Public Houses are English in origin. While these establishments existing well into Roman times, the actual term first appeared in the 17-century as a way to describe a tavern that was open to the public without membership. Hence… “pub”.
The Churchill Arms, just west of Kensington Palace is an example. Google describes it as a “[f]lower-bedecked real ale boozer, filled with Churchill memorabilia, serving Thai noodles and curry.” It is now owned and operated by Fuller’s Cider.
“We were talking, and I suddenly heard his car outside and he came to the door with flowers,” Tabor said.
“Hey, look here,” she recalled telling him. “I’ve made some new friends.”
“Watching his face drop when he saw who I was talking to on FaceTime was the most cinematic moment ever,” she said.
Their boyfriend tried to convince them that there was nothing wrong with dating more than one woman at a time, but neither of them bought it, Roberts said.
“After he left, we did some more research,” she said. “We found at least six women he’d been seeing.”
It's not the best. It was close, not the closest, but widely known so an easy place to meet people, and it's convenient. Also the Thai food was not terrible.
An Ugandan Olympian went missing in Japan. He disappeared from his quarantine hotel room leaving a note that he's going to find work in Japan. Also worth noting that he lost a spot on the national team after arriving in Japan so he won't be competing.
Two weird but related facts about this 1) he is apparently abandoning his wife back in Uganda...but it does sound like the 20-year old does not yet have any children 2) the article doesn't know if he was near the Ugandan Olympian who had tested positive for COVID after arriving in Japan (not clear yet if he was just breaking COVID protocol or actual quarantining)
by the time we left the Netherlands when I was a kid, I'd had quite enough of them. Of course now I'd happily go to the Keukenhof etc, such are the ways of the middle aged
I seem to remember sometime in the early 1980s that there is a spectacular tulip farm somewhere between Oceanside and San Diego. They planted each color of tulip in plots so that you could see very well-defined lines between the colors. I'm sure it's long gone, but I remember seeing it from I-5 and I was just in awe of the bright colors.
Mrs Slug commented to me that she read the number of COVID cases in California has *tripled* since June 15.
The price of hubris. Also, the Delta variant will ravage the unvaccinated population. Anyone wanna bet on the over/under of this pandemic's length in time? I say the over/under is 4 years.
March 11 was the day the NBA shut down - I think that was the first big piece of "oh wow this is serious" for Americans. For me in China, it was when they extended Chinese New Year by another week and locked down Wuhan - so that would have been last week of January 2020.
DC getting very much back to normal so it will be interesting to see how it plays out. The National Gallery of Art fully reopened this week and today they announced that most Smithsonian museums are open without limits starting next Tuesday. We'll see how long it lasts with the recent uptick in cases everywhere. Tourists have started coming back and I'm a little surprised they didn't wait until after school starts up again.
Dr. Muntu Davis said at a virtual press conference that a public health order requiring masks indoors will go into effect Saturday.
"This is an all-hands-on-deck moment," he said.
Davis didn't fully detail what he said would be some exceptions but said for example, people could still go out to eat and take off their masks only while eating and drinking.
The county has been recording more than 1,000 new cases each day for a week, and there is now "substantial community transmission," Davis said.
“When you have an environment like that it just forces us to think more about what constraints should be put in place ever on college athletes. And it should be the bare minimum,” Emmert said.
I'm far more conservative than the average Berkeley alum, but I taking a hands-off libertarian approach where money and kids are at stake means that money will win every time.
Biden reinstates 2.5 gpm maxflow shower heads that the previous administration rolled back seven months ago. If you remember, Orange Julius bizarrely complained that standard showerheads didn't allow him to have perfect hair and that people were flushing their toilets 10-15 times
I (hopefully) get the sense that all but the truest believers are tired of these dorks though. The Gaetz/MGT tour in California was woefully sparsely attended and a lot of the Mike Lindell events (My Pillow) have been scant as well.
USA and Canada both dominant against small Caribbean nations, both now qualified for the knockout rounds. They play on Sunday for first place in the group, which could actually matter in trying to avoid Mexico's side of the bracket.
Of course, the other piece is that Mexico is currently in second place thanks to an unexpected draw against Trinidad & Tobago in their first match. They need to beat El Salvador to win their group. If they don't, then USA finishing first might actually be bad!
