The belly. I've never been really overweight but on those occasions when I've added pounds it's gone to the gut. When I lose weight it leaves the belly.
The Warriors won a game like this when I was a kid. Down by three with seconds remaining (before the three point shot) they made a basket with one second to go. The other team inbounded from under the basket. The ball hit the backboard without entering play and the Ws got the ball back and scored the winner.
Dalton Knecht brought out a flamethrower in the third quarter on Tuesday, scoring 21 of his 37 points in the frame to lead the Lakers to a 124-118 win.
The Lakers are now 2-0 in NBA Cup games. They have been undefeated in tournament games since last season with nine wins in a row. LA is also 7-0 at home for the season.
Former Bear QB Aaron Rodgers and future Bear QB Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele will be in attendance on Saturday apparently. Be interesting what type of welcome Rodgers gets.
WACO, Texas – California men's tennis senior Carl Emil Overbeck prevailed in his opener in the NCAA Singles Championship on Tuesday to advance to Wednesday's round of 32 at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center. Three of his Golden Bear teammates were not as fortunate, as senior Alex Chang, graduate student Theo Dean and sophomore Timofey Stepanov lost in the singles first round.
WACO, Texas – The California women's tennis trio of Lan Mi, Katja Wiersholm and Mao Mushika earned a sweep of NCAA Singles Championship first-round matches Tuesday at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center. The three Golden Bears advance to the round of 32 on Wednesday, when Mushika and Jessica Alsola also start play in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
I've been cleaning up a bunch of old tweets as a way of deciding if I really want to bring any over to BlueSky, and one thing I've noticed is that between 2008 and 2023 I tweeted some variation of "Oh Cal not like this" a bunch of times.
Recap from my “meet Chancellor Lyons” alumni event last night in suburban CT. Overall, he seems great, Cal undergrad, super enthusiastic and energetic.
I asked the first question, which was, “what are your short term priorities?”
1. He unapologetically said it was Cal sports. He mentioned the $20m NIL thing and the fact that Wilcox is asking for an answer even before that, otherwise Mendoza will put himself in the portal.
2. Protests. The Gaza/Israel stuff was bad but he is suspected a lot worse if Trump-era deportations commence. I am not 100% sure how undocumented students are enrolled at Cal, but maybe i dont appreciate how it works.
3. Future funding of university. State funding is down to 10% and likely wont get too much worse. There is gathering momentum to have Cal startup founders and VC companies that invest in those startups pledge to give significant profits back to Cal. Would make for a sustainable financial model for the university going forward. The money would not just be for engineering and business school, but core programs like humanities and funding grad students, etc. Not super short term, but a good thing for sustainability.
He fully admitted that, in the current era, athletics and academics are inextricably intertwined and that we have to get both things right. He implied that academics at Cal was on a more solid footing currently and in the long term because of great investments in people and programs .. and that athletics needed immediate help. He is trying to find a matching program for the current year where the university would match whatever donors pledge for NIL.
I hope this means that Chancellor Lyons recognizes that without full-throated and practical support from the administration that Cal Athletics cannot survive in the changing environment posed by NIL and the transfer portal in football and basketball.
Regarding undocumented students, I will speculate that the bar for determining whether one is documented or not may slide to the right, so to speak.
There is also the hassle, which is likely to get worse. In my own experience, I've been frequently assumed to be an immigrant, even though my family has been in the US since the 1890s. During WWII, my grandmother wore a button that said "I am Chinese, not Japanese". Maybe I'll get a button that says "American Citizen".
during the latter stages of the previous Trump administration, the day I found out that border patrol had started roadblocks on I-91 in Vermont was the day I figured I'd better get a passport card ahead of a sequel. The absence of a statutory requirement to to carry proof of citizenship doesn't mean much to CBP or ICE when you're out and about. (To be clear, I don't think I have much to worry about, but there are reasons to be low trust on this subject)
I asked a later question along the lines of “i give money to academic programs but not to athletics. should i change how i think about my giving to Cal?” he said that you should, of course, donate consistent w/ your values. But yes, this is a pivotal moment of keeping Cal sports viable in the top tier or risk being relegated to 2nd tier status.
It’s time again for Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts, Big Game week edition.
