Alright, I’m throwing up questions this week about sunshine, since today’s weather has me giddy. So post your answers in the comments section below the pics. ONE GUESS PER PERSON!
Bubbachuck on his way out
Am I the only one one with extremely mixed feelings about AI’s impending departure? On the one hand, this team was going absolutely nowhere with Iverson on the team, and I really wouldn’t mind getting some young talent or some draft picks in return for him. And to be honest, I really haven’t paid much attention to the Sixers in years,so I won’t miss him that much. But he was a lot of fun to watch play, and I certainly appreciated the way he left it all on the floor every night. He reminds me a lot of myself as a player except that he is, uh, really good.
Now that I coach a little league team, I can’t really hold Iverson up as a role model, though. Anytime I want a kid to try harder or show some hustle in practice I can’t really say, “Do you think this is the way AI practices?” because the answer would be “Yep.” And when guys are making fun of a teammate, I can’t really ask, “Do you think that this is the way AI talks to his teammates?” because he doesn’t exactly come off as a team leader. So in both cases I have to revert to Dwayne Wade and Lebron James, who are much better role models than AI.
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THe Week that was
Wow, this was a wild one. Started with the Eagles game at the Troc. The Wheel of Terrific was pretty good, though we did one skit called “What did you ‘Putin’ My Sushi” that was high on concept but came off like a ton of bricks. But the other games went well, and the $100,000 Pyramid is always a huge hit. The game was great, of course, as the Eagles pulled of a win. BeerFest will be showing on Monday.
See if your team made the bold type and see if the Sofa Kingdom got upset in the Bounty Bowl after the jump,.
Working on it
Yeah, I’m working on the Week in Review, but it’s slow going b/c I actually went out the last two nights. And by went out, I mean, didn’t go anywhere but hung out at whichever bar I finished up quizzo at. Think I’m gonna take it easy tonight afer B-ball practice. Also, men who regularly play quizzo: I’ve got your New Year’s Resoluton all taken care of. Don’t worry about it. I have a very exciting goal for 2007 and you are going to help me achieve it by being better people. Details forthcoming.
Flagpole Sitting
A lot of people asked me about flagpole sting after last night’s question, “What fad was Shipwreck Kelly the king of?” There were tons of people climbing flag poles back then, so it must have been kool to look up and just see a bunch of people perched like birds all over the landscape as you made you way to work. Anyways, here is the best write up on it I could find.
Thursdays with Ginger
JGT: Old age and bitterness has caused me to become a rather dull stick in the mud who rarely ventures outside my freezing cold fortress. Therefore, in an effort to keep the website lively, I have brought on beer lass and local bon vivant Suzanne Woods (aka “The Lovely Ginger), who is always out, drinking good beer and eating great food throughout the city, despite having absolutely no money. She knows “what’s up” and is, quite frankly, much hipper than I. She also knows lots of hot chicks, as she is the force behind “In Pursuit of Ale“, the female beer drinking club in Philly. Here is her first of what will be a weekly column every Thursday.
For those of you who haven’t met me, I’m Ginger, Johnny’s leading “lovely assistant.” He coined that not me….I’m sort of his Vanna White. She actually has it much easier than me. I don’t think Pat Sajak is nearly as high maintenance as Johnny.
What do you think?
The lovely Ginger and I hit the road today, looking for a place to hold Quizzo Bowl 3. We started at the Mummers Museum. If I held it there, we would do it on Sunday, January 28th or Saturday, Feb. 3rd. Tickets would be $20, but that would include all you can drink (beer, well drinks, and wine). We’d have snacks, but no real dinner food. We also checked out the Golden Palace, that crazy looking Chinese place in South Philly. Big and tacky, with a great stage. It’s BYO, but I would probably try to get a beer sponsor, and make it $15 all you can drink beer. Of course, you could also order off the menu. Again, Sunday the 28th. And then there is the World Cafe. The only date they can give me is friday, January 26th. Don’t know why, but something about a friday jsut seems weird. Tix would probably be $12-$15, but you’d have to pay for your own booze and food. Of course, it is the nicest facility with the best acoustics. Not sure if I could get the Crowd Pleasers, though, b/c they usually play at Bob and Barbara’s on fridays and don’t know if they could get out of it. Anyways, please give me your thoughts below. Would a friday work, do you think? Also, we will shortly have our first post from Ginger on our first ever “Ginger Thursday.”
Hmmmmm
I liked the Mummer Museum suggestion. I just spoke with them on the phone. I think I’m gonna go check out the space now and see if I think it’s big enough for our purposes. I’ll keep you updated.
Did it work?
Several people have asked me this week if my search for a frontier woman paid off. Well, I wouldn’t say it paid off, per se, but I definitely got some fun responses. For example: I am up to my winter weight and can shoot a gun. I can also russle up some squirrels and make you the best gosh darn squirrel soup u ever had. Can I bring along my man and the 10 young’uns with us though? Another tried to sell me on her attributes: I have a conestoga wagon, 3 oxen, 25 lbs of boiled potatoes, a whittlin’ knife and an iron skillet. And one tried to sell me on her heritage: have you found someone to take your trip with you? well, if not i maybe of help…it is rumored that i am a tiny part blackfoot. i might just be able to get the savages to cut some slack.
Who says frontier romance is dead?
Around the horn
-Nickelback is so talented that some of their songs sound exactly the same! Celine Dion and Nickelback. If we do suspect Canada of having WMDs, I don’t care how shaky our intelligence is, I say we bomb them back to the middle ages.
–Jessica Simpson blows it on stage.
–Doc Watson’s reopens! As part of their grand opening, they are running a contest. First 120 teenagers into the attic get a free tuna melt. I keed! I keed!
–Phillies trying to land Freddie Garcia, which would be awesome, though we might have to give up Aaron Rowan.