The fact that they fired Karl Ravech but Paul Finebaum sill has a job tells you everything you know need to know about the decline of the former worldwide leader.
Haha...so my mom found an old cassette in a box that dropped from a shelf. She asked me how we could play it so she could hear what it was since it was unlabeled. We don't have any cassette players (who does) and I don't have a boom box anymore. Aha...the 97 Miata still does. So I got my keys and we sat in the car listening to the tape to figure out what it was. Someone recorded some old Chinese lady singing something with an instrument playing in the background. My mom had no idea who or what it was so we only listened for like 30 seconds and then turned it off.
Nine Golden Bears from the California women's rowing program will represent six different nations at the U23 World Rowing Championships, which is slated for July 23-26 in Duisburg, Germany.
Minou Bouman (Netherlands) will make her fourth consecutive appearance at the event while Lotta van Westreenen (Netherlands) will row in her third U23 World Rowing Championships. Ella Wheeler will make her second appearance for the United States while Julia Irmler's second-straight appearance at the event will be for Germany. Madeline Cox (New Zealand), Lola Crampin (Great Britain), Charlotte Johnson (Germany) and Vittoria Pastorelli (Italy) will make their debuts at the U23 level on the world stage.
The California men's rowing program will be well-represented at the U23 World Rowing Championships with 10 Golden Bears set to compete for six different nations July 23-26 in Duisburg, Germany.
Leo Rosenquist (Germany) and Johannes Benien (Germany) will feature in their third consecutive U23 World Rowing Championships in 2026. Xavier Gagnon (United States), Nat Gauden (Great Britain) and Osian James (Great Britain) will be making their second straight appearances at the event while Michael Kain (United States), Rory Menzies (Australia), William McClean (Switzerland), Nemanja Luledzija (Serbia) and Mihajlo Dedic (Serbia) will be making their debuts at the U23 level on the international stage.
The Warriors' rookie from Michigan can ball. I know it's just the summer league, but you'd rather have your rookie win the MVP while the team wins the title than not.
They finally drafted someone that isn't a project. Of everyone they drafted over the last 9 years, who contributed right away. I guess Podz. Poole needed a couple of years. Everyone else they've drafted has taken at least 3+ years to really contribute. Moody is the guy that has stuck around and if the Warriors don't trade him so they can get AD, he might be the one that contributes the most.
Totally. The Warriors front office obviously hit with their draft picks that became the core guys, but then had a series of whiffs. They were convinced they could win now and build for the future at the same time - like the Spurs seem to always know how to do - but they really couldn't.
I'm not hating on Bob Myers but I think he should be recognized more for his skill in actively managing big personalities than identifying talent. That's an important part of being a GM that gets overlooked.
i dont actually ever remember seeing Dig Dug in an arcade.
HAG and I had 100+ arcade games and such on 5.25 floppy drives. each game took up an entire disk and self booted.
my first PC was an original IBM PC w/ a color monitor and twin "dual sided" floppy drives. at the time, we passed on getting a hard drive because it was too expensive.
however, the two floppies made it easy to copy/share all the games.
Those were great. We did end up having so many games. And then having to have an app on a disk that broke the copywriting for copying disks.
I ended up getting a hard drive from the West Coast computer faire at Moscone in the mid-80s. Ended up getting the first half-height Seagate ST-225 20 MB hard drive. I had so much stuff on there. Got a lot of the stuff from my dad from work. 2 Volkswriter word processors. Lotus 1-2-3 to do graphs for class. All sorts of stuff. It was such a great computer. 3 color CGA!
DBD fine dining
we have resv at Eleven Madison Park in NYC today. one of the top restaurants in NYC (and the world they say). 3 Michelin stars for the last few years.
they had gone to a fully plant-based menu for a while and now have introduced some meat back into the menu.
i have been once before it won all the awards, probably 25 yrs ago and it was pretty fantastic back then.
DBD AV Club
ESPN's latest firings...
The fact that they fired Karl Ravech but Paul Finebaum sill has a job tells you everything you know need to know about the decline of the former worldwide leader.
Haha...so my mom found an old cassette in a box that dropped from a shelf. She asked me how we could play it so she could hear what it was since it was unlabeled. We don't have any cassette players (who does) and I don't have a boom box anymore. Aha...the 97 Miata still does. So I got my keys and we sat in the car listening to the tape to figure out what it was. Someone recorded some old Chinese lady singing something with an instrument playing in the background. My mom had no idea who or what it was so we only listened for like 30 seconds and then turned it off.
Guess I'll have to keep the Miata around now...
Things with holes
DBD After Dark starting early, today
#twistweddingnight
i had a bagel for breakfast so that's what i was thinking of
Cal
[WROW] Cal Women’s Rowers To Feature At U23 World Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2026/7/22/womens-rowing-cal-womens-rowers-to-feature-at-u23-world-championships.aspx
Nine Golden Bears from the California women's rowing program will represent six different nations at the U23 World Rowing Championships, which is slated for July 23-26 in Duisburg, Germany.
Minou Bouman (Netherlands) will make her fourth consecutive appearance at the event while Lotta van Westreenen (Netherlands) will row in her third U23 World Rowing Championships. Ella Wheeler will make her second appearance for the United States while Julia Irmler's second-straight appearance at the event will be for Germany. Madeline Cox (New Zealand), Lola Crampin (Great Britain), Charlotte Johnson (Germany) and Vittoria Pastorelli (Italy) will make their debuts at the U23 level on the world stage.