Collin Morikawa had a very good day at the Open - shot 64, came within a fraction of an inch of matching the course record of 63, and is in second place at 9 under.
/smh
“We were talking, and I suddenly heard his car outside and he came to the door with flowers,” Tabor said.
“Hey, look here,” she recalled telling him. “I’ve made some new friends.”
“Watching his face drop when he saw who I was talking to on FaceTime was the most cinematic moment ever,” she said.
Their boyfriend tried to convince them that there was nothing wrong with dating more than one woman at a time, but neither of them bought it, Roberts said.
“After he left, we did some more research,” she said. “We found at least six women he’d been seeing.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/15/boyfriend-cheat-girlfriend-roadtrip/
I used to go to the Churchill Arms all the time!!!
Was it because it was the best, or the closest?
It's not the best. It was close, not the closest, but widely known so an easy place to meet people, and it's convenient. Also the Thai food was not terrible.
Heh, "Also the Thai food was not terrible."
An Ugandan Olympian went missing in Japan. He disappeared from his quarantine hotel room leaving a note that he's going to find work in Japan. Also worth noting that he lost a spot on the national team after arriving in Japan so he won't be competing.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/37a6d0d3d253-urgent-ugandan-olympic-athlete-training-in-japan-goes-missing.html
The South Sudan Olympic team has been in Japan for more than a year and is being supported by their host city.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/12/sport/japan-south-sudan-olympics-hnk-intl-dst-spt/index.html
Two weird but related facts about this 1) he is apparently abandoning his wife back in Uganda...but it does sound like the 20-year old does not yet have any children 2) the article doesn't know if he was near the Ugandan Olympian who had tested positive for COVID after arriving in Japan (not clear yet if he was just breaking COVID protocol or actual quarantining)
I think he wanted to be as far away as possible from his wife
For point #2, I think he was actually breaking a protocol not quarantine which was probably the wrong word I used.
What is your favorite flower?
Probably plumeria or a fragrant rose, enough of this non-scented, GMO rose BS
Camellia.
My family has special affinity for camellias as my great uncle cultivated them and showed them. He was also a judge at some camellia shows.
Peony. I love watching them unfurl and they have a lovely, understated scent. White ones are my favorite, but I won't say no to any color.
Gardenia. I've had them at two of my houses and had them as centerpieces at my wedding. I just love how they smell.
Tulips. The intensity of color on some of them is incredible. I feel like it's searing my corneas (in a good way).
Also, there's something pleasant about the relative uniformity of tulips--they're usually pretty orderly, restrained, and easy to manage.
by the time we left the Netherlands when I was a kid, I'd had quite enough of them. Of course now I'd happily go to the Keukenhof etc, such are the ways of the middle aged
I seem to remember sometime in the early 1980s that there is a spectacular tulip farm somewhere between Oceanside and San Diego. They planted each color of tulip in plots so that you could see very well-defined lines between the colors. I'm sure it's long gone, but I remember seeing it from I-5 and I was just in awe of the bright colors.
Rose, as in Bowl
The what now?
The front page.
Never heard of it.
It's an event 10 or 11 other members of the conference have aspirations of participating in.
👿
I think it was a thing 60 years ago
Kensington
Maryland
Circus Pub
Makes sense to me.
But then again, I know whereof you speak.
Pub
The Tipsy Fiddler in Shanghai China smells like wet foreign english teacher.
The Athletic Arms in Edinburgh, also known as the Diggers as it is adjacent to a graveyard
The Winchester
Best song on their juke box, "Don't Stop Me Now"
If Yankee Candle made a scent of one of the cities that you have lived in, what would it be called?
Viet Cajun Crawfish
Salt Air, Weed and Urine
Mildew
Ah... London.
Hong Kong AC-unit condensation. It has a very distinct smell to it and the residential parts of the city smell like it.
Night-blooming jasmine
Today in Covid
Mrs Slug commented to me that she read the number of COVID cases in California has *tripled* since June 15.
The price of hubris. Also, the Delta variant will ravage the unvaccinated population. Anyone wanna bet on the over/under of this pandemic's length in time? I say the over/under is 4 years.
