I usually bump it to the front page in the morning, but I was spending 90 minutes commuting to our main office outside DC the last two mornings so I was unable to do the needful. This morning my commute consisted of going downstairs, just how I like it.
Yeah, I really didn’t realize how badly I needed to get out of the house for my mentals until I started going in 3x a week. That said commuting into SF blows, am considering maybe starting to work out of our SV office as my house is basically equidistant between the two but for SV it is a straight shot on the highway. Downside is you are in a rando office park instead of in a fun city.
On the rare occasion that I go to the office (the local one, not the DC one where I've been maybe 3 times in the last 5 years), I'm usually on site for a few hours mid-morning or early afternoon. It's already an easy commute, but it's made so much better when I'm not driving in the morning/evening rush.
That said, I'm perfectly fine working from home indefinitely.
I'm slowly extracting myself from the dreary project that I've been on for 5 years (!) but the new project is remote only, even the feds, so it's actually a step backward - the FDA office is a 15 minute drive from the house, so I could have at least gone in there occasionally for a change of pace
Korea! So cool. When I was teaching there it was right after the WC in 02 and soccer had kind of recently supplanted baseball as the favorite sport. I imagine soccer must be far and away the number one sport there by now
If they had played for the entire group stage the way that they played for the last 30 minutes against Croatia, they might have done better. Also I have never seen a one-game run of atrocious luck like Lukaku had yesterday (not even when he was playing for Everton)
I've seen too many photos from the angle floating around. Why do they keep showing that? To make it a controversy? The only angle you should look at is from the above, yet all the media outlets showing the angled photos.
11th US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously (two of three are Trump appointees) reserve Judge Cannon's order for a Special Master to slow down evidence to the DOJ. The matter can still be brought to SCOTUS within 7 days, otherwise the DOJ will get the 900 or so documents being held up.
Kevin McCarthy continues to be written off as the next Speaker of the House. If McCarthy is elected, he will have a tenure not unlike John Boehner and Pual Ryan: inhibited by a fractious GOP caucus.
There have been hints from some GOP reps that a non-member of the House will be elected Speaker. Just yesterday, US Rep Ralph Norman (R-SC) hinted that there would be a candidate who is not a current House member. Norman said that the candidate would become apparent in the next few weeks.
Usually, people automatically think of TFG as the likely candidate. I think that there's someone who would probably be more effective but may be enjoying retirement a bit too much to take up the mantle of leadership - Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich could actually do some damage. The question in my mind, is would he want the challenge? He's been Speaker before. He might not want to try his hand again. Or maybe he might. He does have a website and he appears in televised interviews from time to time.
Idea for a WFC poll: Name the next pyramid scheme disguised as an actual business that Cal will sign a field naming (or merchandising) deal with that will collapse before the last of the checks bounce.
Newellbany and I do baseball trips…even hit up Globe Life Field on the TCU trip with hag, HSB, and our stunningly underwhelming friend from high school, Jockface.
We’re all caught up on the 30 current ball fields, so really not sure what the next one will be…probably the A’s, somewhere…
I have started crossing US National Parks off the list, actually. I may also start doing iconic sports venues…like I’ve been to Churchill Downs, Madison Square Garden…Lambeau is on the bucket list…maybe that’s what I do…not sure.
Probably the Sally Tessio move….get in the portal ASAP and get first crack at some possibilities. Maybe he already has an idea.
Wasn’t that impressed with him v Cal….Rees’ play calling was actually more impressive, the tongue-lashing on national tv notwithstanding. But Rees ran f-ing circles around idiot Musgrave, though Newellbany’s precocious 12-year old would, too.
Dillingham will still have his hands all over that ASU O, unlike in Berkeley, where Baldwin had free reign, within the conservative constraints of Wilcox’s style …
Early I know, but with the transfer portal and 8 (f-ing 8!!!) home games, I look for ASU to make a run at 6-6 and a berth in the…Sun Bowl.
I fear that El Paso over the new year holiday will remain as elusive as Pasadena ever was, at least so long as Wilcox is around.
In a bit of a surprise, Chance Nolan enters the portal as a RS Junior. IMHO, this is positive for the Bears as I thought Nolan was better than Gulbranson
Oregon St was 6-1 with Gulbranson, though he was more of a game manager, and the 4 worst teams in the P12 (Colorado, Stanford, ASU and Cal) were amongst those wins. Smith wins in the trenches and with Martinez, though, so the QB didn’t have to do much.
