Bush baby, (family Galagidae), also spelled bushbaby, also called galago, any of more than 20 species of small attractive arboreal primates native to sub-Saharan Africa. They are gray, brown, or reddish to yellowish brown, with large eyes and ears, long hind legs, soft, woolly fur, and long tails.
Not sure what happened to them but I was never a fan. Some neighbors in my old digs hired them to play for a birthday party back in the first decade of the two thousands. Ah, those were the days. Dotcom excess.
Darius Rucker, the lead singer, had a fairly successful career as a country singer after Hootie ended.
I still think that first album has a lot of catchy hits on it (and good musicianship), but it's pretty clear they didn't have much else to offer after that.
Don’t know why, but I love Shooting Shark, in spite of the odd lyrics. Lights Years of Love gets skipped, tho. And I’m running the lyrics to Dragon Lady thru my head now trying to determine how racist it might be.
Fire of Unknown Origin is epic (says my high school self). The song Heavy Metal also. First few albums are hit or miss to me.
Writing about Soft White Underbelly was not on my to-do list today (or week, month, or year)
Not sure if this counts but die hard Misfits fans always claim that the Danzig albums were the best, but the first of album of theirs that I bought was American Psycho (first with Michael Graves as the lead singer) and I've always liked those albums way better than any of their original music with Danzig.
We went to see them at The Forum a couple years ago with the original line-up and although we had a good time I was thoroughly disappointed that Danzig refused to play anything after the first couple albums. TBF his voice was tired after a couple songs and the concert was a clear money grab, so I shouldn't have expected much.
That dude's voice has been gone for a while now. He changed up his singing style like 10-15 years ago which I think was to compensate for a diminishing range.
The Damned's second album, not their first. Obviously, pre-internet, but record companies made as difficult as possible to figure out what you were getting.
sometime in the 1980s, I came in 3rd in a Halloween costume contest. My prize was a generic disco album. I left it in someone's car and never did listen to it.
Opening day for college baseball, unless either weather of Covid have intervened. 4 of 11 Pac-11/12ths openers have been scratched. Cal opens against Pacific.
on that's cool. Another of his teammates is a sophomore on the Davis team. It's too bad they don't allow fans otherwise that would be a cool game to go watch
my mother has (finally?) been able to get scheduled for her first shot, next week. She was getting mad originally that she would be behind my father in line (he's 80, she's 78), but he's in a skilled care facility at the mo, so she's pulling in front.
Despite vaccine shortages, delivery delays, weather issues, and power and other utility disruptions, it appears my appointment for tomorrow for the 2nd dose is miraculously is still a go!
Her dad's test came back positive. It's been nearly a week since symptom onset, so hopefully this will pass with no complications (which is great, because he doesn't have a healthy lifestyle). But her mom, sister, brother, niece, nephew, and soon-to-be sister-in-law have now all been exposed because they spent time together last weekend.
Her best friend tested positive for covid after an onset of headaches and a cough earlier this week. That friend got together with her family last weekend (for the first time in months) to help her little brother move up to San Francisco to start a new job. The friend's dad has MS and her mom has a weak heart (she had heart surgery several years ago), so now they've all potentially been exposed.
And a friend of hers from high school who has been battling long-covid for months (she's still only at 30% lung capacity) now learned she has stage 3 lung cancer.
A bunch of reminders at once of how easy it is to get covid due to small, it-will-be-okay-this-one-time breaks in social distancing/isolation.
So I'm at the physical therapist this morning and I'm going through some self-directed warm-ups before my treatment and I hear my therapist tell her colleague "yeah, I knew something was off 10 days ago and then I lost my sense of taste and smell this morning".
I'm like "so... you have Covid?"
"Apparently", she says.
"We're done here. I hope you feel better soon." I went downstairs, cancel all my future appointments with her, and got her manager on the phone to kick her out. WTF, people.
I don't understand how people can still be so nonchalant about this thing. We're going to eclipse half a million deaths next week, and this person (who already works with people who may have a variety of underlying health conditions) thinks it's perfectly okay to expose everyone around her.
Has he ever recruited well? I Know he had success at Nevada but it looks like most of that were his first few years which may have been mostly Trent Johnson's players.
