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Would like Marshawn Lynch to comment on Naomi Osaka.

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Interesting thread on Indian–Soviet relations: https://twitter.com/jessnevins/status/1400168181986213894?s=20

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I feel like I inspired this thread.

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fathers day is just around the corner, right?

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A day in the life of living in a 72 sq ft apartment

https://www.yahoo.com/news/im-21-live-72-square-192902837.html

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When I went to the page I played the video at the top of the page and they were talking about staging. I thought they were staging a 72 sqft apt and thought it looked much bigger than I imagined. Took me a couple of seconds...

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Tell the DBD a random fact

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Champagne got its cachet when the King's physician prescribed it for Louis 14th health. Before that, it was just one of many sparkling wines of France.

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An isogloss map shows regions based on how people say things. For instance, pop vs soda: http://popvssoda.com/

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Leaving random facts is mostly what DBD is for.

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There's no such thing as "pear cider."

""Wait," you're probably thinking, "I had pear cider last week." Actually, "cider" is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples, and only apples. Alcoholic beverages can be made from pears, but that drink is known as "perry." The drink was popular in England for centuries but fell out of favor during the second half of the twentieth century. That turned around in the 1990s when the drink was rebranded as pear cider."

https://bestlifeonline.com/random-fun-facts/

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Wasn't the term "apple" once used to apply to a wide variety of fruits? Hence, pineapple?

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Interesting!

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The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy nor Roman.

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Nor an empire.

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Discuss

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Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas day in the year 800. The pope refused to recognize Irene as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) when she came to power in 797 as sole ruler because she was a woman, so he crowned Charles.

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Though it must be noted that Charlemagne never made any claims to be the legitimate rule of the ERE.

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Hmmmm... It was Christian, so I guess they considered themselves Holy, but wasn't very Roman - if Romance language is the determining factor.

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I thought the "holy" part of the name came from their claiming legitimacy through the papacy?

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There were a lot of christological controversies at the the time as well. East and West had split pretty much after the Council of Chalcedony.

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Chalcedon

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Ah, that too.

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HeyAlumniGo and I used to umpire youth baseball (LMYA) in Moraga while in HS/Cal.

we would show up on Sat mornings for one or two games.

the kids were fine. the parents were not ...

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yeah that was fun. I think it was jr year in HS maybe?

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and yes I can verify during my time coaching No 3 for all-stars and travel ball that the parents are the worst. I don't think our league had a very good reputation around the state.

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I used to ref AYSO soccer. Yes, parents are bad.

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Also I've noticed the more competitive the tournament the worse parents are. The local league games are fairly laid back. District all-stars, a little more vocal. We never had issues with districts so it was fairly laid back. State was a little more competitive. The 9-year old tournament our fans got into it with another league in our city we had history with. The tournament director threatened to toss out all fans for this game.

Every year Regionals was even more vocal. On umps with every bad call. And we would frequently see the same umps for the state tournaments. The head umpire in charge was the same for a couple of the regionals we were at. He did a really good job.

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Sometimes when I'd attend a game as a parent/nonref, other parents would actually encourage me to yell at the refs. I explained to one father why I thought he was incorrect. Next season I found that he had become a voluteer referee himself.

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The human head weighs 6 pounds.

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Jonathan Lipnicki assured me it is 8 lbs.

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oh dang it. I missremembered.

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How heavy was Einstein's head?

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Do you know that dogs and bees can smell fear?

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True "lobsters" are only found in the Atlantic north (Canada, US, British Isles). Spiny lobsters (the kind without claws) and Langostino Lobsters are not closely related to true lobsters.

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Langostino Lobsters are among the tastiest things ever

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and they sure look like little lobsters

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Mockingbirds can be relentlessly nocturnal. I learned this recently because one has started perching at the top of one of my neighbor's trees and screaming from about 11:30pm to 5am every day.

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Last year I went up to a local park to read. The bench I sat on had a bush behind it that apparently had a mockingbird nest in it. I was divebombed into submission and had to move to another bench. I watched as others got the same treatment.

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DBD Exercise

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Surfed for the first time in three weeks this morning, terrible quality of waves and I only caught one, but we're back in the water baby!

Also starting an eight week home weight lifting plan that my wife is currently on week four of. First time I've done one of these with the intention on sticking with it to the end. Looking to drop 15-20lbs and I have never sincerely incorporated weights into my workout plan since college. We'll see how it goes.

