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I am on a quiz marathon, and last night was my third night in a different venue (in fact a whole new town). Rode into Boulder, and I will admit it- I expected Boulder’s brand of peace and love. But then the “mountain grass” band and the hippy droves changed it all.
Honestly, things got so crazy at George’s last night that I thought I might be suffering from a contact high. Oh it was fun, don’t get me wrong. But when you are attached to The Boulder Theater which was filled to capacity with patchouli and dirty dreadlocks, and a cloud of smoke emits from the restroom that we will just assume was produced by legally purchased substances acquired with a red card…well things get interesting.
The regular geeks persevered. They shouted down the noisy revelers and used a few of their favorite four letter words to get us through Round 1’s four-letter names. Scores were high on the audio round and although I found most of Round 2’s music cringe worthy, it started the game with lofty expectations. The teams called for a pause during Round 4 on ladies wielding guns when the security at George’s wielding an unruly concert goer came barreling through the bar. Round5-Sherlock didn’t have shit on Dearly Departed Dickwads, Chicks vs Dicks and Just a Bunch of Laserjocks- who all obtained perfect 8’s.
Round 6 found us all quietly protesting the group singing Happy Birthday to Bob in the bar… and we wrapped up the night with some old dead guys and a bunch of random knowledge.
1st place went to Just a bunch of Laserjocks and 2nd went to Dicks vs Chicks.
And to the guy who was sitting in the middle of the quiz room, who looked around after Round 2 and said, “Dude, what’s going on over here?” Awesomeness Dude, Awesomeness is going on over here. You might want to move out of the way and let us do work.
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THE KID FROM BLANK CHECK BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEBODY, WENT TO JAIL, AND LIVES SOMEWHERE IN BOULDER.
THE KID FROM BLANK CHECK BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEBODY, WENT TO JAIL, AND LIVES SOMEWHERE IN BOULDER.
THE KID FROM BLANK CHECK BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEBODY, WENT TO JAIL, AND LIVES SOMEWHERE IN BOULDER.
Seriously, how is that not the most fascinating piece of information you'll hear all night?! Okay, maybe with the exception to the fact that LBJ called his Johnson "Jumbo" and whipped it out frequently. Oh, and that link is safe for work; I don't think the White House Historian ever had a private photo session with Jumbo. If he did, it was Top Secret private. Oh hell, who are we kidding, LBJ probably had that guy photographed, framed in some fancy frame made from the bones of Bengal Tigers and had it hanging over his bed.
...In terms of blogging, there's no coming back from that...
Merry almost Christmas...
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Last night’s quiz was great, in particular because of a single question in the Random Knowledge round, concerning the diseases one could die from in the computer game Oregon Trail. I really do love Oregon Trail. What better way to learn about American history than running around in a text-based pixelated world, hunting more buffalo than you can carry, forcing your party to travel through the night regardless of how many people are dropping dead from dysentery or broken legs, fording the river even though your Indian guide has told you it’s too dangerous, and generally ignoring any advice to fix wagon wheels, feed your oxen, or buy supplies. Ahhh, memories.
Congratulations to the winner of this week’s email bonus prize, which was a little periscope type thing that took me about 5 minutes to figure out how it worked. This is what a graduate school education has gotten me: a barely working mechanical understanding of simple objects, bad grammar, and a distinct longing to return to the days of DOS games with questionable learning applications. Huzzah!