Moffitt Library is named after James Moffitt. His brother Herbert was the first to come to UC Berkeley and ended up as the Dean of Medicine (and is the reason why the medical school is in San Francisco). However, James was a long time Board of Regents - so he got the library named after him.
Who says marching band isn't dangerous. Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O hospitalized after getting injured doing brass section stunts filming Jackass 4. Injuries are not serious. In other news, the Idiocracy 2020 prophecy continues as the "Ow My Balls" series continues.
"Joshua Hawkins said the request seemed “pretty weird,” but the dark-haired man who made it was offering cash, and a lot of it.
The man said his name was Nate and he wanted Mr. Hawkins, a local artist, to paint an enormous Soviet-style mural of Cookie Monster — the voracious, pastry-loving “Sesame Street” creature — and three Russian words on a commercial building in Peoria, Ill.
When the job was done over Thanksgiving weekend, the man paid in full and Mr. Hawkins, 33, proudly displayed the mural on his Facebook page.
But Mr. Hawkins learned C can also be for Caper.
Less than a week after the mural went up, Mr. Hawkins said he received a call from the real Nate Comte, who said he had never commissioned the Cookie Monster mural.
He also made his feelings about the mural very clear: He swiftly used white paint to cover the wall."
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Who says marching band isn't dangerous. Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O hospitalized after getting injured doing brass section stunts filming Jackass 4. Injuries are not serious. In other news, the Idiocracy 2020 prophecy continues as the "Ow My Balls" series continues.
https://www.bammargerahq.com/post/jackass-4-filming-update
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"Joshua Hawkins said the request seemed “pretty weird,” but the dark-haired man who made it was offering cash, and a lot of it.
The man said his name was Nate and he wanted Mr. Hawkins, a local artist, to paint an enormous Soviet-style mural of Cookie Monster — the voracious, pastry-loving “Sesame Street” creature — and three Russian words on a commercial building in Peoria, Ill.
When the job was done over Thanksgiving weekend, the man paid in full and Mr. Hawkins, 33, proudly displayed the mural on his Facebook page.
But Mr. Hawkins learned C can also be for Caper.
Less than a week after the mural went up, Mr. Hawkins said he received a call from the real Nate Comte, who said he had never commissioned the Cookie Monster mural.
He also made his feelings about the mural very clear: He swiftly used white paint to cover the wall."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/communist-cookie-monster-mural.html
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