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by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: California Has One Year of Water Left
Replies: 107
Views: 5886

Re: California Has One Year of Water Left

Department of Interior announcing that without a stated plan by Jan 31 from seven Southwest states to reduce water usage from the Colorado River, the Feds will propose their own cuts for each state. From the Guardian: "Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a mo...
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4330
Views: 3559266

Re: Conference Realignment

San Diego State and SMU are speculated as two preferable additions should the conference chose to return to 12 teams. San Diego State makes geographic sense, but as for SMU I don't think it's culturally worked out when conferences chase schools because of their surrounding market share. Maryland and...
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game #22 vs Washington
Replies: 113
Views: 2078

Re: Game #22 vs Washington

First Pac 12 game in a while I haven’t had to think about (iffy) reffing.
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Artificial Intelligence thread
Replies: 49
Views: 3684

Artificial Intelligence thread

Going to offshoot this topic of A.I. from our Science/Technology thread - When it comes to Artificial Intelligence tools making consumer headlines – from AI rendered images upsetting the artworld to the academic quandary of ChatGPT writing essays for college students, I'm convinced we look back and ...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Haha Florida
Replies: 161
Views: 13788

Re: Haha Florida

Nobody try the triple chocolate fudge cake at Joe's Crab shack anytime soon
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: University recommendations - medical
Replies: 8
Views: 631

Re: University recommendations - medical

Hey all, looking at recommendations for a university path for my son. She did her undergrad work at Columbia with honors and had a heck of a time finding acceptance to a medical school To a parent my advice would be to please temper your child's expectations. Many high schoolers and undergrads are ...
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:23 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
Replies: 250
Views: 10111

Re: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games

Lol Duke. 24 point loss to NCST Duke has tread water since that loss, losing at Clemson and last night at Virginia Tech. They are unranked, 14-6, and might be without a key freshman contributor after Dariq Whitehead left the floor with a leg injury Vs the Hokies. As a whole the Blue Devils look pre...
by CatsbyAZ
Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: News of the weird
Replies: 827
Views: 83843

Re: News of the weird

Heard this on the radio this morning... "For nearly a year and a half, a Massachusetts high school has been lit up around the clock because the district can’t turn off the roughly 7,000 lights in the sprawling building. The lighting system was installed at Minnechaug Regional High School when it was...
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game #20 vs UCLA
Replies: 189
Views: 3085

Re: Game #20 vs UCLA

whewww!
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread
Replies: 257
Views: 36102

Re: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread

Welcome Leviticus - fantastic offer sheet!

Stanford, California, Colorado, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, Texas, UCLA, Washington
by CatsbyAZ
Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread
Replies: 131
Views: 8789

Re: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread

by CatsbyAZ
Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: University recommendations - medical
Replies: 8
Views: 631

Re: University recommendations - medical

Hi WSC, give me some time on this...as an outsider, but as someone who keeps up with 5 - 7 friends who attained their MDs over the past 2 - 4 years, and knew most of them and witnessed first hand their long roads from undergrad through finishing medical school there's a lot I can say about what to e...
by CatsbyAZ
Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marijuana
Replies: 196
Views: 16418

Re: Marijuana

Quite a hilarious NY Post article on how high Manhattan’s morning commuters are getting since New York ushered in legal weed last month: “The ubiquitous reek of pot smoke is making NYC’s streets stink to high heaven. And with NYC’s first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana open since late la...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2023 Season Thread
Replies: 752
Views: 2746162

Re: 2023 Season Thread

Thinking I'll make the November 4th game Vs UCLA the home game I'll attend this coming season.
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Assistant Coach Hotboard
Replies: 476
Views: 412403

Re: Assistant Coach Hotboard

Trying to think back but didn't we hire Akina during Stoops' tenure? Only for him to bail after like two weeks? Went to Texas? 2009 or 2010?
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: official science and technology thread
Replies: 781
Views: 333609

Re: official science and technology thread

This "lifeless gibberish" as you put it serves perfectly in political-speak, doesn't it. Came across this conversation with scientist Bret Weinstein, professor of evolutionary biology, who lays out two useful concerns questioning how ready we are to experience the advancement of AI Writers, most no...
by CatsbyAZ
Sun Jan 15, 2023 2:00 pm
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Colorado
Replies: 153
Views: 12578

Re: Colorado

It was fun while the hope lasted - NCAA denied the waiver request to move an ASU/Colorado matchup to Zero Week:
by CatsbyAZ
Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another plane crash
Replies: 208
Views: 17515

Re: Another plane crash

by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Fuck asu
Replies: 1198
Views: 132308

Re: Fuck asu

And now starting LB Conner Soelle, and their starting K Carter Brown. So, by my unofficial scorecard, that's about 5 good gets coming in, and about 10 significant losses going out via the transfer portal. With back-to-back league-worst recruiting classes, that's not "housecleaning" by a new coach, ...
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread
Replies: 131
Views: 8789

Re: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread

Fresh off a prison sentance, guess who wastes no time getting arrested AGAIN? "The disgraced funnyman was thrown in jail again after a caller reported him drunk or possibly high on a lakeside street in the Los Angeles suburb of Lake Elsinore, Calif., at around 12:30 a.m., according to the Riverside ...
by CatsbyAZ
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: Travel & Leisure
Topic: St Louis and Kentucky.
Replies: 12
Views: 2263

Re: St Louis and Kentucky.

