OK, so I’m two days late on this, but nobody is really sure when he was born anyway, so who cares. Regardless, I am a huge Rasputin fan. His story is so unbelievable that it’s hard to believe it’s true. This filthy peasant religious man supposedly helps the young prince’s hemophilia, so the royal couple keeps him around the Royal Palace. They can’t let out why he’s there, because they don’t want the prince to be perceived as weak. So the citizens of Russia are like, “Why in the hell is there some bum chilling at the Royal Palace?” Not only is he a bum, but he’s banging all the upper class babes in town, raising the ire of the upper class. It is said that his eyes transfix women, but if this display at a St. Petersburg shows us anything, it’s that it was his monster hog that drove the babes wild (Warning, if anyone at work sees you looking at that link, there are going to be a lot of questions asked). He was also a wild partier, getting wasted, acting inappropriate in public, and picking up hookers. He was unquestionably a black eye on the Royal Family, and with the Czars approval rating hovering even lower than Bush’s, a member of his family decided to act. The cross dressing Prince Felix Yussopov tried to kill Rasputin, but this proved exceedingly difficult. Or did it? New evidence shows that Rasputin wasn’t as hard to kill as previously believed, and that he was actually killed by the British, who were scared that Rasputin would convince the Tsar to pull out of WW One, gravely hurting their cause.
Related: Original press release concerning Rasputin’s death.
Below: Grigs kicks it with some honeys.

…on craigslist and thought you all might enjoy it. I’m assuming the pup was ok upon landing.

Team Gossamer won a close one at the Bards on Thursday, then made a startling resolution: that they were going to try to participate in more self destructive behavior in 2006. “Yeah,” said Eleanor Bartleby, “I feel like I’ve been practicing far too much restraint in the past several years. It’s time to let loose. Expect to see me engaging in a lot of high risk behavior-drinking lots of corn whiskey, possibly dabbling in prescription strength pain killers, hooking up with guys with lengthy criminal records. I also plan on developing an addiction to glue and investing lots of my money in pyramid schemes.”

What city has the oldest subway tunnel in the United States, having been created in 1897?

I have no idea. All I know is that Russia is a wild place where you can be wild.

…and we were, O’Neals will be celebrating it’s 26th anniversary tommorrow. With the closing of Frank Clements a couple of years ago, can anyone think of a bar in or around Center City that has been around with the same name (and for that matter, same ownership) longer? Ray’s Birthday Bar, maybe? If you know of any, write them below. I’m just curious. Anyways, they will be having $2 and $2.50 drinks all day and all night and a DJ at 10 pm.

You can’t stop the shining.

…I thought you might enjoy this quote from Mick Jagger in his early days of rock stardom. “I’d rather be dead than singing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m forty-five.” How about when you’re 62, Mick?

Alright, guys, here’s the final wrap up. If any of you have any pics from the event, please feel free to share them with me. I’d love to put some up on the website. Just email me at johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com.

1.	Sofa Kingdom	137
2.	Waverly St. Bloodhounds	132
3.	1022	129
4.	Cracked Eggheads	124
5.	The Champs	121

6.	Soggy Po’ Boys	120
T7.	JGT All-Stars	117
T7.	River of Rocks	117
T9.	No D	115
T9.	Rock and Roll McDonalds	115
T9.	New Deck Liberation	115

12.	Missing Heads	112
13.	Lance Armstrong	111
14.	Guatanamo Bay Boys Choir	110
15.	Dead F****** Last	100
16.	Bourbon St. Breast Stroke	96
17.	Wolfman’s Got Nards	92

T18.	Trust Us We Know	91
T18.	Axis of Evil Knieval	91
20.	My Dad has an Amazing Body	86
21.	Ronald Reagan Ate My Baby	81
22.	Special Ed Ed	79
23.	Pat Robertson’s Venezuelan assassins	78
24.	WTF	77
25.	Team Giners	57
26.	BG’s x 2	55

I don’t know how much fun you guys had last night, but if it was half as much as I did, then you had a pretty damn good time. The Lunchbox Cowgirls were a great opener, the Breakdancers were absolutely ELECTRIC, and the steel drum band was simply awesome. And let’d not kid ourselves. I rapped my ass off. The judging went a lot smoother than last time. The actual quizzo was barely longer than a regular quizzo, lasting about two hours. And most importantly, there was no bellydancing! Be sure to vote for your favorite part of the night on the poll over on the right side of the page.

The Sofa Kingdom proved to be Kings of Geekdom, as they knocked off 25 other teams for the grand prize of $300 cash. It was sweet justice for the Kingdom, who were the only team to earn the full ten points for the scavenger hunt before I announced that you could score eight points just for registering earlier. The Kingdom, who finished second at Quizzo Bowl I, held off the Waverly Street Bloodhounds, 137-132. 1022 finished third, with a score of 129. The Cracked Eggheads finished fourth with 124. The Champs, who were trying to dig out from an 8-10 point hole all night, finished an impressive fifth with a score of 121. I will have a list of everybody’s scores and many more photos on the site later in the day (I gotta take the props back first).

There were a number of surprises throughout the night, including my “impossible pants” and my sister rapping. But the biggest surprise, of course, was that a room filled with so many white people was able to clap in unison during the breakdancing segment.

Finally, I want to say thanks to everybody that came out last night. Over the past few years, we’ve developed a unique community, and I’m very thankful of the support you guys have given me. It meant a lot to me that so many of you represented on a Sunday night in August. I had an absolutely incredible time. I hope you did as well. I’m already getting excited about Quizzo Bowl II!