Just a quick reminder that we’re gonna go with a 6:15 p.m. start time for quizzo at the Good Dog tonight. And the Bards is cancelled. Still haven’t come up with a definite plan for the Phils game tonight. Might stay home so I can hear Harry call it on the radio, provided it syncs up with the TV like it did last week. (I’ve promised myself I’m gonna do that at least once.) But if I do decide to go out I’ll let you know.
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This week in the Metro
My column this week is fun facts about St. Petersburg, home of the Rays (there’s it stunning skyline view, above). It has already gotten one letter to the editor from a person who’s not really brushed up on sarcasm (I am not making this up):
It did not seem possible that a population of 250,000 could be made up of persons age 85 or older to the amount of 90%. Wilkipedia does seem to have a more accurate population break down. -Brian
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Getting Started This Saturday With Volunteering
So far, so good on volunteering. I’ve got about 10-12 people so far, which is pretty much what were aiming for. Then again, the more volunteers we get, the more kids we can tutor, and there is pretty much an endless supply of kids in this city who could use free tutoring. So if you’d like to help out, please let me know ASAP. Here are the details on the program. It’s a pretty cool program, and the kids are AWESOME. If you are looking to make a difference in your city and your community, I highly suggest it. We start this Saturday.
I Will Root For the Rays If…
…Charlie Manuel selects So Taguchi as his DH for the games in Tampa. No, seriously, I will. I will be so enraged that it will be impossible for me to root for the Phils. I’m sorry, but that’s just the way it has to be. I cannot freaking believe Manuel didn’t drop Taguchi and call up Marsons for the Series, so that he could DH Chris Coste. The only other acceptable DH against a lefty will be Burrell, with Bruntlett playing left. But even that still means you’re wasting an at-bat, with Bruntlett being a black hole. I just cannot freaking understand why this team insists on keeping Taguchi around. I really can’t figure it out.
Let’s Watch Some Baseball Tonight
Hey gang, I’m gonna be hosting quizzo at the Locust Rendezvous tonight at 6:15 p.m. No quizzo at the Black Sheep tonight, so I’m gonna stick around the Vous for Game 1 of the Series. Feel free to join me. Cheap booze, good food, and always a good Phillies crowd. And why not play a little quizzo beforehand? Hope to see you tonight.
Quizzo Schedule Changes This Week!!!
Alright, here’s the schedule for the week”
- TONIGHT: It’s normal. O’Neals at 8 p.m., Bards at 10:15 p.m.
- WEDNESDAY: Locust Rendezvous at 6:15. Black Sheep quizzo is cancelled this week. Hope you can join me at the Vous, as we will be watching the game there after quizzo.
- THURSDAY: Good Dog quizzo at 6:15 p.m. Note the time change! No quizzo at the Bards on Thursday.
Oh, and FYI, I’m only writing one quiz this week. And drinking heavily.
Philadelphia Phillies Before and After Quiz
There is the first or last name of a current Phillie in the answer to all of the questions below. In other words, if I ask, “Who hosts the Wheel of Fortune?’ you’d say “Pat Burrell Sajak.”
- This agencies motto is semper paratus.
- Illite, Smectite, and vermiculite are all types of what?
- This was Buffalo Springfield’s Biggest hit.
- How does one say “Happy Birthday” in spanish?
- Who hosted Moneyline from 1980 to 1999?
- It’s the official state mineral of Kentucky and the official state rock of Utah.
- What was the highest grossing film worldwide in 1998?
- This man’s talk show lasted for a grand total of 4 weeks.
- Wes Craven released this film in 1991.
- This actress, found in the hit Beverly Hills Chihuahua, is married to a British Lord.
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Stanford White: Seduction on a Red Velvet Swing
Had a great weekend down in VA, and am on my way back up now (in Salisbury.) I’ll be posting the “Phillies Before and After Round” this afternoon. In the meantime, I was watching Antiques Road Show last night and the name Stanford White came up. I remembered about his Velvet swing and his murder and all that, so I started looking up stuff on my phone (internet service down at the farm is spotty at best). Anyways, thought I’d share, since it is some really cool stuff. The short story: world famous architect Stanford White was known for enjoying the company of teenage girls. One of them was Evelyn Nesbit (left). When her husband found out that White had taken her virginity when she was 16, he decided to kill Stanford White. He did so during a show at the Madison Square Garden. News of White’s kinkiness came out at the trial (he had a large velvet swing at his house that he liked to push naked teenage girls on) and it became a national sensation, the first “Trial of the Century”. Here’s some good reading for a slow Tuesday as we wait for the World Series to start already: