"And luckily, the big question was asked out loud thanks to the people on Quora: “What is the evolutionary benefit or purpose of having periods?” It turns out, it wasn’t just another cry in the internet’s wilderness. Evolutionary biologist Suzanne Sadedin stepped in to handle the matter and gave the most illuminating answers ever."
Ahhhhhhh! Thank you TBB!!!! So many great Dischord bands. Fugazi and Minor Threat, of course, but Q and not U (remember I told you about them Cugel?), Rites of Spring, Faraquet, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox, Smart Went Crazy... this is a good excuse to explore some of the ones I'm less familiar with.
I remember the billboard with Otto's "likeness". I would crane my neck at it every time while passing it in the back seat, trying to figure out why it was so unusual looking. Don't recall if it was for his restaurant or promoting a car dealer etc.
Does anyone remember the "Jim Otto" Burger King in Rocklin?
We'd stop there on the way to Tahoe. I remember how weird it was to order a Whopper just after reading the displays on the walls that enumerated how he had his body mangled over his NFL career.
Yeah I think it was Auburn since I've never stopped in Rocklin coming back from Tahoe. There was also some sort of ice cream place in Auburn I seem to remember as well.
Perhaps it's been around for a while, but I noticed today the option to sort by Top-or-New. I just wanted to say that I noticed and I appreciate the upgrade.
Noticing that New First only relates to the time of the initial post in a thread. As comments are added under Substack Improvement, they aren’t moved up the page.
And the new Crumbling Democracy posts languish down below, even though they are New.
Btw, SGBear: you have the NextDraft app? A nice collection of articles each day with entertaining write ups. And a serialized story to boot, albeit lost steam and perhaps has been abandoned...
How about Old First, so that one can start at the top and read comments in order. Rather than scrolling all the way to the bottom, scrolling up some to figure out where the latest thread starts, reading it, then scrolling up (past the thread one just read) to find the next one.
That translation should be posted somewhere on a FAQ link. The question seems to come up pretty regularly. I know I had to ask, after not being able to figure it out either.
Here's a DBD Dictionary from several years ago. Some of the terms are out of date, due to the people being referenced no longer hanging around, and us moving on to other memes and slang, but maybe it's still a bit helpful:
I didn't read the story, but saw a headline on WaPo that checks to decedents were supposed to be returned. I can see a check being sent to someone who died recently but not sure how they sent one who died that long ago unless the estate is still open and they've been filing a return for the estate using the SSN.
My 14 year old son worked 3 hours as a busboy before getting fired because the manager let him start before realizing that he wasn't 16 years old, the legal minimum to work in a place that serves alcohol. He received a $1,200 stimulus check yesterday. We cashed it and will hold onto it for a year under the presumption that they will likely figure out that he's 14. After a year, I'm leaning toward using it on hookers & blow.
Trump has repeatedly bragged that he was so good at baseball that he, the captain of his team, was scouted by the Phillies and bragged he was second best at a tryout with Willie McCovey. The Slate dug into his high-school career. Unsurprisingly, he lied about everything.
New York Times: Jared Kushner ran CV19 task force off of a spreadsheet that prioritized getting PPE from Trump supporters over established vendors. This should shock nobody.
Cheap Chinese Takeout. The dingier the joint the better. Panda Express is alright but I want the ones where they don't even try to hide that they use cheap food coloring and HFCS
Without a doubt, my guilty pleasure is the incomparable cappuccino It's-It. We've discussed this before, with some on this site even going so far as designating the mint incarnation as the capstone of the It's-It pyramid! Pure folly, I say, as mint should only be used in breath fresheners, a julep or a mojito - definitely not sandwiched between 2 delicious, chocolate-covered oatmeal cookies.
Chock full of fat, sugar AND carbs, the cappuccino It's-It nails the trifecta of guilty pleasure-eating time and time again in the Chitwood household....
I still have two more LivingSocial purchases for the dozen Its-Its and 6 (or maybe it's 12) chocolate covered oatmeal cookies. I assume they're still closed so I'll have to wait to go get more. I may even create a new account so I can get 4 more.
