April 2007 Archives

Way too nice outside to sit here and talk about the Mayor's race or the Eagles QB situation. I'm gonna get the Ronnie Burger at the Exmore Diner, go kayaking for a little while, and then sit on my dads dock and do some reading. Did you people really think the life of leisure didn't extend beyond Philadelphia city limits?

The City vs. City Smackdown will be going down on Monday, May 14th at 7:30 p.m. at Rembrandt's (23rd and Aspen). I will be inviting teams officially to play this week. Once we see how much room we have left, I will open it up to everyone else. Tix are $10 a piece, and winner will walk with $500, plus more once if they also beat teams in other cities.

What spectacular annual event, attended by JGT in 2005, is held in Milford, Delaware at the start of every November?

What popular resort town in Maryland boasts 11 miles of beaches and Phillip's Seafood?

What Salisbury native taught us that it takes a tough man to make a tender chicken?

What occurs twice a year to make Dover Delaware's largest city (instead of Wilmington), if only for a day or two?

A famous ferry leaves Cape May several times a day. In what Delaware town does it land?

In what town does the famous annual pony penning take place, attracting tens of thousands of skeevy Jerseyites, who apparently love ponies?

I'm hangin' out in the Dirty South this morning, after I headed down here on Saturday. The house pictured above is the one I grew up in, though my peeps no longer live there. I am currently right across the street, though, in the Nassawadox library. My folks live down a long dirt lane where they don't have access to high speed internet, so I went to the library (there are no coffee shops w/in 30 mile here). Anyways, questions with the photos this week will be about the DelMarVa peninsula. One guess per person. No looking up answers.

If so, could they get back to me and explain it?

The week really started on Saturday. A beautiful spring day, the kind where all of the women break out there cute skimpy little outfits and prance around town. And I was in the Reading Terminal Market, watching large men eat pork byproducts. The guy in the photo above is the guy who won the Scrapple cook-off by making Scrapple burgers. I had a sample of one, and it was really quite good.

In quizzo, a couple of major upsets later in the week, but a pretty standard Tuesday: Young Old and Restless win ayet another squeaker (this team just thrives in the late innings), and Sofa Kingdom winning in a blowout. At O'Neals, the YORS held off Dork SIded, 106-105, while Women are Easy, State Capitals are Hard finished with 100. At Bards, the Kingdom knocked off the Dysfunktion, 107-96.

No surprises at the Vous, as the Jams (aka Yeltsin Got His Pinko Slip) held off the Steaming Minotaurs, 97-83. There will be a $20 bounty on the Jams next week.

A remarkably close shave at the Black Sheep, as the top four teams finished within three points of each other. When the dust settled, the Satan's Minions edged Duane's World, 92-91. Every Four Papers finished with 90, and One Hangs Lower finished with 89.

Thursday night was when things started to get weird. First, a mild upset at the Good Dog, as a Steve-O led 3 1/2 Armenians knocked off MAGMA, 103-95. That's also where I got my best answer of the week. The question was, "Who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth?" The answer was Boston Corbett. Team TigerBeat Centerfolds answered, "Zombie Abe Lincoln."

THe week ended with by far the largest recent upset, as Why Am I sitting With Browns Fans knocked off the Sofa Kingdom, 99-90. It was the first win for usual Western Omelette member BMT in just over two years.

I know you guys turn to this website for one reason: the Facts. Most blogs out there are full of knuckleheads self righteously throwing around their two cents worth w/o sticking to the cold hard facts. But not me. Nope, everything I post on here is only written after careful consideration and exhaustive fact checking. But yesterday I was fleeced. A news story that appeared in a trusted Australian publication about sheep being sold as dogs in Japan turned out to be a hoax. And so I apologize for once giving you bad information. I take my job as a relayer of all that is Fair and Balanced very seriously, and I ASSURE that there will never be a mistake on this website again.

Hey, here's my latest article in the Metro, about last Saturdays scrapplefest. The pic above is of the scrapple wedding cake. I'm running out the door right now, but I'll have more pics and stories later.
UPDATE: One thing I wasn't able to fit into the story. There was a guy named Tom in the Beergarden who was not at all pleased with the Scrapplefest. According to him, there had been a scrapplefest at the Troc many years earlier that was "awesome. Just a bunch of fat people getting wasted and eating scrapple. Now they are doing this stuff for the tourists, and not for the real scrapple fans." Also, wanna send a shout out to Anthony and Koob, who I went to Scrapplefest with and who really did some serious scrapple testing. Koob told me at one point, "That guy's Scrapple is a little too mushy. I think he's cracking under the pressure of Scrapplefest."
To read more about Scrapplefest, you can click here to hear from one of the celebrity judges who writes in the Inky.