The 1960 Big Game represented the last season of a fourteen-year run in which California lost to Furd only twice. The Bears were 10-2-2 with both ties coming when the Bears held the Axe. The following year the Bears began a six-game losing streak to the Lobsterbacks. It was the first of four streaks of six or more losses to Furd that Cal has endured in the last 65 years (1987-1992, 1995-2001 and worst of all 2010-2018). Meanwhile the longest Bear winning streak in that time is five games (2002-2006). Under first year coach Marv Levy the Sturdy Golden Ones entered the November 19th contest sporting a 1-7-1 record while Furd was winless. Nonetheless Memorial Stadium was sold out. The Bears went on to a 21-10 win led by Randy Gold (and if there’s been a Cal QB with a better name I’d like to hear it). Gold threw the only pass for the Bears that day and went for a touchdown. Cal dominated time of possession in an intentional effort to ground the Furdies lone threat, QB Dick Norman. The hosts iced the game with a late drive culminating in a one-yard plunge by Gold. (Did he name his first-born “Blue And”?) Among the festivities on the day was the honoring of the 40th anniversary of Andy Smith’s first unbeaten Wonder Team. The lads posed for a photo on the field
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 Kips. Why not stop by and get stinking drunk?
Netflix extension into noodles is yet another great biographical series about food auteurs. It is beautifully shot and still knocks it out of the park in terms of letting people tell their stories about what it personally costs to become the best in the world at something. Sometimes the answer is "too much". Sometimes it is "I am nothing without this". Sometimes it is something shocking. I don't how they do it, but the chefs come across so honest and vulnerable. I never thought I would be so moved about watching noodles. This is the finest cooking TV series ever made.
watched a lot of Care Bears episodes and movies w/ my kids while they were growing up. there was something of a revival of Care Bears in the early 2000's.
the best story i have is that we took Love-a-Lot Care Bear along on a hiking trip to Norway when older one was 3. sadly, Love-a-Lot was lost in the wild .. last seen here on the trail.
This ballad is from her posthumous record. It reached #3 in the US. Aaliyah died after the charter company sent a slightly smaller plane to pick-up Aaliyah and her entourage. A witness said that one of the entourage members verbally browbeat the pilot into trying to take off despite warnings of being overloaded. The plane crashed trying to take off and nobody survived.
I’m late, but this is original singer FTM. Saw them (time of this single) open for fishbone and Red Hot Chili Peppers at The Stone on Broadway in summer of 1984(I think).
When you lose/gain weight, where does it disproportionally accumulate/shrink?
Pretty evenly between the upper and lower chest (barrel-chested guy). It's always hard to fully lose the man-boobs.
Hips
The belly. I've never been really overweight but on those occasions when I've added pounds it's gone to the gut. When I lose weight it leaves the belly.
It has snuck up on me around the lower back, which I generally don't see, even in a mirror.
Like a lion, I gain it around my face and upper neck. I get all moon-faced when I'm a bit husky. The moon is waxing now.
"Wigglin' walruses! It's gonna be a hard winter!"
- Opus
it's almost all at the belly, but the canary in the coal mine is my face (for gain or loss, that's the first place it shows up)
extra camouflage for hiding my abs!
In my thighs.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Coach Prime says he's not leaving Colorado
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42490594/colorado-deion-sanders-ignores-talk-aint-going-nowhere
That's what they all say...just before they do.
Color me skeptical.
3.4 seconds left on the clock, Wagner inbounding from half court and down by 2. Wagner improbably scores two buckets and wins by 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0v7kooKsnk#t=1m54s
https://www.espn.com.au/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401721796
I was thinking just throw it down the other end of the court. He airmailed it. Just had to throw it shorter and just have someone touch it.
The Warriors won a game like this when I was a kid. Down by three with seconds remaining (before the three point shot) they made a basket with one second to go. The other team inbounded from under the basket. The ball hit the backboard without entering play and the Ws got the ball back and scored the winner.
PRO
Dalton Knecht explodes for career high as Lakers down Jazz in NBA Cup duel
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2024/11/19/24301199/lakers-vs-jazz-final-score-recap-stats-box-score-lebron-james-anthony-davis-dalton-knecht
Dalton Knecht brought out a flamethrower in the third quarter on Tuesday, scoring 21 of his 37 points in the frame to lead the Lakers to a 124-118 win.
