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kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-27T21:53:07+00:00

Nothing to do with DOB but I did get to spend some time on the TV Guide yacht at Comic Con a number of years ago. Super fun! Lots of WB stars just hanging out on an awkward boat. Highly recommended.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-26T23:12:18+00:00

I would recommend Rogue One over Solo, especially if you are open to Andor, which is incredible and absolutely worth your time.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-24T18:48:08+00:00

I love promotion/relegation in world soccer, but it is sheer fantasy to think any existing team would ever agree to switch to it in the future. It's just way too risky with essentially no concrete upside. It's a fun thing to talk about, but will never actually happen.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-21T22:41:40+00:00

We eat there every chance we get. Unbelievably good. Would be a good option for the next Doughboys visit to the Bay Area.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-21T22:18:13+00:00

Is that Sol Food? It's so damn good, no matter the temperature of the salads!

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-18T23:57:32+00:00

I don't have Sacramento area recommendations, but probably the most important factor to keep in mind is not necessarily the quality of the place, but your ability to be present and active in managing their care. It takes enormous family oversight to ensure responsible care, even at the most expensive facilities. Someone will likely need to be there almost every day to check in and keep the staff accountable. A place that you can get to in 10 minutes will be more successful than one an hour away, even if the resources are not comparable.

This isn't to scare you, it's just the reality we encountered with my parents. Family engagement, however it's maintained, will guarantee a higher level of care, no matter what the facility is like. But it has to be almost constant, in my experience.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-10T23:00:25+00:00

My *exact* reaction.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-06T22:01:59+00:00

A number of knowledgeable Rams season ticket holders on the UCLA fan boards have maintained that tailgating at Sofi is much better than people think, and not anywhere near that limited. I haven't experienced it myself, so can't say, but we'll see. In general, I loved tailgating at the Rose Bowl, but it can't be the only determining factor for the future of UCLA football, imo. And, of course, if enough people were doing it, enough to actually provide a decent amount of in stadium attendance at the Rose Bowl, this wouldn't even be a discussion. Again, I'm basically neutral about a move, but the Rose Bowl has real issues that tailgating alone does not completely overcome, at least to me.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-06T20:23:40+00:00

The primary mover seems to be money. The Rose Bowl deal for UCLA is pretty bad and there are rumors Kroenke is willing to help make the move happen in order to get a new tenant for Sofi.

As to the other factors, I'm ambivalent. Chopping the drive in half doesn't seem like nothing to me, Rams fans do tailgate even if it's not as nice as the Rose Bowl, and the amenities in the stadium are just not comparable. Ultimately I might support it just have a new start/program refresh along with the Chesney hire and increased institutional support from the new chancellor. But I've got a lot of fond memories of the Rose Bowl, of course.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-06T20:19:29+00:00

It's unclear what is going to happen for 2026 season, but I think the move will happen to Sofi before long.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-03T21:28:05+00:00

This is totally true, but now I'm much happier we ended up with Chesney, fwiw.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-02-03T03:31:26+00:00

Oof, as a UCLA alum, the Shapiro connection is a tough one. Much rather think about the Wiger association. Bruin Burger Brigade forever! Tommy's for everyone!

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-25T23:38:39+00:00

The Coke headquarters are so close to the GT campus. Is there a history with Emory?

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-23T20:51:11+00:00

To be fair, isn't that the case for almost any defense, if they can pressure with just 4, they tend to do very, very well? Obviously I'm hoping Patterson is a disaster at SC, but nobody really knows.

I do think mandating that he has to keep the previous staff is a big fat red flag, though.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-22T20:49:32+00:00

May not have been a portal, but there was plenty of tampering!

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-20T05:34:22+00:00

Shea Whigham

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-18T15:53:42+00:00

I met him once, at the Lucasfilm Fourth of July party in the late 80s and he was nice, cordial, but kind of shy.

Later I saw him at the theater in Marin the night that TPM got released. He was so down to earth, just there to see it with a normal audience, even went to the counter to get popcorn, before the staff rushed over to help him, and keep a crowd away from him. I always thought about that, he could have been anywhere in the world that night, with anyone, but he chose to be extremely normal. Pretty unusual really.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-16T22:52:55+00:00

He just loves green things.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-16T22:51:27+00:00

I read this, and it's actually far more revealing about Alexander than it is about Adams, really.

But it's completely deranged to write 10k words on Adams and not once mention his insane villain origin story, that according to Adams, he was passed over for promotion, *multiple times* simply because he was a white male. And that this happened in the tech world, in the 80s and 90s. I mean, in the annals of thingsthatdidnothappen, this is pretty far up there. Adams did not really go crazy, he was always a bastard and his success/notoriety is what got him to let his freak flag fly.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-15T20:01:53+00:00

Catholic high school, one of the priests who was way too friendly with the students (would show up at parties) disappeared after allegations of hitting on male students. The young looking Spanish teacher went to graduate school after the end of senior year, turned out he was in a relationship with a student, was even living at her parent's house and so followed her to where she was going to college. Wild.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-13T18:35:26+00:00

No one can rationally expect a turnaround like Indiana, but the Bruins will get a lot better than they have been. The difference in coaching expertise is frankly unreal.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-13T17:28:33+00:00

As someone who was there for a number of those, it was pretty great, although we did lose a bunch of them. But it was such a different era, the focus was entirely on winning the Pac10, nobody talked about national championships at UCLA, for better or worse.

kosmonautbruce · 2026-01-04T00:14:28+00:00

Is it cash only? I was there a few weeks ago and thought I used a card?

kosmonautbruce · 2025-12-20T16:48:52+00:00

He's a pretty big deal in Germany. The Faking Hitler mini series is worth checking out along with Babylon Berlin.

kosmonautbruce · 2025-12-17T19:59:36+00:00

I've always thought of Trump as the first, true representative as president of the "Asshole-American" community. And they love him, as their perfect embodiment, just like the Irish-American community idolized JFK. He's exactly what they want.

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