Aw man, it’s one of those days where I have so much to do that I’m paralyzed by the reality of it all. Plus I gotta watch this Brazil game. Ahhhhhhhhh! Why am I wasting time writing this? I’ve got some amazing, incredible news to pass along soon. Lemme get caught up w/ everything else and then I’ll hit you with that news manana. And remember to keep your calendars open for Friday. I think this Quizzoman thing could be interesting. Or a complete disaster. Either way, it’ll be worth checking out.

Well, I’m having car problems in Virginia. So you’ll have to wait until tommorrow to read about the hot lesbian oil wrestling that took place on the beach on Saturday. Yeah, I’m serious. But it had it’s good side and it’s bad side. I’ve got a remarkably uneven sunburn that looks and feels great. And I’ve got it on good authority that the local Commonwealth’s Attorney has begun watching soccer on univision after reading about how great it was on this website. See, we are making a difference! So anyways, I’m getting the car looked at and will be rolling into the city tonight, so I’ll holla atcha manana.
Time Machine: Two years ago, Johnny listens to satanic music and has an absolutely reprehensible haircut.

Alright, peoples, I’m heading home to Virginia (not to be confused with West Virginia) for the weekend, but got a few comments to make before I leave. First of all, got a lot of weird comments when I posted a photo of a girl with big boobs on the site the other day. It started withan angry rant that I was completely convinced was from my ex-girlfriend, but then turned out to be from some dude (The comments were posted under the Fado Philly Style Mag story, not the big boob story.) Anyways, to let you ladies who check the site know that I haven’t forgotten about you, I’m leaving this week with a photo of Brad Pitt.

Secondly, there is apparently some sort of big free quizzo event at the Franklin Institute next friday. I don’t know many details, b/c after the cartoon fiasco, I wasn’t invited back. Instead, they hired a guy I’ve never heard of. His name is QuizzoMan, and he supposedly has super trivia powers and wears really tight tights and a mask. If I hear anything else about it, I’ll post something about it next week.

Also, I wanna thank everybody for posting so many comments on the site lately (although some of them have been really strange.) The website is always more fun when it’s interactive. Sorry to the teams who won on Thursday, but I’ll try to post your stories this weekend when I get home. If not, they’ll go up Monday. Finally, if you haven’t read the heartwarming tale of my RPS victory, I ask you to please read it now. It may inspire you to do great things yourself someday.

Yo peeps, heading out to watch USA soccer match. I may be a left wing pinko commie, but believe it not, I’ll still be pulling for Ol’ Glory. I’d love to see us advance. Holla atcha this afternoon.

The people of Philadelphia voted, and the best quizzo in town belongs to…Fado. In fact, Johnny did not even make the top four. This was in a vote taken by Philadelphia Style magazine. The following is taken from Philly Style Mag:
Best Of STYLE | Best Quizo | Fadó
Irish Pub & Restaurant Quizo is close to TiVo on the scale of modern addictions. This pub trivia phenomenon actually originated in our fair city, imported from Ireland by Fergie of Fergie’s Pub. But the Irish-themed pub chain Fadó was voted your favorite place to play the game this year. Bartender Regon MacInnis suggests beefing up on
VH1’s Best Week Ever to have a shot at competing against the handful of teams Fadó attracts on Wednesday nights. The fun and games begin at 9 p.m., and the prize is a $40 bar tab. FadoIrishPub.com, 215-893-9700.
Runners Up:
Fergie’s Pub, Fergies.com, 215-928-8118;
New Deck Tavern, NewDeckTavern.com, 215-386-4600;
Roosevelts Pub, 215-569-8879

Damn, yo. I was the staff pick for best quizzo, but this one still kind of stings. Oh well, those guys might host a better quizzo, but I’ll be damned if they can beat me at rock paper scissors! (Oh, and in case you were wondering what the readers of Philly Style Mag think the best coffee shop is, it’s Starbucks. Seriously. Bitter? Me? Noooooo.)

Yo, peeps, gotta roll to Spanish class. But here’s a few fun things to look at while I’m gone. First off, my man D-Mac found perhaps the creepiest usage of Ben Franklin’s image ever. That’s right, Ben Franklin is using his popularity among teenage females to stop teen pregnancy. Secondly, the good people at Philebrity think that hipsters are getting a bad name, and they are pissed. Which is kind of weird, because I didn’t think hipsters had the energy to be anything other than ironic and mildly annoyed. Angry hipsters are funny. The comment under a recent write up on foobooz is pretty great. Trivia Art writes that the Bike Race weekend is the only time it’s kool to be in Manayunk (which is wrong. Manayunk sucks even during the bike race). As if to prove why Manayunk sucks, some knucklehead writes an angry diatribe in the comments section about how kool Manayunk is, and how he’ll tell Art the great deals going on in Manyunk, but that he’s not gonna give ’em to Art unless he hires him. Yeah, Bub, Trivia Art is gonna hire you to tell him about the kool deals in Manayunk right after he adds a “Best Upcoming Frat Parties” section to his site.

I remember, as a kid, thinking that the Dallas theme song was really cool. I wasn’t allowed to watch the show, but my parents let me watch the opening credits. I also really like the theme song for Wonder Years, which was a cover of “Get By WIth a Little Help From My Friends”. But I gotta go with the theme from Good Times. It’s just such a soulful 70s sound that goes so well with the show, and a certain optimism in the face of trying times that I kind of like. The theme from Mr. Belvedere is my second favorite. Seriously. That is the JAM. “Streaks on the china…never mattered before…who cares?” What’s your favorite?

This rapper from Philly, who is considered a pioneer in gangster rap and who recorded the theme song for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, celebrates his 40th birthday this week.

The USA-Italy match was awesome, marred only by absolutely dreadful officiating. Well, after the match, it was discovered that the referee, who had kicked two American players out of the game, had been kicked off the 2002 World Cup for “irregularities”. It makes it even more interesting that the team we were playing, Italy, is currently in the midst of a major game fixing scandal. One of the charges? The manipulation of referee assignments. Wow, how interesting it is that a team being investigated for manipulating ref assignments just happens to get a ref with a crooked past who tries to hand them the game on Saturday.

Oh, and WTFer Matt Eison is in Germany for the World Cup. Here is his latest report:

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Just tune your television into Univision the entire time the World Cup is on. Don’t ask me any questions or talk back. Just do it. The action between games is absolutely mind blowing. Even Joe Vento himself cannot argue with the quality of Spanish television. (OK, so of course as soon as I posted this they actually started talking about soccer, but be sure to tune in manana! The between game action is an endless procession of sexy Brazilian women dancing while dudes bang on drums and scream. It is awesome.)