Growing up with two Motown fans for parents, I heard a lot of Diana Ross, and yet somehow songs like “Baby Love” sound fresh every time I hear them. Happy 65th to a Motown legend!

Yeah, I’ll do a new one, against my better judgement, so you guys can get some practice in. Good Dog at 8 p.m. and Bards at 10:15 p.m. I’ll have tix on me.

Yo kids, it looks like we’re going to have a sellout by tomorrow. Do not wait until then. Buy your tickets immediately. There will be no tickets available at the door on Saturday. We will be sold out by then. Just wanted to give you a heads up.

This from this week’s Philadelphia Weekly: How, exactly, does one stumble upon the moniker “Kill You in the Face”? For the eponymous local band, it stems from an intense dislike of Quizzo. “It was a tongue-in-cheek sort of thing,” says Kill guitarist Mike Romeo. The band regularly met at a bar Tuesday nights, despite the fact it also featured Quizzo. “We’d be mad about it, but one day we decided to play,” Romeo explains. They named their team Kill You in the Face, and a band name was born.

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Back in action at O’Neals at 8 p.m. and Bards at 10 p.m. I will have Quizzo Bowl tickets on me at both spots. I don’t know yet if I’m gonna have two quizzes this week or not. I’ll let you know Thursday. See ya tonight.

This on the front page of Yahoo right now. You can’t really raise something that’s 100%.

Last night marked the end of the line for a local quizzo luminary, as Dark Horse John decided to call it quits after four years of quizzing. John, who was once part of a solid team at the Bards called Stupid Sexy Flanders, ran a good quiz, and more importantly, had a good quizmaster personality. He seemed to know when the occasion called for being bombastic and smug, and when it called for being a bit more sensitive. The questions themselves were a good mix, and he ended with quite honestly his best questions ever last night. And in the true essence of nerdom, he ended his run with a post on his blog about science fiction. I realized yesterday that I started this gig around the same time that Battlestar Galactica came on, so ending it the same time the show goes off is a nice sort of symmetry reminiscent of a classic Greek drama or, well, Battlestar Galactica. One of Dark Horse John’s questions last night was about Sophocles, who once said, “Always desire to learn something useful.” Screw useful. Us quizzo nerds desire to learn things that are useless, and DHJ did a damn fine job of preaching the word of useless trivia to the thirsty masses. Kudos, DHJ. And in saying goodbye in the nerdiest way possible, I simply propose that you live long and prosper.

Just to get you in the mood for another wild night of Quizzo Bowl Mania, I wanna show you some of the great photos my man DJ took at last year’s big event. He’s gonna be snapping more great shots at this year’s Bowl. And here’s some more photos of the big event that I posted on Flickr. Oh, and halftime act has been signed. Details tomorrow.

Alright kids, gonna post pics of last weeks winners with questions about people celebrating birthdays below the photos. One guess per person.

Brett Mandel is accusing his opponent, the incumbent Alan Butkovitz of push-polling. It works like this, you get a call from a “reputable polling firm” that starts asking you questions about political candidates, but paints one candidate in a very favorable light and smears the other. So you might be asked, “Would you be more or less likely to vote for Candidate A if you knew that he donates to charity and loves his mom?” Then, you would be asked, “Would you be more or less likely to vote for Candidate B if you knew he hates puppies and roots for the Mets?” He says Butkovitz has been doing this, which is illegal though standard practice (Thank you Karl Rove.) But then Mandel goes toe to toe Philly-style at the end. Alan, I teach my children to stand up and take responsibility for their actions. First, I want you to take responsibility for what your campaign did and come apologize to my children for spreading underhanded smears about their father. Then, if you have something to say about me or my campaign, follow the law and take credit for your words…better yet, say it to my face. Ok, so I think demanding that he apologize to your kids is a little over the top, but I like the pro wrestling style “Say it to my face” line. Let’s get ready to rumble!