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There have been innovations since the last time I went to the doctor (maybe 2 years ago)!

1) She asked if I wanted to be weighed, rather than that being expected, which is cool.

2) When I said sure, she had me get on the table. The table was a scale!!! How cool is that?

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My mom informed me of the optional weigh-in a year or two ago and I think I've only weighed in once since then.

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The usual yesterday & Monday, and later today.

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I added a loop around Roosevelt Island to my run this morning. Glad I did because I happened across a snapping turtle laying its eggs on the side of one of the trails. Cool to see.

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achilles surgery update >>> today is 3 mo from surgery. got permission to ride my bike outside!!

going to go for a nice easy ride on flat roads just to get back into the swing of things. hopefully something a little longer and more fun this weekend.

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Congrats! That must be a relief.

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Rode the 62km Tour de France Criterium on Sunday - shouldn't have had my Strava and Garmin on when I leisurely rode over from the hotel. I think I averaged around 28kph without adding in the morning leisure ride over, but Strava says I averaged 25 for the 62kph

There was a much younger guy in a full Cal Triathlon kit, I gave him a Go Bears! at the finish line where I saw him again, and then posted his photo on IG and Facebook tagging Cal Tri.

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Tulips (and other horticulture)

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When I was in elementary school we had to go to the Keukenhof ( https://keukenhof.nl/en/ ) and I remember being a bit miffed about being dragged to such a tourist cliche because even then I was a little ray of sunshine. Now I'd probably enjoy a visit. One of the early signs of spring was tour buses, full of German tourists, with tulips strung across the front.

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I took a picture there of a windmill which must be a favorite tourist photo spot, because my daughter went there several years later and coincidentally took exactly the same picture.

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Heh, I was just watching a PBS show that featured the Keukenhof this weekend. Looked like a great assortment of flowers around there.

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Were they up at 5am to put their towels on the beach chairs to save them?

(This is apparently a Germans in Thailand thing that everyone else hates)

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Oh not just Thailand, I can assure you. I've seen it in Egypt, France and Spain as well.

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ha! well, if there's a Dutch beach fancy enough to have beach chairs already out, we never went there. But the German tourists always had the most elaborate setups for wind management - windbreaks, trenches, you name it. Basically they got to the north sea and started digging in, old habits die hard etc.

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pqtm

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Pill boxes, Panzer IIIs, machine gun nests

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I'm sure that in the late 70s there were still German tourists pretending that they hadn't been to the Netherlands before

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Looks different when not in a Messerschmitt Bf 109

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Wind

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.. River Range in WY

a great alternative to the Teton NP. in fact, i have never scene better mountain scenery and tall granite spires anywhere better than the Cirque of the Towers.

we did a 3 day backpacking trip in 2016. we must have been one of the few that were not carrying hardcore climbing gear.

https://goo.gl/photos/tCM5n8Q4vYE4QZbz5

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Squaretop Mountain

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that looks amazing.

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i have not yet been to Patagonia. that is high on the list and i suspect that the Fitz Roy or Torres del Paine would be more spectacular.

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The Dutch

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Truly bad people in Lethal Weapon 2.....

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only indirectly. Those bad guys were South African

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Eh, potato/potatoe.....go back far enough, it comes down to the Dutch.....everything does.

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One man, one vote

Free South Africa you dumb son of a bitch

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DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

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HAS BEEN REVOKED

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Crunch

A solid sandwich roll I did not appreciate until I was older.

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Oven

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we have 3 of them with slight variations. one copper, one all-clad stainless and an enameled one.

i need 2 on many occasions. one just to boil a bunch of pasta and the other to make up a pot of tomato based sauce.

it is not entirely clear why i pick the copper or enameled one for various cooking activities. i have some strange notion that risotto cooks better in the enamel and pasta sauces simmer better in the copper one.

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I just bought one to cook sourdough bread. My BIL brought back a sourdough starter from China I think and gave me some. Mine is a Cuisinart enamel cast iron dutch oven. Heavy as shit but super nice.

I also have the baking/lasagna pan version that has higher walls than usual that I bought for making Lasagna. I found the lasagna was higher than my regular Pyrex glass ones.

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I use my roasting pan as my lasagna pan so that I can have more layers.

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oh...that's a great idea.

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figure prominently in the Cal drinking song, no?