This is downright hilarious. A scam in Japan resulted in hundreds of Japanese people buying sheep because they thought they were poodles. The story contains this incredible line: One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves.
What? The Japanese, who are known for their technological prowess, are only "suspicious" when they discover that their pet dog has hooves? And did the vet they took the "poodle" to not recognize that it was a sheep? Of course, the best part is that poodles totally suck and sheep are kind of funny, so these people were better off with sheep anyway.

An epic round two this week, as we played an exciting edition of, "NAME...THAT...BALDWIN." Is it Alec, Daniel, William, or Steven? Let's see how you do (see answers by clicking "continue reading"):

Round Two: Name that Baldwin!
1. This Baldwin was BizMarkie's teammate on Celebrity Fit Club.
2. Called Dick Cheney a lying, thieving oil whore and murderer of the US Constitution
3. Starred in the Movie Flatliners
4. This Baldwin stole an SUV in November of 2006
5. Appeared in Usual Suspects
6. Married to a former member of Wilson Phillips
7. Starred in Bio-Dome
8. In the movie Malice, stated, "I am God."
9. Is a born again christian who has started his own ministry.
10. Has a daughter who is a rude thoughtless little pig

Maybe all it took was Charlie Manuel going after Howard Eskin for this team to turn it around, but they have been hitting the tar out of the ball ever since. Which leaves a couple of questions. Shoud they move Rollins back, since he is leading the NL in homers, so he can start hitting homers with runners on? Should they trade Aaron Rowan while he's hot? Is Pat the Bat really as good as he looks? And will Matt Smith ever play in a major league game again? Your thoughts, concerns? Oh, and even better news: the Braves totally choked last night, in one of those games that can really start a team on a slump. Let's hope so.
RELATED: Beerleaguer weighs in on Phils game last night.

-In 1990, somebody at ABC had an idea. "What if we took a cop show and turned it into a heartwarming musical?" And the top brass at ABC said, "It's so crazy, it just might work!" And Cop Rock was born. It didn't work. It was just too artistic for American audiences.

-Pretty fascinating and scandalous history of American Bandstand.

-Sal Fasano could be called back up to the majors. The Blue Jays need a catcher, and they just picked up Fasano. We play the Blue Jays next month. And it would be cool if, in the 9th inning, Sal stepped aside and let a ball get past him with a runner on 3rd in a tie game and the runner scored and then Fasano pointed up at Sal's Pals, who have reunited one last time, and says, "That was for you guys." That would be awesome.

-I will totally change my mind and get behind Philly casinos if they'll let us bet on stuff like this:
British bookmakers wasted no time slashing the odds on aliens being discovered after astronomers announced Wednesday that they had discovered an Earth-like planet. William Hill cut the odds on proving the existence of extra-terrestrial life from 1,000-1 to 100-1.

On Friday night, I finally kicked off the 2007 Pizza Hunt in the Great Northeast with D-Mac. We decided to head to Merc's (8108 Roosevelt Blvd), a non-descript but quite good pizzeria in a strip mall. Here was D-Mac's take:
When Johnny suggested somewhere in the Northeast, I knew we had to go to somewhere good. Of all the sections of Philadelphia, Northeast Philly has the best pizza. After brushing off the billboard directing us to the $4.99 pizza buffet in Bristol, we pulled up to a small shopping center off Holme Circle and Johnny got this first taste of Merc's.

Merc's doesn't have the best decor or atmosphere, but it really makes up for it with the pizza. Somebody once told me it's an offshoot of Tony's,
but there isn't a Wikipedia page for either so I don't know if it's true. Like Tony's, Merc's makes both regular and tomato pies, with the sauce on top.

Alright, we had our fun with Denver. Almost. But first...I was in Denver last year, and while it is a pretty nice city, the fever they have for their baseball team is...non-existent. They built the stadium way too big, so when their usual crowd of about 15,000 shows up it's kind of sad. Then those people just stare at the field for three hours. No cheering, no booing, I swear they just stare at the field. And the people there are none too bright either. We were giving away $25 gas cards to anyone who could beat me at hula-hooping, and nobody would do it! It was amazing. Those cards woulda been gone in 10 minutes in Philly, but in Denver, people just got uncomfortable and ran off (kind of like girls I talk to in bars). Anyways, I don't got much on Seattle, b/c I've never been. But in case you're wondering, it is one of the few cities we can make fun f b/c they haven't won a sports title since 1979. Now, bash away at the Emerald City.

