Month: December 2007

Quick notes

Thumbnail image for 08-19-2007 002.jpg

  • Scores are rolling in, slowly but surely. Geez, in this technological age, this is like waiting for the afternoon paper to find out what happened in yesterday’s baseball game in the 1920s. Looks like it’s tight between us and Seattle this time. Albuquerque did better than Denver. Still waiting on Colorado Springs. Will have scores up later this afternoon.
  • Gotta go to my dental appointment soon to get my gums lowered (they’ve been riding a little too high in my mouth, apparently.) In other words, the dentist could just stick a bunch of steel into my mouth for an hour, say “We’re all done. Now pay us $1100.” and there is no way I could ever tell in a million years if a single thing had been done other than cause me a lot of mouth pain. Oh well, my dentist’s name is “Painless Parker”, so I’m sure I’ll be fine.
  • You know that really nice old man who dresses in a suit and plays his flute at various spots around the city (I used to see him a lot on South Street)? A member of the Rittenhouse gestapo arrested him in March for playing at 18th and Chestnut, but the flutist struck back, and was recently awarded $27,500 in damages. Hooray freedom! Thanks Hunter for sending this in.

Oooh Boy

Fun night. Still waiting to hear from Denver and Seattle, and then will do a full writeup. In the meantime, I gotta get my Metro column done by noon and I still don’t know what the hell I’m gonna write about. Then I have another dental procedure at 2 p.m. (Phase 2 of the 3 phase process). So if you guys wanna help me find some fun stuff on the intranets to post today, please send me an email.

Around the Horn, brought to you by Me, Ol’ Blue Eyes, and The Truth

n640221078_470278_6455.jpg
If you are here looking for info on City vs. City Smackdown, click here.

-Anybody wondering why Darth Ern won’t be at his usual spot at the bar at the Vous tomorrow, here’s why: He’s gonna be at the Bill Clinton rally at the Electric Factory.

-On this date in 1935, Jay Berwanger was awarded the first ever Heisman Trophy. Guess what team selected him with the first pick in the 1936 draft? And guess who decided they’d rather be a foam rubber salesman than play for said team?

-It’s looking like we may be doing QBIV on February 15th at WCL. I’m hoping to look at the Hall of Flags and the Armory if I get a free minute later this week, but I asked about it at the Urban Outfitters headquarters down at the Shipyard, which is supposed to be an amazing space, and the lady said that it costs about $15,000 to run electricity in there. What????? Yeah, so that’s out. I also contacted the Diamond Club at the ballpark, and that ain’t big enough.

-Read this great short story by George Orwell having to do with imperialism called the Shooting an Elephant.

Bob T. Is Madder Than Hell

340x.jpg
Gonna be hard at work today tying together loose ends of the City vs. City Smackdown (for more info click here) but in the meantime, enjoy Bob T.’s latest piece, this one on Clinton ally Sandy Berger.

In my last column, I discussed the Valerie Plame affair — a non-crime that the Democrats, assisted by the mainstream media (MSM), hysterically elevated to the status of a major scandal. In this column, I’m going to address a scandal that involved real criminal acts that the MSM chose to almost totally ignore. I’m referring to Sandy Berger and his theft of classified documents from the National Archives.

Now I’m willing to bet that a large majority of the people reading this column know little or nothing about the Berger scandal. I have brought the subject up on a number of occasions with friends and barroom colleagues, and they have always drawn a blank in these discussions. No one I’ve spoken with has ever known anything about the scandal. And why should they? They have made the mistake of relying on the MSM for information. They therefore know what the MSM wants them to know, and they have little or no knowledge on those subjects of which the MSM would prefer that they remain blissfully ignorant. And the outrageous conduct of Sandy Berger in the National Archives is a subject on which the MSM seems to have decided that people should remain uninformed.

