Archive for January, 2008

Buying The Farm (Where The Farm = Crucial Audio Machinery)

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Trivia | Comments Off

After weeks of talk, and weeks of the PA at Dempsey's fizzling, cracking and acting more like, like something that conducts no sound whatsoever than a working PA system, I finally ... Read more..

What Is… Dammit, I Got Nothing.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Trivia | 6 Comments »

I know there's no real way to prepare for the Jeopardy! test, aside from watching a few episodes and maybe cramming on Shakespeare plays or the periodic table or the ... Read more..

Why Ken Jennings Wants Hillary Clinton On His Pub Quiz Team

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

From this interview in the Philadelphia City Paper: CP: Which current presidential candidate would you most want on your pub quiz team? KJ: If spouses can play too, I have to go ... Read more..

DSO Trivia Podcast #18: Iron Chef, East Village Edition

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, Podcast | 6 Comments »

There's a bit more news this week than normal, and I figure since the podcast is the one thing most of the visitors to the site seem to pay attention ... Read more..

So You Know

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting, Housekeeping | Comments Off

On days when I’m swamped and don’t post enough to here (like today), there’s usually fresh material for your reading and viewing pleasure in two other locations: The DSO Tumbleblog is ... Read more..

DSO Trivia Podcast #17: Rock Out With Your — Hey, Put That Away

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Trivia, Podcast | 1 Comment »

This week, on a very special Blossom, we try something slightly different, just to see how well it works. That's never a good idea, is it. Well, maybe just this ... Read more..

Report: Gay Tiger Attacks Huckabee!

Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

So sad. Rick Santorum shouild include an extra novena tonight that this didn't happen to him. Mr. Huckabee had scheduled a campaign stop at the zoo where he made his controversial ... Read more..

Design Your Own Band & Album Cover

Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | 7 Comments »

Here's a little "create an album cover" exercise for the Friday before a long weekend: Use the random Wikipedia article feature — the title of the article that appears is the ... Read more..

The Bill O’Reilly Invitational

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Sports, I Found This Interesting | 1 Comment »

The world of Competitive Eating grows by one establishment this week with the Great Falafel Eating Contest, at On The Grill in Forest Hills. The idea is that if someone ... Read more..

Follow-up: Myspace & The Scrabble Solution

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Recaps, Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

This isn't the formal recap of last night's festivies, but a few people asked about the data for the Scrabble Solution question. I understand the skepticism, but I swear, I ... Read more..

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