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.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Trivia for 3/10/2009
Likely Candidate(s) for “Last Week’s Question:”
Okay, so, I admit, I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should have been last week. I’ll do better this week, I promise. The only question sticking out in my mind right now is:
Q: “Deep, Dark, Shocking and Brink (?) are all shades of which color?” A: Pink (signified by the playing of Aerosmith’s song “Pink” off of their 1997 release, Nine Lives.)
Today in History
-The first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston as his assistant heard Bell say, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." Watson became concerned when he believed he heard Bell breathing heavily and whispering something to the effect of “oh baby, oh baby…” as the connection faded.
-“Buffy The Vampire Slayer” debuted on the then WB network in 1997.
-Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad died in 1913 at the age of 83.
-The US Senate approved the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, lowering the legal voting age in the US to 18 years old.
Birthdays
Chuck Norris (actor, superhuman) 69 yrs. old
James Earl Ray (assassinated MLK) Deceased, but would have been 70 yrs. old
Sharon Stone (actress) 51 yrs. old
Timbaland (rapper, illiterate) 37 yrs, old
Random Facts
-The average adult human skeleton has 206 bones, as opposed to the average human skeleton at birth, which has approximately 270 bones.
-The Nuestra Señora de Atocha also known as simply the Atocha, a Spanish galleon, was lost during a hurricane off of Key West, FL on Sept. 6, 1622, near the Dry Tortugas. It was later salvaged by American treasure hunter, Mel Fisher on July 20, 1985. The recovered cargo from the Atocha, consisting of gold, silver, and precious stones, is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. An estimated ½ of the ship’s original load is still missing.
- Purim, the Jewish Festival of Lots, began at sunset on March 9, 2009 (5769) and celebrates the victory of Queen Esther over Haman, an advisor to King Ahasuerus, who had planned to destroy the Jewish people because Esther’s cousin, Mordecai, refused to bow to Haman. Mordecai convinced Esther to risk her life by speaking to King Ahasuerus on behalf of the Jewish people and she convinced him to spare the Jews. Haman was hanged, and now Megan gets tasty cookies and apple sauce at work! And oh yes, that tasty cookie is called a “hamentaschen” and is a triangular affair, filled with fruit, custard, or some other sweet filling, and is meant to represent Haman’s hat. In addition to the reading/hearing of the Meghillah, the only other requirement from the Tamuhd regarding Purim is that a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between "cursed be Haman" and "blessed be Mordecai," though opinions differ as to exactly how drunk that is.
-Saab was the first auto manufacturer to introduce the seat belt as a standard on the Saab GT 750 in 1958.
Current Affairs
-A suicide car-bomber killed 33 and wounded at least 46 in Baghdad, Iraq at a peace conference on Monday, March 9, 2009. Fuckers.
-President Barack Obama lifted the Bush Administration’s restrictions on Embryonic Stem Cell research on Monday, March 09, 2009
-“The Cobbe Portrait” the only known portrait of William Shakespeare to have been painted during the poet/playwright’s lifetime, was discovered in an Irish home on Monday, March 9, 2009. The portrait is over 400 years old and depicts Shakespeare as young, healthy and affluent, contradictory to the previous images of Shakespeare as penniless and sickly.
- The Continuity IRA, a splinter faction of the Irish Republican Army terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the March 9, 2009 death of Police Officer, Stephen Paul Carroll in Craigavon, a suburb of Belfast. Officials fear that Carroll’s death could signal an end to the 10 year peace that began with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 and initiate a return to the cycle of violence in Northern Ireland between Protestant and Catholic extremist groups.
Irony/Weird/No Shit Report
-American toy manufacturer, Mattel, introduced the Barbie Doll on March 9, 1959. Barbie, named for the doll designer’s daughter, was loosely based on a German cartoon character named “Lilli” who “used sex to get what she wanted.” The original Lilli doll was sold as “a sexually-themed gag toy for men.” So in addition to causing eating disorders, 50 years worth of body-image issues and an ever-increasingly materialistic society, Barbie also encourages prostitution and sexual deviance. CNN Article
-In 1893, New Mexico State University cancelled its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before the ceremony.
