Esquire Magazine recently did a “7 Wonders of the Totalitarian World“, and guess what got nary a mention? The most amazing hotel on Earth. Esquire, I don’t know who did your “fact checking”, but anyone who thinks some crappy ass statue of some dude from the Congo is more impressive than a 105 story hotel without windows is out of their mind. Are you serious? This is an outrage to those of us who appreciate totalitarian wonders. I expect a front page apology in your next episode, or I will be canceling my subscription.
Month: November 2007
Is this front page anti-semitic?
There are some people who are outraged that this appeared on the cover of Philadelphia Weekly last week. The money line: “Where did your art director receive her training?” wrote Solomon Moses in an angry letter he sent to PW and then forwarded to the Exponent. “At the Heinrich Himmler Academy of Design?”
Turkey-Tacular Tonight!
The D-Bag bars will be filled with D-bags tonight, so I am certainly hoping that the nerd bars are filled with nerds! We had a great turnout last night, hope for more of the same tonight. The wild car round is a doozy! Nobody broke 100 last night, and only 4 teams broke 90.
LOCUST RENDEZVOUS
6:15 p.m.
BLACK SHEEP
8:00 p.m.
See ya tonight!
Philadelphia wins Stanley Cup!
Oh whoops, never mind. That’s just my old roommate (and native Philadelphean) Duff with the Stanley Cup. This is the closest a Philadelphean has been to the Cup in over 30 years. Duff works for EA Sports in Vancouver now, and the Cup made an appearance at his office. Had he stolen it and brought it back to Philly, he would have been worshipped as a God here for the remainder of his life.
MyQuizzo.com, ship up or shape out
When they first came out, it was a great thing. The good people at Myquizzo.com were gonna give everyone in Philly a source to go to to know when and where to find a quizzo that night. Even better, they were gonna do reviews of the various quizzos and bios of the various quizmasters. It was a great set up. And then, nothing. Under news, they have made one entry in the past year and a half. The site is covered with ads for porn and various annoying pop-ups. The Dive, which hasn’t hosted quizzo in over a year, is still listed, while the Rendezvous and the Black Sheep are not. Come on, guys. Either do it right or shut it down. You’re the first thing that comes up on google when you type in quizzo, and your half-ass site is giving the game a bad name.
Around the Horn
- Quizmaster Chris reports that some corporate quizzo entity is trying to make it’s way into Philly. That doesn’t bother me so much as the fact that, as Chris points out, this corporate entities website doesn’t mention Philly in it’s history of pub trivia in the US, but does mention New York. Which, um, has virtually no quizzo. That’s like talking about the United Nations and mentioning Philly but not New York. Except this is worse, because people care about quizzo, and nobody cares about the United Nations.
- Why can’t we limit guns in this city? Because idiots in rural PA need them to shoot rare animals. I so hope that bears raid one of these redneck towns and eat all the villagers. That would be awesome.
- Cataldi’s column this week was much better. He actually veered off his McNabb/Reid dead horse diatribes and wrote about how cheap Phillies ownership is. Since this is something that drives me clinically insane, I’m glad someone is writing about it. This ownership is, instead of trying to build a champion around it’s three superstars, trying to take advantage of them to get people in the park while keeping payroll low.
MVP! MVP!
Philly Sports Shorts
- Point spread for the Eagles-Patriots game? 23 points. That is simply unbelievable. I am quite sure it is the first time a 5-5 team has ever been a 23 point underdog. And keep in mind that Super Bowl III is considered the biggest upset in NFL history, and the Jets were only an 18 point underdog. Even still, would you take the Eagles and the points? Honestly?
- The Phillies tried to score Mike Lowell over the weekend, and even offered a better deal than the Red Sox, but he stayed in Boston. Jerk.
- Good news for Lancaster native and Barnstormer fan Chill Rob A. Von “5 for 1” Hayes has just been signed as their manager.
- Announcement in about half an hour to let us know if J-Roll won MVP.
Malia Outsmarts Goodtimes
She looks sweet and innocent, doesn’t she? Well, all it is is an impressive ruse. She is in fact devious and calculating. Today I got back from the gym (what, do you think these enormous muscles got here by accident?) only to discover Malia lying on top of my computer keyboard. I shushed her off, but not until she had somehow locked all of the keys on the keyboard. After trying everything I could think of to get the keys to work, I finally came to the realization that I had been outwitted, and had to restart the computer. But let this serve as a warning, Malia. You may have won this time, but I’ll be back with a plan so cunning you won’t know how to react. Brawhahahahaha!
The JGT Turkey-tacular!
That’s right, gang. All questions this week will be (at least somewhat) tied to the Thanksgiving holiday. Schedule for this week is as follows:
TUESDAY
O’Neals 8 p.m.
Bards 10 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Locust Rendezvous 6:15 p.m.
Black Sheep 8 p.m.
THURSDAY
Cancelled. Happy Thanksgiving!