[MROW] Bears To Represent Multiple Nations At U23 World Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2026/7/22/mens-rowing-bears-to-represent-multiple-nations-at-u23-world-championships.aspx
The California men's rowing program will be well-represented at the U23 World Rowing Championships with 10 Golden Bears set to compete for six different nations July 23-26 in Duisburg, Germany.
Leo Rosenquist (Germany) and Johannes Benien (Germany) will feature in their third consecutive U23 World Rowing Championships in 2026. Xavier Gagnon (United States), Nat Gauden (Great Britain) and Osian James (Great Britain) will be making their second straight appearances at the event while Michael Kain (United States), Rory Menzies (Australia), William McClean (Switzerland), Nemanja Luledzija (Serbia) and Mihajlo Dedic (Serbia) will be making their debuts at the U23 level on the international stage.
a friend of mine from HS and Cal (not HAG) is visiting and brought me some cool Cal themed sunglasses
https://photos.app.goo.gl/73KSVro1jjbfu7967
PRO
The Warriors' rookie from Michigan can ball. I know it's just the summer league, but you'd rather have your rookie win the MVP while the team wins the title than not.
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/warriors-yaxel-lendeborg-22353026.php
With the Dubs' closing window, they needed a guy who can contribute right away, and it seems that they've got one.
They finally drafted someone that isn't a project. Of everyone they drafted over the last 9 years, who contributed right away. I guess Podz. Poole needed a couple of years. Everyone else they've drafted has taken at least 3+ years to really contribute. Moody is the guy that has stuck around and if the Warriors don't trade him so they can get AD, he might be the one that contributes the most.
Totally. The Warriors front office obviously hit with their draft picks that became the core guys, but then had a series of whiffs. They were convinced they could win now and build for the future at the same time - like the Spurs seem to always know how to do - but they really couldn't.
I'm not hating on Bob Myers but I think he should be recognized more for his skill in actively managing big personalities than identifying talent. That's an important part of being a GM that gets overlooked.
Ballers beat the Long Beach Coast, 2-1
Let’s Go, Oakland!
Royals beat the Giants, 5-4
Max Muncy plays hero again, Dodgers top Phillies 9-5
https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/120275/dodgers-phillies-game-recap
Digital Diversions
Globle
🌎 Jul 23, 2026 🌍
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 8.45
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟥🟨🟥🟨
🟩 = 9
https://globle-game.com
#globle
These are difficult regions. But the answer was one of the more famous countries.
I should've had it. The country completely slipped my mind.
a lot of random guessing and not really knowing where things are relative to each other
🌎 Jul 23, 2026 🌍
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 10
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟧🟧🟧🟥
🟩 = 9
https://globle-game.com
#globle
I guessed the 3 or 4 countries in the general area and had to give up.
Now to open Google Maps to see if I can figure out what it is.
Oh I should've been able to guess the answer.
Wordle
Oh, here
#Worldle #1644 (23.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 2 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
fun one
#Worldle #1644 (23.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 1 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
#Worldle #1644 (23.07.2026) 2/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 3 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨↘️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
Octordle
Daily Octordle #1641
🕛🔟
4️⃣🕚
9️⃣🕐
8️⃣6️⃣
Score: 73
Quordle
🙂 Daily Quordle 1641
8️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
This one was a little tough for me.
Wordle 1,860 4/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 62/99
Luck 63/99
Wordle 1,860 4/6*
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 59/99
Luck 75/99
Wordle 1,860 4/6*
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
i had a very hard time w/ this today. i couldnt think of any words for a long time on my 3rd guess.
Wordle 1,860 4/6*
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 95/99
Luck 44/99
Oops...typo in my heading.
Arcade games - RANK EM
Space Invaders -- Asteroids -- Joust -- Dig Dug
Joust is one of my all time favorite arcade games.
then Space Invaders, Asteroids, Dig Dug
For me, Joust was really hard in the arcade. not sure why.
i wasnt good it .. i found it hard too. i just really liked the graphics and it kinda made me laugh
True the graphics were good.
Hmm..I think between these 4, Dig Dug is #1 for me. I did have Joust on my HP 48-SX calculator at Cal.
Time Pilot!
Also, the one that says “Beware, I live!”
i dont actually ever remember seeing Dig Dug in an arcade.
HAG and I had 100+ arcade games and such on 5.25 floppy drives. each game took up an entire disk and self booted.
my first PC was an original IBM PC w/ a color monitor and twin "dual sided" floppy drives. at the time, we passed on getting a hard drive because it was too expensive.
however, the two floppies made it easy to copy/share all the games.
Those were great. We did end up having so many games. And then having to have an app on a disk that broke the copywriting for copying disks.
I ended up getting a hard drive from the West Coast computer faire at Moscone in the mid-80s. Ended up getting the first half-height Seagate ST-225 20 MB hard drive. I had so much stuff on there. Got a lot of the stuff from my dad from work. 2 Volkswriter word processors. Lotus 1-2-3 to do graphs for class. All sorts of stuff. It was such a great computer. 3 color CGA!