Can I say this to start? Good teammates help you win championships. Bad teammates can lose them for you. And with all that in mind, I have three solid teammates in my corner. Jeremy McNamara’s been my assistant captain on the Street Academy trivia team for the past four years. Katie Kurtessis joined the team…
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Finally, the live-action “Star Blazers” movie!
Okay, here’s the deal. I can’t currently concentrate on anything other than Trivia Bowl 9 today. I need something to calm my nerves. Something to help me focus. Something like… If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that one of my favorite Japanese anime TV shows as the classic Space Battleship Yamato,…
Read MoreCaption Time: when trees are r/trees…
I guess we’re now into 21st-century graffiti, aren’t we? That would probably explain this not-so-oblique shoutout to the social media site reddit on some foliage along the shore of Washington Park. I took this picture while testing out my Nikon CoolPix S30. So I’ll let you guys do the caption. You know the drill… Photo…
Read MoreThe 2013 $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament FINALS!!
Take a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Ballpoint pen in my left hand. I look across the table. My teammates Jeremy and Katie are ready. From the corner of my eye, I can see the other teams. Woo Hoo a Go Go in the corner. Team Fist over by the fireplace. The Bush team near the…
Read MoreThe next step… ring ring ring…
My girlfriend Nicole and I have been dating for a couple of months now, and in those couple of months I’ve been happier than ever before. I like this relationship and I like how it’s progressing. So I need to take the next step. You might think I’m going too fast, that I shouldn’t be…
Read MoreThe $700 iPhone / BlackBerry 10 project
After searching around and trying to find some sort of loophole – ANY sort of loophole – unfortunately, there seems to be no way to keep my Verizon Wireless unlimited data plan when I upgrade, UNLESS I purchase an iPhone at its $700 full retail price. But you think that’s going to stop me from…
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Is that a Blackbird or a Snowbird?
Yawn. It’s morning in America. Gotta get up. Rise and shine. Feet on floor. Toothbrush in mouth. Last night I played a game of trivia over at Brown’s; apparently the team A Few Cards Short of a Deck just nabbed their sixth consecutive trivia win, much congrats to them. As I drove back to the…
Read MoreTBIX is coming…
It’s this Saturday. February 2. 2013. Wolf’s 1-11. TBIX. No, it’s not some new alt-emo rock group with their new hit single on the Pop Crush radio station. TBIX is a gathering of the strongest and most dedicated trivia teams in the Capital District, in the biggest championship game in the area. In other words……
Read MoreTime for a Social!
Last Friday, I took my girlfriend Nicole to the opening of the Troy PhotoCenter’s “One Day: 12-12-12” gallery opening. The photos on display were all taken on December 12, 2012 – ergo, the 12/12/12 motif – and she totally enjoyed the show and the artwork on display. By the way, the gallery show will run…
Read MorePep Boys’ Redemption
Pep Boys and I have a very bitter past. Years ago, when I had my Pontiac 6000, Pep Boys tried to do some repairs to it that actually made the car worse. So with that in mind, I’ve been reluctant to go back to Pep Boys to purchase anything more than an air freshener. Yesterday,…
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