The Lakers are now 2-0 in NBA Cup games. They have been undefeated in tournament games since last season with nine wins in a row. LA is also 7-0 at home for the season.
Hey Siri, welcome to New York
https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-siri-mets-rays-trade
Rafael Nadal is now officially retired
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/rafael-nadal-22-time-grand-slam-champion-and-king-of-clay-retires-from-tennis-at-davis-cup
If you looked after his mother before he was born would that have been pre Nadal care?
Glad for his body but he will really be missed. What an outstanding competitor and gentleman.
Celtics blow big 3Q lead and then hang on to hand the Cavaliers their first loss of the season 120-117
https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401703390/cavaliers-celtics
Bruins fire Montgomery
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/42490989/boston-bruins-fire-coach-jim-montgomery-20-games
CAL
Cal WBB remains undefeated with an easy win over Grambling, 86-63.
Former Bear QB Aaron Rodgers and future Bear QB Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele will be in attendance on Saturday apparently. Be interesting what type of welcome Rodgers gets.
[MTEN] Overbeck Wins NCAA Singles Opener
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/19/mens-tennis-overbeck-wins-ncaa-singles-opener.aspx
WACO, Texas – California men's tennis senior Carl Emil Overbeck prevailed in his opener in the NCAA Singles Championship on Tuesday to advance to Wednesday's round of 32 at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center. Three of his Golden Bear teammates were not as fortunate, as senior Alex Chang, graduate student Theo Dean and sophomore Timofey Stepanov lost in the singles first round.
[WTEN] 3 Bears Sweep NCAA Singles Openers
https://calbears.com/news/2024/11/19/womens-tennis-3-bears-sweep-ncaa-singles-openers.aspx
WACO, Texas – The California women's tennis trio of Lan Mi, Katja Wiersholm and Mao Mushika earned a sweep of NCAA Singles Championship first-round matches Tuesday at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center. The three Golden Bears advance to the round of 32 on Wednesday, when Mushika and Jessica Alsola also start play in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
I've been cleaning up a bunch of old tweets as a way of deciding if I really want to bring any over to BlueSky, and one thing I've noticed is that between 2008 and 2023 I tweeted some variation of "Oh Cal not like this" a bunch of times.
Recap from my “meet Chancellor Lyons” alumni event last night in suburban CT. Overall, he seems great, Cal undergrad, super enthusiastic and energetic.
I asked the first question, which was, “what are your short term priorities?”
1. He unapologetically said it was Cal sports. He mentioned the $20m NIL thing and the fact that Wilcox is asking for an answer even before that, otherwise Mendoza will put himself in the portal.
2. Protests. The Gaza/Israel stuff was bad but he is suspected a lot worse if Trump-era deportations commence. I am not 100% sure how undocumented students are enrolled at Cal, but maybe i dont appreciate how it works.
3. Future funding of university. State funding is down to 10% and likely wont get too much worse. There is gathering momentum to have Cal startup founders and VC companies that invest in those startups pledge to give significant profits back to Cal. Would make for a sustainable financial model for the university going forward. The money would not just be for engineering and business school, but core programs like humanities and funding grad students, etc. Not super short term, but a good thing for sustainability.
He fully admitted that, in the current era, athletics and academics are inextricably intertwined and that we have to get both things right. He implied that academics at Cal was on a more solid footing currently and in the long term because of great investments in people and programs .. and that athletics needed immediate help. He is trying to find a matching program for the current year where the university would match whatever donors pledge for NIL.
I hope this means that Chancellor Lyons recognizes that without full-throated and practical support from the administration that Cal Athletics cannot survive in the changing environment posed by NIL and the transfer portal in football and basketball.
I guess we'll find out.
I'm a little surprised he was so candid about the Mendoza ask.
Well, that is encouraging at least.
Regarding undocumented students, I will speculate that the bar for determining whether one is documented or not may slide to the right, so to speak.
