Wow, last week we had a reporter ask a great question to Drew Rosenhaus. This week, one of the worst questions ever. A reporter investigating the story of the “Cell phone bandit” asked a federal investigator, “Do we know what her motive was?” (Click on the “Woman confesses to robbery” link on right side of page to hear the idiot speak.) Hmmmm. Let’s see, she was robbing a bank, but not for it’s pens or it’s deposit slips. Let’s see, what else could a bank have in it’s possession that could provide a motive? Better get the Pinkerton’s in on this one!

First off, a Happy birthday to Kieran (above, right), who played last night at O’Neals. Also wanna a wish a happy b-day to finger cymbal specialist Spanky Mottola (below), who celebrates his today.


Thirdly, I want to wish a Happy Birthday to the girl below. She actually had her birthday back in early October, and I thought I posted her pic. I didn’t, and was told that I am an a****** when I ran into her at Barrister’s the other night. Fair enough, the dressing down was well deserved.


Finally, I wanna wish a happy big day to Harriet, a tortoise that celebrated it’s 175th birthday on Tuesday. Officials say that it’s the 2nd oldest living creature on earth (Ern is 183).

Here is the blog of some grad student alcoholics in Beantown who are chronicling their tales of quizzo madness as they play almost every night of the week. Thanks to Jenn O. for sending me this link. If you’ve got any good or funny links, please send them to johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com.

Nice job, New York. Way to get the Country Music Awards to be broadcast from your town. What a coup! Look out Nashville, here comes NYC!

Today would have been the Ol Dirty Bastard’s 37th birthday. Here’s something you probably didn’t know about the ODB.
In February 1998, after ODB witnessed a car accident from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio, he and a friend ran to the accident scene and organized about a dozen onlookers who assisted in lifting the 1996 Ford Mustang?rescuing a 4-year-old girl from the wreckage. She was taken to a hospital with second and third degree burns. ODB, using a false name, visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.

Local Rock Paper Scissors legend Jam Master Sean (aka C. Urbanus), inventor of the Urbanus defense in RPS, will be hosting quizzo tonight at the Dive. Scroll down a bit here to find out what Jam Master’s dream job would be (he’s the guy lying on the street).

With the holidays approaching, I felt like it was time to do some more fundraising. I found a charity that I think is really awesome, because it doesn’t just supply handouts, it gives people hope to improve their lives. It is called Community Voice Mail, and the idea is simple: people who don’t have access to a phone are given a phone number, where they can check messages from loved ones and prospective employers. Read about it. It seems really cool. And over 80% of the money raised goes to the program itself, not to a huge bureaucracy. So I will be asking everyone for a dollar at quizzo this week, though you are certainly welcome to give more if you want to. At the end of the week, I’ll let you know how much we are able to raise.

While watching the Wizard of Oz on TV the other night (before turning to Desperate Housewives**, which I watched for the first time ever), I had an argument with some friends about whether or not a munchkin had hung himself during taping of the film. I said it was an urban legend. They said it really happened. I love it when I’m right.

**Oooooh, good show. And even better, it has several actors from one of my college faves, Melrose Place. I think I might be hooked.

On November 16th, Luke and Laura got married in the highest rated episode of a soap opera ever. What soap opera was it?

This from D-Mac at PhiladelphiaWillDo about last night’s game:
The only way it could have been worse is if Roy Williams had negotiated Billy Wagner’s new contract with the Mets during his game-winning interception return.