Cancer Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 On June 11, 2019 at 3:03 PM, death tribble said: Actually January 1st 2021 will be the start of the next decade and that will take the thread into a third decade The Millennium started January 1st 2001 Back in December 1999 I was in a stupidmeeting with the dean and the science chairs (I had to be there due to my being director of the Astronomy Program) and the dean opened with "Welcome to the last of these meetings in the 20th Century." The acting chair of the Math Department objected that the year 2000 was still part of the 20th Century (whis is correct), but I gave my interpretation, which this was the last of these stupidmeetings for 13 months. That latter interpretation was much more popular. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Tonight's regular Friday evening gaming session was playtesting part of our annual big multitable convention event. A few more weeks of this coming before the con in mid-August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Canada led Haiti 2-0 at the half, and gave up three terrible goals to lose their quarterfinal match. Meanwhile, another quarterfinal, Mexico - Costa Rica, has gotten chippy, scoreless in the 33rd minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Sweden beat Germany!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Woooo. Today, Jamaica got past Panama 1-0 on a PK on a clear but inadvertant hand ball in the box. USA and Curacao will start shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 cup fire-roasted Hatch green chile (I'm using jarred stuff, so needn't be fresh) 1 cup chicken broth a 1/4-inch thick slice of onion 1 cup tomatillos (I'm using ones we froze after getting them fresh at the farmers market ... you need them thawed if you do this) 1 tsp each dried oregano, dried basil 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp salt put everything in a blender & homogenize. Pour mixture into small saucepan bring to low boil, simmer 15 minutes while you roll the enchiladas (Optional: add a tsp or so of flour, stir, thicken sauce some; do this last, right before pouring it over enchiladas, if you do) preheat oven to 350F* (N.B. this assumes a glass baking dish) grease a 8-by-11 or 9-by-12 inch baking pan (N.B. with a larger pan you may need to make a batch-and-a-half of the sauce) using slightly more than all the dark meat from a roast chicken (the chicken does need to be cooked; white or dark meat doesn't matter), shredded, and a roughly equal volume of shredded white cheese (plain Monterey jack seems superior), spoon 2-3 Tbsp or so each chicken and cheese and a tsp to a Tbsp of the same Hatch chile as above into an 8- or 9-inch flour tortilla and roll the tortilla up, put roll into baking dish (8 or 9 of these will fill the dish) Pour sauce over the rolls, put in oven, bake for 20 min Shred another 1/2 to 3/4 cup of cheese when the 20 minutes is up, spread the newly-shredded cheese over the enchiladas back into the oven for another 10 minutes Serve. This recipe serves four adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 USA beat Curacao 1-0 on a nice cross & header. The face Jamaica next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Apropos nothing, with this post there are now 33,333 replies in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Lots of blood from a scalp cut on a Mexico player. He got kneed in the back of the head. Was a foul, but ont an egregious one. EDIT: player is back on the field, wearing a rubber cap (like a swimmer's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 There were lots of (illegal) fireworks around my house last night. The cats clearly felt the place was under siege. I know better; all the explosions, though nearby, were aerial: none of the really frightening (and destructive) subsurface blasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 “Yet I will delve one yard below their mines and blow them at the Moon.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 My sister-in-law has an office at Ridgecrest Elementary ... in Shoreline WA, about 5-10 minutes away by car from my house. One wonders what fun they'll have with that when school resumes next fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 USA goes up 1-0 on the Netherlands on a penalty kick given after VAR review. Trying to decide if it was the correct call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 That second American goal was quite impressive. She turned that defender completely around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 On a diffetent channel ... there's an MLS match on now, and the men spend more time flopping than the women do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Also, more or less independent of nationality, it seems like women's soccer teams have at most four non-blondes on the field at any time. I expect that from Sweden, it doesn't bother me from the Netherlands, but the rest? Hrm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Also, ponytails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Well, that's a style thing, mutable, and often self-reinforcing. As such, that doesn't bother me, even if it is perhaps monotonous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Mmm, blonde ponytails ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 No drooling on the pitch, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 I'm way off pitch, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Ponytails or braids would seem to be a matter of practicality for female athletes. You can't have all that long, luxurious hair getting in your eyes when you're trying to score the winning goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Mmm, luxurious ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 With Mary Lou Retton's bob out of fashion, I suppose that's true. Not that even Megan Rapinoe is old enough to have any chance of remembering Retton, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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