One of the High Schools I went to was outside St. Louis. It's unfortunately a pretty generic Midwestern city not unlike Cincinnati or Cleveland, to include the expected crime spikes in the "inner city," a gigantic interstate loop, and all the typical chain restaurants dotting the suburbs - Applebee'...
by CatsbyAZ
Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Post your unpopular opinions
Replies: 1094
Views: 50084

Re: Post your unpopular opinions

Chicken shouldn't be a pizza topping
by CatsbyAZ
Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Recruit/Commitment Thread
Replies: 370
Views: 39565

Re: 2024 Recruit/Commitment Thread

Jordan Washington listed as a commit. Running back from Long Beach.


https://247sports.com/Player/Jordan-Was ... -46133636/

by CatsbyAZ
Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: official science and technology thread
Replies: 781
Views: 333609

Re: official science and technology thread

Thanks for the explanation and the link. I can see how this is a great time saving program that has potentially bizarre follow-on consequences. And I thought auto-tune made reality weird. Here are examples of what the AI langage bot I'm using can do: using the "Rephrase" and "Paragraph" features on...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?
Replies: 445
Views: 45786

Re: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?

Wow, nationwide flights temporarily grounded?!?!

by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:44 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Colorado
Replies: 153
Views: 12578

Re: Colorado

https://twitter.com/FBSchedules/status/1612665806332084225 ^ ^ ^ After this was stated plenty of speculation ensued as to where this game might be played. At a nuetral site - LA, Vegas, or Glendale? If ASU doesn't want to give up a home game kickoff will have to be a 7PM late start in Tempe to avoi...
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 19290

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

Once the post-holiday letdown sets in and the month-by-month parade of festive holidays are over, from Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and through the New Year’s celebrations, January’s emptiness and gray skies mirror my inevitable state of mind, slowed and downturned by the overstimulation o...
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: NFL
Topic: 2022 Arizona Cardinals
Replies: 68
Views: 5425

Re: 2022 Arizona Cardinals

by CatsbyAZ
Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: NFL
Topic: 2022 Arizona Cardinals
Replies: 68
Views: 5425

Re: 2022 Arizona Cardinals

Here's to hoping Kliff Kingsbury had his last day with the Cardinals today. Seven straight losses to end the season. Dude can go float around as a coordinator.
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Jan 07, 2023 2:49 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Non-PAC-12 team news
Replies: 133
Views: 25706

Re: Non-PAC-12 team news

So far just rumors, but Alabama's fan were chanting "Call Texas" at Calipari during Kentucky's game @ Alabama today. Wouldn't it be great if, in turn, Kentucky hired Beard? :D

by CatsbyAZ
Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Fuck asu
Replies: 1198
Views: 132308

Re: Fuck asu

Video assessment on ASU hiring Kenny Dillingham, posted two weeks ago: “So, he was going to become the youngest power five head coach in the country, but was he qualified for the job? The short answer was yes. Kenny’s offenses were ridiculously effective. Oregon had one of the most productive units ...
by CatsbyAZ
Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Non-PAC-12 team news
Replies: 133
Views: 25706

Re: Non-PAC-12 team news

And it will be a school in a fellow Dixie state
by CatsbyAZ
Thu Jan 05, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Replies: 350
Views: 19290

Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread

It’s that time of year again: January – my most depressing month. Not to end an otherwise OK 2022 on a bummer, but January arrives like a hangover. Once the post-holiday letdown sets in and the month-by-month parade of festive holidays are over, from Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and through...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
Replies: 250
Views: 10111

Re: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games

The nation's last unbeaten team, 14-0 New Mexico, lost last night @ Fresno State. Was reading up on the Lobos roster and learning their two highest scorers are sons of familiar NBA names. Jaelen House, from Phoenix, is the son of Eddie House and nephew of Mike Bibby. Transferred to New Mexico from A...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 18079

Re: UCLA

EastCoastCat wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:36 am You do realize that nobody really cares about UCLA football, especially here.
I mean we have a whole thread for UCLA football
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 18079

