My cousin accidentally got me started on Chloe Gong's Foul Lady Fortune.
Seeing how it is set in the early 1900s and seems to be concerned with China-Taiwan politics, I wonder if people like TBB have read it and consider it close to reality? Considering that it's fiction.
It was by accident as she thought she was giving me a book by Celeste Ng.
One's in Forest Grove (a good hour's drive inland), one in Stockton (which is at least on the edge of the far inland part of the bay, but no sight line to anything anywhere close to the ocean.
I have a nephew who went to Humboldt State and I wanted to say that but I didn't know how close to the ocean the campus is. I look it up and I see it's now referred to as Cal Poly Humboldt. I had no idea.
Kansas police stop madman from vaping THC and eating THC paste. He was in the hospital for his final weeks due to cancer. Now he is set to appear in court next week, if he lives that long. The police noted that the vape pen is a fire danger. Thank goodness because we wouldn't want anyone to die a horrible, painful death because of it. Something tells me this is just going to help de-criminalization in Kansas.
Watched Point Break (again) over two nights in an hour each night - and I do think it's a great movie - 90% because of the direction by Kathryn Bigelow - which to me is fucking awesome. Sure there some acting which isn't exactly great, but weirdly, it doesn't actually stop the movie from being great, which is hard to detail - but it's still fucking great.
J6C testimony: Trump had no idea that his schedule was public record and didn't discover it until December 2020. He then changed it so that his schedule said "many calls, many meetings" starting Jan 5, 2021 until the end of his term.
I try to avoid this formulation, but: even during the 2016 campaign when journalists were writing about mysterious infusions of cash in real estate (typically a sign of laundering) and opaque ownership structures passing around liabilities for offsetting losses, it seemed wildly obvious that he was a tax cheat at least, and yet we all had to pretend like maybe there was something else going on.
J6C testimony: Stefan Passantino tampered with Cassidy Hutchinson trying to get her to lie saying she didn't remember anything. Ironically, Passantino was the WH Head of Ethics
As terrible as it was, the crowd was actually pretty small. I remember after seeing the violence break out, I walked up to a nearby office building that has an observation deck on the 31st floor that looks directly down the Mall and the west side of the Capitol. It didn't look any different than any other day. The block right at the Capitol was jammed with people but the rest of the Mall was totally empty.
Wisconsin beats OK State 24-17 in a kinda sloppy game. Wiscy had a 2nd stringer in due to Mertz being in the portal and OSU struggle offensively almost the entire game.
Even if we do pull out a W, then we still have a horrendous record. And it may cool down Fox' hot seat. Knowlton might say we are about to turn the corner, prolonging the misery.
Even if we lose every remaining game on the schedule, which is quite possible, I still have the sinking suspicion that the incompetent Knowlton will let Fox finish the year.
DBD book club
My cousin accidentally got me started on Chloe Gong's Foul Lady Fortune.
Seeing how it is set in the early 1900s and seems to be concerned with China-Taiwan politics, I wonder if people like TBB have read it and consider it close to reality? Considering that it's fiction.
It was by accident as she thought she was giving me a book by Celeste Ng.
Me: stop buying snacks; you don't need more snacks
Also me: hmmm some chips would be great
DBD Street Journal
Southwest Airlines woes continue. Mayor Pete says he's angry.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/southwest-flight-cancellations-wednesday/index.html
Elon seems to admit that he's driven away 40% of Twitter's ad dollars
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/22/elon-appears-to-admit-that-hes-driven-away-40-of-twitters-advertisers/
He also seems to admit that he's lost more than three quarters of Twitter's staff. I feel bad for those on H1B visas.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-laughed-when-asked-about-twitter-layoffs-and-said-a-focus-on-working-hard-was-not-twitter-s-prior-culture-before-he-took-over/ar-AA15JUjX
Name a university that is close to an ocean. Bonus for bigger schools or proximity to waves
Coastal Carolina
San Francisco State is about a mile. MIT's about 2, as is Miami.
U Mass Boston is right on the bay
Santa Barbara City College
I had no idea where the University of the Pacific was so I looked up. They weren't any close to the ocean.
Maybe someday with climate change.
hehehehe
One's in Forest Grove (a good hour's drive inland), one in Stockton (which is at least on the edge of the far inland part of the bay, but no sight line to anything anywhere close to the ocean.
I have a nephew who went to Humboldt State and I wanted to say that but I didn't know how close to the ocean the campus is. I look it up and I see it's now referred to as Cal Poly Humboldt. I had no idea.
University of Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
Univerity of British Columbia, right on the coast in mainland Vancouver.
Univ of Alaska-Fairbanks has some impressive locations along the coast.
