A friend of mine went to check out her match.com account this morning, and this was what was written at the bottom right hand corner of her screen:
Apparently the message got cut off a little early. But anything it was supposed to say was much less true than what actually came up. Ladies, in case you were curious, that is precisely how you totally rock a first date.
Hey kids, Steve O. wanted me to pass this along. Sounds like a lot of fun, and it’s for a great cause, the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief. For more info, you can click here. Here’s the basics:
3rd Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament
SOAR is holding its 3rd Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament on Saturday, March 14, 2009, in the Brookline Fire Company Hall in Havertown, PA. Registration – 4pm. Tournament begins – 5pm. $100 entrance fee includes food and drink throughout the evening. CASH PRIZES!!!
The number of entrants will dictate the number of winners. As this is a charity fundraiser, SOAR will take 30% of the pot. The remaining 70% will be shared by the winners. If we have a pot of $10,000, SOAR would take $3000 and the remaining $7000 would be shared by the winners. In this example, the payout would be $4000 for 1st place, $2000 for 2nd place, and $1000 for 3rd place.
Armenian food will be served for dinner – shish kebab, pilaf, pita bread, hummus, baklava, etc. Snacks after dinner. Beer, soda, and H20 to drink. Self-deal. Tournament will be run via a computer program/laptop/projector screen.
As those of you who have hung out with Lambda Lambda Lambda member Steve O. for more than 30 seconds know, he once won a brand new car for winning on a Vh-1 show called Name That Video. Well, the video has gone viral eight years later, and now you can see Steve-O bring home the gold. I think the fact that this thing went up on youtube less than 3 weeks before Quizzo Bowl is no accident, as Steve is trying to get in your heads by showing off that he can name Lionel Richie lyrics. Don’t let him do it! Part one is above. Here is part two (2nd part is better, as it’s when Steve starts to dominate).
Hey gang, new quiz up on Comcast! It’s sports quizzo, and you’ll get to see what a diva I am during a mid- Round One rampage. See how well you know sports (and which fashion favorite I decided to wear for this episode) by going to On Demand>>Free Movies>>Sports Quizzo.
Phish is reuniting in my neck of the woods. They are playing a reunion show at the Hampton Coliseum tonight, much to the joy of the LAMEST WHITE PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET EARTH. God, that group is unbearable. There was a period of about two years of my life where I lost all of my closest friends because they were simply incapable of discussing anything except Phish. No, I mean literally, nothing.
And so on FOR HOURS. It was no different than having every friend of yours joining a cult, except that at least cults are interesting. Well, I figured I must be missing something big, so I went to one of their shows in Charlottesville. Brutal. I mean, painfully boring. I’m pretty sure they played the same song for 3 1/2 hours. I spent one summer counting potatoes in a field, day after day, week after week, and that provided me with more stimulation than that concert did. And hey guys, what do you think about maybe injecting just a seed of rhythm and/or soul into one of your songs? Painful.
Go ahead pick up a copy of today’s Metro. Notice anyone familiar on the cover? Yeah, that’s Trivia Art, Foobooz CEO, occasional quizzo substitute, man behind the curtain at JGT.com and iSportacus, and guy who likes to drink. In fact, he’s becoming one of Phillys most famous drinkers, as there is a front page story about him getting drunk in today’s Metro (Online version here). Yes, we’re in a crippling recession, and Trivia Art is getting paid to drink good beer. This is like on Cheers when Norm got that job at the brewery.
Alright kids, here’s the latest: Tickets to Quizzo Bowl V will go on sale on Monday. They will be $25 a pop in advance, $30 a pop at the door. That includes your ticket to the event and liquid refreshment*, just like last year. As for food, the New Golden Palace will be offering Dim Sum throughout the evening. (That is not included in the ticket price.) As far as entertainment, I am working on both a band and halftime show. Will hopefully know something about the band in the next couple of days. I’m also waiting to hear back about the halftime act. In an effort to spur the economy, there is talk of prize money being bumped up a bit this year. More details to follow. Oh, and I’m still looking for a suitable South Philly locale for an afterparty. If you got any ideas, drop ’em below. Ard.
*if you know what I mean
The first case of the Spanish Flu in the U.S. occurred on this date in 1918 (how do they know that?), and I bring it up because I don’t think the La Grippe gets the respect that it so rightfully deserves. It really helped define the 20th century as much as either of the World Wars, but gets almost no time on the History Channel. And people seem to know more about the Bubonic Plague (it was rats and “Ring Around the Rosie” and all that), which occurred in the 14th century than they do about a much deadlier plague that struck less than 100 years ago, and which could easily happen again. So, in an effort to offer our respect to the Spanish Flu, here are a a few Spanish Flu Facts:
Click here to learn how the Spanish Flu affected Philadelphia. 13,000 Philadelphians died in the pandemic. And why does this not surprise me: Certain undertakers raised their prices by more than 500% as grieving families sought proper burials for their loved ones. Ah, Philly.
Trivia Art was in Dublin last week, and while there he snapped this photo of a picture of what looks to be an Irish guitarist who looks eerily like me. I haven’t been this freaked out since that computer program told me I looked like Haydn Christiansen. I wonder what my Irish guitarist game was? Johnny O’Times?