I remember you!! Strawberry??? If we're talking Canyons, definitely. If we're talking cute little towns and quaint little inns up near Pinecrest and the Lair, alright!! But strawberry It's its.....now you're just being ridiculous, Scootie! Next you're gonna tell me you bet the Washington Generals money-line when they're getting 15.5 from the Globetrotters!
Myung rang hot dog. Pretty much a hot dog and or cheese on a stick with a fluffy batter that resembles a donut sprinkled with sugar and whatever topping of choice https://youtu.be/gIIBS3Me780
Ice cream, specifically Tillamook ice cream. Theirs is fantastically rich and creamy. A new Sprouts opened nearby a few months ago and they stock it--it's the first place I've found to carry Tillamook ice cream and cheeses since I left CA.
I thought Andronicos closed down. I thought I noticed the one on Telegraph changed to a CVS or RiteAid when I drove down in March. I used to go to the one on Shattuck because it was nearby my Apt on MLK
When I lived at Clark-Kerr Campus (frosh year) I would walk down to Andronicos on Telegraph and pick up a few things. You are correct, it is now a rather large CVS.
I can't remember my room number but it was in the southern part of the complex, the building at the back of the second entrance. What I really hated was the culprit who kept pulling the fire alarm at 3:00 in the morning. Everyone had to come out of the building in their jammies and wait for BFD to show up and sound the all-clear. I also remember folks calling dominos in the wee hours, letting the delivery walk around trying to find who ordered the pizza, and then offering to buy the pizza for $5 from the guy...freshman pranks.
The chain was acquired by Safeway about 3 years ago, changing the name of the store to Safeway Community Markets. They recently went back to being called Andronicos but are still owned by Safeway. Prior to the Safeway deal, the chain had been acquired by a private equity firm, who then sold it to Safeway. Safeway's parent company is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, who hopes to take Safeway and Albertsons public in the next year or so.
When I go to Gregoire, I sometimes find myself parking in the Safeway parking lot, and I'd wondered why the sign there still said, "Andronico's parking only," since Andronico's hadn't been around since my college days.
Probably not available in your market, but Umpqua trumps Tillamook, if you are ever in the market on a roadtrip (perhaps for a Bears game vs the Beavers or Ducks?) up here in the Northwest.
philosophically speaking, i find it strange to relate to "guilt" as an emotion.
i am sure there is something wrong w/ me, but i just eat what i want. if i dont, i dont. it is not that someone can trick me into eating frozen lasagna ...
I used to love it when I had one of the personal sized Stouffer's lasagnas to bring into work. They were so tasty but, I assume, so bad for you. I think they had two personal sizes and I always bought the larger ones.
Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider dies at 73...
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52564281
I remember this group from the 80's - they influenced a lot of electronic music at the time. They wrote the song Tour de France.
Today I really can't handle the news.
I’ve been having a similar reaction for the last several days
Did not expect to read about the evolutionary background of periods on Bored Panda, but here we are: https://www.boredpanda.com/evolutionary-benefits-of-periods-suzanne-sadedin/
"And luckily, the big question was asked out loud thanks to the people on Quora: “What is the evolutionary benefit or purpose of having periods?” It turns out, it wasn’t just another cry in the internet’s wilderness. Evolutionary biologist Suzanne Sadedin stepped in to handle the matter and gave the most illuminating answers ever."
For Cugel: Legendary punk label Dischord Records has entire catalog online for free
https://boingboing.net/2020/05/04/legendary-punk-label-dischord.html?fbclid=IwAR18RIi-BfxYmqKH8EYIgtpSKw3d_Fw6PrXDsc_rdvPtipKKodJMfQuVIIE
Ahhhhhhh! Thank you TBB!!!! So many great Dischord bands. Fugazi and Minor Threat, of course, but Q and not U (remember I told you about them Cugel?), Rites of Spring, Faraquet, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox, Smart Went Crazy... this is a good excuse to explore some of the ones I'm less familiar with.