-San Francisco-based Seasteading Institute has announced plans for the construction of a platform based floating city to be built on the Pacific Ocean. While details remain obscure, plans to call the new floating city “Bluthton” or “Sea-Britain” have been divulged. It is also rumored that Kevin Kostner, star of the 1995 film “Waterworld” is being recruited for local government, based on his prior maritime governing experience. (Okay, I made everything up except for the first sentence. On reading the article further, however, it’s almost funnier than what I made up. CNN Article)
-A skeleton excavated from a 16th century Venetian grave site may be the earliest example discovered of a body being treated at the time of its burial as a vampire. The female skeleton was found with a small brick wedged into the mouth of the skull, a practice which was believed to have been a cure for vampirism during the Middle Ages. The skeleton was found in a mass grave for victims of Venice’s 1576 plague.
- MADRID, Spain (March 6) -- Spanish police arrested a man arriving at Barcelona's airport from Chile after determining that the cast on his fractured left leg was made of cocaine.
Sports
-The Mann Cup is awarded in Canada for the men’s Lacrosse championship.
-I give up on sports facts. Dan, this is all you tonight, buddy.
Entertainment
-Beginning on April 21, 2009, Julien’s Auctions will begin auctioning off personal items from Michael Jackson, including a painting by Macauly Culkin and video tapes/other evidence used in Jackson’s 2005 child molestation and conspiracy trial. Fox News found it important to note that Jackson’s discarded noses and chins were not among the items up for sale.
-Radio legend and Chicago native, Paul Harvey passed away on February 28 at the age of 90.
-Chris Brown has been charged with two counts of assault against girlfriend Rihanna (real name, Robyn Fenty). If convicted, Brown could face up to 8 months in jail.
Military/Weapons/War
- March 10, 1864 – Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of the Union armies during the Civil War
- In 1848, the Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.
Okay, so, I admit, I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should have been last week. I’ll do better this week, I promise. The only question sticking out in my mind right now is:
Q: “Deep, Dark, Shocking and Brink (?) are all shades of which color?” A: Pink (signified by the playing of Aerosmith’s song “Pink” off of their 1997 release, Nine Lives.)
Today in History
-The first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston as his assistant heard Bell say, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." Watson became concerned when he believed he heard Bell breathing heavily and whispering something to the effect of “oh baby, oh baby…” as the connection faded.
-“Buffy The Vampire Slayer” debuted on the then WB network in 1997.
-Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad died in 1913 at the age of 83.
-The US Senate approved the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, lowering the legal voting age in the US to 18 years old.
Birthdays
Chuck Norris (actor, superhuman) 69 yrs. old
James Earl Ray (assassinated MLK) Deceased, but would have been 70 yrs. old
Sharon Stone (actress) 51 yrs. old
Timbaland (rapper, illiterate) 37 yrs, old
Random Facts
-The average adult human skeleton has 206 bones, as opposed to the average human skeleton at birth, which has approximately 270 bones.
-The Nuestra Señora de Atocha also known as simply the Atocha, a Spanish galleon, was lost during a hurricane off of Key West, FL on Sept. 6, 1622, near the Dry Tortugas. It was later salvaged by American treasure hunter, Mel Fisher on July 20, 1985. The recovered cargo from the Atocha, consisting of gold, silver, and precious stones, is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. An estimated ½ of the ship’s original load is still missing.
- Purim, the Jewish Festival of Lots, began at sunset on March 9, 2009 (5769) and celebrates the victory of Queen Esther over Haman, an advisor to King Ahasuerus, who had planned to destroy the Jewish people because Esther’s cousin, Mordecai, refused to bow to Haman. Mordecai convinced Esther to risk her life by speaking to King Ahasuerus on behalf of the Jewish people and she convinced him to spare the Jews. Haman was hanged, and now Megan gets tasty cookies and apple sauce at work! And oh yes, that tasty cookie is called a “hamentaschen” and is a triangular affair, filled with fruit, custard, or some other sweet filling, and is meant to represent Haman’s hat. In addition to the reading/hearing of the Meghillah, the only other requirement from the Tamuhd regarding Purim is that a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between "cursed be Haman" and "blessed be Mordecai," though opinions differ as to exactly how drunk that is.
-Saab was the first auto manufacturer to introduce the seat belt as a standard on the Saab GT 750 in 1958.
Current Affairs
-A suicide car-bomber killed 33 and wounded at least 46 in Baghdad, Iraq at a peace conference on Monday, March 9, 2009. Fuckers.
