Silica sand, also known as quartz sand, white sand, or industrial sand, is made up of two main elements: silica and oxygen. Specifically, silica sand is made up of silicon dioxide (SiO2).
Yoda is (was) like 700+ years old. Old enough to learn how to parse English (Basic?) grammar properly! Baby Yoda (forgot his crappy name) better not have this problem #MandoTeacher
I used to have a tenant named Sandy, or nick-named I guess. Good guy until he hooked up with this woman, then he became the professional protester with the white van (hers). Eventually moved out to rural Oregon, tried to sneak in some friends of his into the unit, claiming he was subletting for 6 months, but I knew what his game was.
"When the police are starting to lose the approval of Pat Robertson, you know things are bad." with attached video clip of Pat saying some very un Pat Robertson things.
And the winner will likely be up against current Lt Gov John Fetterman (who used to be a great Twitter follow but has become boring since he declared his Senate candidacy).
I hope you’re happy, Rob Manfred. If quick baseball games are what you want, then quick baseball games are what you get, as the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds finished theirs in what felt like a shorter amount of time than Tuesday’s first inning.
That makes sense, given how there were five fewer runs scored than in Tuesday’s first inning.
The Giants beat the Reds 3-0, which can only mean one thing (well it can technically mean a lot things, but ... you know what, not going there again today; the bit is old): The Giants shut out the Reds.
"Strikeouts were out of control. Changes in pitching techniques had resulted in batters swinging and missing like never before. To fix the problem, leading minds focused on the center of the diamond. The pitcher would have to move back.
The goal: “the restoration of the proper equilibrium between the two great principles of the game — attack and defense. With the pitcher reduced to the ranks, nine men instead of two will play the game.”
So said Francis Richter, the editor of the weekly Sporting Life, as quoted by the author Peter Morris in “A Game of Inches,” his book on the innovations that shaped baseball. Richter’s column ran in November 1892, but the words apply almost exactly to the modern game.
Major League Baseball believes that the product on the field is in crisis. The league’s declaration on Wednesday confirmed it: Starting in the second half of the season, the independent Atlantic League — in partnership with M.L.B. — will move its mounds back by a foot. This is not like putting a runner on second base in extra innings or making the bases a little bigger. This is fundamental."
GBBR, as the Dodgers continue to roll and get to 10-2 behind homers from JT and Zach MacKinstry. Also Kenley looks to. have fixed what was bothering him in game 1. (I still don't like him as the closer though. He's 3-4mph down from 2017/18.)
GBBR. Kenley was sitting 95 with lots of cut on Sun. Yesterday back down to 92 on his 2 seamer and 90 on the cutter. Some people on TBLA guessed maybe he was using Bauer's stuff on Sun to get the cutter to work so well.
Cal is currently in 13th with $5692 - Nam Le has an anonymous donor who will match donations up to $2,000 so if you donate, please tag him (@aguynamednam) in a tweet so he can get it on the board.
NC State is 10th at $6172, so we're not that far out of the top ten, and Notre Dame is reachable at $7473/8th Place.
Another case of trying to apply one set of values to a group who does not have those values. Amazing how often that is attempted, given it has essentially no chance of working.
*pedantic geolgist note*: the most common form is actual Si2O4.
Pesto
, Jimmy
BOB SUX
.. lasagna is an amazing thing.
we first had it in a tiny Ligurian village where we stayed for a week, Apricale.
Liguria is the province where most of the olive oil in Italy comes from and they are famous for (Genovese or Ligurian) pesto.
I haven't had that, we had roasted veggie lasagna on Sunday, very tasty.
Simple, very tasty and healthy dinner last night was broiled salmon topped with pesto sauce. Yum!