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But not in Ohio State's version...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBiY48bRO-I#t=76s

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I might need to dig up the youtube links for the singing of the Cal drinking song from the OSU game at Matt the Millers.

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Found them in an email to tbb.

http://youtu.be/uusGw6qzpD8

http://youtu.be/gZYENDntyAg

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CalBandGreat <3

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I also recently rediscovered this email as I was frantically deleting emails (I'm using too much storage in Gmail, apparently). I do have the video of Rishi singing Call Me Maybe. Bleh.

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ahh...someone else did one. That's great.

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Unfortunately I didn't take video of Rishi doing Call Me, Maybe.

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no one wants to see that

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There's the Highland Dutch and the Lowland Dutch. The Rotterdam Dutch...

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A decent NY SoHo restaurant

https://www.thedutchnyc.com/

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I like that place. Good cocktails. Was there within the last month.

It is just a block away from my favorite cycling cafe, Rapha, where I usually park myself in the mornings and watch the bike races in weekday mornings.

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Did you see how much the Powerweave Shoes were? Jesus. $350 bucks. (I love my bibs though - I have 3 pairs)

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haha, yes. they do charge crazy $$

looks like there is a store/clubhouse in HK ...

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Yeah I have jerseys from Tokyo, LA, SF. The HK one is tiny (as is Tokyo's)but LA's is maybe my ideal retail location.

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i have a good amount of Rapha as well. their winter/cold weather stuff is my favorite especially relative to other offerings.

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there's a twitter subculture of North American cyclists whose schtick is basically "we should be more like the Dutch" and while there's only one way to go for cycling infrastructure in the US, you can't magically make Houston into Haarlemmermeer by adding some bike lanes - but the converts are convinced.

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we had some Dutch diplomat neighbors for a while.

it was always a treat when they bought out the Dutch "tadpole" cargo bike with enough seating for 4 kids in the front compartment.

i can't imagine seeing those on the streets in NYC or Brooklyn!

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I love those things! If I could do it all over again, I would get one of those cargo/kid hauler bikes, maybe the big dorky two-wheels-in-front tricycle kind. By the time I got hip to that, we already had the little bike trailer, and then those darn kids just grow so fast. Those tricycle bikes can haul a lot of groceries after the kids out grow them. When you start to get old and doddering, you can still keep cranking them without worrying about balance issues.

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There are several of those in Davis that I see regularly.

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Davis is bike crazy, or heaven.

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well, the town is small enough, and built out with enough bike paths that you can reasonably do a lot of your trips with a bike. There was an estimate a few years ago that something like 25% of all trips in town were done by bike.

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social media suggests they are popular in Davis and San Luis Obispo which makes sense

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so the bougie-est cargo bike company is Urban Arrow - I follow them on Instagram and they periodically share pictures from a woman in Manhattan (I think maybe UWS) who posts about having one of their bikes all the time - bike in question is https://www.urbanarrow.com/en/family

The selling point is that they fit in "standard" bike lanes, so people are all into them. Quite by accident, I came across the twitter account of the BBC World reporter who covers Dutch news - she's stumbled into people following her because she's started posting informal previews of Dutch news filmed while she's riding her Urban Arrow to the office after dropping her daughter off at school: https://twitter.com/annaholligan/status/1399984779202867201?s=20

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It's like a crossover between a bike and a wheelbarrow.

Looks pretty reasonable, actually. The cargo area is low and centered, so managing the additional weight looks pretty easy.

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and some are motorized

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I feel like a Cal community is one where it's okay to admit weird interests.... turns out there are all sorts of variations - bikes with front trike steering & articulated suspension ( https://chike.de or https://www.butchersandbicycles.com/mk1e-vario ) or compact city versions ( https://muli-cycles.de/en/shop ) or handmade customs ( https://www.eliancycles.com ) and so on and so forth

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There is a correct number of bikes to own - it's n+1 where n is the current amount of bikes you own.

Also, d-1, where d is the number of bikes which would cause a divorce from your partner.

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Definitely see the front bucket seat bikes around Venice/Santa Monica. also more and more of the front cargo bikes with food deliveries

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they certainly make sense in a more compactly built area like that

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In a different 'cargo' bike direction, I commute using a Kona Ute. https://www.konaworld.com/electric_ute.cfm

Apparently they only sell the electric bike version now.

