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Yep! The email is real, sorry I seem to have missed this comment up till now. You feeling okay, beating the headache?

― Laurel, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link

still got the headache, but i should be okay to hang for a little while. i'll be leaving in a minute.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I got there late, after 9:30, Laurel and Jody were already there, had played three rounds. Overall we came in third, but thanks to teh JBR we tied in the bonus round and won a pitcher of beer, of which I drank half. To round out teh team for the next time, need some I Love Comics/RPG/Noize type, sez I.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:07 (eighteen years ago) link

But 'twas great fun, as Ned might have said ;)

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link

And it's nice to see that the whole team got home safe and sound and speedy.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:32 (eighteen years ago) link

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― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:50 (eighteen years ago) link

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― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 09:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Where did the questions from, historical-epoch and categorywise?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Mostly pop culture, AGAIN, with rounds called Rock'n'Roll, That's Entertainment, Junk Food, a Geek Round with questions on recording equipment/comic books/D&D/etc, god I forget the rest. And a bonus round on Brooklyn, which JBR was wholly responsible for our doing half decently on. I am sunk at this quiz unless they change focus to general knowledge.

But good times, good times. We need a bigger group, people, get on the stick and let's organize ourselves into two teams by topical specialty.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Would you have known four of the Green Lantern's alter egos, or six of them?

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link

That question is addressed to Dr. Morbius.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't do comics, or any of those other Geek specialties.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Would you have known at least 4 out of 6 of the original cities that made up now-Brooklyn?

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Heh, I never knew that was even the case!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Bushwyk?

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link

I wasn't even paying attention when they gave the answer! But Jody might remember.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Um, Flatbush, Flatlands, Bushwick, New Utrecht...Gravesend? and uh Brooklyn.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh yeah, Laurel probably remembers.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I just looked it up. For Bushwick substitute New Lots. Otherwise very good.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.brooklynonline.com/history/short.brooklyn.xhtml

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link

is this every Wednesday? Unfortunately I usually work wednesday nights. Maybe I can try to switch with someone in a few weeks, when back from LA (Los Angeles, not Louisiana.) I will gladly be your RPG/noize/comics dork.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

p.s. weed delivery in the area? send me on e-mail.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Awesome. Quiz is every other week, next to be on 7/21, presumably.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I want to move to brooklyn and take part in quality pub quiz action.

The local trivia night in Arlington VA is absolute shit.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link

TOM, move the fuck back and bring the little woman with you, I could use a little help raising hell.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Ian, I already told you everything you need to know!

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Did we get any of the geek questions at all? Well, I remember we got one- "breadboard."

They have live band karaoke tonight.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link

bushwick is correct actually.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 9 September 2005 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Of course the ladies are right- those are the original six towns. With the New Lots substitution, you get the last six towns that where subsumed into one.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 September 2005 23:59 (eighteen years ago) link

where

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 September 2005 23:59 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Tonight--my team schooled at Magnetic Fields, suckas

― Keith C (lync0), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:17 (eighteen years ago) link

i won't be able to do this anymore for a while. :-(

― 100% WJE (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:24 (eighteen years ago) link

1st round: major asshat trivia nerd bullshit, e.g. "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"

2nd round: simpsons & questions about Chuck Biscuits = we pwned

― Keith C (lync0), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:30 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't consider til baseball is over, but then I don't know what Chuck Biscuits is.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 October 2005 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link

I seem to remember more than two rounds. In fact, I think I missed at least the first two.

In other news, Bensonhurst Marty is closing his video store and selling his inventory. So, if you want to pay 15 bucks for a VCR copy of Ashes Of Time, run don't walk to Henry and Cranberry.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Nuh-uh. I saw that movie and it wasn't worth 15 bucks.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 10 October 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link

I like it, but I don't want to buy any VCR tapes anymore, especially when somebody is charging more than 5 dollars.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah Ken there were actually 4 rounds--I broke it up by the break they gave us. Were you there last week?

― Keith C (lync0), Monday, 10 October 2005 23:20 (eighteen years ago) link

No, I was there at the beginning of September, with Jody and Laurel. See upthread.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Tuesdays, 4-8 pm, Family Night at Burger King on Fulton Mall featuring the $1 Whopper.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link

that burger king is INSANE.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link

i've never been to that burger king. i've been to the cracked out white castle nearby though!!

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link

One time I got off the F train and was walking in that direction when I heard one guy say to another "Burger King's bugging out. That's they garbage." Which I verified for myself when I was forced to squeeze past the giant pile of plastic bags full of grease and greasy paper.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link

They wear special $1 Whopper shirts when they hand me my $1 Whopper.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I almost stepped in some puke on Fulton and Joralemon but some kind lady told me to watch out.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Today that is. I'm going to have to spread the word about the $1 Whoppers.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Steve Buscemi reading from Burroughs' "Queer" this Sunday night at Magnetic Field (he's trying to make a film of it). Along with a "criminally underknown" '70s novelist, David Ohle, who's unknown to me. (I may go if there's no Series game.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

There's the return of trivia on Wed 1/4:

http://magneticbrooklyn.com/calendar.php

I'd float next Friday's live-band karaoke, but I'd need more time to rehearse "Dead Flowers."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link

I might be up for the trivia night on 1/4!

Hey, so, it looks like my Carroll Gardens sublet is going to end in March and I'll get to move for the 7th time in three years (it might be a new world record!). So, looking for a new place, I ask my brethren how they feel about Fort Greene? It's still only a 20 minute walk away from school and I think the prices are pretty good. Downside is no easy access to subways in the city, but I could deal with that. But, I've never been there, and have no idea how livable the area is.... Should I bother exploring?

Of course, a nice studio in Brooklyn Heights or Cobble Hill would be nice too.... Maybe I'll go move in with Heath Ledger and Michelle WIlliams.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Monday, 26 December 2005 02:33 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm down for karaoke or trivia! or both!

― inger lynde (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 26 December 2005 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link

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