The world's leading expert on European wasps walks into a record shop.​

He asks the assistant “Do you have ‘European Vespidae Acoustics Volume 2? I believe it was released this week.”

“Certainly,” replies the assistant. “Would you like to listen before you buy it?”

"That would be wonderful," says the expert, and puts on a pair of headphones.

He listens for a few moments and says to the assistant, “I'm terribly sorry, but I am the world's leading expert on European wasps and this is not accurate at all. I don't recognize any of those sounds. Are you sure this is the correct recording?”

The assistant checks the turntable, and replies that it is indeed European Vespidae Acoustics Volume 2. The assistant apologizes and lifts the needle onto the next track.

Again the expert listens for a few moments and then says to the assistant, "No, this just can't be right! I've been an expert in this field for 43 years and I still don't recognize any of these sounds."

The assistant apologizes again and lifts the needle to the next track.

The expert throws off the headphones as soon as it starts playing and is fuming with rage.
"This is outrageous false advertising! I am the world's leading expert on European wasps and no European wasp has ever made a sound like the ones on this record!"

The manager of the shop overhears the commotion and walks over. "What seems to be the problem, sir?"

"This is an outrage! I am the world's leading expert on European wasps. Nobody knows more about them than I do. There is no way in hell that the sounds on that record were made by European wasps!"

The manager glances down and notices the problem instantly.

"I'm terribly sorry, sir. It appears we've been playing you the bee side."







and a chick....

when are the morels going to hit?

I'm down here in NC/SC which I've grown to love, but damn, I miss mushroom hunting! They supposedly have them down here, but I've never seen one.

It looks like an interesting way to do it. The B1G would probably make OSU, PSU and UM our 3

3-5-5 scheduling

Yes, *your* thoughts. I consider them important, even if the rest of the world holds them in derision.

Is Duke/Coach Krzy dirty? Or is everyone else just a bunch of soreheads?

A good opinion piece from Jeff Greenfield. Not a new opinion, but I like that he tied it to Orwell who was a man ahead of his time:


Actually, the best proof that Orwell (and Greenfield here) was at least partially right about messaging and these issues was the partial success of Bernie Sanders in his run against Hillary Clinton. He has a more down-to-earth speaking style and image that the true socialists would do well to copy. AOC's Twitter-celebrity style, I think, turns off a lot of working class people and her hobnobbing with celebrities reinforces the image of a champagne socialist.

"Get out of line, the man come and take you away".

This is outrageous. But not surprising. Meanwhile, Hunter gets a $2 million 'gift' to pay taxes he avoided and *crickets*.

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Jason Kidd! He was referencing style of play - big pass first point guard, who can score if needed and plays good defense.

Devonte Green was announced as its first member this afternoon.

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Obviously a direct correlation to the portal.

I would assume that teams still have to be no more then the 85 limit.

New Evansville AD gives pink slips to entire mens basketball coaching staff. 6-24 last year

What a joke!!!

If that's the standard penalty for this type of infraction we'd be absolutely foolish not to simply completely ignore the "Countable Coaches" rule and just go full bore, full on, 24/7 utilization of every individual on our staff from this point onward...

Facts - like the text of SCOTUS opinions and Constitutions and statutes - tend to get overlooked around here, and its odd that the numbers vary, but here is the CDC info about abortions, assuming anyone finds them relevant. One quirky question - is 630,000+ “unwanted” or “unhealthy” pregnancies an issue worthy of attention? If Covid had killed 600,000 in a year, wouldn't it still have been declared a crisis and prompted action? Anyway - from CDC:

“In 2019, 629,898 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2010–2019, in 2019, a total of 625,346 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 195 abortions per 1,000 live births.

From 2010 to 2019, the number, rate, and ratio of reported abortions decreased 18%, 21%, and 13%, respectively. However, compared with 2018, in 2019, the total number increased 2%, the rate of reported abortions increased by 0.9%, and the abortion ratio increased by 3%.