University of New England in Biddeford ME is the best east coast example I can recall.
Definitely no bonus points but Point Loma Nazarene has a fantastic ocean view from most of the school.
It has the infinity pool of baseball diamonds.
University of American Samoa law school
Salve Regina University in Newport, RI
Cal-Berkeley.
UCSC
No 3's dorm last year looked over the East field and the ocean. View was amazing.
U. Hawai’i
UCSD
Scripps in particular.
UCSB, UC Santa Cruz, University of Rhode Island, the Naval Academy (I know it's the Chesapeake Bay but I think that's a case of "close enough."
Chesapeake Bay is a great place to sail.
In my mind, the school that inspired this topic is Pepperdine
https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/blog/posts/best-study-spots.htm
CRASH
Davis
Not a lollygagger
, the movie
It got some flak because it won Best Picture Oscar. However, it is nowhere near the lowest IMBD rated Best Picture
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?groups=best_picture_winner&sort=user_rating,asc
IT IS TERRIBLE!!!!
I liked Chariots of Fire! What are IMDB ratings based on? Their rankings are not as good as Rotten Tomatoes IMO, not really sure what to make of them
IMDB ratings are based on IMDB users.
In my estimation the worst best picture winner of all time.
That movie fucking sucked
WEED
California. Good chunk of the town burned recently when Cal Fire couldn't keep a fire out of town.
Kansas police stop madman from vaping THC and eating THC paste. He was in the hospital for his final weeks due to cancer. Now he is set to appear in court next week, if he lives that long. The police noted that the vape pen is a fire danger. Thank goodness because we wouldn't want anyone to die a horrible, painful death because of it. Something tells me this is just going to help de-criminalization in Kansas.
https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-news/kansas-police-raid-hospital-room-of-terminally-ill-patient/
For every rule, there was someone who made that rule necessary
Disney now requires you to be courteous
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/disneyland-adds-courtesy-section-to-website/
https://twitter.com/theonlyburst/status/1530773498334834689
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
H... have they ever been to Sunnyvale?
https://smartasset.com/data-studies/where-americans-are-happiest-2022
I had the same question.
PRO
Raiders Bench Derek Carr for remainder of the season. Chase Garbers becomes the no. 2 QB
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2022/12/28/23529703/raiders-news-derek-carr-benched-final-2-games
Indonesian pro soccer player receives cross pass that is only about two feet away from the wide-open net.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7lxRFkW8Y#t=26s
Mets reworking their deal with Correa because of the medical problem that caused him to fail the Giants' physical.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35315346/source-mets-carlos-correa-working-medical-issue
Hearing it could go either way with him in New York. Even Idiot Heyman is saying 50/50.
Is anyone else going to steal him while Mets rework the contract?
Warriors beat Charlotte 110-105 at home. Warriors now 14-2 at home, but still below 0.500 because they are 3-16 on the road.
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401468668
Kuminga looked really good in the 4th. That rip away steal and then the rebound against Plumlee where he just wanted it more was Iggy like.
Luka wills the Mavs into OT by putting back his purposely missed FT. Knicks go cold in OT and the Mavs win 126-121. Luka tallies a 60/21/10 line.
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401468667
DBD AV CLUB
Watched Point Break (again) over two nights in an hour each night - and I do think it's a great movie - 90% because of the direction by Kathryn Bigelow - which to me is fucking awesome. Sure there some acting which isn't exactly great, but weirdly, it doesn't actually stop the movie from being great, which is hard to detail - but it's still fucking great.
A rare instance of Cugel/Chitwood agreement re: a movie. Point Break is a classic.
Kind of a creative story, love the surfing vibe.
Also the ex-presidents was a comedic masterstroke.
Watched The Return of the King last night which I had DVR'd a couple of days ago.
Is a very good movie
I’ve petitioned Peter Jackson to get those 201 minutes of my life back.
I laughed - BUT I do get that some of it is longer than it should be, but most (3/4?) is really quite good.
hahahahahaha
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
J6C testimony: Trump had no idea that his schedule was public record and didn't discover it until December 2020. He then changed it so that his schedule said "many calls, many meetings" starting Jan 5, 2021 until the end of his term.
https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220303_Judson%20P.%20Deere.pdf
J6C: Mark Meadows took classified documents home to share with outside people
https://twitter.com/Out5p0ken/status/1607868548919197697
He also burned documents, which is against the law.
OG Kettle calls the newer Pot black
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3790193-tulsi-gabbard-tears-into-george-santos-during-interview-do-you-have-no-shame/
to be fair, she only ever pretended to not be a homophobic hindutva supporter. So case of set a thief to catch a bigger thief.
