As most of you know, yesterday was my birthday. And so, in order to honor myself, I am going to post questions about people who also celebrate my birthday, February 3rd. One guess per person.
Quizzo Bowl IV…Legendary
Let’s get ready to Ruuuuuumble. The Blue Horizon, named the Number One Boxing Venue in the World by Ring magazine, will play host to a different type of heavyweight clash on March 29th, as the greatest beer addled minds in Philadelphia go head to head in Quizzo Bowl IV. The 150 year old venue, located on 1314 North Broad Street, was initially an enormous mansion, then became a theatre, then a world famous boxing venue. It is where eventual middleweight and current light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins recorded his first professional boxing victory. Boxing and acting legend Tex Cobb earned his stripes at “The Blue”, and will be honored there at the fights this Friday (If you wanna check out the venue, I’d suggest going for a fight. It doesn’t matter if you like boxing or not. The atmosphere is electric.) I went to see a fight there last year, and was just amazed by the venue, and thought how awesome it would be to hold a Quizzo Bowl there. At first, it was just a pipe dream, but after speaking to the owner a few months later, I realized it could be a reality.
But you don’t have to be a fight fan to appreciate this historic Philadelphia landmark. If you like old, historic buildings that are high on character, you’re gonna love this place. And this is only the first Quizzo Bowl announcement. There will be many more to come in future weeks, as I will announce the band, the halftime performers, the prizes, and much, much more. Stay tuned.
Scoreboard
O’NEALS
- Dorksided 98
- Suspicious MInds 83
- Young Old and Restless 79
- Cornbread Mafia 78
- Close Enough For Gov’t Work 75
BARDS
- Sofa Kingdom 105
- Western Omelette 100
- Wayne Enterprises 74
- Only 2 Players 69
- Herpagonnasyphilis 42
LOCUST RENDZVOUS
- This is Not a Bus 100
- River of Rocks 95
- The Jams 91
- Noah Scuse 83
- Corn Speckled Mud Snakes 77
BLACK SHEEP
- Catdog 91
- Duane’s Minions 80
- Herve Villechaize 80
- Fine Young Cannibals 76
- Double Tree Treats 76
GOOD DOG
- Beauty School Dropout 91
- Coconut Crunch & Jelly 51
- Hungry Hungry Hippos 51
- The Underachievers 51
- Man Boobs 48
BARDS
- Western Omelette 106
- Sofa Kingdom 93
- The Duke Cycle 92
- Sun Never Sweats 91
- Hurtin Bombs 86
Ludicrous
Wing Bowl had to be the stupidest thing I have ever been to in my life. It was asinine, and to be honest, I slept through half of it. I was astounded by how much better Quizzo Bowl is than Wing Bowl. It was just mayhem. It’s pretty much everything you’d expect it to be, except more boring. The staying up all night with a bunch of people was more fun than the actual event. Anyways, I have little league (yes, kids, if you follow my example, someday you could be 32 years old, drinking a beer and watching strippers at the Wachovia Center at 7:15 a.m.) now but I’ll post scores tonight. And remember, announcement about Quizzo Bowl venue coming Sunday.
Off to Wing Bowl!
Lord knows what my schedule is for today.At the last minute, it has been decided that I am headed for my first ever wing bowl. In the meantime, it is 4:00 am and I am throwing down at 7and Pine, and headed over to Jim’s for a pre-Wing Bowl cheesesteak. So things are up in the air for today, but I’ll try to post scores at some point. A full report of the Wing Bowl will be in the offering soon.
What Are Some Things Men Should Never Say to a Woman?
Here’s my latest in today’s Metro. By the way, I am quite excited to have my photo so close to Chuck D, Professor Griff, and Flava Flav. If you just glanced at the paper real quick and then looked away, you might think I was a member of Public Enemy. Anyways, now it’s your turn. What are some things that men should never say to women?
Around the Horn, brought to you by Scrapple
- The Blue Yak recently posted some great Top 10 lists, including top 10 prison survival tips and top 10 bizarre moustaches.
- This mixtapesbringsmiles blog is kind of fun and a good way to hear some new tunes.
- France’s oldest World War I soldier died at 110. A couple of years ago he said, “War is something absurd, useless, that nothing can justify.” Typical French pinko pantywaister! War rules! Pass me some freedom fries! These colors don’t run!
- You may remember that I went to Scrapplefest last year. Well, I have a feeling that scrapple afficianardos cannot be pleased about the latest scrapple development: Vegan scrapple. (via Foobooz)
Announcement Sunday
Signed the paperwork today. It’s official. Announcement of the venue coming on Super Bowl Sunday. It’s gonna be awesome.
White Power
Here’s a hilarious site I recently came across, stuffwhitepeoplelike.com. It reminds me of an old favorite, blackpeopleloveus.com. And while we’re at it, we might as well throw in the top 10 rap songs that white people love.
Somebody shoot me
This is terrible. All we can hope is that he is the next Barry Zito. Good job, Twins. Sure you couldn’t have gotten some more worthless junk in return? Pathetic. Here’s the reaction in Minnesota. They are trying to stay positive: The Twins have been known to surprise us before. Who would have thought that the prospects received back in the Frank Viola trade would help push them to a World Series championship just two years later? Who could have known that the prospects brought over in the Chuck Knoblauch deal would help form the foundation for putting them back into contention after a horrible dry spell in the late ’90s? Needless to say, they are euphoric in New York. And here in Philly, we are obviously miserable. The sounds of our “small splashes” never sounded so small. This is a tidalwave, causing a flood that will submerge the rest of the National League East for six or seven years. Baseball’s best pitcher belongs to the Mets, set to anchor the rotation for years to come while canceling out our best hitters head-to-head. The Mets are trying to build a champion, the Phillies are trying to screw over their best player while telling us we should be excited about Pedro Feliz.