Krystyna apparently thinks Christian Slater is so dreamy, he constitutes three people, so here’s her answer to what three people she would have over for dinner.
My dream dinner is mushroom pizza and beer on a shag
rug with a small dim lamp in a far corner. On the
boob tube plays Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,
and Christian Slater, my Gleaming the Cube dream boat,
is on his way with Reese’s peanut butter cups for
dessert. Christian and I reminiscence on the good ol’
days of Bones Brigade and Hosoi’s degradation with
drugs and skateboard failure. I sweetly tell my
beautiful Christian to never loose that slightly
annoying Heathers drawl. The rest of the evening is
whimsical mockings about Keanu’s future and if we’ll
see River in front of the Viper Room tonight.
Christian mutters, “His brother should really grow a
mustache” and we giggle in each others arms.

Wouldn’t it be kool if this country had any politicians with balls? What a breath of fresh air it was to see this British guy eat a Senate subcommittee for lunch today, saying that he had met with Saddam Hussein twice, “Exactly as many times as Donald Rumsfeld has met with him. The difference is Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns.”

This week our contestants were asked, if they could have three people over for dinner, who would they be, and why? Here is Pedro Mays response.
If I could have any three people in history over for dinner,
they would be my grandfather (my dad’s dad), John Adams, and
TV star Raven (formerly known as Raven Symone and ?Olivia
Kendall? on seasons 6-8 of ?The Cosby Show). I chose these
people not only because I admire them, I am intrigued by them,
or I think they’re just cute as a button- I also think they
would have interesting conversations of their own that I could
listen in on. My grandfather was a history buff, for instance,
and would have a lot of questions for Adams about the colonial
and Revolutionary periods. And like my grandfather, John Adams
was a blunt and assertive man who, despite his love for his
country, was an internationalist who believed in multilateral
cooperation to achieve important ends. And I know that both
would be charmed by the beautiful and winning Raven, as she
regaled us with hilarious anecdotes about zany times on the
set of ?Hangin? With Mr. Cooper,? where she played ?Nicole
Lee? in seasons 2-5.

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On Sunday night, a buddy of mine and I decided to play quizzo. We hadn’t played since that Sunday night at McCrossen’s about a month ago. Rumor was, North Third had quizzo, so we went up there. No dice. So we motored over to Nodding Head to play quizzo with Irish John. Irish John is known for being rather salty, and he certainly didn’t disappoint in that regard, regularly inviting various players to go f*** themselves. I’ll be honest. I hated the questions. There were no american history questions, no sports questions, no geography questions, and two literature questions, neither of them being classic literature. There was no thinking through any questions to find answers. Every one was very blunt. And to be honest, most of them were questions I could really care less about learning the answer for (i.e. What’s the only Honda motorcycle that has a reverse gear?). On the bright side, the jambalaya was excellent, as are their beers. Of the three quizzoes I’ve tried other than my own, here’s how they stack up:
1. Quizzo Pat at New Wave (Monday)
2. Goofy but nice guy at McCrossen’s (Sunday)
3. Irish John at Nodding Head (Sunday)

If anybody knows where any other Sunday night quizzoes are, please let me know.

The final four contestants in the Be the Next JGT Contest have to perform standup tonight at Finn McCool’s at 12th and Sansom. The show begins at 10:15 p.m.

A lot of people seem to think that because they didn’t participate in the first week of the Doc Watson’s Big $$$ Bonanza, they are no longer eligible to win. Not true. I will only be counting the top five scores, and the contest lasts eight weeks, so the more you play, the better your odds. But I don’t imagine too many teams will be playing all eight weeks, so missing the first week is not that big of a deal. The winner of the contest gets $300, 2nd place gets $150, and 3rd gets $50.

Here’s how the judging worked. In addition to myself, I had two unbiased judges (above) who have asked to remain anonymous in order to protect their families. We watched the videos from both weeks, then listed our favorites in order from 1-7, the lower the score, the better. Each person’s vote counted 30%. The remaining 10% was determined by the voting on the website. Positions 1 and 2 were fairly unanimous, but positions 3-7 were hotly debated. I’ll be perfectly honest. I truly liked everyone who competed, and I think the caliber of contestant definitely went up in the second year of the contest. Here are the final results, in no particular order.

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