Before he became famous for Mission Chinese Food, Danny Bowen first got some notoriety from winning the World Pesto Festival contest in Italy.
and now that he's famous, he runs a toxic work place
I heard the food wasn't great anyways - I mean a lot of the praise was from . . . (white people)
It is, however, BY FAR my favorite pesto recipe. http://www.drivecms.com/uploads/farinafoods.com/LCI_0713_pesto.pdf
Sandy
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
Yoda is (was) like 700+ years old. Old enough to learn how to parse English (Basic?) grammar properly! Baby Yoda (forgot his crappy name) better not have this problem #MandoTeacher
GROGU!
like I said: crappy name!
side topic: super curious to see how/if Thrawn plays out (his name was dropped in episode where we learn that horrible name).
Tatooine
in Spongebob.
Sandy singing about Texas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUftP9dKS-E
Pinky Out (or was it Pinky Up) was my favorite.
I always liked the ripped pants episode
Oh there are so many. Super Weeny Hut Jr, Jellyfish Jam.
The one where Patrick is given the free balloon. The Squidward sculpture one. so many good ones.
, Hey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYvN_3PBzA
Theme song for The Adventures of Pete and Pete. I kind of love that shimmery guitar sound that was all over the 90s.
Barbour -- as in why hasn't her name come up for the Pac12 commissioner job?
Is she still the Penn State AD?
Hard pass
Because she's apparently not well liked amongst other Presidents...that's the word.
I used to have a tenant named Sandy, or nick-named I guess. Good guy until he hooked up with this woman, then he became the professional protester with the white van (hers). Eventually moved out to rural Oregon, tried to sneak in some friends of his into the unit, claiming he was subletting for 6 months, but I knew what his game was.
Duncan
I saw her in Peter Pan in 1980 at the Golden Gate Theater right around the same time she was doing Wheat Thin commercials. "One right after another."
"makes a girl feel pretty"
Today in Covid
No thanks
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/budweiser-offers-free-beer-for-covid-19-vaccine-recipients/
Elsewhere in college
Wyking Jones' parachute lands in Washington. He is hired as an assistant. What are they thinking?
https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2021/4/14/22384043/washington-hires-ex-cal-coach-wyking-jones-as-new-assistant-uw-huskies
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...they’re in a free fall. Wyking can have a hand in helping nearly 17% of the Conference reach rock bottom in hoops.
Oh no, watch out for mass transfers to UW.
@It's a good thing Matt Bradley already announce he was going to SDSU@
I never got the impression Wyking was disliked by his players.
Me either, didn't really push them to get better.
and then quickly away.
NCAA Council passes one-time transfer legislation allowing athletes immediate eligibility
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ncaa-council-passes-one-time-transfer-legislation-allowing-athletes-immediate-eligibility/
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
we appear to be entering an alternative reality.
https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/status/1382727213448056836
"When the police are starting to lose the approval of Pat Robertson, you know things are bad." with attached video clip of Pat saying some very un Pat Robertson things.
Pennsylvania GOP launches ‘super MAGA Trump’ primary
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/15/pennsylvania-senate-race-trump-481723
And the winner will likely be up against current Lt Gov John Fetterman (who used to be a great Twitter follow but has become boring since he declared his Senate candidacy).
PRO
Rodon 2 outs away from a perfect game. Then this happened.
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1382526359927459841
But he did get the no hitter.
https://twitter.com/NBCSChicago/status/1382527711730630656
Saw it on MLB's wraparound coverage.
Giants shut out the Reds? Giants shut out the Reds!
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2021/4/14/22384473/san-francisco-giants-reds-recap-johnny-cueto-austin-slater
I hope you’re happy, Rob Manfred. If quick baseball games are what you want, then quick baseball games are what you get, as the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds finished theirs in what felt like a shorter amount of time than Tuesday’s first inning.
That makes sense, given how there were five fewer runs scored than in Tuesday’s first inning.
The Giants beat the Reds 3-0, which can only mean one thing (well it can technically mean a lot things, but ... you know what, not going there again today; the bit is old): The Giants shut out the Reds.
Cueto has been superb in two straight games. However, he hurt himself and took himself out of the game. It was later described as "lat tightness".
https://www.knbr.com/2021/04/14/giants-have-sensible-replacement-and-concerns-if-johnny-cueto-misses-time/
MLB testing moving the mound back a foot.
