To Windsor

Finishing the work day in Santa Rosa, I caught up with Tomasin at his office in Healdsburg. We headed out to the Dry Creek Store again...

Eventually, we headed back to his office. I was fascinated to watch him finish the day by dictating a number of cases and coding all of the visits.

After a quick stop at Johnny Garlic's, we had Mexican food and watched the beginning of the Warriors versus Clippers game at the Tomasins. It was nice to Mikey, Chris and Julie. I took off fairly early and wandered back to Napa.

ESPN 30 for 30 Vol 3: The Gospel According to Mac

Running on the treadmill at the hotel, I watched The Gospel According to Mac. This is the third installment of ESPN's 30 for 30 Volume 3. An episode guide for Vol 3 is here.

I have never really followed college football. Consequently, I didn't know anything about Bill McCartney's story. The story reads like a Hollywood script. The major plot points include:

• After a successful start as a high school football and basketball coach in Detroit, he spent eight years as an assistant under coaching legend Bo Schembechler at the University of Michigan.
• Taking over a woeful University of Colorado Boulder program, McCartney was the head football coach from 1982 to 1994 and compiled a record of 93–55–5.
• Under McCartney, the Buffalos won three consecutive Big Eight Conference titles between 1989 and 1991.
• In 1989 and 1990, the Buffalos played Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. They lost in 1989, but won in 1990.
• The 1990 team was crowned as national champions by the Associated Press, splitting the title with the Georgia Tech team that topped the final Coaches' Poll rankings.
• In a game against Missouri in the championship 1990 season, referees mistakenly allowed an extra down on which Colorado scored the winning touchdown as time expired.
• After the 1988 season, the Buffaloes' star quarterback Sal Aunese was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He died in the middle of the 1989 season.
• McCartney's own daughter became pregnant by the team's quarterback Sal Aunese who died five months after the baby was born.
• There were arrests and strife between his mostly African-American players and the Boulder police.
• A vocal born again Christian, McCartney founded a Christian men's group called Promise Keepers.
• After the team went 11 and 1 in 1994 and was ranked 3rd nationally, McCartney retired from coaching.

Bill McCartney participated in the making of the documentary. There is a lot of interview footage of him and key players from the Buffalo teams used throughout the film. I was very surprised by the story. I actually gasped a couple of times. Although I struggle with finding time to watch the two hour 30 for 30s, this one is worth looking for!

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Pennies

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Code Expiration: January 26, 2015

Simmons 2015 NBA Western Conference Over/Under Podcast

On the October 26, 2015 Bill Simmons Podcast [Episode 15], Joe House joined Bill Simmons to evaluate the NBA's Western Conference in Part 2 of their annual NBA over/under podcast. At the 22:30 point in the podcast, they talk about the Sacramento Kings.

The Sacramento Kings over/under for wins is 33. Both Simmons and House like the over?!? Their comments about the Kings include:

• The owner is out of his mind and gloriously incompetent.
• If you put enough crazy people on a basketball team, it is not going to go well. It's not. And there are some crazy people on this basketball team.

Watching the Kings in the season opener, I don't like the over!

Jesuit Drama - Terror Stories: A Post 9-11 Project

Starting Thursday, November 5, Jack will be appearing in the Jesuit High School Fall play titled TERROR STORIES: A POST 9-11 PROJECT.

There are two weeks of performances:

• Thursday through Saturday, November 5th through 7th at 7:30pm and,
• Thursday through Saturday, November 12th through 14th at 7:30pm plus Sunday, November 15th at 2:00pm.

Tickets are available here.

Tiberius

ESPN killing Grantland is sad for its writers, fans

ESPN killing Grantland is sad for its writers, fans https://t.co/LunjthhPZz via @SInow

— Mark Heringer (@heringermr) October 30, 2015

ESPN Statement Regarding Grantland - ESPN MediaZone

Effective immediately we are suspending the publication of Grantland. After careful consideration, we have decided to direct our time and energy going forward to projects that we believe will have a broader and more significant impact across our enterprise.

Grantland distinguished itself with quality writing, smart ideas, original thinking and fun. We are grateful to those who made it so. Bill Simmons was passionately committed to the site and proved to be an outstanding editor with a real eye for talent. Thanks to all the other writers, editors and staff who worked very hard to create content with an identifiable sensibility and consistent intelligence and quality. We also extend our thanks to Chris Connelly who stepped in to help us maintain the site these past five months as he returns to his prior role.

Despite this change, the legacy of smart long-form sports story-telling and innovative short form video content will continue, finding a home on many of our other ESPN platforms.

ESPN 30 for 30 Shorts: Every Day

Grant land and ESPN Films have released the forty-first film in their 30 for 30 documentary short series.

30 for 30 Shorts: Every Day

The latest film, directed by Gabe Spitzer, tells the story of how the journey to a million steps starts with taking one at a time.

You can find Every Day on the ESPN web site at http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13988017 .

More about the film at: http://espn.go.com/30for30/film?page=EveryDay.