I don't know if I'd bet on under, but I hope for under....so where are we now? 17 months? Depending on what one considers the start date to be.
I would have the start date as March 17, 2020. That was the date of the first shutdown in California, at least.
March 11 was the day the NBA shut down - I think that was the first big piece of "oh wow this is serious" for Americans. For me in China, it was when they extended Chinese New Year by another week and locked down Wuhan - so that would have been last week of January 2020.
I should clarify that the number of *active* COVID cases has tripled since June 15.
DC getting very much back to normal so it will be interesting to see how it plays out. The National Gallery of Art fully reopened this week and today they announced that most Smithsonian museums are open without limits starting next Tuesday. We'll see how long it lasts with the recent uptick in cases everywhere. Tourists have started coming back and I'm a little surprised they didn't wait until after school starts up again.
Thanks to the unvaccinated plague enthusiasts, LA county has to go back to a mask mandate
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016621872/la-county-masks-indoors-covid-19-coronavirus
Dr. Muntu Davis said at a virtual press conference that a public health order requiring masks indoors will go into effect Saturday.
"This is an all-hands-on-deck moment," he said.
Davis didn't fully detail what he said would be some exceptions but said for example, people could still go out to eat and take off their masks only while eating and drinking.
The county has been recording more than 1,000 new cases each day for a week, and there is now "substantial community transmission," Davis said.
Elsewhere in college
NCAA prez Mark Emmert concedes body should have 'bare minimum' role as college sports enters new era
Waking up and smelling the coffee?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ncaa-prez-mark-emmert-concedes-body-should-have-bare-minimum-role-as-college-sports-enters-new-era/
“When you have an environment like that it just forces us to think more about what constraints should be put in place ever on college athletes. And it should be the bare minimum,” Emmert said.
I'm far more conservative than the average Berkeley alum, but I taking a hands-off libertarian approach where money and kids are at stake means that money will win every time.
Our crumbling democracy
Breaking News: Ted Cruz is a racist piece of shit
https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1415401043291148289
Come on now! Don't sugarcoat it!
Sugarcoated shit goes in the DBD Test Kitchen area.
Just an egregious asshole
Biden reinstates 2.5 gpm maxflow shower heads that the previous administration rolled back seven months ago. If you remember, Orange Julius bizarrely complained that standard showerheads didn't allow him to have perfect hair and that people were flushing their toilets 10-15 times
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/shower-head-rules-biden-trump/index.html
I have used a 1.5 gpm showerhead for years. Even when I had a full head of hair, that was plenty to rinse the shampoo from my locks.
Ticket sales are moving slowly for the coming Trump-O’Reilly stadium tour
Time remains to sell out the stadiums. But those familiar with the current sales pace say it lags behind other acts.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/16/trump-oreilly-tickets-499795
The History of Harassers Tour. If ticket sales don't pick up I'd guess the RNC or some PAC will step forward.
I (hopefully) get the sense that all but the truest believers are tired of these dorks though. The Gaetz/MGT tour in California was woefully sparsely attended and a lot of the Mike Lindell events (My Pillow) have been scant as well.
PRO
Gold Cup
USA and Canada both dominant against small Caribbean nations, both now qualified for the knockout rounds. They play on Sunday for first place in the group, which could actually matter in trying to avoid Mexico's side of the bracket.
Yes, better to face El Tri in the finale.
Of course, the other piece is that Mexico is currently in second place thanks to an unexpected draw against Trinidad & Tobago in their first match. They need to beat El Salvador to win their group. If they don't, then USA finishing first might actually be bad!
Judge orders Richard Sherman's release from jail; CB facing misdemeanors with felony burglary charge dismissed
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/judge-orders-richard-shermans-release-from-jail-cb-facing-misdemeanors-with-felony-burglary-charge-dismissed/
A follow-up on the Columbus Blue Jacket goalie who died in the firework accident. It was a big save and he sacrificed himself.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31823310/in-eulogy-matiss-kivilenieks-praised-saving-many-lives-fireworks-blast
CAL
Collin Morikawa had a very good day at the Open - shot 64, came within a fraction of an inch of matching the course record of 63, and is in second place at 9 under.
I love that you are providing us with the Cal content <3
Go Bears!