Kegerators! October 31, 2007
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It’s a sad day for me….but I have put my prized kegerators up for sale. Both are two-tap systems and one is a combo Nitrogen/CO2 system. You can see the Craigslist post here. If you mention that you found the ad through the trivia website, I’ll throw you a discount.
Web Bonus! October 29, 2007
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Who won the MFing World Series??
Harvard: Step Into My Office… October 23, 2007
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We need to talk. I had a soccer game last weekend on one of your fields behind Harvard Stadium. In order to get there, I had to walk past a turf field where the field hockey team was playing against Princeton. While passing by I noticed a number of giant water cannons blasting the turf fields with water. You were watering the turf. Turf = fake grass. What the hell?
I asked some of my classmates why you might be doing this. Does Harvard hate the environment? Do they have too much money? Both? No one had an answer for me.
A couple days later I spotted this article which describes a similar situation at Duke and North Carolina and the similar befuddlement that results. The major difference between Cambridge, MA and NC? North Carolina is in the middle of one of its worst droughts ever. They apparently are going to completely run out of water in about 60 days. So that makes sense. From the article:
After a home game against Maryland this weekend, the Tar Heels will spend the remainder of the season on the road.
Duke, too, will be away more than it’s home. Those trips, athletics officials say, will allow the teams to conserve water. “We can then be more in compliance with what the community would like.”
Ah. In order to be ‘greener’ we can bus the kids across the country. Way to go.
Web Bonus! October 22, 2007
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This week’s question will be really easy because I’m also going to give you the answer.
Question: Dan has an additional trivia gig that starts November 6th. Where and when does it happen every week?
Answer: It happens every Wednesday night at 8:30pm at Fibber McGee’s in Beverly. All you need to write on your answer sheet tonight in order to get credit is “Fibber McGee’s, Wednesdays”.
Explanation: “But Dan, we live in Boston and Cambridge… why would we ever go to Beverly?”
I don’t expect you to go, but you may have friends that live up on the North Shore…Tell them about it!!
Health Insurance Is A Scam. October 19, 2007
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I need to vent about something that just happened. It will require a bit of history for context. A few years ago I started working for a tiny software startup. I worked from home and didn’t get the normal corporate perks like a 401k, phone, or health insurance. So when I decided to come back to school this year for a Masters, I was REALLY excited about having health insurance again, even though it’s still costing me in the neighborhood of $2,000 for the year.
Now, I was just in the Rite-Aid on River St. in Cambridge…right next to the Whole Foods. I was buying a toothbrush. I noticed a booth near the pharmacy section where they were giving flu shots. I got in line for my shot, filled out their paperwork, and then the nurse asked if I had health insurance. Because my answer to that question has been “no” for three long years, I was VERY proud to be able to say “yes” for a change. I handed her my card and she shook her head at me.
“I’m sorry, ” she said. “You have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. We only accept Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.”
“Wait,” I replied, “You mean to tell me that I cannot use my Massachusetts based health insurance company in Massachusetts? Where WE ARE?” At that point I had to leave because I was so pissed off. It was obviously not the nurse’s fault so I didn’t want to take it out on her but… Why am I paying so much money for insurance that I can’t use for a simple shot? Who the hell lives in MA and has insurance from NC? And why specifically NC? Am I nuts? If everyone out there has insurance from NC please tell me. WTF.
Web Bonus! October 15, 2007
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How much did I pay for a loaf of sliced scali bread from “The Farmland” in Wakefield, MA? My loaf weighed approx 1 lb, 4 ozs. 781-245-9797.
Hey…Indians…Yeh, I’m talkin’ to you! October 8, 2007
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You suck!
Your mom called… she said…she said…SHE SAID YOU SUCK!
You’re racially insensitive!
You’ll be lucky to force a game 5.
Our pitching staff like it when their faces are covered in midges.
We beat you last time (1999) with Troy O’Leary, Darren Lewis, Jose Offerman, John Valentin, Brian Daubach, Lou Merloni, Kent Mercker, Bryce Florie, Rheal Cormier, Bret Saberhagen, Ramon Martinez and DONNIE SADLER. You have no chance in 2007. (Seriously… you lost to us when we had Butch Huskey and Damon Buford).
Web Bonus! October 8, 2007
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In the movie Easy Rider, there is a scene where the characters of Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper are sitting around a campfire. Nicholson’s character tells the others that he has not tried something before. A few minutes later he is beaten to death by Louisiana locals. What was it that he had not tried?
Trivia Guy’s Truck is for Sale! October 5, 2007
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It’s on Craigslist.
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/car/441045480.html
If you mention trivia night, I’ll throw in a free air-freshener! Shaped like a dolphin!
Trivia is on Monday night as usual… October 4, 2007
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Just got the word from John Harvard’s. There will be no change in the day or time of trivia night. I don’t think there will even be a game because the Sox will sweep the Angels. Even if there is a game…well…John Harvard’s has TV’s! See you Monday!!!