Similar to previous years, in 2019, women in their twenties accounted for the majority of abortions (56.9%). The majority of abortions in 2019 took place early in gestation: 92.7% of abortions were performed at ≤13 weeks’ gestation; a smaller number of abortions (6.2%) were performed at 14–20 weeks’ gestation, and even fewer (<1.0%) were performed at ≥21 weeks’ gestation.

Early medical abortion is defined as the administration of medications(s) to induce an abortion at ≤9 completed weeks’ gestation, consistent with the current Food and Drug Administration labeling for mifepristone (implemented in 2016). In 2019, 42.3% of all abortions were early medical abortions. Use of early medical abortion increased 10% from 2018 to 2019 and 123% from 2010 to 2019.”

Carry on.
Love is coming.
Love is coming to us all.

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The ACC is mulling scrapping divisional play and going with a format that allows schools to play each other more often. This might help solve the current situation of a top-heavy B1G East vs a more competitive B1G West divisional setup.

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🚨 Matt Taylor
🚨 Rhett Lewis
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🔥 Rhett on joining the #iufb broadcast team
🔥 What will Hoosier football look like in 2022?
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THURSDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Matt Taylor
🚨 Rhett Lewis
🚨 Chris Denari
🔥 Rhett on joining the #iufb broadcast team
🔥 What will Hoosier football look like in 2022?
🔥 NFL schedule reveal tonight at 8:00pm
🔥 Why is the NBA so unpredictable?

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LHP Ty Bothwell is on the mound for IU with an ERA of 4.59 in 33.1 IP, while RHP Ben Wiegman is on the mound for the Cards with an ERA of 6.97 in 10.1 IP.

In the 1st, Whalen leads off with a single to open the game. Jessee flies out with the runner holding at 1st. Tibbetts walks to put runners on 1st and 2nd with one out. Mathison reaches on a fielder's choice with Tibbetts forced at 2nd to put runners on the corners with two outs. Ellis then singles through the infield to score Whalen to make it 1-0 and Mathison reaches 3rd, but a ground out by Doanes ends IU's 1st.

In the Cards 1st, the Cards have just one player in the lineup with a weak batting average at .208 with everyone else over .300 or close to it, and like with IU, they have a balance of left and right hand hitters in the lineup. Bothwell gets the leadoff hitter on a foul out. Bothwell then walks the next batter to put a man on with one out. Bothwell then gets a K for the 2nd out with the runner still on 1st. A K ends the inning.

Was Kravitz drunk? Good grief.

First game - on the road at Ball State
Went 15-28 for 228, 1 TD, O picks.
Rushed 12 for 91 and a TD.
Won 24-23
Ball state finished 5-7/5-3.

First Big Ten start was Wisconsin
13-29 for 113 0 TD's 0 INT
Rushing 11 for 31 net.
Lost 52-17
Wisconsin finished 12-1.
Our 17 was the third highest total they gave up (Michigan got 27 and gave them their loss. Illinois got 24.)

Nick Polk was leading receiver in both games.

First road game was the big comeback at Illinois, where Thigpen opened the second half with a 98 card TD kickoff return.
Hardy was leading receiver, but no TD's
Lewis - no TD throws - 1 rushing.
Josiah Sears had 2 rushing TD's.
Illinois finished 2-10/1-7.

Looks like a good replacement for Buck. Works at NFL network. Former IU receiver.

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Has been linked to severe tinnitus.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it is linked to trigeminal neuralgia in the future

as bad as i feel for women and their men, if the court does strike down Roe, imo it could be the biggest boost to Dem candidates in state races literally ever.

i feel conflicted.

if SCOTUS does overturn Roe, does the plus from the body blow to Pubs in state races across the US, out weigh the harm of a pregnant female having to leave the state once or twice in their lifetime for a day or a couple of days, for an abortion if wanted/needed.

and with Pub's state govt assaults on voting rights, and in some cases elections themselves, shifting into high gear, is that question not more pertinent now than ever?

who wins here?

Shocker!