What a Feeling!

I now understand why blogs always have that mea culpa entry, flailing themselves for abandoning their readers. As if countless thousands of people were having their days ruined, RUINED I say, by not having their 45 second diversion from work (that's right, I know where you are right now). But I did say I was going to be absent for a while, working on the Free For All and what not. OK, mostly it's been what not. Sue me. BTW, I'm rocking the mic tomorrow through Saturday at Love's Labor's Lost; if you see me there give me a high five or a wedgie or something.

So this week was much more pleasant wasn't it? Renegade, Ashlee Simpson, Lazy Sunday, The Aristocats all made appearances. The soundtrack was kickin'. I saw you kids grooving along to Irene Cara; don't try to deny the power of her siren song... The questions were a bit friendlier, the handouts were, literally, easy, your scores were higher and no one threatened to punch me in the nut sack. All in all a pleasant evening. True, I almost stumped the room entirely with Conky, but one intrepid team saved you all the pain of hearing that question next week. Beautiful.

Oh, and what was up with all the cute girls in the place? I swear, don't you people know that Quizzo is traditionally only played by ultra dorky boys? I have noticed an alarming trend of more and more female dominated or even exclusively female teams participating in our evening's festivities. People, if word gets out that DC is filled with women who are cute and smart we're going to blow our national image totally. Now if we could just get the ladies to win more frequently so we could get more of their pictures on our site. Hmmmm...

Anyway, here's how the kids did this week.

GAME ONE

Wolfowitz Offers to Show Sheehan His Retirement Package 36









Clavins 34









Lindsay Gets Her 3UI 28 (Tiebreak winner)










Pediatric Gynocologists 24
Lowered Expectations 28
Low Expectations 16
The Go Gos (We're Still on Vacation) 17
Fuck Lindsay Lohan, Gimme Hannah Montana 22
It's Not Easy Being "3" 16
A Shell of Our Former Selves 20
Poor-o at the Quiz House 16
All Hail the Grist 23
I Play with Myself All the Time 27
The Elephant Sat on the Bar 18
Pink or Choco Taco? 11

GAME TWO (Toys that will never be in the National Toy Hall of Fame)
Partial Birth Operation 35









Don't Piss On the Electric Fence 32









Clavins Action Figure 31










16 Inch Dildo Lawn Darts 13
Star Jones Light Saber Dildo 27
Bobby Brown's Raggedy Whitney Doll 24
George W. Speak & Spell 23
Richard Pryor's Corpse ("The Toy") 19
My Little "Boney" 22
French Tickler Me Elmo 26
Gerber Baby Rubber Vagina 29
Stephen Hawking Action Figure 25
Electric Frozen Flag Poles 24
Obese Barbie 12

Remuneration, Dude.

It will be a little crazy to post much this week as I've got hosting and non-hosting duties to handle at the Free For All. I know you all know about it, but if you don't, then start knowing: The Shakespeare Theatre Company (my day job) is performing Love's Labor's Lost out at Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park starting this Thursday and going until June 3rd. The show starts at 7:30 every night (except Monday) and I have to run about the grounds tending to the masses and absolutely not pushing our next season on them, that would be wrong, especially not our special 50% off for folks 35 and under. But I digress. Did I mention the Free For All is free? And a lot of fun? Well, its both those things which is what makes it so popular. The first week of the run you can usually pick up your tickets at the amphitheatre on the day of the show no problem (no guarantees people, I'm just saying...), but during the second week you've really got to line up early or you're S.O.L. The show is one of our better ones and I can't wait to see it in the park; this is a show that I predict will actually be better outdoors. I can't wait to see/hear the rock 'n' roll parts of the show playing in that amphitheatre; it's gonna kick ass.

Does it seem strange that this site doesn't seem to have much trivia on it? Something to whet the appetite. Give a little flavor of what's to come at Quizzo this week? That seems a cheap way to get people to come back (boy, once you see the Blogger dashboard stats the ol' Marketing Manager instincts kick in), but give me a few more days to figure it out. There's got to be an interesting way of throwing fun facts out there that doesn't just give away the game to devoted readers (both of you. Hi Mom!) I will tell you, just this once, that there are a few items I've dropped casually in the last few posts that will be making an appearance in tomorrow night's game. Devoted readers now have a slight edge. There: that's your hint. See you tomorrow night at the Pour House; and the rest of the week at the Free For All. Say hi!