Nice

When I'm reading or just relaxing, I sometimes put YouTube on the TV and have it playing classical music or smooth jazz. The videos feature slides of bookstores or cafes or reading rooms, the seashore or peaceful countrysides and the lie.

Someone has taken that idea and adapted it to Dartmouth. From the video description: 

Whether you are a current student yearning for The Stacks, an alumnus waiting for the next HoCo, or just a friend of Dartmouth interested in Big Green, I hope this study video can provide you the authentic Dartmouth experience.

There are slides of Dartmouth Hall at Dusk, Tower Room, Sanborn, The Stacks, the Orozco Mural Room, Rauner and more.

Enjoy! 

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Go figure.

Earlier this morning I came across a story headlined:

BREAKING: Bill Belichick’s First Portal Offer is an Interesting One

The story started this way:

With Bill Belichick now in charge of North Carolina, the focus quickly changed to how he will tackle the currently open transfer portal. Would he first offer a left tackle, a speedy wide receiver or one of the top available quarterbacks? The answer was a resounding no, as North Carolina’s first offer with Coach Belichick in charge went to Penn running back Malachi Hosley.

This is not the P4 top-level talent many assumed Coach Belichick would target, but by no means should this be a complete surprise. Since entering the portal on December 9 th , Hosley has picked up offers from Houston, James Madison, Virginia, Cincinnati, Old Dominion, Costal Carolina, Western Kentucky, USF, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Georgia Tech and now North Carolina.

Interesting, huh? Here's something else that's interesting: Since I stumbled across the story the page has been replaced with one one that says, "404 Error. We can't find the page you requested!"

As of this writing, the same story is still available HERE (although no promises about how long it will stay up).

Green Alert Take: Any chance that Belichick or someone at UNC was tipped off about a story he didn't like and had it removed? Inquiring minds want to know. 

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EXTRA POINT
First, an admission. I freely admit I am not a foodie. Far from it, if I'm going to be honest. Applebee's menu is fancy enough for me.

That said, last night That Certain Nittany Lion '16 and I took Mrs. BGA out for dinner to celebrate her birthday at a place a little north of here. It's nothing fancy, but we'd been there shortly after they opened and the food was pretty good – when we finally got it. True story, it took more than a half hour to put in our order, and I'd guess 90 minutes to be served. But we were with friends, the conversation was flowing, and we all took the delay in good humor, knowing that they were just starting out.

That was last spring, and we figured by now they had the kinks worked out, so we headed back up there.

This time the service was prompt and the food showed up quickly. That's the good news. The bad new is the food really wasn't very good and mine, at least, was barely warm on our second visit.

I don't think there will be a third.