'm pretty sure she's fine.
DBD poll
I voted on the second day of voting in a tiny rural county of barely 20,000 people to vote in a tiny little room with perhaps 10 voting tables. People were very southern - very polite to your face. But it's a deep red county with older poor white farmers who outnumber poor black townfolk in the biggest "city" that is only 2,000 people. I am literally one of eight non-black/hispanic POC in the county. The farmers primarily grow corn and tobacco, which will almost certainly will get hit by retaliatory tariffs if Trump is elected and cause domestic market prices to plummet. I am no longer surprised at how much people will vote against their own self interest.
I have also seen so many people vote against their own beliefs. My current hypothesis is that they vote with their gut, ie voting because they like the candidate's personality and style, even if the policies are irrational.
I agree with this and with globalization, it is very hard for regular people to understand how global markets work and everything is interconnected.
i took "voted early in person" to mean early in the morning, not necessarily before today.
all that really means is that i didnt read the choices carefully enough before voting. hopefully i did better on my real ballot!
we had 2 propositions in NY to vote on aside from the regular prez/senate races.
1 - guarantee abortion rights in state constitution or not
2 - county legislator serving 2 or 4 yr terms
I took "voted early in person" to also include by mail.
"Absentee" = "by mail"
oh, I took that to be someone living away from home. oh well, as long as my vote is recorded.
Voting today
Put my ballot in a drop box on Monday morning. Got a text this morning saying it had been counted. Cool!
Voted “absentee” on Oct 11, a few days before I left for Japan, just in case my return to US was delayed. Dropped my ballot in a drop box at city hall.
My county started encouraging vote by mail several years ago so there are very few IRL polling places now. I do miss walking to the local school / community center / neighborhood garage / library to cast my vote behind the curtain. Took my kids along too.
Voted earlier - short walk to the local middle school, got there about 0845, it was surprisingly quiet. Went with my older daughter (who also was voting) and my wife, who had voted absentee because she just came back from an overseas trip yesterday and had decided to vote absentee just in case she had some issues getting home.
I voted a few weeks ago but went by my polling place out of curiosity. Apparently there was a long line first thing this morning and has been steady since then. Earlier I ran by the VP residence. The property has a 10 foot iron fence with spikes on the top. The’ve added some of that unscalable fencing about twenty feet out around the entire property and closed off the sidewalk. A handful of DC cop cars hanging around.
We should change "Election Day" to "Last Election Day"
walked 5 min to local polling place. no lines. NO BAKE SALE at our local elementary school. that was disappointing.
i did meet someone from our old neighborhood who just moved in though. we have a fun tight knit set of friends such that when someone new moves in, the most common thing you say is "i have been in your house so many times"