Cool! Thanks!
Burger King
I remember the billboard with Otto's "likeness". I would crane my neck at it every time while passing it in the back seat, trying to figure out why it was so unusual looking. Don't recall if it was for his restaurant or promoting a car dealer etc.
Does anyone remember the "Jim Otto" Burger King in Rocklin?
We'd stop there on the way to Tahoe. I remember how weird it was to order a Whopper just after reading the displays on the walls that enumerated how he had his body mangled over his NFL career.
It was in Auburn wasn't it, not Rocklin? The one right near Ikeda's.
Yeah I think it was Auburn since I've never stopped in Rocklin coming back from Tahoe. There was also some sort of ice cream place in Auburn I seem to remember as well.
I do remember that one. We also did sometimes stop by on the way back from Tahoe.
Today in La 'Rona
no.
Haagen Dazs Cookies and Cream, once in awhile.
Yo-yo
man
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tommy+smothers+yo+yo+man&docid=608008442164088822&mid=D736624F2E0ABBCD0C43D736624F2E0ABBCD0C43&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Substack improvement
Perhaps it's been around for a while, but I noticed today the option to sort by Top-or-New. I just wanted to say that I noticed and I appreciate the upgrade.
Noticing that New First only relates to the time of the initial post in a thread. As comments are added under Substack Improvement, they aren’t moved up the page.
And the new Crumbling Democracy posts languish down below, even though they are New.
Btw, SGBear: you have the NextDraft app? A nice collection of articles each day with entertaining write ups. And a serialized story to boot, albeit lost steam and perhaps has been abandoned...
NextDraft is Apple only. I switched from Apple to Open Source in 2015. But I hear what you're saying...
Ladies and Gentlemen: may I introduce the next DBD topic curator - MoriBear1989!!!
In all seriousness, the DBD is democratic. Just post any topic you want to talk about or hear people's opinion.
I hadn't noticed that before today. It's a nice feature to help keep things a little more organized.
How about Old First, so that one can start at the top and read comments in order. Rather than scrolling all the way to the bottom, scrolling up some to figure out where the latest thread starts, reading it, then scrolling up (past the thread one just read) to find the next one.
Or am I missing something?
Makes reading long threads here (and Let’s Go Warriors) tough. With that, two things I’ve meant to write for awhile (this is my first post):
1. Glad that these SB Nation sites ended up surviving! Thanks for keeping things going!!
2. DBD? Searched online to find what that means, and nada. Best I’ve come up with is Day-by-Day.
DBD: "Daily Bear Dump"
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/66/33/22/14267520/3/920x920.jpg
That translation should be posted somewhere on a FAQ link. The question seems to come up pretty regularly. I know I had to ask, after not being able to figure it out either.
Here's a DBD Dictionary from several years ago. Some of the terms are out of date, due to the people being referenced no longer hanging around, and us moving on to other memes and slang, but maybe it's still a bit helpful:
https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2014/9/16/6282461/dbd-9-17-2014-dbd-dictionary-again
Really?? Never woulda guessed that :-)
Thanks
Stimulus checks
I just found out that my brother-in-law's father, who has been dead for a decade, got a stimulus check.
@was he republican?@
I didn't read the story, but saw a headline on WaPo that checks to decedents were supposed to be returned. I can see a check being sent to someone who died recently but not sure how they sent one who died that long ago unless the estate is still open and they've been filing a return for the estate using the SSN.
Say what?
The format for moving responses around meant I read this as your response to "what's your guilty-pleasure food?"
:-|
There must have been a huge batch last week -- Friday was my employer's heaviest day for deposits ever.
we got ours direct deposit last week.
I haven't checked my account but did get my letter from the Trumpster last week.
I was wondering why I saw a huge line of cars at the bank when I drove by last week. That makes sense now.
Mine showed up last week I think. I didn't realize it was prorated. It is supposed to be prorated isn't it?
It depends on your income and filing status on last year's tax return. Some get the full amount, some are prorated, and some get none.
yeah I guess I didn't realize it. Of course that wasn't really communicated, or I just didn't notice it.
