Better known as the condo associaction, the Guild of Calamitous Intent has summoned J and I for an instructional meeting about how to live in our condo complex on Tuesday evening. I imagine that after said meeting, one, if not many drinks will be needed. Will anyone be at trivia tomorrow night?
I can't imagine the meeting taking that long. How much could there be to know about living in a condo association, after all? Certainly nothing that requires a whole meeting. A typed page or, at most, two (double spaced with wide margins) should be sufficient to tell us everything there is to know. That they've managed to come up with enough material for an entire meeting is... troublesome, to say the least. I'll keep an open mind, (and a running mental note of all the buffoonery that goes on for amusing anecdotes later) but I, like Indiana Jones, have a bad feeling about this.
If the meeting starts at 7 p.m., I can't imagine being there past 8 o'clock. If anyone's going tomorrow, please let us know through the usual channels. I hope you guys can make it. We miss you guys!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Punks
It looks like this is becoming more of a "who's going on Tuesday" blog than an informational one.
In any case, J and I are punks. We're going to meet with the preacher man on Tuesday, so we thought it wrong to follow that up with an evening of drunken debauchery.
Hopefully a week off will cure the Stoned of whatever was ailing us last week that resulted in our abyssimally awful score.
In any case, J and I are punks. We're going to meet with the preacher man on Tuesday, so we thought it wrong to follow that up with an evening of drunken debauchery.
Hopefully a week off will cure the Stoned of whatever was ailing us last week that resulted in our abyssimally awful score.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Bailing out again. What assholes.
Hey guys,
We're assholes. It looks like unless something changes in the next few hours, J and I will not be at trivia AGAIN tonight. Some day soon, we'll make it back, I promise.
Did anyone go last week? Is anyone going tonight? Is anybody out there?
We're assholes. It looks like unless something changes in the next few hours, J and I will not be at trivia AGAIN tonight. Some day soon, we'll make it back, I promise.
Did anyone go last week? Is anyone going tonight? Is anybody out there?
Monday, April 13, 2009
No trivia for me
Sorry guys, but J and I are gettin' out of dodge early Wednesday morning. That means we won't be gracing all you lovely people with our presence on Tuesday night. Honestly, we thought about it. We seriously considered leaving for Florida from the Ballydoyle.
Then we remembered we weren't crazy-go-nuts just yet. Wait until about a week before the wedding, then we'll be mad enough to do something silly like that.
Anyway, if you Stoners end up going to the 'Doyle, have a wonderful time. Mandy and Rob are charged with defending our title from last week. Best of luck and have a great week everyone!
Then we remembered we weren't crazy-go-nuts just yet. Wait until about a week before the wedding, then we'll be mad enough to do something silly like that.
Anyway, if you Stoners end up going to the 'Doyle, have a wonderful time. Mandy and Rob are charged with defending our title from last week. Best of luck and have a great week everyone!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Magic 8 Ball says "better not tell you now. Ask again later"
Is it worth it to keep doing this? The study guide thing? No one, except maybe Mandy, reads this thing. Fun as it is, it's work too, and it's work that I really don't have time to do.
So let me know. Should I keep doing this blargh or not?
So let me know. Should I keep doing this blargh or not?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Oh bullocks
I'm having a "dear god, won't someone please put me out of my misery???" sort of a day, so no trivia facts for you, unless you comment with interesting and unobtrusive ways to commit suicide with office supplies.
Okay, one trivia fact - the phrase "Once more in to the breach, dear friends..." comes from W. Shakespeare's play, King Henry V, act III, scene 1.
Okay, one trivia fact - the phrase "Once more in to the breach, dear friends..." comes from W. Shakespeare's play, King Henry V, act III, scene 1.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Erin Go Braugh
Since we don't have Trivia this week (BOO!!!) I'll just put up a handful of fun, St. Patrick's Day facts.
-US Troops held a St. Patrick's Day Parade in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, March 15, 2009.