There is also the hassle, which is likely to get worse. In my own experience, I've been frequently assumed to be an immigrant, even though my family has been in the US since the 1890s. During WWII, my grandmother wore a button that said "I am Chinese, not Japanese". Maybe I'll get a button that says "American Citizen".
during the latter stages of the previous Trump administration, the day I found out that border patrol had started roadblocks on I-91 in Vermont was the day I figured I'd better get a passport card ahead of a sequel. The absence of a statutory requirement to to carry proof of citizenship doesn't mean much to CBP or ICE when you're out and about. (To be clear, I don't think I have much to worry about, but there are reasons to be low trust on this subject)
https://www.tiktok.com/@clipguy2717/video/7301295967456857349
pretty much
I asked a later question along the lines of “i give money to academic programs but not to athletics. should i change how i think about my giving to Cal?” he said that you should, of course, donate consistent w/ your values. But yes, this is a pivotal moment of keeping Cal sports viable in the top tier or risk being relegated to 2nd tier status.
Happy 42nd anniversary of this splendorous day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhn2CGFQ9I
💙🐻💛
Well, there it is!
It’s time again for Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts, Big Game week edition.
The 1960 Big Game represented the last season of a fourteen-year run in which California lost to Furd only twice. The Bears were 10-2-2 with both ties coming when the Bears held the Axe. The following year the Bears began a six-game losing streak to the Lobsterbacks. It was the first of four streaks of six or more losses to Furd that Cal has endured in the last 65 years (1987-1992, 1995-2001 and worst of all 2010-2018). Meanwhile the longest Bear winning streak in that time is five games (2002-2006). Under first year coach Marv Levy the Sturdy Golden Ones entered the November 19th contest sporting a 1-7-1 record while Furd was winless. Nonetheless Memorial Stadium was sold out. The Bears went on to a 21-10 win led by Randy Gold (and if there’s been a Cal QB with a better name I’d like to hear it). Gold threw the only pass for the Bears that day and went for a touchdown. Cal dominated time of possession in an intentional effort to ground the Furdies lone threat, QB Dick Norman. The hosts iced the game with a late drive culminating in a one-yard plunge by Gold. (Did he name his first-born “Blue And”?) Among the festivities on the day was the honoring of the 40th anniversary of Andy Smith’s first unbeaten Wonder Team. The lads posed for a photo on the field
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 Kips. Why not stop by and get stinking drunk?
Go Bears!!! Beat Stanfurd!!!
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
RFK Jr as Sec of Heatlh & Human Services
Dr Oz nominated to head up Medicare/Medicaid
WWE's Vince McMahon's wife to head up Dept of Education
Brawndo. It's what plants crave.
Let's just fill all the positions with reality TV stars. It will work out great.
Think the FCC nominee (or one of the nominees) was a former Real World Boston participant...
Going great!
DBD AV CLUB
Chef's Table - Noodles (Netflix, 19/19 WB)
Netflix extension into noodles is yet another great biographical series about food auteurs. It is beautifully shot and still knocks it out of the park in terms of letting people tell their stories about what it personally costs to become the best in the world at something. Sometimes the answer is "too much". Sometimes it is "I am nothing without this". Sometimes it is something shocking. I don't how they do it, but the chefs come across so honest and vulnerable. I never thought I would be so moved about watching noodles. This is the finest cooking TV series ever made.
CARE
Bears
watched a lot of Care Bears episodes and movies w/ my kids while they were growing up. there was something of a revival of Care Bears in the early 2000's.
the best story i have is that we took Love-a-Lot Care Bear along on a hiking trip to Norway when older one was 3. sadly, Love-a-Lot was lost in the wild .. last seen here on the trail.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2za2kqcYdHrebzhz8
4 U, I CARE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te4AOiCJ0Y8
This ballad is from her posthumous record. It reached #3 in the US. Aaliyah died after the charter company sent a slightly smaller plane to pick-up Aaliyah and her entourage. A witness said that one of the entourage members verbally browbeat the pilot into trying to take off despite warnings of being overloaded. The plane crashed trying to take off and nobody survived.
LESS WHISPER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ
A LOT, WE
Boy is this music video dated, but Faith No More was a kick ass band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQhX8PbNUWI
I’m late, but this is original singer FTM. Saw them (time of this single) open for fishbone and Red Hot Chili Peppers at The Stone on Broadway in summer of 1984(I think).