-President Barack Obama lifted the Bush Administration’s restrictions on Embryonic Stem Cell research on Monday, March 09, 2009
-“The Cobbe Portrait” the only known portrait of William Shakespeare to have been painted during the poet/playwright’s lifetime, was discovered in an Irish home on Monday, March 9, 2009. The portrait is over 400 years old and depicts Shakespeare as young, healthy and affluent, contradictory to the previous images of Shakespeare as penniless and sickly.
- The Continuity IRA, a splinter faction of the Irish Republican Army terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the March 9, 2009 death of Police Officer, Stephen Paul Carroll in Craigavon, a suburb of Belfast. Officials fear that Carroll’s death could signal an end to the 10 year peace that began with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 and initiate a return to the cycle of violence in Northern Ireland between Protestant and Catholic extremist groups.
Irony/Weird/No Shit Report
-American toy manufacturer, Mattel, introduced the Barbie Doll on March 9, 1959. Barbie, named for the doll designer’s daughter, was loosely based on a German cartoon character named “Lilli” who “used sex to get what she wanted.” The original Lilli doll was sold as “a sexually-themed gag toy for men.” So in addition to causing eating disorders, 50 years worth of body-image issues and an ever-increasingly materialistic society, Barbie also encourages prostitution and sexual deviance. CNN Article
-In 1893, New Mexico State University cancelled its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before the ceremony.
-San Francisco-based Seasteading Institute has announced plans for the construction of a platform based floating city to be built on the Pacific Ocean. While details remain obscure, plans to call the new floating city “Bluthton” or “Sea-Britain” have been divulged. It is also rumored that Kevin Kostner, star of the 1995 film “Waterworld” is being recruited for local government, based on his prior maritime governing experience. (Okay, I made everything up except for the first sentence. On reading the article further, however, it’s almost funnier than what I made up. CNN Article)
-A skeleton excavated from a 16th century Venetian grave site may be the earliest example discovered of a body being treated at the time of its burial as a vampire. The female skeleton was found with a small brick wedged into the mouth of the skull, a practice which was believed to have been a cure for vampirism during the Middle Ages. The skeleton was found in a mass grave for victims of Venice’s 1576 plague.
- MADRID, Spain (March 6) -- Spanish police arrested a man arriving at Barcelona's airport from Chile after determining that the cast on his fractured left leg was made of cocaine.
Sports
-The Mann Cup is awarded in Canada for the men’s Lacrosse championship.
-I give up on sports facts. Dan, this is all you tonight, buddy.
Entertainment
-Beginning on April 21, 2009, Julien’s Auctions will begin auctioning off personal items from Michael Jackson, including a painting by Macauly Culkin and video tapes/other evidence used in Jackson’s 2005 child molestation and conspiracy trial. Fox News found it important to note that Jackson’s discarded noses and chins were not among the items up for sale.
-Radio legend and Chicago native, Paul Harvey passed away on February 28 at the age of 90.
-Chris Brown has been charged with two counts of assault against girlfriend Rihanna (real name, Robyn Fenty). If convicted, Brown could face up to 8 months in jail.
Military/Weapons/War
- March 10, 1864 – Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of the Union armies during the Civil War
- In 1848, the Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Welcome
Behold, the new, improved Blarney Stoned/Ale's What Cures Ya trivia study guide!
Weekly, I will try to post a list of fun facts, current events, anniversaries and generally trivial or entertaining information that might come in handy at Tuesday night Trivia.
A few things you should know:
First, yes, I am a super dork. I've come to terms with my dorkiness and am quite all right with it. I’ll at least try to be entertaining with said dorkiness.
Second, I make no promises on the level of relevance of any of these things.
Third, there's no specific rhyme or reason as to why I've picked them. You're more than welcome to contribute if you'd like.
One last thing, if you plan on attending, leave a comment to that effect, or tell J.
Hope you enjoy and good luck, team!
Weekly, I will try to post a list of fun facts, current events, anniversaries and generally trivial or entertaining information that might come in handy at Tuesday night Trivia.
A few things you should know:
First, yes, I am a super dork. I've come to terms with my dorkiness and am quite all right with it. I’ll at least try to be entertaining with said dorkiness.
Second, I make no promises on the level of relevance of any of these things.
Third, there's no specific rhyme or reason as to why I've picked them. You're more than welcome to contribute if you'd like.
One last thing, if you plan on attending, leave a comment to that effect, or tell J.
Hope you enjoy and good luck, team!
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