Re: UCLA

Of course Bruins backers wanted a feel-good last chapter for DTR, but if you’re playing in the Sun Bowl, after painful loss to your crosstown rival, the stakes are already so low and anticlimactic if you’re finishing your season in El Pass Gasso. The Holiday Bowl didn’t want UCLA after they cowed ou...
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: NFL
Topic: Fuck Skip Bayless
Replies: 8
Views: 733

Re: Fuck Skip Bayless

And our boy Greg Hansen deleted this oblivious comment:
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dive Bars
Replies: 108
Views: 5636

Re: Dive Bars

Anybody remember those very catchy Wildcat House radio ads? Running in heavy rotation around 2008/09? They parodied the Happy Days theme and, along with those Jack Furrier commercials, always got my attention.
by CatsbyAZ
Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:44 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game #14 vs Arizona State
Replies: 119
Views: 2851

Re: Game #14 vs Arizona State

Midrange game is 🔥
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: official science and technology thread
Replies: 781
Views: 333609

Re: official science and technology thread

Answering this from the Outrageous Purchases thread: I am buying an AI Writing Assistant in order to automatically produce sentences and paragraphs. I write a lot. For work and outside of work. Emails, Message Boards, Power Points, Reference Material, Journals, Social Media, Reports, Home Work, Rese...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Replies: 601
Views: 49260

Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread

Not financially an outrageous purchase, but more so suspicious in ethical and professional terms. I am buying an AI Writing Assistant in order to automatically produce sentences and paragraphs. I write a lot. For work and outside of work. Emails, Message Boards, Power Points, Reference Material, Jou...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:10 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Replies: 136
Views: 11979

Re: Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl

Anyone doing this year's Arizona Bowl? Wyoming returns (with hopefully another 15-20K fans) to face the Ohio Bobcats. Of note this game isn't set for broadcast anywhere on TV? Instead Barstool will be streaming from their social media accounts? Where Barstool's legacy heads Dave Portnoy and Dan Katz...
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:21 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Fuck asu
Replies: 1198
Views: 132308

Re: Fuck asu

Exactly a month after Arizona State hired Kenny Dillingham, two sets of fan opinions have emerged: Group 1) Wait & See by those more so looking past Kenny Dillingham to recognize with caution how the Sun Devils program is going on over 20 years stuck in a purgatory of consistently cycling through co...
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Dec 26, 2022 9:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?
Replies: 445
Views: 45786

Re: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?

This isn’t the first recent time this has happened w/ Southwest. In October of last year my Southwest flight from Atlanta was abruptly cancelled hours before takeoff. When I tried rebooking the soonest subsequent flight out was THREE DAYS later. I do not at all regret ponying up the $400 it take to ...
by CatsbyAZ
Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:07 am
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
Replies: 250
Views: 10111

Re: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games

Iowa chokes away homegame to Eastern Illinois - from CBS Sports : "Eastern Illinois pulled off the biggest upset in men's college basketball in decades on Wednesday as it stunned Iowa in Iowa City, 92-83. The win for the Panthers, who were 31.5-point underdogs at Caesars Sportsbook, marked the large...
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:54 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread
Replies: 257
Views: 36102

Re: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread

Wilson's offer list is quite strong - USC, Oregon, Washington, among most of the rest of the conference.
by CatsbyAZ
Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:41 am
Forum: Travel & Leisure
Topic: Vegas
Replies: 27
Views: 4797

Re: Vegas

Lately I've been staying at the Flamingo but this past weekend I couldn't get the usual deal I wanted so I stayed down the strip at the Tropicana for the first time. In a lot of ways the Trop is like the Plaza (on Fremont) where the rooms are great but the casino floor is lagging. Trop's gaming floo...
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: NFL
Topic: 2022 Defending World Champion Los Angeles Rams
Replies: 64
Views: 3497

Re: 2022 Defending World Champion Los Angeles Rams

So two weeks ago the Rams running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples accepted a job at Arizona State to become the Sun Devils’ wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator. This week the Rams OC Liam Coen accepts a job with the Kentucky Wildcats for the same position. Two NFL coaches going to middling c...
by CatsbyAZ
Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 18079

Re: UCLA

Nationally Top QB recruit Donte Moore flips from Oregon to UCLA, giving Chip Kelly his next half decade DTR project. IMO, a win for both parties, at least from the standpoint of maximizing the potential for both setting each other up for the most success. It makes sense why Moore cooled on Oregon. N...
by CatsbyAZ
Mon Dec 19, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why I Own The World
Replies: 853
Views: 52509

Re: Why I Own The World

Just to brag a little more - last Thursday's Engineering graduation ceremony began with a recognition of outstanding graduates. Of the roughly 150 degrees conferred across the department, my brother was one of only 5 undergraduates asked to stand for applause. We had no idea his GPA was so high or h...