Mr. Fares

Japan introduces Drunken Space Cobra in the Spiral of Sloth

2009-02-20T09:40:00.000-06:00

Quiz me!

I got a four. I heard about #7 on the radio this week and want to point out that the action being protested took place TEN YEARS AGO

Since these are some of his favorite topics I am guessing that this quiz was written by or for Bill, who received a seven just for showing up.

She did not return their damage deposit, however.

2009-01-23T14:27:00.001-06:00

Quiz me!

Five for me.
With this week's results I intend to initiate a new era of transparency in the semi-regular british quiz taking and sharing arena. Suck it, secret police.

Bill got six.

Beasts

2009-01-16T16:03:00.000-06:00

Quiz me.

You got 3 right!
Flat fish

Bill got 6.

drunken MP polar bear human skull removal a popular pastime

2008-12-05T11:49:00.001-06:00

Quiz me!

Bill got 6, a customary high score for him. I got a meager 1.

How did you do?

Oh that irrepressible Prime minister!

2008-11-21T09:16:00.002-06:00

Quiz me!

Bill got 6.
I got 3 because I am not hip to the redacted parts of underwear models and five star generals, among other things.

Veg Pledge Renege! Food to be reviewed without being trued..

2008-11-14T15:27:00.002-06:00

Quiz me!

Maybe that's what the French Foreign Minister was talking about?

2008-10-10T16:18:00.001-05:00

Quiz me!

Even number day!
I got 4 Bill got 6. Anyone for 2?

I am suprised they made no mention of these fish that are pretty much guaranteed to burst apart when you haul them up into your boat, ready to eat!

Footballers, Høekers, Primates, Primordials, Primes, dead Paul Newman, and the dead poet's subpoena

2008-10-03T15:59:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

I got twooooooooo!

Bill got 7.

How's about you? How'd it go? Pretty good?

I am six years old again and It's time for Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot, Robot.

2008-09-21T22:28:00.003-05:00

Let's hear it for HULU and the fine folks at JohnnySokko.com

I will watch them all. I will watch them with the boys. I will make them watch as many of these as they have made me watch Suite Life of Zach and Cody.

Has it been two years already?

2008-09-05T09:11:00.002-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill says 4, thanks to lucky guesses.
Here's my chance...

5!!

Woohoo!
I just missed the Sarah Palin question and a bit about the wolves.

it's 8:08 somewhere.

2008-08-08T09:23:00.002-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill reports "5. Looks like I will not get to walk in international forums with my head high, with a primate."

And I expect to be unceremoniously stripped of my primate because I only got a 4.

Next week: Expect an Olympic theme.

Everybody have fun tonight.

2008-07-25T11:20:00.001-05:00

Quiz Me!

Bill and I each got 4
The thwart list:
Bill: Bhutan, Zimbabwe, and David Cameron
Scott: Bhutan, Karadzic, and Actresses

IDEA: Try the printable version and pass it around the office.

2008-07-18T08:41:00.000-05:00

QUIZ ME!

I got 1. Boo. I can't really go into much detail about what caught me out here. I think it may have been the questions.

Bill, a better all around test taker, quadrupled my score and got 4. Yay. No word on what happened to the other 3.

How did you do?

The Blackbird Nightmare, Tennis Daywear, Former Knights Pair, Wrong Artist Affair, Martian Hemisphere, 80 Storeys in the Air,

2008-06-27T11:35:00.001-05:00

et une vie mise vers le haut pour l'enchère!

Quiz me!

Bill is happy with 6 because he doesn't want to know anything about Tennis Fashion.
I got 2 and am worried that if I do so poorly here what other important things am I missing in life?
Foods that keep you from needing a haircut
Recent news from the zombie front
Golf

Be gone from my caller id

2008-06-20T21:06:00.000-05:00

Handy look up for pesky caller info

Right. Put down that tea and take the quiz.

2008-06-20T08:59:00.002-05:00

Quiz me!
Bill got 7. I visted Bill's home recently in the charming exurbs of Boston. There I admired his larger than expected collection of antique taxidermy, regular sized spread of boy children, and small but meaningful herd of sheep. I also witnessed his quiz prepatory in which he dons the "Helm of News" and closes himself in the rustic Anglotron; a sanctum of sorts which he constructed himself from an old sculling shell and has lined with some valuable 2000 A.D. comics and other items British. Inside he reads by flashlight, or "torch" through various imported newspapers and studies his week's longhand transcriptions from the BBC World Service. This ritual takes place nightly, regardless of the weather, as the Anglotron is located in the guest room. His wife tells me that it's was originally built for the master bedroom but the rustling was keeping her awake.

I got 1.

It's the new News review, coming right at you.

2008-06-13T11:51:00.002-05:00

Quiz me!

I got three and Bill got 5. He claims his downfall came from a lack of knowlege about the Australian PM and the Iranian matrimonial environment. I would have a hard time pinning down how I missed all of mine except that it may have to do with my soviet-era mouse.

A frequently unenforced City of Anaheim law requires Disneyland guests to pass a written exam before buying a theme-park ticket

2008-05-31T09:21:00.001-05:00

101 Things Nobody Knows About Disneyland

Good cause. Good music.