Question: does tonight’s Pac 12 Championship game have any bearing on Mark Fox’s employment status? SC win = CFP = millions of $’s for each member school…
Here is a list of players who have completed their fifth year of football. Their redshirt plus 2020 mulligan year means that they theoretically have one more year of automatic eligibility left:
Ben Coleman, Odua Isabor, Demetrick Jackson, Matt Cindric, Daniel Scott, Jackson Sirmon, Monroe Young, Gunnar Rask, Jamieson Sheahan, Jack Plummer, Darius Long, Chris Rodgers, Kyle Smith, Ray Woodie, Ryan Puskas
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Went out to an Opera we had never seen before last night, and quite enjoyed it, even though it was so short it didn't even have an intermission! Only a total of 90 minutes - which is generally not an Opera at all.
Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek myth) had the simplest, and fewest characters in a performance we had ever seen - but it was quite compelling - and beautiful.
I wasn't expecting to be so underwhelmed. So much of what makes Indiana Jones fun is the tactile look of the practical effects; while this one doesn't look quite as bad as the Forbidden Fourth, it still looks rather overproduced.
Man, I thought Crystal Skull was the action movie equivalent of the Cal offense under Wilcox…when I read your post, buddy, I immediately thought Cowboys and Aliens II..but that preview looks pretty cool…cautiously optimistic.
DBD Front Page!
I usually bump it to the front page in the morning, but I was spending 90 minutes commuting to our main office outside DC the last two mornings so I was unable to do the needful. This morning my commute consisted of going downstairs, just how I like it.
I'm torn between not having any interest in commuting and my increasing concern that I am going to lose my mind if I keep working in the guest room.
Yeah, I really didn’t realize how badly I needed to get out of the house for my mentals until I started going in 3x a week. That said commuting into SF blows, am considering maybe starting to work out of our SV office as my house is basically equidistant between the two but for SV it is a straight shot on the highway. Downside is you are in a rando office park instead of in a fun city.
Same! I went in three times this week and felt a big (positive) psychological impact.
Thankfully my commute is not that long: 30-40 minutes on public transit.
I commuted into SF for seven-and-half-years. Now I teach at a school that is a fifteen minute walk from home. Bliss.
On the rare occasion that I go to the office (the local one, not the DC one where I've been maybe 3 times in the last 5 years), I'm usually on site for a few hours mid-morning or early afternoon. It's already an easy commute, but it's made so much better when I'm not driving in the morning/evening rush.
That said, I'm perfectly fine working from home indefinitely.
I'm slowly extracting myself from the dreary project that I've been on for 5 years (!) but the new project is remote only, even the feds, so it's actually a step backward - the FDA office is a 15 minute drive from the house, so I could have at least gone in there occasionally for a change of pace
As it should be.
Free speech has been restored to W4C!!
Can we say Merry Christmas again?!?!
The war on Christmas will continue until morale on W4C improves.
WORLD CUP
Serbia vs Switzerland
I thought perhaps this might be the ruffians stealing milk money from the posh boys, but well done Switzerland for winning it.
Cameroon vs Brazil
Glorious late goal for Cameroon to beat Brazil, even if they didn't make it to the next round.
Korea vs Portugal
Portugal up 1-0 early. Korea's slim hopes of advancing to the knockout stage are looking grim.
Tied 1-1!
Gooooooooool!!!!
Korea! So cool. When I was teaching there it was right after the WC in 02 and soccer had kind of recently supplanted baseball as the favorite sport. I imagine soccer must be far and away the number one sport there by now
It's exciting seeing some uncommon teams in the knockout round: Korea, US, Poland, Australia
Ghana vs Uruguay
Belgium ties Croatia 0-0
losers
If they had played for the entire group stage the way that they played for the last 30 minutes against Croatia, they might have done better. Also I have never seen a one-game run of atrocious luck like Lukaku had yesterday (not even when he was playing for Everton)
Morocco def Canada 2-1
Germany def Cost Rica 4-2
losers
Japan def Spain 2-1
In or out?
https://twitter.com/hendersontyle/status/1598426793157201922
The ball is IN, Germany is OUT
I've seen too many photos from the angle floating around. Why do they keep showing that? To make it a controversy? The only angle you should look at is from the above, yet all the media outlets showing the angled photos.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
11th US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously (two of three are Trump appointees) reserve Judge Cannon's order for a Special Master to slow down evidence to the DOJ. The matter can still be brought to SCOTUS within 7 days, otherwise the DOJ will get the 900 or so documents being held up.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/politics/mar-a-lago-special-master/index.html
Edward Snowden is granted Russian citizenship and pledged his loyalty to Russia. His wife and kids will join him in Russia.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/02/edward-snowden-russian-citizenship/
🔥🔥🔥
https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1598477801782677504
https://media.tenor.com/5iXomuvuRQ4AAAAC/drop-the-mic-obama-mic-drop.gif
Matt Gaetz's accomplice get 11 years in the Federal pokey
https://www.rawstory.com/joel-greenberg-prison/
Kevin McCarthy continues to be written off as the next Speaker of the House. If McCarthy is elected, he will have a tenure not unlike John Boehner and Pual Ryan: inhibited by a fractious GOP caucus.