I think he may have adapted his system a little bit to the personnel this season. Seems to be much more hold it until the end of the shot clock, though maybe that was more when Bradley was out.
https://twitter.com/PilotCristobal/status/1362442240317157376?s=20
@PilotCristobal: I always loved the strings on “Thong Song”
And here I thought the solo was entirely on the G string
pltm!
Name an album you got when young and/or stupid that turned out to be that performer's bad ones
"Give a Monkey a Brain..." by Fishbone
I was pretty stingy about buying albums back then, so not much I can think of.
I did get the second Hootie & the Blowfish album, which was not great.
Not sure what happened to them but I was never a fan. Some neighbors in my old digs hired them to play for a birthday party back in the first decade of the two thousands. Ah, those were the days. Dotcom excess.
Darius Rucker, the lead singer, had a fairly successful career as a country singer after Hootie ended.
I still think that first album has a lot of catchy hits on it (and good musicianship), but it's pretty clear they didn't have much else to offer after that.
My neighbor, a Haas grad, was employee three at Inktomi so he did rather well. That was the search engine that came out of Cal.
The Revolution by Night by BÖC, not very good.
Don’t know why, but I love Shooting Shark, in spite of the odd lyrics. Lights Years of Love gets skipped, tho. And I’m running the lyrics to Dragon Lady thru my head now trying to determine how racist it might be.
Fire of Unknown Origin is epic (says my high school self). The song Heavy Metal also. First few albums are hit or miss to me.
Writing about Soft White Underbelly was not on my to-do list today (or week, month, or year)
Yeah I liked fire of unknow origin, as well, including the kooky album cover.
Now "Harvester of Eyes" is running through my head.
Their 2nd and 3rd are their only really good albums.
Not sure if this counts but die hard Misfits fans always claim that the Danzig albums were the best, but the first of album of theirs that I bought was American Psycho (first with Michael Graves as the lead singer) and I've always liked those albums way better than any of their original music with Danzig.
different style of singer but i did enjoy some Graves era Misfits
We went to see them at The Forum a couple years ago with the original line-up and although we had a good time I was thoroughly disappointed that Danzig refused to play anything after the first couple albums. TBF his voice was tired after a couple songs and the concert was a clear money grab, so I shouldn't have expected much.
That dude's voice has been gone for a while now. He changed up his singing style like 10-15 years ago which I think was to compensate for a diminishing range.
My wife bought me U2's "Pop" for Xmas one year. That album was garbage.
Agree. I haven't really liked much of their stuff after Rattle and Hum. Maybe a couple of selected songs from Achtung Baby.
The Damned's second album, not their first. Obviously, pre-internet, but record companies made as difficult as possible to figure out what you were getting.
I almost certainly have examples of that effect in the basement which I just haven't had the heart to get throw the CD in the trash
sometime in the 1980s, I came in 3rd in a Halloween costume contest. My prize was a generic disco album. I left it in someone's car and never did listen to it.
how do you know it was bad then?
it was a disco record, of course it was bad
I don't actually know it was bad. But I was young and stupid, so that's 2 out of 3.
(Almost) Everywhere in college
From Reddit: ranking the Pac-12 by how common their mascot is in high-school athletics
Source: http://highschoolnicknames.homestead.com/
Arizona Wildcats: 669
Washington State Cougars: 484 (plus one Cougarettes and 14 Lady Cougars)
USC Trojans: 364 (plus one Trojanns, one Blazing Trojans, two Fighting Trojans, and 16 Lady Trojans
Washington Huskies: 142 (plus one Husky Dogs and one Lady Huskies)
UCLA Bruins: 67 (plus one Lady Bruins)
Colorado Buffaloes: 43 (plus two White Buffaloes, two Buffalos, one Lady Buffalos, and one Golden Buffaloes)
Oregon State Beavers: 41 (plus two Golden Beavers)
California Golden Bears: 27
Oregon Ducks: 6 (plus one Lady Ducks)
Utah Utes: 2, one in Utah and one in NY
Arizona State Sun Devils: 1, in Virginia
Stanford Cardinal: 0 (there were 305 Cardinals and its variations)
How about just "Bears"? not just golden bears
Rooooooooooooll oooooooooooooooooon you Shelbyville Bears!
