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When I was a kid, I used to love playing with pinball machines.  Over time, I learned how to use each flipper independently, learned how to access high scores without having to shake the machine into TILT-land, and eventually found the best and most satisfying goal of pinball – to be able to set as…

Well, this is going to be an interesting night.  My trivia team of Jeremy and Alexis was one person short last night – Jeremy decided it was time to make a pilgrimage to New York City and join the Occupy Wall Street crowd.  That meant that tonight’s trivia game would be myself and Alexis. Plus,…

Well, I certainly wasn’t expecting this. We were playing at Elbo Room last night – Jeremy, Alexis and I – and, after a poor start (we thought Muammar Gadhafi was in his 70’s when he died; apparently he was only 69, so that was a 2-point loss), we had charged up to about third place.…

I am allowed five attempts each year to try for The Chance.  If I don’t make it this time, I won’t even be allowed to apply until June of 2012, at the earliest.  They’ve rejected me four times.  And I need to make them change their minds about me. So when I heard there was…

The nice thing about participating in the Elbo Room tournament is that, sooner or later, you’re going to move up the standings ladder and lock yourself in.  Right now, though, nobody’s really “locked” in, but realistically the top three teams – Team Schooled, Woo Hoo a Go Go and Street Academy – have a better-than-average…

There have been many questions regarding this year’s tournament.  Will Get That Poison Out win back-to-back tournaments?  Will Woo Hoo a Go Go or Team Fist shock the world with a victory?  Will my Street Academy team claim the big bucks?  Will Team Schooled step to the plate and win? Nah, those are easy questions…

Okay, it’s official.  I am a masochist.  I keep trying to break through, hoping for an acceptance by The Chance.  An acceptance for one day.  Just one day.  Let me in.  Let me try.  Don’t keep me out.  Don’t block me. So that’s why, when I saw there was an opportunity for a rare Saturday…

Every two or three months or so, the Albany chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosts a Saturday night trivia game.  It’s a buy-in game; $5 per team is the buy-in; and the top three teams win some money. So on Saturday evening, a friend I went to the Hibernians Hall, had dinner –…

So are we up to date now on the scores?  Yes.  After awarding Get That Poison Out three more points for having an alternate correct answer from last week’s game, the scores have been updated and are correct. Let’s hope that everything’s back to normal for the next game. Apparently the new thing at the…

Remember last Thursday, when the final trivia question of the night was based on the category of “Sports Trophies,” and the question was, “In what sport do teams compete for the Kelly Cup”? Well, if you’re a fan of the ECHL, then you know it’s awarded to the best hockey team in that league. I…