The week really started on Saturday. A beautiful spring day, the kind where all of the women break out there cute skimpy little outfits and prance around town. And I was in the Reading Terminal Market, watching large men eat pork byproducts. The guy in the photo above is the guy who won the Scrapple cook-off by making Scrapple burgers. I had a sample of one, and it was really quite good.

In quizzo, a couple of major upsets later in the week, but a pretty standard Tuesday: Young Old and Restless win ayet another squeaker (this team just thrives in the late innings), and Sofa Kingdom winning in a blowout. At O’Neals, the YORS held off Dork SIded, 106-105, while Women are Easy, State Capitals are Hard finished with 100. At Bards, the Kingdom knocked off the Dysfunktion, 107-96.

No surprises at the Vous, as the Jams (aka Yeltsin Got His Pinko Slip) held off the Steaming Minotaurs, 97-83. There will be a $20 bounty on the Jams next week.

A remarkably close shave at the Black Sheep, as the top four teams finished within three points of each other. When the dust settled, the Satan’s Minions edged Duane’s World, 92-91. Every Four Papers finished with 90, and One Hangs Lower finished with 89.

Thursday night was when things started to get weird. First, a mild upset at the Good Dog, as a Steve-O led 3 1/2 Armenians knocked off MAGMA, 103-95. That’s also where I got my best answer of the week. The question was, “Who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth?” The answer was Boston Corbett. Team TigerBeat Centerfolds answered, “Zombie Abe Lincoln.”

THe week ended with by far the largest recent upset, as Why Am I sitting With Browns Fans knocked off the Sofa Kingdom, 99-90. It was the first win for usual Western Omelette member BMT in just over two years.

An epic round two this week, as we played an exciting edition of, “NAME…THAT…BALDWIN.” Is it Alec, Daniel, William, or Steven? Let’s see how you do (see answers by clicking “continue reading”):

Round Two: Name that Baldwin!
1. This Baldwin was BizMarkie’s teammate on Celebrity Fit Club.
2. Called Dick Cheney a lying, thieving oil whore and murderer of the US Constitution
3. Starred in the Movie Flatliners
4. This Baldwin stole an SUV in November of 2006
5. Appeared in Usual Suspects
6. Married to a former member of Wilson Phillips
7. Starred in Bio-Dome
8. In the movie Malice, stated, “I am God.”
9. Is a born again christian who has started his own ministry.
10. Has a daughter who is a rude thoughtless little pig

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On Friday night, I finally kicked off the 2007 Pizza Hunt in the Great Northeast with D-Mac. We decided to head to Merc’s (8108 Roosevelt Blvd), a non-descript but quite good pizzeria in a strip mall. Here was D-Mac’s take:
When Johnny suggested somewhere in the Northeast, I knew we had to go to somewhere good. Of all the sections of Philadelphia, Northeast Philly has the best pizza. After brushing off the billboard directing us to the $4.99 pizza buffet in Bristol, we pulled up to a small shopping center off Holme Circle and Johnny got this first taste of Merc’s.

Merc’s doesn’t have the best decor or atmosphere, but it really makes up for it with the pizza. Somebody once told me it’s an offshoot of Tony’s,
but there isn’t a Wikipedia page for either so I don’t know if it’s true. Like Tony’s, Merc’s makes both regular and tomato pies, with the sauce on top.

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Here’s what Dwayne Wade is doing, and here’s a great quote from one of the best players in the NBA:
“I want to change communities, not just one community,” he says. “I want to help change communities in our inner-cities, for our youth, for our black kids, for all of the young ethnic kids, to change their whole outlook on life. These kids don’t experience the world; they are living in boxes. I want them to have the opportunity to get out there, experience what the world is about, not just what the ‘hood is about. I want to have to do my part to make sure that they experience the world.”
Change a childs outlook on life TODAY. Make this city a better place! You don’t just change the life of one child forever, you change the life of that child and everyone they come in contact with forever. And don’t tell me you don’t have enough time. Bullshit. If you’ve got 6-8 hours a month to play quizzo, you’ve got 6-8 hours a month to make Philadelphia a better city. And to the guys who have signed up already, I say thank you. Everybody talks the talk, but you guys walked the walk.

Alright, I’m gonna post pics of last weeks winners and put a question below. Since April 23 was both a birth date and death date for Shakespeare, I gotta ask questions about him. One guess per person.

The week started with an unfortunate loss by my crack team at Dark Horse Quizzo. Then, on Tuesday, we saw a huge blowout at the Bards. The Young, the Old, and the Restless, blew out Philly Hardcore, 106-79. Defending Champs Dork Sided finished with a 55.

On to the Bards, where we saw a memorable meltdown. The Sofa Kingdom and the Narcotyzing Dysfunktion entered the final round tied at 58. On the weekly double, the question was asked, “Before the Titanic sank, the White Star Line was going to name it’s sister ship this, which sounds like Titanic.” The Narcotizers got it right (Gigantic). The Kingdom had Gigantic written down, but in a brief fit of insanity, changed it to Titanic II. Their defense: they had been drinking at the Phils game. (Best answer to that question, though, came from Hitler Wore a Spam Shirt, who guessed “Super Titanic”.

The Jams headed into the final round down four to Nottingham Hill, but blew past them in the final frame to notch a 110-89 win. It is their 4th win in a row. A bounty next week? Certainly a possibility.

Things were a lot tighter at the Black Sheep. Duane’s World kept their heads above water during the rap round, and was still within 8 points of Catdog after three rounds. In the final round, they made their move, and edged a CatDog team still anxious for their first win, 90-88.

A MAGMA-less field at the Good Dog, and Fat Kid 6 too full advantage of it to come away with a 90-81 win over Fun Rocket. Team F****** Awesome put fought the good fight, and finished in 3rd with 79.

A emotional night at the Bards, as long time Satan’s Minions member Diane would be taking the field for the final time before moving to DC. The Minions entered the final round down three to the Kingdom, but fought on and came away with a 111-104 win. My Pubic Hair is an Exact Replica of Tom Selleck’s Moustache finished with 82.

This is wild.

Do you believe in Miracles? Yes! The Nats loaded the bases with nobody out in the 9th, but the Phils escaped with a 4-2 win. Hallelujah! Btw, as D-Mac says, shouldn’t they trade Rowan right now that he’s hitting so well? Also, Mitch WIlliams is excellent in the post game coverage. Seriously, he is really good.

Been kind of light on the postings today cause I had to work on the ol’ Metro piece. Here’s a few things:
–Words are funny.
–Shirts are funny.
-I bought a new washer/dryer yesterday, the first home appliance I have ever bought new in my life. This is big for me. I’ll have some photos tommorrow. That’s right, washer/dryer photos. Start getting excited.

Alright, well we’re kicking off the 2nd annual Great Philadelphia Pizza Hunt to find who has the best pie in town. Got a lot of new places to try out. If you wanna help me try out these spots or have one of your own you wanna go for, holla atcha boy. Listed below the break are some of the places I plan on trying. If you’ve got one that’s not on the list that I need to try, just drop it in the comments.

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