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Jesus, as much $$$ as a used car.

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nice! I like those "long tail" bikes also - Tern makes one rather like Kona, as do Surly.

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No judgement... none, no I mean it!

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I shudder to think about riding a Dutch bike from Uptown to the Heights in 95 degree/80% humidity weather. Even if it's via protected path. (There is one actually, and I only rode from late fall through early spring)

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very tall

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and attractive too. I was pleasantly surprised by the abundance of good-looking people in the Netherlands.

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Austin Powers

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I know I am going to shock you all when I tell you I've never seen an Austin Powers movie.

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They were written as a satire of the campy british spy stuff of the sixties, but ended up actually being british spy stuff of the sixties.

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I"ve only ever seen clips - never watched a full Austin Powers movie.

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The later two had their moments but the first one is brilliant

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^^this^^ Although seeing it now, it will seem a bit dated.

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watched it recently bc someone in my neighborhood was playing the theme song extremely and Harriet had to stop to listen to it,. She was totally mesmerized by the sound of the music. And yes it's completely dated

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I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed of the fact that my 12-year-old son really liked the first two Austin Powers movies.

What is everyone's favorite scene? Mine is in the first movie, where Dr. Evil keeps saying "shh" to Scott. "Let me tell you a little story about a man named *shh*".

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I enjoyed the opening credit scene in the second one.

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and really, all three are adequate stupid comedies. No complaints (except some of the gross out humor doesn't hit with me)

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I quite enjoyed the first one when it came out.

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Will Ferrell's bit where he gets dropped into the fire pit but just keeps on talking cracks me up.

I also like the part where Austin assumes the USA lost the Cold War and then has to backtrack with "Yay capitalism!"

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DBD Test Kitchen

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We had Pork Tonkatsu w/rice & Asian salad last night paired with '14 Bovio Langhe Nebbiolo, worked pretty well, might have been slightly better with a Pinot.

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When my friends and I went to Pt. Reyes over the weekend, Cowgirl Creamery was having a promotion (spend $60, get free cheese), so we ended up with a LOT of cheese. Guess I'm eating cheese sandwiches this entire week.

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I wonder if you can mail cheese to shanghai

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We'll be going to Pt. Reyes in a few weeks. We like to stop by the Cowgirl Creamery and check out what ice cream options they have. Their sandwiches are also pretty good.

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One thing I recall about Pt. Reyes is that they were not big on public restrooms, to put it nicely. Cowgirl Creamery was cool though. Besides dairy, had a lot of knicknacks and things.

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I saw a sign in the grocery store around the corner that they sell buffalo gelato! I was intrigued, but the line was long.

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is that oyster place still there? hog island i think. i like stopping by there w/ some beers and chillin' on the picnic benches.

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Yes. My friend wanted to try to shuck her own oysters, but we convinced her it was too risky, so we ate at the Hog Island cafe instead. There was also another oyster place we passed by that looked popular.

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If you can shuck oysters, the go to move at Hog Island is to reserve a table which comes equipped with a charcoal grill nearby, and to buy and shuck your own oysters, then BBQ them. Or raw.

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The Italian place in Pt. Reyes Station is legit.

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if you have the gloves and some practice it is not too risky. but w/o the gloves i feel like i am going to impale myself every time.

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I spent all morning and afternoon smoking a pork shoulder on Monday. Today we're making fried rice with some of the leftovers. It should be *chef's kiss*

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I made this porcini gravy last night. It was GD delicious.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/219597/make-ahead-turkey-gravy-with-porcini-mushrooms-and-marsala-wine/

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you had some turkey necks just laying around?

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Southern grocery stores sell necks, backs, gizzards, livers, and other bits.

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Used up my jar of fermented garlic ginger paste and made roasted garlic ginger chicken thighs. Roasting differently marinated chicken in my cast iron is now like 35% of my meals.

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Our Crumbling Democracy

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Biden promises free beer and childcare if 70% of Americans get at least 1 vaccine shot before July 4

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-promises-free-beer-and-childcare-if-70-of-americans-get-at-least-1-vaccine-shot-before-july-4-11622660877

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the only downside is you have to drink Budweiser

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Hell Yeah!

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Yep. It's Budweiser, though (NYSE:BUD). Maybe it will include craft beers that they own...

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Isn't Bud owned by a huge conglomerate now?