There have been hints from some GOP reps that a non-member of the House will be elected Speaker. Just yesterday, US Rep Ralph Norman (R-SC) hinted that there would be a candidate who is not a current House member. Norman said that the candidate would become apparent in the next few weeks.
Usually, people automatically think of TFG as the likely candidate. I think that there's someone who would probably be more effective but may be enjoying retirement a bit too much to take up the mantle of leadership - Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich could actually do some damage. The question in my mind, is would he want the challenge? He's been Speaker before. He might not want to try his hand again. Or maybe he might. He does have a website and he appears in televised interviews from time to time.
Thoughts?
I doubt it is Gingrich. Maybe Meadows?
Gingrich? I really doubt that.
Field
RIP Kabam
RIP FTX
Idea for a WFC poll: Name the next pyramid scheme disguised as an actual business that Cal will sign a field naming (or merchandising) deal with that will collapse before the last of the checks bounce.
Herbalife
Let's embrace some cannabis conglomerate. The merchandising opportunities would be infinite.
Goop
That's a great product, and not about to go belly up! Doesn't seem like a fit.
You don't want Cal players playing on Goop Field?
Amway
United States Treasury
Newellbany and I do baseball trips…even hit up Globe Life Field on the TCU trip with hag, HSB, and our stunningly underwhelming friend from high school, Jockface.
We’re all caught up on the 30 current ball fields, so really not sure what the next one will be…probably the A’s, somewhere…
Time to visit AAA fields
Montgomery Biscuits looks like it's the closest to Auburn in two years. Tacoma Rainers depending on when the UW game is scheduled next year.
Japan maybe? They have some good ones
I have started crossing US National Parks off the list, actually. I may also start doing iconic sports venues…like I’ve been to Churchill Downs, Madison Square Garden…Lambeau is on the bucket list…maybe that’s what I do…not sure.
On the Sunday between Cal in the Final four and the championship game in Vegas. I'm there.
& Stream
PRO
Let's not bicker and argue about who sexually assaulted who
https://sports.yahoo.com/it-appears-browns-qb-deshaun-watson-is-done-discussing-his-sexual-assault-allegations-likely-forever-000919061.html
NBA votes to allow sovereign wealth funds to buy controlling stake in teams.
https://canadatoday.news/ca/nba-allows-pension-and-sovereign-wealth-funds-to-buy-team-stakes-170339/
Bills defeat Pats 24-10, earn their first AFC East win
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401437873
Elsewhere in college
MACtion. ⚡ vs. 🐂. Is it Tuesday?
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401506450
(ESPN) Notre Dame's Drew Pyne to the portal
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1598744032527646742?t=U_0cPTwBOncQHIkaPYmVqg&s=19
So he won’t play in the ND bowl game? Kind of strange for a starting QB to enter the portal before his season is over.
Must be transferring to get away from his verbally abusive OC Tommy Rees.
Probably the Sally Tessio move….get in the portal ASAP and get first crack at some possibilities. Maybe he already has an idea.
Wasn’t that impressed with him v Cal….Rees’ play calling was actually more impressive, the tongue-lashing on national tv notwithstanding. But Rees ran f-ing circles around idiot Musgrave, though Newellbany’s precocious 12-year old would, too.
What? Uh, yes please.
https://twitter.com/bmarcello/status/1598712891854553090
Dillingham will still have his hands all over that ASU O, unlike in Berkeley, where Baldwin had free reign, within the conservative constraints of Wilcox’s style …
Early I know, but with the transfer portal and 8 (f-ing 8!!!) home games, I look for ASU to make a run at 6-6 and a berth in the…Sun Bowl.
I fear that El Paso over the new year holiday will remain as elusive as Pasadena ever was, at least so long as Wilcox is around.
[MBB] Pac-12 chaos
https://twitter.com/BeaverMBB/status/1598545442547314690
Ex-Cal TE McCallan Castles enters the portal as a grad
https://twitter.com/McCallanCastles/status/1597287370302181377
Colorado ends atop (abottom?) ESPN's final Bottom 10 rankings, reiterating how bad our loss was
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35140727/college-football-bottom-10-tabulating-no-1-2022
Stanfurd and ASU get honorable mention
That game cost us the more common five-win season that we've "enjoyed" so often lately ('10, '14, '16, '17, '21).
