Four In A Row Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Well, it might as well be. Once again, the Hispanics did the impossible and landed another first place win at the Mellow Mushroom of Lower Buckhead (Upper Midtown). And this one was close as close can be, since the Olsen Twins were right on our tail all …
For the third week in a row, the mighty Hispanics — Alyssa, Darcey, Nikki, Rusty, Joseph, B.J. and your humble author (none of which are actually Latino) — descended upon the Mellow Mushroom of lower Buckhead like a horde of very polite and personable locusts, leaving in our wake the shattered dreams of first place …
Winners Again (10.05.2005) Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Woot. Final Score: 99. If only the Braves had our luck and/or tenacity. Our name this time around? “Hispanics Conducting An Exhaustive Search … For Ourselves.” In attendance were Darcey, Nikki, Rusty, Joseph, B.J. and yours truly. Mr Simon was given a hall pass for the evening, as …
Never apply logic to a television theme song. You will always come out of the experience disappointed. Case in point: “Those Were The Days” — the screeching theme song to “All In The Family.” In the song, Archie and Edith warble longingly about the past. They mention Glenn Miller and the Hit Parade. Shortly thereafter, …
Another Wednesday Night. Another four rounds of trivia at the Mellow Mushroom. And hey, check it out! Another First Place win! Tonight, we (Nikki, Darcey, Joseph, B.J., me and The Dread Pirate Rusty) were Hispanics Taking Full Responsibility for Whatever. (We almost went with the far more presumptuous Hispanics Taking Full Responsibility for Kicking Your …
When I was in elementary school, I did a project for the social science fair. Basically, you had a choice. Social meant history, geography and so on. Science meant making a tornado in a 2-liter Coke bottle or building a volcano fueled by baking soda. Being me, I took the social route. I decided to …
The High. Initially, I didn’t want to go. Try as I did, I failed to keep the metropolitan gasoline panic from leeching away my common sense and goodwill. All the same, after watching a little television and hearing something that sounded remotely positive concerning little pipelines that might and other pipelines that could (albeit at …
Zip Is Dr Evil Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. During last night’s trivia, our conversation somehow drifted over to the topic of a certain fictional archvillian. Naturally, the mighty Zip reminded all present that he had actually assumed the likeness of said villain just a few years back. Haven’t you seen the photo? he asked. Many …
The short story about tonight’s Blogger Trivia? We won. (Jen has more coverage and Joseph has photos .) The long story? We came within a minute or so of losing. Badly. The lesson learned is an old one. “Don’t Get Cocky.” Even when you’re leading and the final bonus category is one you know incredibly …
Another Wednesday. Another evening of trivia. With several of our number otherwise engaged or simply out of the city, we had only four noggins between us (1, 2, 3 and me). But overall, we didn’t do too bad. While we weren’t one of the awarded top three, we did catch a respectable fourth.* Amber‘s Olsonites …
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