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AB InBev

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Trump's website permanently shuts down

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/trump-blog-page-shuts-down-for-good.html

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For those counting, his site lasted only 29 days, which is less than 3 Scaramuccis.

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How will we know when he's reinstated?

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@maybe we'll finally never hear from him again...@

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Somehow, I don't that will be the case.

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I thought he was launching his own social network...

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That was the social network

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Melanie Stansbury (D) defeats Mark Moores in the special election for US House seat (NM-1) that was vacated by Deb Haaland

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01/politics/new-mexico-1st-district-special-election/index.html

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Good news for Dems is that it seems like Stansbury outpaced their margins in 2020, which would indicate that the pro-D political environment has not changed much since then.

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1399911158388252678

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Representative Nancy Mace (SC) allegedly is vandalized. Worryingly, the graffiti writers seemed to have picked up Nancy's handwriting ticks AND avoided spray painting any non-power washable parts of the house, leaving all that nice white siding clean. The antifa is coming from inside the house Nancy!

https://twitter.com/bessbell/status/1399824925800636416?s=20

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The anarchy symbol she....errrrr....the vandals left looks a lot more like a teacher circling an A grade on a paper.

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Also, the request to pass some bill....wtf?

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Today in Covid 19

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Apparently California is giving out random $1.5M prizes to those who have been vaccinated. Our boss talked about it today during our monthly zoom waste of time staff meeting.

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WV is doing a cash vaccine-lottery, but they're also doing a lottery for five rifles and five shotguns.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/06/01/west-virginia-to-give-away-guns-as-covid-19-vaccine-incentive/

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shooting at viruses can really improve your marksmanship

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in all fairness, if the bullet hits a virus, you can probably be certain that virus is dead.

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was texting with a college friend last night who lost his uncle to Covid - apparently a couple of the uncle's friends got sick, and then 2 weeks later the uncle was dead. Just never got round to getting vaccinated (wasn't politically opposed or anything). This friend lost his dad to brain tumors in late '18, his brother to cancer last November, and his mother is increasingly in the grip of dementia... so he's been having a wild time but in a bad way :(

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jeezus that blows.

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It really does. And the only way he catches a break at this point is when his mother passes away, which while inevitable is not something he'd wish for.

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Other college

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oh wow...both Roy Williams and Coach K in the same season.

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Actually it looks like he's retiring next year. And announcing it this year means he wants a farewell tour, which sounds about right. Dean and Roy Williams both retired after the season.

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They couldn't have picked anyone more Dookie to take over. Well maybe Wojo

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College athletes would be defined as employees who could collectively bargain if new Senate bill becomes law

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-athletes-would-be-defined-as-employees-who-could-collectively-bargain-if-new-senate-bill-becomes-law/

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What could go wrong?

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Pro

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NBA

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Nuggets top Blazers in 2OT thriller, despite Dame Lillard scoring 55 and twice tying the game on last-second threes.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-vs-suns-score-takeaways-lebron-james-los-angeles-blown-out-in-game-5-with-anthony-davis-sidelined/live/

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Lakers get blown the F out without Anthony Davis, one game away from elimination.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-vs-suns-score-takeaways-lebron-james-los-angeles-blown-out-in-game-5-with-anthony-davis-sidelined/live/

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No 1 said that LeBron walked off the bench with like 4 min left. That's a pretty shitty thing to do. He pointed out that the last time he did it with the Cavs, I think, he came out the next game and brought it.

I don't like LeBron and hope the Lakers get crushed next game.

The worst finals would be Nets/Lakers. I also don't like James Harden.

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I'm always in a weird position as a Lakers fan. On one hand, I have to say they are my favorite NBA team. On the other, I find the Jeanie Buss ownership regime really campy in their marketing and also in their refusal to accept advanced analytics. You can't really say the Lebron experiment failed, but it certainly isn't a recipe for long-term success.

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Had the Lakers not been so injured late this season, I'm sure they would be in the Western Conference finals.

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i like Harden. he is amazing to watch and doesnt come across bad (but i dont watch/read that much)

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I don't like his playing style. drive and try to draw a foul, which never works in the playoffs. And travel when taking his stepback 3.