Today is Ginger's B-day. Her party is tonight at Bob and Barbara's at 9p.m. and you are all invited to swing by. If you want, you can wish her a Happy B-day below in comments or on her Myspace page. She's turning the big two-nine.

The following was taken from Dicker's Geeks Who Drink website (yes, Denver's head quizmaster is named Dicker). If anyone would care to respond, I heartily invite you to go to Dicker's website and start talking smack.
Hey, Philly: When did you guys last have a championship that was at any level above a father & son game, 1983? Talk all you want about the body bag game but lets face facts, it PALES in comparison to THE DRIVE. The most talented athlete to come out of there isn't even real, but the guy that played him is...though he’s a 60 year old man getting busted in foreign countries with enough HGH to make Barry Bonds blush, boy Philly's battin' a thousand in the "we're almost great" category.

You can remember what that’s like right? Well, at least what its like to bat .300, I never thought we'd ever have to say "PLEASE COME BACK JOHN KRUCK!" So keep swingin for the fences kids, because come quiz time, we're gonna whomp you like you're a hooker and we’re Charlie Sheen on an 8 ball and a 6 pack of PBR tall boys! Later ya bastards!
RELATED: How much should we play for?

That bowling party I was tellig y'all about is a go. Being put on by some members of Narcotizing Dysfunktion, including Badmintonstamper Philabuster, this is the best deal of any party I have ever heard of in my life. $10 for all you can drink and all you can bowl. Here's the release:
Basically, we’ll provide all you can drink beer, all you can eat fresh Philly pretzels, and free bowling on 12 lanes. We’re capping entry to 150 people, so everyone should get plenty of rollin’ in. We haven’t finalized the DJ line-up yet, but we promise it’ll be first-rate BadmintonStamps approved goodness. What do they call it? indiedance.cocainesexjams.thebangers? That music..

‘Cause we need to know how much booze to buy & how many people are coming to keep the party under control, we’re doing advance ticket sales. To buy tickets, click here. Please buy your ticket ASAP!
Friday, May 11th, 2007
9PM - 1AM
16th & Shunk
Philadelphia, PA, USA
$10

Here's what Dwayne Wade is doing, and here's a great quote from one of the best players in the NBA:
"I want to change communities, not just one community," he says. "I want to help change communities in our inner-cities, for our youth, for our black kids, for all of the young ethnic kids, to change their whole outlook on life. These kids don't experience the world; they are living in boxes. I want them to have the opportunity to get out there, experience what the world is about, not just what the 'hood is about. I want to have to do my part to make sure that they experience the world."
Change a childs outlook on life TODAY. Make this city a better place! You don't just change the life of one child forever, you change the life of that child and everyone they come in contact with forever. And don't tell me you don't have enough time. Bullshit. If you've got 6-8 hours a month to play quizzo, you've got 6-8 hours a month to make Philadelphia a better city. And to the guys who have signed up already, I say thank you. Everybody talks the talk, but you guys walked the walk.

What was war was started by the Thornton Affair?

...but the Phillies are 3-0 since Scrapplefest.

Alright, the City vs. Smackdown is starting to come together nicely. We have venues confirmed in Denver, Seattle, DC, Toronto, and here. I think I have a venue all ready to go, I just have to confirm this afternoon. Will let you know as soon as it is confirmed. It is gonna start as an invitational. I will be offering certain teams invites. Once that is done, I will open it up for other teams to enter, if there is any room left. I need a little help from you guys though. I need to know if you wanna keep it on the cheap or if you wanna play for big money. I can charge $5 a head, and winner walks with $250 ($75 for second), or we can go $10 a head and winner gets $500 ($150 for 2nd). That would be in addition to the $250 (currently) you will win if you beat all the teams in the other cities. There is limited seating, and I expect us to have a crowd of about 100-125. This is not a Quizzo Bowl type thing. No band, no dancers, just damn hard questions and some damn good teams. If you think your team is gonna win, I would suggest going $10 a head. Please answer the poll below if you plan to play.

-Yeah, today is the Bard of Avons b-day, and to celebrate, you might wanna think about seeing some of the shows in the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, which is currently going on. I think. Their website is kind of confusing, or more likely I'm just dumb. But I think the shows take place at 2111 Sansom Street, and it lasts through mid May. For more info, click here. Tonight, the Comedysportz crew takes on Shakespeare. They are an incredibly talented bunch, and I'm sure it's gonna be a funny show.