It wasn't well communicated. A friend and fellow alum will get a prorated amount when he thought he was shut out.
These are the income cutoffs apparently. You don't get money unless:
If you're a single US resident and have an adjusted gross income less than $99,000. Below $75,000 for the full $1,200 and prorated between $75-99K.
If you file as the head of a household and earn under $146,500. Below $112,500 for the full $1,200 and prorated between $112.5-146.5K.
If you file jointly without children and earn less than $198,000. Below $150,000 for the full $2,400 and prorated between $150-198K.
Not in Trump's best interest to say, "only the lower income people will get $1200. The rest will get much less."
Unless you're a bud and get millions...
Mine finally showed up yesterday via direct deposit. I thought it was going to come by check because it was taking so long.
Looking forward to it coming some day.
My 14 year old son worked 3 hours as a busboy before getting fired because the manager let him start before realizing that he wasn't 16 years old, the legal minimum to work in a place that serves alcohol. He received a $1,200 stimulus check yesterday. We cashed it and will hold onto it for a year under the presumption that they will likely figure out that he's 14. After a year, I'm leaning toward using it on hookers & blow.
hookers & blow is always the right answer :)
Hmm...No 2 worked a little bit for my company. I didn't have him fill out his taxes because I didn't think it would be worth it. Maybe I should have.
Holding onto it for college costs might be a better use.
Sadly it’s almost a rounding error
Potayto potahto
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Trump has repeatedly bragged that he was so good at baseball that he, the captain of his team, was scouted by the Phillies and bragged he was second best at a tryout with Willie McCovey. The Slate dug into his high-school career. Unsurprisingly, he lied about everything.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/319432090078830592
https://slate.com/culture/2020/05/donald-trump-baseball-high-school-nyma.html
Trump fires Inspector General Christi Grimm ahead of another report critical of Trump response to CV19
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/04/rick-bright-hhs-whistleblower-coronavirus/
Trump fires deputy HHS Director, who oversaw purchase for preparedness ahead of his whistleblower report
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/05/coronavirus-whistleblower-health-human-services/
That orange bastard
New York Times: Jared Kushner ran CV19 task force off of a spreadsheet that prioritized getting PPE from Trump supporters over established vendors. This should shock nobody.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-coronavirus.html
Chin implant Botox using dumb ass motherfucker Kushner
The texture of his skin really freaks me out. It is like they peeled the skin off a dead person and applied it to an android and he was the result.
Slender man as a government employee
I’m sure he paid a lot of money to get that effect
Hang in there, RBG!
I feel like she would, but I'm sure she can't, have a commercial urging demos to get out and vote.
PRO
Go Bears!
CAL
Go Bears. (Somebody has to say it)
Campanile Falcons: From itty-bitty eggs to big fluffs in 17 days.
https://twitter.com/CalFalconCam/status/1258085034147278848
SI's Cal Sports Report: The 1990s Bears
https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/best-of-the-bears-1990s
Hey, they did every decade!
Guilty pleasure food
Cheap Chinese Takeout. The dingier the joint the better. Panda Express is alright but I want the ones where they don't even try to hide that they use cheap food coloring and HFCS
Without a doubt, my guilty pleasure is the incomparable cappuccino It's-It. We've discussed this before, with some on this site even going so far as designating the mint incarnation as the capstone of the It's-It pyramid! Pure folly, I say, as mint should only be used in breath fresheners, a julep or a mojito - definitely not sandwiched between 2 delicious, chocolate-covered oatmeal cookies.
Chock full of fat, sugar AND carbs, the cappuccino It's-It nails the trifecta of guilty pleasure-eating time and time again in the Chitwood household....
This breaks my heart.
Here is the proper order:
1. Mint
2. The OG, Vanilla
3. Chocolate
4. Strawberry
...
...
...
99. Pumpkin
DNF: Matcha, cappuccino
But I guess I'm happy to have you be so wrong, because more for me?