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maybe i'll try to go to Nets-Bucks game in round 2

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I'm rooting for a Portland or Phoenix/Milwaukee final

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Unfortunately I'm not sure the Bucks can take out the Nets

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Agreed, the Nets appear unstoppable and may have a Warriors like run of 4-5 game series all the way to the Finals

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Nets put Celtics out of their misery, and Brad Stevens moves up to the front office.

https://sports.yahoo.com/brad-stevens-promotion-to-run-the-celtics-will-raise-eyebrows-around-the-nba-164943698.html

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Game #57: A’s bust slump with 12-run outburst, led by Tony Kemp

https://www.athleticsnation.com/2021/6/2/22464577/oakland-as-game-57-seattle-mariners-score-result

The Oakland A’s ended the month of May in a slump at the plate, but they emphatically put that behind them on the first day of June, led by the No. 9 hitter in their lineup.

The A’s exploded for a dozen runs against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday, snapping their three-game losing streak with a 12-6 victory at T-Mobile Park. That’s more than they’d scored in their previous four contests combined, and along the way they homered twice after five days without going deep.

From Friday through Monday the A’s totaled just 10 runs, and for the first few innings this evening it was looking like more of the same. Oakland struck first but Seattle answered back harder, taking a 4-1 lead in the 4th and knocking out ace starter Chris Bassitt for his shortest outing of the year.

Bassitt: 4 ip, 4 runs, 6 Ks, 1 BB, 1 HR, 6 hits, 83 pitches, 90.6 mph EV

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Giants doomed by disastrous fifth inning

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2021/6/1/22464429/san-francisco-giants-angels-final-score-alex-wood

I really like Alex Wood. I think he’s awesome. I’m happy he’s on the San Francisco Giants, a team I watch roughly 162 times a year due to ample doses of emotional attachment and employer obligations.

You probably weren’t expecting me to start a recap for a game that the Giants lost 8-1, in which Wood saw his ERA balloon by more than a full point, with those words.

But it’s true, and I was reminded of it on Tuesday, even as Wood allowed 7 earned runs and failed to make it out of the fourth inning.

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Nah. The disaster was at the top of the third inning, continuing into the 4th. Wood lost command of his bread-and-butter slider. And it wasn't like he wasn't getting calls on the corners. He was off. And then he got in his head and he became really wild - missing the plate by a mile.

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Dodgers fall in 9th inning to Cardinals

https://www.truebluela.com/2021/6/1/22464266/dodgers-bullpen-game-fine-offense-meh-cardinals-defense-good-recap

The Cardinals rallied for a run off Blake Treinen in the ninth inning to beat the Dodgers, 3-2, on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Treinen, who was unavailable Monday because “his body didn’t feel right,” a condition on which manager Dave Roberts declined to elaborate, was healthy enough to pitch a perfect eighth inning on nine pitches. In his first game since Friday, Treinen pitched in parts of two innings for the fifth time this season.

Tyler O’Neill opened the ninth with a single to center, then stole second. Edmundo Sosa tried to sacrifice O’Neill to third but his one-strike bunt was foul. Sosa hit the next pitch past a diving Justin Turner at third base to drive in the go-ahead run.

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Cardinals had 2 really good defensive plays that prevented a Dodgers win.

- Lux shattered his bat and hit a blooper with runners on 2nd and 3rd and the CF made a diving catch.

- Betts hit a ball to deep LF with runners on 1st and 2nd and 2 outs and probably would've scored Bellinger from 1st but the LF took a great line to the ball and made a running catch at the fence. Just hit it off the end of the bat. No 1 and I thought it was gone off the bat.

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Insult to injury: when the National public health and tax agencies dunk on you.

https://twitter.com/OttawaHealth/status/1399723567558938625

https://twitter.com/CanRevAgency/status/1399766454216671234

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A's sack their Double-A catering partner after a few tweets cause a tempest in a teacup

https://twitter.com/MiLBAdvocates/status/1399872788115111941

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Cal

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Go Bears!

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Over/Under on Cal wins this season is 5.5.

https://twitter.com/WestCoastCFB/status/1397273678396547073

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OVER 15-0 BITCHES

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Over for sure, but 15-0? I suppose one can dream.

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ESPN predicts Cal will go 5-7 with a 0.4% chance to win the Pac-12 and a 0.0% of being as optimistic as Fire Starkey.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/group/9

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I'm not sure how to even read these preseason predictions. Probably many of them are based on last season, which is probably not representative for many reasons.

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because they suck and the Natty is ours for the taking

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