Well, after all of his bitching and whining, JGT finally got some ink. Thing is, he got it in Oregon. Do some of you grizzly old quizzo veterans remember Roy the Inquizzinator, the man who filled in while I was in Mexico? Well, he’s moved out to Oregon and started his own Quizzo empire (only he calls it quizzy), and just got a pretty good article written about him. There’s talk of his humble starts in the JGT Empire. It’s a damn shame the Oregonian has a better idea of what’s going on in this city than a magazine called Philadelphia. Which reminds me, YOU HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY TO WRITE YOUR LETTER TO THE EDITOR of Philly Magazine, complaining about the exclusion of quizzo in their best of edition. Not only will I be forever indebted to you, but the best letter gets $40 cash. Hell, let’s round up. Let’s make it $50. Just mail your letter of complaint to lplatt@phillymag.com, and send a copy to johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com. Wanna say thanks again to the people who have written so far.

The rivalry between the Champs and one of the winningest teams of all time seems to be heating up. The Champs have informed me that they will be playing at the ‘Vous tonight. Don’t know if you saw them call out the Jams last week, or the heated exchange on the comments section, but things have started to turn ugly. Johnny is expected to sign his first musical act for the show today, so stay tuned.

Any faith mankind had in survival of the fittest took a serious blow last night, as some idiot jumped 40 feet onto a net at Yankee Stadium, but emerged almost unscathed. You hate to see that happen. Him living, I mean. I didn’t take any reckless chances when I was 18, so I have no sympathy for guys like this.

As most of you have heard by now, the mother of a young man who was killed in Iraq is protesting outside George Bush’s ranch in Texas, demanding to meet with the President. She is asking George Bush to send his daughters over to Iraq, since the cause is so noble. However, we all know that they can’t go to Iraq because the Happy Hours there…like…totally suck. So anyways, the right wing has begun doing what they’re best at: destroying people (yes I notice the irony of using this sentence after taking jabs at the Bush twins. Get over it.) Here’s one of hundreds of websites that attacks Sheehan, though the responses the guy has gotten haven’t been all that favorable. Also, I’m going to come clean: I don’t know if my use of irony a few sentences ago was proper. I used to know what irony meant, but I have had so many people tell me so many different things that I now have no clue.

Eleven of our presidents have belonged to this denomination of faith, the most presidential followers of any. What denomination is it? Still hoping for more entries to the “Come Up With the Best Golf Porn Name” contest. $15 is four or five free cold ones at the Good Dog.

Gene Mauch, perhaps the most snakebitten manager ever, died on Monday at the age of 79. He is best known in Philly for being the manager of that infamous 1964 team, the team that choked away a 6.5 game lead with two weeks left in the season. That must have been so incredible, a Phillies team leading the division later than May. I can’t really imagine it. Here’s a short article in the City paper defending Mauch. Here’s a copy of an article written in the Inky last year, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Collapse.

Edge and Moose will be returning to the quizzo scene tonight, as they host quizzo at the Dive at 8:30 p.m.! The Dynamic Duo will be in full effect, dazzling game players as they take over for a vacationing Pedro Mays.

Alright gang, less than a week left to write your letter to Philly mag editor Larry Platt (lplatt@phillymag.com). Remember to send a copy to me (johnny@johnnygoodtiems.com) I have gotten 12 entries, and will let you read a couple of my personal faves, to perhaps give you some inspiration. Because you are going to write this letter yourself, am I right? AM I RIGHT? The first one comes from Rudolph Elway. The second from Liz. And the third is from Anthony. Enjoy.

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Happy Birthday JC Chasez! The talented N’ Sync performer, who is very talented, turns 29 today! The multi-talented mega-star, who most people have grouped somewhere between the great Jospeh Haydn and Stevie Wonder when it comes to just plain raw talent, has really turned the music world on it’s ear with a type of sound never really heard before-as well as his talent! “I don’t like to throw around terms like ‘muscial genius’ very often,” said Paul McCartney when we spoke with him this morning. “But there’s no denying Chasez his due.” B.B. King doesn’t necessarily agree. “No, JC is a very wonderful, very talented kid. But he’s no Lance Bass. Now there’s a kid who you’re going to be hearing a lot about for a long time to come.” Here is a poor, disillusioned fan who thougth it would be fun to put up a JC Chasez website, but then everybody told her it sucks, so she took it down to spite them! You go, girl. Also, it contains an email address if you would like to be her friend. Here’s a fictional story this same girl wrote about JC’s girlfriend dying called “Close My Eyes”. Unbelievable. It’s probably won some awards. This, people, is why the internet exists.