Today is Will Smith’s birthday, garnering him question of the week status: What was the title of the first album released by he and DJ Jazzy Jeff?
What will the Phils do?
Well, gang, let’s face it. We’ve been here before. Every single year, it seems. And every year we seem to blow one against the Nationals with three games left and a 1/2 game lead. But let’s not pretend that it’s not ours for the taking. Tied for the wild card lead with 6 to play. The team we’re tied with, the Padres, seem to be on the verge of a collective meltdown. The team right behind us, the Colorado Rockies, are red hot. But that is irrelevant. The Phils control their own destiny, which is all you can really ask for with a week left in the season. So what should we as fans do at this point? Throw caution to the wind, and BELIEVE? Or realize that this team is going to go down in history as the biggest tease ever, missing the playoffs by a single game every single year for the rest of our freaking lives?
Big Announcement This Afternoon
Yo, big announcement coming this afternoon. Gotta finish my Metro article first. Then I’ll holler at you. In the meantime, read more about Magdalene Asylums, where prostitutes were rescued by the Church and then forced into hard labor. And in local news, several local chefs are offering $5 foie gras. This is your chance to piss off the hippies!
The birthday of one of the greatest ever
Today is the 111th birthday of one the true masters of the English language, F. Scott Fitzgerald. His short stories about the jazz age are, to me, as close as one can get to an actual time machine, and the skill he showed while crafting his first novel at age 24, This Side of Paradise, is astounding. And as far as I’m concerned, The Great Gatsby has only to compete with Huckleberry Finn as The Great American Novel. His real life was every bit as exciting and heartbreaking as the lives of the characters in his books. Here’s some good places to go to read and learn more about this great writer:
–Here’s a brief biography of F. Scott.
-One of his wonderful short stories, The Offshore Pirate.
–A fascinating look at F. Scott’s wife, Zelda, who was the first lady of the Jazz Age, but who slipped slowly into insanity as she got older, and died in a mental institution.
–An interesting look at the rivalry that formed between Fitzgerald and Hemingway, as Hemingway became jealous of Fitzgerald’s success, and blasted him repeatedly in print.
–A recent review of The Great Gatsby by Washington Post book critic Jonathon Yardley.
Eagles Outscore Fans IQs
Went to the Eagles game yesterday with Trivia Art, and as you might expect, it was a lot of fun seeing the home team run up and down the field, steamrolling the hapless Lions. But you know me, I need something to whine about, so here goes: Just when I think that a lot of Eagle fans can’t get any dumber, they boo a quarterback who worked his ass off to be ready to play this year. Yes, McNabb looked rusty the first two weeks. Not surprising, considering he was coming off career threatening knee surgery. But while most fans would try to get behind their star quarterback and pick him up, the idiots here boo him and call for Kevin Kolb. Yes, he also said that black quarterbacks get graded more harshly than their white counterparts. I tend to disagree, but so what? I could care less what my QBs opinions on social issues are, I just want him to throw the damn ball.
And throw the damn ball he did, for 381 yards and a perfect 158.3 QB rating. I wonder what the idiots said then. “Feeley woulda thrown for 500.” If you morons want to see what a crappy quarterback dragging down a good team looks like, look at Chicago. Otherwise, either get behind your quarterback (the best, mind you, in the history of the franchise) or find a new team. This is precisely the reason that, while I never find a silver lining in a Phillies loss, the silver lining when the Eagles lose is that the jackass fans will be miserable for the next week.
RELATED: Remember last year, when the idiots cheered when Garcia got hurt? Then paid $125 for his jersey three weeks later? Fair weathered fans are the koolest!
RELATED: The 700 level calls fans idiots as well.
Jams (aka Not the Jams) Win
This Philly born sportscaster was best known for his “thrill of victory, the agony of defeat” monologue and his emotional coverage of the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympics.
Young Old and Restless win at O’Neals
Despite the fact that this succesful lawyer and Supreme Court justice and Thomas Jefferson were related, they could not stand each other.
Pics of last weeks winners
Gonna post pics of the teams that won last week with questions underneath about people whose birthday is on September 24th. One guess per person. No cheating!
The Week in Review
A wild, wild week that included major upsets, history being made, and the return of one of the circuit’s most hated teams.
-We begin on Tuesday, where the Young, the Old, and the Restless came away with an 83-77 win over the Obscure Simpsons Reference. It was YOR’s 2nd win of the month.
-A blowout at the Bards, as the red hot Sofa Kingdom made it four straight, crushing the Chin Omelette, 103-83.
-What’s in a name? Plenty, if what happened at the Vous on Wednesday is any indication. A team calling themselves the Jams (aka Not the Jams) defeated the Jams (aka Shiver Me Tasers). In fact the real Jams, who had won 7 of the previous 8 quizzoes, finished an unheard of 4th. The pseudo Jams held off a late rally by 1022 to win 97-92.
-On to the Black Sheep, where a fully stacked Duane’s World was the heavy favorite in a somewhat light field. But in the end it was O’Neals castaways Philly Harcargh! cruising to a 103-86 win over Duane and company.
-Thursday marked the return of MAGMA to the Good Dog, and though they looked a little rusty, they were able to hold off Creepy Guy At the Bar (aka Steve-O, playing Hans Solo), 82-81.
-Finally, history was made at the Bards on Thursday night, as the Sofa Kingdom won their 100th game at the Bards. In case anyone is curious, The Jams are the 2nd most winningest franchise, with 86 wins, going back to the Frank Clements days (To be honest, they’ve won more than that, but that was before the website.) I haven’t added it up, but I think the Young, the Old and the Restless are probably 3rd. Anyways, the Kingdom were hardly handed a challenge in their 100th win, knocking off a team making it’s first ever appearance, the Origins of a Quizzo Crisis, 104-89. And so the circle of life continues. And since it was the Kingdom’s 5th straight win, there will be a bounty of $20 on Tuesday.
THis weekend
Damn, not only is Biz Markie DJing tomorrow night at Fluid, but Reef the Lost Cauze is gonna be opening for Pharaoh Monch at the Troc. Slammin’! On top of that, several quizzo legends are celebrating birthdays this weekend. Rakim from the Axis of Evil Knieval and Chill Rob A from MAGMA both celebrate b-days. And Bob T.’s dream girl, the femme fatale known in quizzo circles as Smackdown (above,), turns the big 3-0. Happy birthday, all!