-There really was a St. Patrick. Born Maywen Succat, he was/is the patron saint of Ireland and his feast day, celebrated on March 17, is Ireland's national holiday. Patrick was a Christian missionary, born in Wales, and taken as a slave to Ireland at the age of 16, where he lived for 6 years before escaping and returning to his family. Upon returning to the Church, Patrick became a missionary in the North and Western parts of Ireland. He is generally credited with banishing snakes from Ireland, although evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes to begin with. In historical accounts, Patrick is actually credited with banishing "serpents" from Ireland, not only synonym for "snakes" but also a derogatory term for an earth-based religion called Pelagainism, similar to Druidism. St. Patrick claimed to have converted "many thousands" to Catholicism during his time there, however, he was not known to have ever taught the catechism, or foundations of Catholicism, meaning that though he may have converted many people, it's unlikely that most of them actually practiced their new faith. St. Patrick died on March 17, 460, after which he was canonized by local Church officials. He was never officially canonized by a Pope of the Catholic Church. He is also the patron saint of Nigera, Monserrat, New York City, Boston, engineers, and the Roman Catholic Archdiosese of Melbourn, Australia.
-The famous green dye the City of Chicago uses each year to dye the Chicago river green is, in fact, orange. A chemical reaction takes place when the powered dye mixes with the river water, changing the water's color to a bright, almost radioactive green for a few hours.
-St. Patrick's Day typically falls during Lent, a time during the year when Catholics are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays. Should St. Patrick's Day fall on a Friday, Catholics are given permission to eat meat on that day. The practice is known as "special dispensation."
-Though March 17 is generally thought of as the anniversary of St. Patrick's death, the source of celebrating during this time of year may be, like so many Christian holidays, borrowed from paganism. Eostre, or the Spring equinox, falls on March 21 and celebrates the Teutonic goddess of spring, Eostre. If her name sounds familiar, that's because it is also the root of the word "Easter," another bogarted holiday.
-US Troops held a St. Patrick's Day Parade in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, March 15, 2009.
-There really was a St. Patrick. Born Maywen Succat, he was/is the patron saint of Ireland and his feast day, celebrated on March 17, is Ireland's national holiday. Patrick was a Christian missionary, born in Wales, and taken as a slave to Ireland at the age of 16, where he lived for 6 years before escaping and returning to his family. Upon returning to the Church, Patrick became a missionary in the North and Western parts of Ireland. He is generally credited with banishing snakes from Ireland, although evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes to begin with. In historical accounts, Patrick is actually credited with banishing "serpents" from Ireland, not only synonym for "snakes" but also a derogatory term for an earth-based religion called Pelagainism, similar to Druidism. St. Patrick claimed to have converted "many thousands" to Catholicism during his time there, however, he was not known to have ever taught the catechism, or foundations of Catholicism, meaning that though he may have converted many people, it's unlikely that most of them actually practiced their new faith. St. Patrick died on March 17, 460, after which he was canonized by local Church officials. He was never officially canonized by a Pope of the Catholic Church. He is also the patron saint of Nigera, Monserrat, New York City, Boston, engineers, and the Roman Catholic Archdiosese of Melbourn, Australia.
-The famous green dye the City of Chicago uses each year to dye the Chicago river green is, in fact, orange. A chemical reaction takes place when the powered dye mixes with the river water, changing the water's color to a bright, almost radioactive green for a few hours.
-St. Patrick's Day typically falls during Lent, a time during the year when Catholics are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays. Should St. Patrick's Day fall on a Friday, Catholics are given permission to eat meat on that day. The practice is known as "special dispensation."
-Though March 17 is generally thought of as the anniversary of St. Patrick's death, the source of celebrating during this time of year may be, like so many Christian holidays, borrowed from paganism. Eostre, or the Spring equinox, falls on March 21 and celebrates the Teutonic goddess of spring, Eostre. If her name sounds familiar, that's because it is also the root of the word "Easter," another bogarted holiday.
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