Category: General Mooredom
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2011 Trails to Ale Results
Some race notes: Christian and Andy drank frosty drafts at the Great Lost Bear the night before the race, so technically they ran the “Ales to Trails to Ale” race. Andy was the only one of the three runners to spend time in first place, second place, and last place. Unfortunately, the only time he…
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Parenting by police cars and fire trucks
Ultimately, you never know how your kid is going to turn out in the end, but it’s probably important to watch for signs of trouble and to at least try to put the young back on a better path when necessary. Sometimes it’s easy and nature lobs you soft, underhanded meatball situations to get you…
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This hairstyle is on purpose?
It is very hard to find good parental staff these days… verrry hard! All I want to do in the morning is get my snack on and my Wonder Pets on, but every day I end up leaving the house looking like this.
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Abby sends video to Belichick
Tired of Patriot running backs going down before the end of the season, Abby trains for the position:
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Avian Violence at Chez Moore!
We seem to have a problem attracting the right winged visitors. I put up a bat house two years ago; hornets moved into it. I replaced the bat house with a bird feeder last year; birds are now killing (and eating!) each other (in addition to the seeds!) in our back yard! At first we…
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Survivor is Dead to Me…
“If she can win the game twice, there is a flaw in the game.” Russell Hantz. Yep… there’s a definite flaw in the game. Twice in a row now (and I’ve only watched the last two seasons!), the most pathetic player remaining has been voted the winner of Survivor by a crew of sour grapes losers.…
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Open the damn Howling Wolf Already!
Look at this! I’m eating an unpeeled carrot and bread I was supposed to throw to the ducks in the pond. I COULD be eating a delicious burrito from the Howling Wolf Taqueria if Pat would get off his ass and open the doors while I’m still young enough to be carried into the restaurant!
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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?…
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Joanie Phone Home!
Pretty much everyone except Matt H now realizes that the Android operating system is the best platform for a mobile phone, but getting the right phone is just the beginning. Joanie, like much of the Generation V demographic, still needs a little help parenting her new Droid. In the hopes that it will be of…
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Just a little Quiet before the Madness…
Some have suggested that I have left the Cancun post up for an inordinate amount of time simply because it represents such a convincing victory over Nancy and Christian. Never before have I competed in the pseudo marine biochemistry field, so it IS amazing for me to walk away with the gold medal in salinity…
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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…
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Some Abby Walking!
These are a little dark, but they’re undeniable evidence that Abby is now a walker! Don’t down your bottle and then try to walk!
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Lost Cancun Photos
As many of you know, some official Cancun pictures have made their way online, but a few pictures have been held back and I’ll be publishing them with commentary over the next few weeks. Lost Cancun Photo #1: The Max & Billy Dust Up It’s common knowledge that the flight from Boston to Cancun was…
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STFD! Gets Forked!
Shut The Front Door! finished a depressing 3rd for the second straight time, while Get The Fork Out! took home $80 for its second consecutive 1st place finish. When they needed a Ray Bourque, STFD! sent a Bobby Orr. When they needed a Wilt Chamberlain, they sent a Bill Russell. When they needed a Brad…
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STFD! versus GTFO!? There can be only one!
STFD! was incomplete and outplayed this week at Tin Whistle Trivia. We offer no excuses; we do offer an explanation. Since the Silbergleit Summer Carnival pulled up its tent pegs and hoofed it out of town, we expected fewer/weaker competitors and we handicapped our varsity team accordingly. Our magnanimous, parity-seeking actions (we left both Abigail…
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STFD!’s latest victory has many whispering the “D” word
They said it when Warren Remedy won her third best-in-show, they said it about the Carringtons when Alexis showed up in a Denver courthouse, they said it when the Patriots lifted their third Lombardi trophy, and now they’re saying it about a formidable group of triviateurs dominating Thursdays at The Tin Whistle. Is Shut The…
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Wolverine-powered Header win on tap?
Since a Harvard-educated team member has proven insufficient to topple the juggernaut that was STFD! and is “The Trivia Team to be Named Later,” The Headers are now reaching out to Michigan alumni (just as the Sith reached out to young Anakin Skywalker) to aid their trivial cause. Oh no! I hope there’s not a…
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Jacksonian 20 Dollar “Damn You, Kenny!” Dirge
(Sung to the tune of any major musical but Oklahoma!) I used to live in Kenny’s pocket, But now ride a different hip! No one told me it was down on the docket, My move to Moore’s tight money clip! I used to hang with kite-flying Bennies! I used to live with Ulysses S. Grants,…
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Blogwall of Shame #1
We may be misers when it comes to praise, but here at Moorezilla LLC we are quite generous when it comes to illuminating flaws, shortcomings, and other imperfections. At times, our righteous vitriol rises quicker than the water levels in Zion National Park during a thunderstorm, so we’ve adopted the bullet point emergency shame list…
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STFD! opens the mailbag and closes a chapter…
With our fourth consecutive victory, it’s time for Shut The Front Door! to answer a little fanmail. We like getting fanmail, but it’s laborious to answer it, and if we answer it at all, it will only be through electronic media. When the Tin Whistle trivia people ask how much a stamp costs, we will…
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Churn, baby, churn!
Part I of a IV part spirited defense of nature’s second greatest grease! Writing a defense of butter is in some ways akin to sticking up for the 1927 New York Yankees, the 1986 Chicago Bears, or the Mossad; none of them really need any help taking care of themselves, but once in a while…
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Shut The Front Door! memorabilia beckons…
With three consecutive victories and counting, it’s time for Shut The Front Door! to shamelessly cash in on our marginal celebrity status. We still have plenty of baby onesies left in 0 to 9 month sizes, but avid collectors need to move fast to secure one of our VERY limited edition “Freddie Mercury Knows that…