Break out the black armbands, low-carbers. Dr. Atkins is in critical condition after slipping on ice and banging his head. Ouch.
Whoa! The Millionaire cougher was found guilty! I figured they’d get off. Fortunately for us (if we ever get on) the Australian host is such a complete tool that he gives away the answers.
Another second place trivia finish… but I’m unhappy with my own performance. As the American, I’m expected to get pretty much all the U.S. questions. Going into the second round tonight, we were trailing considerably and needed to make up ground. The first question: “Name the five baseball players to hit more than 60 home runs in a season.” Everybody turned to me. I said triumphantly, “Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, and… Oh God. That guy. The one that got the death threats and his hair fell out. DEAR GOD, WHAT WAS HIS NAME?” And there I was stuck for the next thirty minutes. I agonized. I paced. I tore my hair out. I could not dredge that name up from my brain. I kept thinking “Roger”, but for the life of me I couldn’t recall his last name. I seriously almost threw up I was so pissed off.
I did manage to redeem myself slightly though, by knowing who says the words, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” So maybe I’m not completely useless.
Some cheeky bugger has submitted a photo of John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister, to Am I Hot or Not? He’s currently polling 7.9, which I can’t believe. I gave him a 2. The man really is a troll.
Crafty folks in Sydney are invited to tonight’s Stitch ‘n’ Bitch, hosted by gadgetgirl. I’m gonna be there!
Actual Australian towns: Humpty Doo, Hat Head, Seventeen Seventy, Poowong, and Monkey Mia. There are hundreds of other funny ones, but those are my current favorites.
Okay, Wiley Wiggins has a blog?? You remember him; he was the new freshman in Dazed and Confused. My sister had a huge crush on him. And hey! He linked to Matt! First Weezer, then Wiley Wiggins. Matt is the favorite link of W-named celebrities. (Hee. Check out Wiley’s Sims.)
Well, our Russ got hitched today. The Snook was talking to me about something completely unrelated when they flashed some “official” shots from the wedding on the news. I hadn’t even had a chance to comment when he burst out, “Oh my God! Look at his hair!” It cracked me up. (The Snook, not Russell Crowe. Although that hair really was atrocious.) He likes to pretend that he’s so above such superficial tabloid celebrity crap, but really he’s a closeted pop culture beeyotch like the rest of us. 🙂
My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.
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