Month: September 2007

The Week in Review


A wild, wild week that included major upsets, history being made, and the return of one of the circuit’s most hated teams.

-We begin on Tuesday, where the Young, the Old, and the Restless came away with an 83-77 win over the Obscure Simpsons Reference. It was YOR’s 2nd win of the month.

-A blowout at the Bards, as the red hot Sofa Kingdom made it four straight, crushing the Chin Omelette, 103-83.

-What’s in a name? Plenty, if what happened at the Vous on Wednesday is any indication. A team calling themselves the Jams (aka Not the Jams) defeated the Jams (aka Shiver Me Tasers). In fact the real Jams, who had won 7 of the previous 8 quizzoes, finished an unheard of 4th. The pseudo Jams held off a late rally by 1022 to win 97-92.

-On to the Black Sheep, where a fully stacked Duane’s World was the heavy favorite in a somewhat light field. But in the end it was O’Neals castaways Philly Harcargh! cruising to a 103-86 win over Duane and company.

-Thursday marked the return of MAGMA to the Good Dog, and though they looked a little rusty, they were able to hold off Creepy Guy At the Bar (aka Steve-O, playing Hans Solo), 82-81.

-Finally, history was made at the Bards on Thursday night, as the Sofa Kingdom won their 100th game at the Bards. In case anyone is curious, The Jams are the 2nd most winningest franchise, with 86 wins, going back to the Frank Clements days (To be honest, they’ve won more than that, but that was before the website.) I haven’t added it up, but I think the Young, the Old and the Restless are probably 3rd. Anyways, the Kingdom were hardly handed a challenge in their 100th win, knocking off a team making it’s first ever appearance, the Origins of a Quizzo Crisis, 104-89. And so the circle of life continues. And since it was the Kingdom’s 5th straight win, there will be a bounty of $20 on Tuesday.

THis weekend

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Damn, not only is Biz Markie DJing tomorrow night at Fluid, but Reef the Lost Cauze is gonna be opening for Pharaoh Monch at the Troc. Slammin’! On top of that, several quizzo legends are celebrating birthdays this weekend. Rakim from the Axis of Evil Knieval and Chill Rob A from MAGMA both celebrate b-days. And Bob T.’s dream girl, the femme fatale known in quizzo circles as Smackdown (above,), turns the big 3-0. Happy birthday, all!
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You can’t spell meltdown without M-E-T!

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If you haven’t already, read a bit about the Mets latest meltdown, as they blew a three run lead in the 9th. Here’s some fun comments from the hairy necks on metsblog.com as Mets fans watched their team meltdown last night:
If there ever was a playoff “poser” the Mets are certainly it.
Somebody please explain to me what’s going on.
I’ve never seen a team with less heart. Period.
shameful
We don’t deserve the playoffs. Period.
Well as usual the Phillies come from behind to WIN and the Mets come from ahead to LOSE!!!
This loss may be the final nail in our coffin.
Words can’t describe what I’m feeling right now. Pain, anguish, anger, sorrow, and physically ill.
they don’t deserve to go the playoffs; let’s go phillies
GAME OVER. SEASON OVER. Phillies In. Mets Out. Biggest collapse ever.
How does one get Phillies Playoff tickets?

Let me just say, it will be a cold day in hell when I or any Phils fan finds themselves rooting for the Mets, no matter how bad things get. But the hairy necks aren’t scared to pull a Benedict Arnold when the going gets rough. Btw, if the Mets do blow the lead, it will be the biggest collapse since the ’64 Phillies. No-one has ever blown a 7 game lead with 17 games to play.

Philly History is Fun!

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–The history of the soft pretzel in Philly. (Skip the first paragraph, since the 2nd one just repeates it.)

-This one is more Pennsylvania history than Philly history, but still. It was on this day in 1737 that the Lenape Indians were swindled out of lots of land in Eastern Pennsylvania. Here’s how they got hosed.

-A short write up about the Click Club, which was located at Palumbo’s, the legendary South Philly club at 824 Catherine that burned down in 1994.

-Staying in South Philly, here’s a little column on Ralph’s, the 100+ year old Italian restaurant on 9th and Fitzwater.

Oh, and can someone explain the above photo to me? I’ve had a bit of a cold the last few days, so I might be a little groggy, but looks to me like their are two city halls in the photo, one with Billy Penn and one without. What am I missing here?

The Donspiracist Presents: CIA Mind Control

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I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.
~ Harry S Truman, 1961

I start off with this quote because this column is about the CIA’s war on us, the American people. It all started, some say, with Operation Paperclip, a US government program to liberate scientists from Nazi Germany. These are the same Nazi scientists that worked in camps like Auschwitz, experimenting on prisoners as if they were lab animals. The official line on the project says it involved mostly specialists in rocketry, engineering, and physics, but the truth is more sinister. Mind control involving hypnosis and radiation have been proven techniques used by Nazi scientists, and MK-Ultra has its roots with these German scientists.
MK-Ultra was (is?) a top secret CIA program begun sometime in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. The exact dates vary depending on the source. It evolved from an earlier project called Bluebird, that was started as a reaction to Russian brainwashing techniques. However, MK-Ultra went far beyond psychological warfare with our enemies. Sometime in the early 1950’s, the experimental focus shifted to the unwitting American public.

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All is Forgiven

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ONE AND A HALF GAMES, METS FANS!!! I bet your hairy necks are sweating now. Great win last night for the Phils, highlighted by another Met meltdown. If we take the division and the Mets don’t make the playoffs, it will go down in history right up there with the ’64 Phils. No team has ever blown a 7 game lead with 17 to play, which the Mets will do if they blow it. Dunno if you stayed up last night to watch, but my boy came through in the clutch, and I have thus decided to write him a short letter. Here goes.

Dear Rod,

I am sorry for the way I have treated you over the months. Please be aware that much of it was just frustration over the way that our dumbass GM had treated Chris Coste. That being said, I knew there was only one thing that would allow me to get over what you did against the Marlins when you let Ramirez slide through your legs. And that is what you did last night. Pressure packed situation, two strikes, and you pierce one up the middle. The city welcomes you back into it’s collective bosom. And now, I think i should express my newfound feelings for Rod in song:
We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are by my side

So now I come to you, with open arms
Nothing to hide, believe what I say
So here I am with open arms
Hoping you’ll see what your love means to me
Open arms

Shop at Whole Foods Today

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Hey gang, try to stop by Whole Foods today and pick up a few things. 5% of your bill will be donated to an excellent cause, the Penn Urban Nutrition Initiative. Here’s some more info:
The Urban Nutrition Initiative is a university/community partnership involving the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia neighborhoods in efforts to improve community nutrition and wellness. Urban Nutrition Initiative’s success is based on engaging young people as community problem solvers through hands-on activities such as growing, tasting, cooking and selling healthy foods. Be sure to support this community organization by shopping at Whole Foods Market Callowhill on Wednesday, September 19th.