"Strikeouts were out of control. Changes in pitching techniques had resulted in batters swinging and missing like never before. To fix the problem, leading minds focused on the center of the diamond. The pitcher would have to move back.
The goal: “the restoration of the proper equilibrium between the two great principles of the game — attack and defense. With the pitcher reduced to the ranks, nine men instead of two will play the game.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/sports/baseball/pitchers-mound-atlantic-league.html
So said Francis Richter, the editor of the weekly Sporting Life, as quoted by the author Peter Morris in “A Game of Inches,” his book on the innovations that shaped baseball. Richter’s column ran in November 1892, but the words apply almost exactly to the modern game.
Major League Baseball believes that the product on the field is in crisis. The league’s declaration on Wednesday confirmed it: Starting in the second half of the season, the independent Atlantic League — in partnership with M.L.B. — will move its mounds back by a foot. This is not like putting a runner on second base in extra innings or making the bases a little bigger. This is fundamental."
dumb. As is the runner on 2nd
GBBR, as the Dodgers continue to roll and get to 10-2 behind homers from JT and Zach MacKinstry. Also Kenley looks to. have fixed what was bothering him in game 1. (I still don't like him as the closer though. He's 3-4mph down from 2017/18.)
GBBR. Kenley was sitting 95 with lots of cut on Sun. Yesterday back down to 92 on his 2 seamer and 90 on the cutter. Some people on TBLA guessed maybe he was using Bauer's stuff on Sun to get the cutter to work so well.
McKinstry goes deep https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1382567751856787457?s=20
JT launches one deep, the fan misses the catch and his nachos are destroyed. https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1382548444519141383?s=20
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Aaron Rodgers is a decent guy: https://twitter.com/mattschneidman/status/1382674632512266241?s=20
Doom as Zach Johnson injuries hip in car accident and is ruled out for next season.
* Brett
Woo! I thought that was a second dude injured for a second.
Le Creuset has a series with all the villains of MLB (and the Cubbies): https://www.surlatable.com/le-creuset-725qt-dutch-oven-mlb/PRO-6705735.html?cgid=SCA-428034#sc_src=email_2815371&sc_lid=184497133&sc_uid=XwdDk0HiVw&sc_llid=627830&sc_eh=b023d30986cf4a161&utm_campaign=210415%2B6AM%2BLe%2BCreuset%2BMLB%2BLaunch&utm_medium=email&campaign_category=Le%2BCreuset&utm_source=Emarsys&utm_content=body&segment=(30%2BDay%2BResponse)-%2B3DNS-3XW-BB&par=2815371_627830&start=1
there is also the Star Wars themed Instant Pots
https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/instant-pot-duo-star-wars-6-qt-pressure-cooker-r2d2/
GBBR
That is nuts.
EDSBS Charity Bowl Update
$370,000 total
https://twitter.com/newampaths/status/1382465629261852673?s=20
Cal is currently in 13th with $5692 - Nam Le has an anonymous donor who will match donations up to $2,000 so if you donate, please tag him (@aguynamednam) in a tweet so he can get it on the board.
NC State is 10th at $6172, so we're not that far out of the top ten, and Notre Dame is reachable at $7473/8th Place.
Does he mean from this point forward or if we already did donate?
It was today. But all monies are good. Special shout-out to Scootie for getting everything started on day 1
Cal defeated snodfurd in 1982 25-20... 2,520... just saying.
and done
I think nam blocked me. I did have to reactive my twitter profile and I likely will not be using it other than for this.
Not that you'll be using twitter, but g.oso and I got your account unblocked by Nam. He thought his students were trolling him.
He also apologizes @clapdoc!
Screenshot it and send it to me
Nam reached the goal with $2200+ & counting, coupled with the matching $2k, should jump Cal to top ten.
I think it's funny that they are trying to shame SC alumni into donating like we've exhibited any shame ever
Another case of trying to apply one set of values to a group who does not have those values. Amazing how often that is attempted, given it has essentially no chance of working.