If you’re an Eagles fan, you should join the discussion over on isportacus. And if you hate Mcnabb, perhaps you’d enjoy Donovansfault.com.
Greatest News Story Ever
This from CNN.com: James Cameron’s completely immersive spectacle “Avatar” may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
Sometimes I get suicidal thoughts when I see pictures of Saturn. It’s so much bigger than our planet, and it’s got those sweet ass rings.
RELATED: Honest Gabe’s Suicide Prevention Hotline.
Base Jumping the Khalifa Tower
Last week’s question of the week was, “What is now the largest building in the world?” The answer was the Khalifa Tower. Two guys recently went basejumping off the top of it. And while we find the Burj Khalifa impressive, it’s still not our favorite skyscraper. That honor belongs, of course, to the Ryogyong Hotel.When I wrote about it a few years ago, it looked like it would never be completed and instead an empty building would dominate the skyline of Pyongyang. But an Egyptian firm started working on it last year, and have actually installed windows, and it is slated to open in 2012. Here is the hotel website. Americans will not be welcome.
Happy Birthday Elvis
To celebrate, Here’s a clip of Elvis in 1996-Black Elvis that is, hero of Quizzo Bowl IV.
Upset Wednesday: 1022 Edges Jams in OT
Ivan the Trivial Wins Again at O’Neals
First Place: Ivan the Trivial 102
2nd Place: The Savage Ear 94
3rd Place: Jewish as a Tevya 87
Joey Vento: American Idiot
The Village Idiot never ceases to amaze. Nice apostrophe. And love the misplaced quotation marks. (Courtesy of Michael Klein.)
The Khyber Conveyor Belt of Gilbert
Two upsets at quizzo last night. An overtime thriller at the Vous resulted in a win for 1022 over the Jams, and Showing Our Youth came out of nowhere to knock off the Dalembert Report at a packed Black Sheep.- Not that you asked, but my take on the Gilbert Arenas situation: I think he should be banned for life. What do you think?
- The Khyber is for sale. Or perhaps it isn’t. Even more interesting: it’s bar is from the 1876 Centennial Convention.
- Finally, is Donovan McNabb still ruining everything? Of course he is.
Question of the Week
The world’s tallest man made structure just opened in Dubai. What is it called? (It recently changed names, so be careful. I’m looking for the current one, not Dubai Tower!)
Year in Review October-November
OCTOBER
October was pretty much dedicated to watching the Phillies make a another run for the title, a run that ended just short of the goal. But man we had fun on the trip. That included my rap above and the Back to Back rap here. And then of course there was the LA writer I skewered after he dissed Phils fans after Game 4. And the Phils fan who made the near fatal mistake of celebrating on top of a moving cab.
NOVEMBER
This actually occurred on October 31st, but in November, we voted for the winner in the Battle of the JGTs.
Sam, who occasionally plays quizzo while he’s shooting darts at the Bards and O’Neals, wins $1 million on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
Visited Gettysburg for the first time ever and had a blast. Also learned about Dan Sickles, who nearly single-handedly lost the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.
DECEMBER
I bought a bunch of old Philly postcards, and did research on the old buildings on them. We learned some really cool stuff here, like the architect who died broke after designing the Divine Lorraine, the Super Sweet Sixteen party held at the Bellevue in 1926, and of course the House of Orphans of Oddfellows.
The Allen Iverson Haiku Contest.
Honest Gabe’s Suicide Prevention Hotline (NSFW).
Controversy erupts in comments section over the way Steak Em Up is comprised.