J6C testimony: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) spent a lot of time trying to overturn the election
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/12/27/23527926/jan-6-committee-report-mike-lee-donald-trump-utah
Scum
Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist concludes what we already know: Trump is an obvious tax cheat
https://www.alternet.org/send/trump-taxes/
I used to read this guy's work when I worked in tax and he really knows his stuff.
I try to avoid this formulation, but: even during the 2016 campaign when journalists were writing about mysterious infusions of cash in real estate (typically a sign of laundering) and opaque ownership structures passing around liabilities for offsetting losses, it seemed wildly obvious that he was a tax cheat at least, and yet we all had to pretend like maybe there was something else going on.
SCOTUS extends Title 42 in order to take a closer look. Title 42 is a Trump-era edict that allows quicker expulsion of illegal immigrants
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/supreme-court-title-42/index.html
I don't often find myself agreeing with Neil Gorsuch but I think his dissent was right on the money.
J6C testimony: Stefan Passantino tampered with Cassidy Hutchinson trying to get her to lie saying she didn't remember anything. Ironically, Passantino was the WH Head of Ethics
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/trump-ethics-lawyer-passantino-cassidy-hutchinson-misleading-testimony-jan-6/index.html
to be fair, it doesn't say "head of appropriate ethics" on the office door
Maybe he was the “Head of Situational Ethics.”
very much so
J6C testimony: Trump expected a million people at the J6C insurrection
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1607949430669418497
As terrible as it was, the crowd was actually pretty small. I remember after seeing the violence break out, I walked up to a nearby office building that has an observation deck on the 31st floor that looks directly down the Mall and the west side of the Capitol. It didn't look any different than any other day. The block right at the Capitol was jammed with people but the rest of the Mall was totally empty.
CLIMB
EVERY MOUNTAIN! (not-so-hot take: the most skippable song in The Sound of Music)
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Ex-Wiscy QB Graham Mertz to Florida
Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss in the crazy-ass-uniforms Bowl. Ole Miss favored by 3.5.
Oregon vs. UNC in Holiday Bowl. Ducks favored by 13
Once again, a typically poor Pac-12 coaching effort makes Mack F-ing Brown look like a brilliant coach by comparison, and default.
Kansas vs. Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl. Hogs favored by 2.5
Kansas covers in triple OT loss.
UCF vs. Dook @ Military Bowl. Dook favored by 3.
Shutdown Fullcast: being a dual threat QB at Iowa means you will either throw a pick or fumble the ball.
McIlwain?
[MBB] Indiana Hoosier Forward Anthony Leal used his NIL money to pay off his older sister's student debt for Xmas.
https://twitter.com/anthonyl3al/status/1607099849291309056
Stanfurd gets LB Coach Mark D'Onofrio, meaning that 3 of their new coaches are from Wisconsin (DC, DL, LB).
https://twitter.com/stanfballupdate/status/1607978821797703681
I thought Wilcox was the Wisconsin maven, I guess not.
More like Oregon Maven
Those teams win football games, so he’s really neither.
On paper, not so much on the field
Buffalo beats GA Southern 23-21 in an entertaining game
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401441998
Wisconsin beats OK State 24-17 in a kinda sloppy game. Wiscy had a 2nd stringer in due to Mertz being in the portal and OSU struggle offensively almost the entire game.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401442005
My daughter HATES Wisconsin. Big 10 team I guess.
OkSU also minus a QB in the portal, and some injuries. Wisky was apparently the better overall roster, yet Gundy almost pulled it out anyway.
Memphis dominates Utah State 38-10
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401442000
East Carolina beats Coastal Carolina 53-29 and has better BBQ. Grayson McCall injured early in Q2 and leaves game with upper body injury.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401442002
McCall had already entered the portal…chose to play to showcase himself. Gets hurt.
Admittedly I didn't watch any of those games. May watch the Oregon game today.
CAL
Go Bears!!! Of the ex-Bear coaching fraternity go Sonny. The other former fired coach already won his bowl game.
[MBB] ICYMI: Grant Newell named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week
[MBB] Utah @ Cal @ 7pm PST - Pac-12 Network
A new losing streak begins! May be longer than the last one.
Would be a sweet little exacta for Incompetent’s Knowlton and Fox to bookend a win with matching 13 game losing streaks…get excited people.
That L’s tomorrow.
PLTM
L
Even if we do pull out a W, then we still have a horrendous record. And it may cool down Fox' hot seat. Knowlton might say we are about to turn the corner, prolonging the misery.
Even if we lose every remaining game on the schedule, which is quite possible, I still have the sinking suspicion that the incompetent Knowlton will let Fox finish the year.
Sunk cost fallacy may come into play here on inseason removal vs offseason removal.
That’s giving Jim too much credit