-Rock Paper Scissors season is kicking off at Bob and Barbara's (15th and South) tonight at 7 p.m. And yes, I did check with the Jam Master before I posted this.

-I pick on Philadelphia Magazine a fair amount, but I must give credit where credit is due. I thought Jason Fagone's column this past month on Brian Tierney was pretty damn good. (Yeah, I know it came out like a month ago. I'm a slow reader.)

Philly just got trashed by New Orleans governor Ray Nagin. And to be honest, I'm kind of glad. A city that has turned its back on recycling deserves to get smacked in the face. That being said, be sure to recycle! You don't need a bin to recycle, you just can get a trash can and write recycling on the side.

It's noon on Monday, and you need something to get you through the second half of you day. I think this may do the trick (Warning: The volume on this thing is way too loud, so turn the volume down). Alright, Art and I are off to get some pizza. Me and D-Mac had some on Friday, and when he gives me his 2 cents I'll let you know how it was.
NOTE: When I posted this, I honestly had no idea he just died. Someone just sent me an email with him dancing in it. That being said, though, Boris always struck me as a pretty fun loving guy, and I don't think he'd mind being honored by posting his dance moves.

I've been watching baseball for 25 years, and yet I saw two things for the first time ever live this weekend. On Saturday, I went to original Nick's Roast Beef (20th and Jackson) to watch the Phils game after being infuriated by Trash Gordon on Friday night. I was with Mike of the Minions. In the bottom of the fifth, the Reds got men on first and second with nobody out. Then one of the craziest things that has ever happened in my life occurred. Ploddingly slow David Ross stepped to the plate. Mike turns to me and says, I swear to God, "Well this is the one guy on their team who is so slow he could hit into a triple play." On the next pitch, David Ross hit into a 5-4-3 triple play. I totally freaked. "No way!" I screamed "No freaking way." The people in the restaurant, several of whom weren't watching the game, turned and looked at me like I was crazy. It was the first time I had ever seen a triple play live, and Mike had called it. Then, on Sunday night, the Red Sox pull off back to back to back to back home runs, something I had ever seen live and the first time it had happened in the American League since 1964. I'm going to the game tonight, and we're gonna kill the Astros, as long as we don't bring Trash into the game.

This great actor was the star of Shakespeare's theatre company, and was the first person to ever play the roles of Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear.

Who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, a play about two minor characters in Hamlet?

The brother of one of the most hated villains in American history is considered by many to be the foremost Shakeperean actor of the 19th century, and actually owned the Walnut Street Theatre for a short time. Who is the villain?

Sonnets 127-152 are very sexual in nature, and are addressed to this mysterious woman.

Many conspiracy theorists believe that the Earl of Oxford was the actual author of the Shakeseare plays and poems. What was the Earl's name?

What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Alright, I'm gonna post pics of last weeks winners and put a question below. Since April 23 was both a birth date and death date for Shakespeare, I gotta ask questions about him. One guess per person.

The week started with an unfortunate loss by my crack team at Dark Horse Quizzo. Then, on Tuesday, we saw a huge blowout at the Bards. The Young, the Old, and the Restless, blew out Philly Hardcore, 106-79. Defending Champs Dork Sided finished with a 55.

On to the Bards, where we saw a memorable meltdown. The Sofa Kingdom and the Narcotyzing Dysfunktion entered the final round tied at 58. On the weekly double, the question was asked, "Before the Titanic sank, the White Star Line was going to name it's sister ship this, which sounds like Titanic." The Narcotizers got it right (Gigantic). The Kingdom had Gigantic written down, but in a brief fit of insanity, changed it to Titanic II. Their defense: they had been drinking at the Phils game. (Best answer to that question, though, came from Hitler Wore a Spam Shirt, who guessed "Super Titanic".

The Jams headed into the final round down four to Nottingham Hill, but blew past them in the final frame to notch a 110-89 win. It is their 4th win in a row. A bounty next week? Certainly a possibility.

Things were a lot tighter at the Black Sheep. Duane's World kept their heads above water during the rap round, and was still within 8 points of Catdog after three rounds. In the final round, they made their move, and edged a CatDog team still anxious for their first win, 90-88.

A MAGMA-less field at the Good Dog, and Fat Kid 6 too full advantage of it to come away with a 90-81 win over Fun Rocket. Team F****** Awesome put fought the good fight, and finished in 3rd with 79.