Top 20 recruits of 2019 ready to take the field in 2021
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/top-20-college-football-players-from-the-2019-recruiting-class-who-will-take-the-field-in-2021-season/
Opening day for college baseball, unless either weather of Covid have intervened. 4 of 11 Pac-11/12ths openers have been scratched. Cal opens against Pacific.
I wonder if Wazzu is playing. A teammate from No 3's HS team is a freshman there. At least I assume he's still on the team.
The Cougs open at UC Davis this afternoon.
on that's cool. Another of his teammates is a sophomore on the Davis team. It's too bad they don't allow fans otherwise that would be a cool game to go watch
Baby
Bush
Baby.
Today in the 'rona
Parents got second shots on Thursday
my mother has (finally?) been able to get scheduled for her first shot, next week. She was getting mad originally that she would be behind my father in line (he's 80, she's 78), but he's in a skilled care facility at the mo, so she's pulling in front.
Despite vaccine shortages, delivery delays, weather issues, and power and other utility disruptions, it appears my appointment for tomorrow for the 2nd dose is miraculously is still a go!
Congrats!
good luck.
Rough week for the missus:
Her dad's test came back positive. It's been nearly a week since symptom onset, so hopefully this will pass with no complications (which is great, because he doesn't have a healthy lifestyle). But her mom, sister, brother, niece, nephew, and soon-to-be sister-in-law have now all been exposed because they spent time together last weekend.
Her best friend tested positive for covid after an onset of headaches and a cough earlier this week. That friend got together with her family last weekend (for the first time in months) to help her little brother move up to San Francisco to start a new job. The friend's dad has MS and her mom has a weak heart (she had heart surgery several years ago), so now they've all potentially been exposed.
And a friend of hers from high school who has been battling long-covid for months (she's still only at 30% lung capacity) now learned she has stage 3 lung cancer.
A bunch of reminders at once of how easy it is to get covid due to small, it-will-be-okay-this-one-time breaks in social distancing/isolation.
:(
indeed. while i have stayed corona-free, there is clearly a lot of randomness to it.
we certainly permit ourselves those small groups or breaks in being "good"
FET
So I'm at the physical therapist this morning and I'm going through some self-directed warm-ups before my treatment and I hear my therapist tell her colleague "yeah, I knew something was off 10 days ago and then I lost my sense of taste and smell this morning".
I'm like "so... you have Covid?"
"Apparently", she says.
"We're done here. I hope you feel better soon." I went downstairs, cancel all my future appointments with her, and got her manager on the phone to kick her out. WTF, people.
ARGH
Wow that's unbelievable. You should also notify the main HQ if it's a chain.
I don't understand how people can still be so nonchalant about this thing. We're going to eclipse half a million deaths next week, and this person (who already works with people who may have a variety of underlying health conditions) thinks it's perfectly okay to expose everyone around her.
Because they haven't personally had to deal with a case where serious complications arose.
It's amazing that people would conclude you wouldn't want or need to know.
Today in our recovering democracy
Today in the frozen wasteland that is Texas
Looks like a big thaw should commence this weekend. 42 in Austin today, 53 tomorrow, 60 on Sunday. 47 in Houston today, 58 tomorrow, 67 Sunday.
that's going to be a lot of water all at once, but at least conditions will be less miersable
Going to expose a lot of busted frozen pipes, and cause a lot of water damage, just to top off the week of fun.
Pipes thawed today. 2 started leaking. @#$%&!!!!! It’s warmer, but my god this sucks.
Pros
A's sign Mitch Moreland to one year contract, a dude who always hits well at the Colosseum
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2021/2/18/22289592/oakland-as-sign-mitch-moreland-free-agent-contract-salary
Cal
Men's bball gonna men's bball
https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1362634509884162051
we just need to give Fox more time to implement his system with his guys. Just wait. 5-6 years from they might be competitive
Eh, it's not the system that's the issue.
I thought I detected sarcasm.
My main point is he's not recruiting well enough.
Has he ever recruited well? I Know he had success at Nevada but it looks like most of that were his first few years which may have been mostly Trent Johnson's players.
I also never realized Steve Alford is there.
I think he may have adapted his system a little bit to the personnel this season. Seems to be much more hold it until the end of the shot clock, though maybe that was more when Bradley was out.
Ouch