[MBB] Utah smokes Arizona at home 81-66
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35161466/utah-stuns-no-4-arizona-10th-anniversary-utes-coaching-legend-rick-majerus-death
Yet another P12 team that scuffled through last season but got better this year…unlike Cal smdh.
In a bit of a surprise, Chance Nolan enters the portal as a RS Junior. IMHO, this is positive for the Bears as I thought Nolan was better than Gulbranson
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35159108/oregon-state-chance-nolan-enters-transfer-portal-injury-hit-season
Oregon St was 6-1 with Gulbranson, though he was more of a game manager, and the 4 worst teams in the P12 (Colorado, Stanford, ASU and Cal) were amongst those wins. Smith wins in the trenches and with Martinez, though, so the QB didn’t have to do much.
Tom Herman to FAU
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35158075/ex-texas-coach-tom-herman-says-accepted-florida-atlantic-job
comment from the Texas board. "Mensa and his crazy wife in the land of naughty powder? Really, really bad move"
Cade McNamara transfers to Iowa. Spencer Petras ends his three years starting career with 56.7% completion rate, 6.1 YPC, and a 24/19 TD/INT
At some point hard to blame Petras, he should not have been starting. Three years!
The real issue at Iowa is nepotism.
Question: does tonight’s Pac 12 Championship game have any bearing on Mark Fox’s employment status? SC win = CFP = millions of $’s for each member school…
Nevada hired Angus McClure
And somehow we would probably still lose to Nevada if we played them next season.
Absolutely.
CAL
McKeever piece in the Chron. Sober stuff.
https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/cal-swimming-coach-teri-mckeever-17625224.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Yeah, this is even worse than I thought it would be.
Here is a list of players who have completed their fifth year of football. Their redshirt plus 2020 mulligan year means that they theoretically have one more year of automatic eligibility left:
Jackson Sirmon
Spencer Lovell
Matt Cindric
Jack Plummer
Nick Alftin
Monroe Young
Kenden Robinson Jr
Longhetto*
Zellers*
* - already announced their grad transfer
Seniors who walked during Senior Day:
Ben Coleman, Odua Isabor, Demetrick Jackson, Matt Cindric, Daniel Scott, Jackson Sirmon, Monroe Young, Gunnar Rask, Jamieson Sheahan, Jack Plummer, Darius Long, Chris Rodgers, Kyle Smith, Ray Woodie, Ryan Puskas
The 4th and 5th year players who have NOT otherwise walked on senior day, declared for the draft, or entered the portal as a grad are:
Alftin, Brett Johnson, Mojarro, Sessions, Croteau, Antzoulatos, Patu, Tagaloa, Jernigan, Brooks, Starling, Ikahihifo, Williams, Woodson
I didn't realize Sirmon still could return and play one more season just like Plummer.
Slater Zellers in the portal as a grad transfer. Welcome to the Jake Arguello era
https://twitter.com/SlaterZellers/status/1598503471120277504
Jake Arguello. No questioning his accuracy. Now let's see him gain some weight
http://www.espn.com/video/clip/clip?id=34465048
Good Bay Area name
The least groundbreaking study
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/11/29/scientists-discover-secret-to-waking-up-alert-and-refreshed/
Go Bears!!!
Have we run out of historical Cal fun facts? Or run out of sponsors?
Happy Birthday to HSB!
HBD HSB!
thanks everyone.
had boozy lunch in NYC.
meeting some friends for drinks at the Dead Rabbit.
family dinner at a nice oyster bar near home
happy birthday hsb!
I can now stop re-reading about second TV's.
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DBD AV Club
Went out to an Opera we had never seen before last night, and quite enjoyed it, even though it was so short it didn't even have an intermission! Only a total of 90 minutes - which is generally not an Opera at all.
Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek myth) had the simplest, and fewest characters in a performance we had ever seen - but it was quite compelling - and beautiful.
New Indiana Jones trailer. So aliens (as far as I can tell) so I'm excited. I thought the 4th movie was really good for the first half.
https://youtu.be/ZfVYgWYaHmE
I wasn't expecting to be so underwhelmed. So much of what makes Indiana Jones fun is the tactile look of the practical effects; while this one doesn't look quite as bad as the Forbidden Fourth, it still looks rather overproduced.
Not to mention the abundance of nostalgiabait.
4th movie? I thought was terrible!
Like I said, I thought the first half was good. Good action. Then the aliens showed up and it all went downhill.
Man, I thought Crystal Skull was the action movie equivalent of the Cal offense under Wilcox…when I read your post, buddy, I immediately thought Cowboys and Aliens II..but that preview looks pretty cool…cautiously optimistic.