A emotional night at the Bards, as long time Satan's Minions member Diane would be taking the field for the final time before moving to DC. The Minions entered the final round down three to the Kingdom, but fought on and came away with a 111-104 win. My Pubic Hair is an Exact Replica of Tom Selleck's Moustache finished with 82.

NBC, which thought that the best way to honor the victims of this weeks massacre was to glorify their killer and let his thoughts be known, is starting to face a backlash. Matt Lauer made the lamest defense, saying, "But we've made the decision because, by showing some of this material, perhaps it will help us understand the question why. Why did it happen?" Well, gee, Matt, why don't you show us some child pornography so we can try to figure out why. Why do people watch it? It's simple, because gratuitous and disgusting pornographic acts are not meant for the public airwaves. Nor should we give over our airwaves to pieces of human filth who want to inspire a cult like following. NBC, when it sent out the materials to other stations, demanded that its logo be stamped in the corner and said that other stations must give mandatory credit to NBC News. They're hoping that the recent mass murder will lead to an increase in ratings for Scrubs. Hey NBC, sorry there couldn't have been a camera inside the schoolroom when the guy killed the Amish girls. After all, I'm sure it could have helped us understand, "Why?" Too bad, b/c that would have been a ratings bonanza, you sick f****. Interesting, isn't it, that Don Imus is too disgusting to speak on NBC, but mass murderers aren't?
RELATED: NBC Exploits Killings for Ratings.

Ok, so this is weird, and I'm kind of wondering it it's true. There is a politician in India named Adolf Lu Hitler Marak. He is in the state of Maghalaya. While reading about him, I came to this sentence, "It may be noted that his name is not particularly curious within Meghalaya, where other local politicians are named Lenin R. Marak, Stalin L. Nangmin, Frankenstein W. Momin, or Tony Curtis Lyngdoh." Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Frankenstein, Tony Curtis. A five headed hydra of evil, if you ask me.

This is wild.

Do you believe in Miracles? Yes! The Nats loaded the bases with nobody out in the 9th, but the Phils escaped with a 4-2 win. Hallelujah! Btw, as D-Mac says, shouldn't they trade Rowan right now that he's hitting so well? Also, Mitch WIlliams is excellent in the post game coverage. Seriously, he is really good.

Nothing really interesting in the news today, so I found myself flipping thru phillyhistory.org (via Phawker). Found some great stuff. First saw a pic of the Horn and Hardart Automat, where you bought your lunch from a vending machine. It was the original fast food, and it began in Philadelphia. For some more pics and info on Horn and Hardart, click here. Then I came upon the phillyhistory.org blog. This is awesome. Stories about how bad Philly's drinking water was, the Divine Lorraine, and about the legendary Man Full of Trouble Tavern. Here's the best part from the drinking water story:
Schuylkill water was so bad by the late 19th century that "...a physician offered $50 to anyone who would drink a quart of it ten nights in a row. Each evening, the doomed man comes on stage, the stipulated amount of water is brought out and he takes the draught to slow music before a sympathetic audience. It is the agreement that if he vomits or dies, he will lose the prize."

Doctors were so much more fun back then, offering prizes for not dying, then forcing people to drink typhoid water. Now it almost seems like they're trying to saaaave lives. BORRRR-RING. I may not be a doctor (at least not officially licensed as such), but I am carrying on this proud tradition nonetheless. I will pay $50 to anyone who will drink water from the Schuylkill 10 nights in a row. If you vomit or die, you will lose the prize.

Here's the link to this weeks story on Philadelphia native Mario Lanza, who was an international superstar in the 1950s. Here's a link to him singing. Here's some more background info on him.

Wow, things are really getting nutty now. Charlie Manuel reportedly challenged Howard Eskin to a fight last night. Now had he actually fought Eskin and beaten his ass, we would clamoring for the Phils to sign Charlie to a lucrative extension. But instead there was just some yelling and, at the end of the day, all we have is the second worst team in the majors (only the Royals, who my intramural softball team beat a few weeks ago, are worse) and Howard Eskin still on the air.

