Category: It’s money, baby!

  • WWfB Flirts with Perfection!

    Will Work for Beer put on a dominating display last night at The Tin Whistle, coming within 2 correct questions of a perfect score! Only the wily, pro-slavery Martin Van Buren and the occasionally anti-Semitic while drunk driving Mel Gibson were able to trip up the understaffed but overachieving tri-force of trivia power. Apparently little…

  • Defenestrators Dominate!

    Buoyed by a final round requiring identification of sundry 80’s Hair Bands, the Defenestrators dropped in unexpectedly and took home first place cash from Tin Whistle Trivia. What we knew: just about everything, frankly. Who told you not to squeeze the Charmin? We know. Who discovered penicillin? We know.  What NFL team won Superbowl I?…

  • Better Call Saul, Baby!

    Although I usually speak an alien baby language, Mom’s always worried I’m going to start spewing four-letter words like my Dad. Sure… he can be pretty funny when he hits his thumb with a hammer or runs into the coffee table with his knee, but the word that really strikes my baby fancy these days…

  • Like Salt in the Cancun!

    If you do not recall or were not privy to the quasi cerebral discussion in waist-deep Cancun water concerning waist-deep Cancun water, the following hypotheses emerged concerning presumed higher salinity levels as one approaches the equator: Christian surmised, “warmer water allows for a higher concentration of salt due to solubility properties. Warmer water can simply…

  • Nancy Takes Week #7 Pool!

    It came down to points on Monday night and Nancy took advantage of a late, meaningless score by a thoroughly embarrassed Redskin team to secure her first NFL pool victory of the season. Excellent work, Nancy! In addition to some $330, Nancy extends her lead in the NFL Smackdown competition. Asked about her victory, Nancy…

  • Square Profits!

    In addition to the near-victory in the NFL spread pool (for entertainment purposes only!), the football gods presented us with the correct score for two quarters of the Patriots / Titans game.

  • Alternative to Obama-care?

    Philip Greenspun of MIT and Web development fame is working on a draft of an essay on how to reform health care. Sound like a dry topic? It isn’t. Here’s a sample from the rough draft: … Suppose that you could give up two years of life expectancy in exchange for the following: paid-for housing,…