Quizzo Tonight

bardsAlright, I’m off to the ballpark. Gonna do a little twittering while there, so if you want to do what all of the “kool kids” are doing, follow isportacus on twitter. As for quizzo, the Power Rankings seem to have lit a fire under the collective asses of the top teams, as we have had several blowouts this week. Tonight, at Ugly American, can L. Ron Hubbard hold onto to their #1 ranking? Action starts at 8 p.m. On to the Bards. Don’t complain about not getting a seat at one of my quizzes, because you can get one at the Bards during the summer while Penn and Temple students are out of school. Action starts at 10:15 p.m. Hope to see ya tonight.

Thanks!

Once the kids found out today that about 200 people checked the UYA website yesterday and that numerous people left comments, they suddenly took a huge interest in today’s writing assignment. Whereas before we had to plead and cajole them for every sentence, suddenly they are fired up to write the best piece. It’s pretty awesome. So I just wanted to say thanks for reading, and give extra special thanks to those who commented (including Bob!) If you have a free second, please leave a comment underneath a couple of their articles. It’s going to get them fired up about writing. There will be new stuff on the blog next week. 

RELATED: Meet some of the teens and check out the blog they’re working on. 

RELATED: Charity bowling event this Saturday.

Why I Want YOU at This Charity Bowling Party on Saturday

uyaAs you probably know, I am helping to put together a charity bowling party for this Saturday for the Urban Youth Association’s Rising Stars Program, a group I work with throughout the year. As you also know, there is currently an impasse in the state budget. These two things are related. Money we thought we were getting for this program has not been OK’d, and we don’t know if we’ll get it or not. Therefore we need a good turnout on Saturday to ensure that we can continue running this program and others like it at the Marian Anderson Center. Your help is vital.

The teens have been working on a number of things during the summer program. We learned about Chinatown then took a tour of it to learn more, we studied science then went to the Franklin Institute, and we studied mummies and Ancient Egypt and then went to the Anthropology Museum. They’ve written extensively, and Garbo and BMT have been helping the guys with their math skills. To learn more about the program, and to see some of their writing, click here. They are not huge writing fans yet (I wasn’t either when I was 14) but if you wouldn’t mind leaving a comment on some of their entries so they know people are reading it, it would be awesome (Please no profane or smartass comments. Make those on this site all you want, but not that one). I think that once they see that people care what they have to write, they’ll be more excited about it.

The Rock ‘n’ Bowl party is Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., and runs until 11:30. There will be bowling, live music by Kristy B and the South Philly Yoots, and beer. All for only $20. 100% of the proceeds go to the Urban Youth Association. It goes down at St. Monica’s Lanes on 16th and Shunk (for a map go here). If you take the Broad Street Line, get off on Oregon, walk one block North and then Two blocks west. Easy Peezy. Hope to see you there. Your attendance would be greatly appreciated.