I have to admit, I like Charlie, and this makes me like him even more (We're both from VA, so that makes us peoples). And it's not his fault that the only player on this team that can hit is the one we were most worried about (Pat the Bat) and that if you sent up a decent junior high team against major league pitching I really don't think they would do worse than .200 with runners in scoring position. But the fact is that he's not a good National League manager, and I can't understand why the Phillies will yet again let the best available manager get signed by someone else while we sit on our thumbs and get worse and worse. You would have thought we would have learned when we let Jim Leyland go. Yet Joe Girardi continues to announce games, will get signed eventually, and turn some team around. But hey, look at the bright side: since we are trailing every game by the 5th inning, we haven't even really had to deal with our biggest weakness, the bullpen. So the $64,000 question is: Will Charlie make it out of April?

-Scrapplefest is being held this weekend at Reading Terminal. They will actually be showing how scrapple is made. It's a fascinating process which involves sweeping hot dog leftovers off the floor of the slaughterhouse.

-This is incredible. A guy bought a hamburger from McDonalds 18 years ago, and it hasn't decomposed at all! He says that flies won't even touch it.

-How do strawberry milkshakes get their red coloring? Ground up beetles, of course.

...and they're spectacular. If you see Trivia Art or I crying today, worry not: they are tears of joy.

Been kind of light on the postings today cause I had to work on the ol' Metro piece. Here's a few things:
-Words are funny.
-Shirts are funny.
-I bought a new washer/dryer yesterday, the first home appliance I have ever bought new in my life. This is big for me. I'll have some photos tommorrow. That's right, washer/dryer photos. Start getting excited.

A happy birthday to Rowdy Roddy Piper and Michael Sembello, who both turn 53 today. Are they twins? I mean, Rowdy Roddy certainly was a Maniac. Oh, and in case you didn't know it, Sembello is from Philly.

Yeah, my ringer didn't make it, but we still made a pretty good showing at Dark Horse, finishing 2nd. Palestra Jon goes for three straight next Monday. If I'm there, he won't get it. And no, I do not consider Smackdown "B-team" material. Just Trivia Art and D-Mac. And, to be honest, me. It's just that I'm trying to get an A-team that I can tag along with and talk smack as they answer questions.

Couple of fun things going on this evening, both of which I highly recommend
-Die Actor Die at the Khyber. 8 p.m. I performed in it last month, and it was a heck of a lot of fun. Really funny show hosted by couple of guys from ComedySportz.

-I'll probably make it out to quizzo at Dark Horse tonight, if anyone is up for the challenge. I will crush you like an ant. 9 p.m.

-Oh by the way, if you missed the Mr. Belding/Tony Romo/Journey Don't Stop Believin' video, click here. I assure you this will be a question this week.

What famous French pilot was shot down behind German lines on April 18, 1915?

Alright, well we're kicking off the 2nd annual Great Philadelphia Pizza Hunt to find who has the best pie in town. Got a lot of new places to try out. If you wanna help me try out these spots or have one of your own you wanna go for, holla atcha boy. Listed below the break are some of the places I plan on trying. If you've got one that's not on the list that I need to try, just drop it in the comments.

On May 14th, quizzo players from Philadelphia will be competing with quizzo players from Denver and Seattle (and possibly DC). We will all ask the same 50 questions, using the same scoring method, and see who emerges victorious. We'll see what team takes the cake, and for bragging rights, what city's top 5 teams average the highest scores. I need to know where we should do this. Somewhere I can fit 75-100 people. Also, should I charge a small fee (maybe $5) and get a band? Drop your ideas below.

Bowling party. Coming soon. Details in the coming week.

Mayoral candidate Dwight Evans thinks so:
Dwight Evans held a press conference on Thursday, April 12th to announce his pledge to fully support Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Philadelphia and their mentor programs as a way to reduce violence in the city. As a show of his commitment to Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Dwight signed up to be a Big Brother for a young child in Philadelphia.
“I fundamentally believe that we can overcome this scourge of violence Philadelphia is suffering through right now,” Evans said. “Community involvement and personal commitment will be keys to ending the violence, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters is a model combination of both these elements."

I hosted a post wedding quizzo at the Dark Horse on Saturday night. (Congratulations Phil and Tessa!) The winners of the quizzo might be familiar to some of you old schoolers. They called themselves Holy Matrimony Batman, but you might recognize them as the former members of the Missing Heads. And they spoke of a possible reunion tour at the Black Sheep at some point in the future.

Who recorded an infamous version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds in 1968, considered by many to be the worst pop recording ever?

In what movie do Wyatt and Billy drop LSD in a New Orleans graveyard?

The Song "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" is a song about an acid trip. What Kenny Rogers fronted band recorded it?

What pitcher once pitched a no-hitter while high on LSD, which some people have called the most impressve feat in the history of sports?