I still have two more LivingSocial purchases for the dozen Its-Its and 6 (or maybe it's 12) chocolate covered oatmeal cookies. I assume they're still closed so I'll have to wait to go get more. I may even create a new account so I can get 4 more.
I would probably vote
1. Mint
2. Chocolate
.
.
3. Vanilla
.
.
.
And the rest.
though I will have to say the chocolate covered oatmeal cookies are much, much better than I thought they would be.
You are pretty much 90% wrong when it comes to food.
I remember you!! Strawberry??? If we're talking Canyons, definitely. If we're talking cute little towns and quaint little inns up near Pinecrest and the Lair, alright!! But strawberry It's its.....now you're just being ridiculous, Scootie! Next you're gonna tell me you bet the Washington Generals money-line when they're getting 15.5 from the Globetrotters!
https://media.giphy.com/media/WXtccLGTLB1NS/giphy.gif
#1 Cappuccino
DNF: Toothpaste flavor
Myung rang hot dog. Pretty much a hot dog and or cheese on a stick with a fluffy batter that resembles a donut sprinkled with sugar and whatever topping of choice https://youtu.be/gIIBS3Me780
I don't think I feel guilty about anything I eat
Nor really a concept that registers with me, other than occasionally over-eating at Thanksgiving and Christmas, just because its sooooo goooood.
Same. I enjoy healthy food and I enjoy treats, when I eat those. I try to consume them in a reasonable balance so that I don't need to feel guilty.
Chocolate eclairs filled with whipped cream. Always SUCH a treat. And now I want one.
Well, you're not wrong here....delicious.
Ice cream, specifically Tillamook ice cream. Theirs is fantastically rich and creamy. A new Sprouts opened nearby a few months ago and they stock it--it's the first place I've found to carry Tillamook ice cream and cheeses since I left CA.
Andronicos in Berkeley has Tillamook.
I thought Andronicos closed down. I thought I noticed the one on Telegraph changed to a CVS or RiteAid when I drove down in March. I used to go to the one on Shattuck because it was nearby my Apt on MLK
When I lived at Clark-Kerr Campus (frosh year) I would walk down to Andronicos on Telegraph and pick up a few things. You are correct, it is now a rather large CVS.
I also lived in CKC! B12!
I can't remember my room number but it was in the southern part of the complex, the building at the back of the second entrance. What I really hated was the culprit who kept pulling the fire alarm at 3:00 in the morning. Everyone had to come out of the building in their jammies and wait for BFD to show up and sound the all-clear. I also remember folks calling dominos in the wee hours, letting the delivery walk around trying to find who ordered the pizza, and then offering to buy the pizza for $5 from the guy...freshman pranks.
The chain was acquired by Safeway about 3 years ago, changing the name of the store to Safeway Community Markets. They recently went back to being called Andronicos but are still owned by Safeway. Prior to the Safeway deal, the chain had been acquired by a private equity firm, who then sold it to Safeway. Safeway's parent company is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, who hopes to take Safeway and Albertsons public in the next year or so.
Ohh this is very informative.
When I go to Gregoire, I sometimes find myself parking in the Safeway parking lot, and I'd wondered why the sign there still said, "Andronico's parking only," since Andronico's hadn't been around since my college days.
Probably not available in your market, but Umpqua trumps Tillamook, if you are ever in the market on a roadtrip (perhaps for a Bears game vs the Beavers or Ducks?) up here in the Northwest.
I've never heard of it, but I'll look for it next time I'm in the PNW.
Pizza. And every sized pizza is personal size.
philosophically speaking, i find it strange to relate to "guilt" as an emotion.
i am sure there is something wrong w/ me, but i just eat what i want. if i dont, i dont. it is not that someone can trick me into eating frozen lasagna ...
I used to love it when I had one of the personal sized Stouffer's lasagnas to bring into work. They were so tasty but, I assume, so bad for you. I think they had two personal sizes and I always bought the larger ones.
Stouffers is based in my hometown! So is King's Peanuts.
Mama Magglione frozen lasagna.