2015 Kings versus Clippers

Larkin and I went to opening night of the 2015/16 NBA season to watch the Sacramento Kings versus the Los Angeles Clippers. Trailing by 10 points for most of the game, the Kings tied the game at 95 with 6:22 let in the game. As shown in the picture above, the Kings led 98 to 97 with 4:19 remaining… Paul Pierce made a couple of clutch shots down the stretch and the Clippers pulled away to win by the score of 111 to 104.

DeMarcus Cousins was the Kings leading scorer. He had 32 points going 10 for 21 from the field, 4 for 5 from three and 8 for 11 from the free throw line. Unfortunately, Cousins had 8 turnovers!

Blake Griffin looked good and was the Clippers leading scorer. He had 33 points on 14 for 20 from the field and 5 for 7 from the free throw line.

The Kings offense looked disjointed for most of the game; it looked like they had never played together. The line-up of Collison, Cousins, Gay, Casspi and Belinelli {a point guard, a big man and three perimeter shooters} pulled the Kings back into the game in the fourth period.

I listened to the Bill Simmons annual NBA over/under podcast on the way to the game. Simmons and House were bullish on the Kings. Watching the Kings offense in the first game, I am not… More about Simmons over/under podcast later this week.

Larkin and I wandered down and talked to Snipes at halftime. He was at the game with Craig in section 124, while Keith and one of his friends were sitting in their season tickets.

The Kings have 0 wins and 1 loss in games that I have seen in the 2015-2016 NBA season.

Fall IT Directors Workshop 2015 Day 2

I spent the day at the second day of the Fall IT Directors Workshop. The agenda included: Morning Inspiration; the Ambulatory SWAT Team; ITPS & Business Intelligence by the CMIO; the Lodi Go-Live; Project Planning {I like Pie}; the Most Wired Award; and closing remarks by the CIO. The CFO was scheduled to speak in the afternoon, but had a conflict.

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Super Sharp

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Code Expiration: January 19, 2015

Fall IT Directors Workshop 2015 Day 1

I spent the day at the first day of the Fall IT Directors Workshop. The agenda included: Morning Inspiration by San Joaquin; CIO Welcome; CTO Update; Rapid Response; Clinical Informatics; walk about with CareAware Connect, Clairvia, GE PACS Project/VNA, Health Info Exchange and Population Health/Analytics; HEAT; and, Leading Through Change by Ron Kirsch of the O'Brien Group.

2015 Jesuit Mother Son Mass

For the fourth year in a row [2014, 2013 and 2012], Sharon and Jack went with a group to the Jesuit Mother Son Mass. Afterwards, Jack went to Future Stars to work on this college applications, while Sharon went to breakfast with to brunch with a group at Bacon and Butter.

Dinner with the Gainsleys and Larkins

Sharon and I got together with the Larkins and the Gainsleys for dinner at Cibo7. While we have done a number of things with the Gainsleys [Milo Greene in Reno, dinner in Old Sac and dinner in Yountville, we haven't seen the Larkins since the six of us got together for dinner last December.

The food was good. I had Bucatini Bolognese, while Sharon had Grimaud Farms Duck Breast. The group finished the night at bar at Paul Martin's.

Two Years Old

Tiber is two years old.

Jimmer Fredette

Jimmer Fredette was cut by the San Antonio Spurs yesterday. I saw Jimmer play a number of times in person when he was with the Kings. This included games against the Clippers, Suns, Raptors, Timberwolves, Suns again, Thunder and Bucks.

I didn't think that he was an NBA player when he was drafted by the Kings. I never saw anything when I saw him in person that changed this opinion...

Why Jimmer Fredette has been such a big bust in the NBA

"Jimmer thinks everybody is stupid," said an NBA assistant who worked with Fredette. "He thinks everybody needs to come and just turn over their offense and let him shoot it anytime he wants. That's not how the league works."

SmartHospital Integrated Testing

I spent the day attending integrated testing for the SmartHospital project. Clinicians ran scripts testing the integration between Clairvia, Cerner CareAware Connect, the iPhones and the Sotera Visi Mobile devices.

Mad Max: Fury Road

While Sharon was on her European vacation, I watched Mad Max: Fury Road. I am not really sure why I chose the movie. I was just flipping through the current releases on the AppleTV and picked it…

Directed and produced by George Miller, it is the fourth instalment in the Mad Max franchise. The film is set in a future desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities. It follows Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) to flee from cult leader Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his army in an armoured tanker truck.

The film is essentially one long chase scene. Jack said something about the movie being filmed without any CGI special effects. I don't recommend the film.

Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Streaks

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Code Expiration: January 12, 2015

Rickett's Circus

I walked by this waymark on my way to get the rental car when we were in Philadelphia to pick Jack up from UPenn.

Rickett's Circus
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
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This marker is located at South 12th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 57.053 W 075° 09.590.

You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.

America's first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America's first complete circus performance. President Washington attended his show later that season.