Samuel R. (Sandy) Berger, aka Sandy “Socks and Shorts” Berger, is a long-time soldier in the Clinton crime family, who served as Bill Clinton’s National Security Advisor during the period 1997 to 2001. Called to testify before the 9/11 Commission and acting on a letter of delegation from Clinton, Berger made four trips to the National Archives in 2003 to review various highly classified documents in preparation for his testimony. Security requirements on such documents mandate that they not be copied and that they are not to be removed from the archives. Security is so tight that any handwritten notes made by a person reviewing these documents have to pass a separate security review prior to removal from the archives. The reviewer is under constant observation by the archival staff.

Continue reading “Bob T. Is Madder Than Hell” →

The Scoreboard, brought to you by Baby Reindeer

051.JPG
O’NEALS

  1. S*** Sandwich 96
  2. Dork Sided 88
  3. Cornbread Mafia 87
  4. Carly’s Old, but Mike’s Older 86
  5. Close Enough for Government Work 82

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 105
  2. Hurtin’ Bombs 96
  3. Damn You Everett 82
  4. Is That a Dreidel In Your Pants… 76
  5. Terracotta Pie 67

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. Satan’s Minions+Steve 99
  2. Jager SHots are $2 94
  3. See No Eval, Hear No Eval, Speak No Eval (aka Jams) 94
  4. Trust Us We Know 93
  5. Blame the Newbie 93

BLACK SHEEP

  1. This is Not a Bus 95
  2. Duane’s World 83
  3. Where the Hell Is Our Team 80
  4. But My Mom Says I’m Cool 80
  5. Fine Young Cannibals 75

GOOD DOG

  1. Axis of Evel Knieval 84
  2. The Lawn Wranglers 71
  3. Have You Tried the Blue Point Imperial 67
  4. Gayowulf 63
  5. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeley 56

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 106
  2. Chin Omelette 104
  3. Hurtin Bombs 95
  4. Marshadelphia 95
  5. ??? sorry, lost the other papers.

The Lowdown on Smackdown

saloon.jpg
Here’s the 411 on the City vs. City Smackdown.

  • Who- You, me, the Terrence Brown trio, and the morons that we will crush in Denver, Seattle and Albuquerque. Albuquerque? Yeah, I know. Dicker in Denver wanted to include them. Also, the Denver quizmasters name is Dicker.
  • What- The City vs. City Smackdown. We will compete against and destroy quizzo teams in the cities mentioned above. The winner of the Philly quizzo gets $350, 2nd place gets $100, and 3rd place gets $50. In addition, if you defeat the teams in the other cities, you will get another $100.
  • When- Monday, December 10th at 7:30 p.m.
  • Where- Urban Saloon (21st and Fairmount)
  • Why- Because it was there.
  • How- You pay your $10 admission. You listen to some great jazz. You partake in some great drink specials. You eat some great food. You crush the morons in the other cities. You drink some more. Life is good.
  • Additional info- Max team size is 8, strictly enforced. No, you may not attend and just watch. This is NOT invite only. All teams are welcome to attend. Even if you don’t have a shot at winning, it will be a fun night, and a chance to meet teams that play at other bars. It will be first come, first serve, and I expect a pretty good sized crowd, so I would suggest getting there by 7:00 p.m. Since it is a Monday and we may run a little longer than usual, I’m really gonna try to start on time. Any additional questions? Feel free to contact me.

Should we do Quizzo Bowl on a Friday Night or Saturday Afternoon

The results of the last poll were kind of depressing. Only 32 responses? You guys really don’t care when we do Quizzo Bowl? Well, I’m gonna try again, because they’re holding the 15th for me at World Cafe Live until Monday, when I have to pull the trigger. As someone pointed out, that is Presidents day weekend, so we might lose some vacationers. The only other options would be a Sunday night or as Steve O suggested Saturday afternoon, say, 4 or 5ish, followed by a blowout afterparty somewhere afterwards. So vote below and let me know if you wanna do this on Friday the 15th or a yet to be determined Saturday afternoon.