2008-05-31T09:17:00.001-05:00

Yarrrr! It's the 2008 Eurovison Song Contest Winner

2008-05-22T22:15:00.001-05:00

Latvians!!!

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Weekly world news quiz

2008-05-16T09:10:00.002-05:00

Quiz me!

Like a Teletubby, Bill does it again, again. 7 and is loved by children.

Like the X-treme Adventures of Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Babies, I limped through with a lame and formulaic 3, will be around for far longer than I deserve, and younger generations will think I am fantastic because they don't know any better. They will probably also want to put Reagan on the dime.

As timely as it is trivial

2008-05-09T08:22:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill got a heroic 7. It went to his head.

I got a 4. I am keeping the attitude in check as a result.

I don't always read the follow up stories but you might want to have a look at the one for #4 because it has a ridiculous movie and the article is packed with curious new information.

This weeks world does not include 5 of the continents

2008-04-25T08:50:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill was "Thwarted by gators and German shrinks." and got a 5

I was thwarted by pretty much all of it. 3. Thwart, thwart, thwart.

I was just wondering why the Eurovision Song contest hadn't been in the news.

2008-04-18T09:24:00.002-05:00

A Eurovision songfest combatant from Bulgaria taunts the Norwegian entry before their rematch

Quiz me!

Bill got a Six for a "Gold Medal" which makes me wonder how we handle the person who gets all seven.

I got Three which merits a "Silver Medal" which I'll take over a ribbon that says "particpant" or "I Tried."

ancient snake wearing a disguise

2008-04-12T00:03:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

I got 3 and that's not uncommon. Bill got 7 and that's not uncommon.

Did I mention that Bill is a robot?

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Weekly world news quiz

2008-04-04T08:40:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

I don't know enough about art, Madonna, Harare, or the interruptions at the Bond film.
Yet I watch MTV news everyday.

I do know about crocodiles, what is beauty in Abu Dhabi, and a dramatic Australian rescue.

Bill says, "6. But if I've got to miss one, I'm glad it's about Madonna."

Before windsurfing and base jumping there was plain old seafaring

2008-04-02T13:42:00.003-05:00

Back before everything had to be extreme the Cap'n was a model of nautical executive prowess. He had a crew and a sugary cereal and that was enough. Now kids have no idea why this odd fellow is supposed to be endearing. I blame the cocaine.

Have you been paying attention?

2008-03-28T11:50:00.003-05:00

BBC's Weekly World News Quiz

Bill got 7 right. "The height of etiquette"
I got 1 right. "Plain rude!"

The quiz can stuff it.

Boneheaded, blundering, birdbrained

2008-03-24T22:39:00.002-05:00

I was fooling around with the wayback machine and found this lost post from Friday, September 22, 2006. I wonder what it must have been like then.

Quiz me!
Bill and I got 5 and 6 respectively.
Neither of us could accurately recall which of the Hungarians were Bewitched, Bothered, or Bemildred.

Then they swapped outfits again and admitted that they can't figure it out themselves. At that point we gave up to go fishing in a boat called the "Fiorelllo LaGuardia"

Time to show what you know

2008-03-14T08:54:00.002-05:00

BBC Weekly World News Quiz

Can you beat Bill's 6? "6. Lousy drugged-up Bolivians."

If not, can you beat my 3?

And we now know the answer to the question Sundance asked Butch after seeing the destitution in Bolivia:

Butch: "You know, it could be worse. You get a lot more for your money in Bolivia, I checked on it. "
Sundance: "What could they have here that you could possibly want to buy?"

Weekly News Quiz

2008-02-29T09:26:00.002-06:00

Do you know as much as you think you know about the world?

Bill got a six, after discovering what we already knew: Lousy Romanian Cops

And a rabbit just hopped past my window. Must be close to Easter.

Meet Jon Arbuckle.

2008-02-26T20:56:00.001-06:00

I've been reading it wrong all along.

It's news from around the world, in a quiz format.

2008-02-15T08:57:00.001-06:00

Quiz me!

4 for Scott, missing the obstinant flight steward, the Venetian omission, and am still confused by the spring roll revelation.

Bill got 6 due to a dematological breakthough awareness gap.

It doesn't even look like him

2008-02-08T16:00:00.001-06:00

quiz me!

Bill: "6. Stupid Germans."
Me: "6. Stupid Maharishi Mahesh Yogi."

Thrown to the Superwolves.

2008-02-01T09:28:00.000-06:00

Quiz me!

I got 4 and Bill scored a perfect 7.

I think I beat the spread!

A film crew has captured extraordinary footage of Indian brokers at the Fast-food giant McDonald's.

What foreign object do experts say might land on earth in a little over a month’s time?
a. A “super wolf pack” ruled by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new girlfriend Carla Bruni.
b. A tiny asteroid moon stocked in vending machines
c. platefuls of Lokma

With or without Honeydew

2008-01-11T21:45:00.000-06:00

xavierenigma's next physics game

2008-01-06T23:41:00.000-06:00

xavierenigma's next physics game

lovely fun

Please, line up to spank Bill in an orderly fashion.

2008-01-04T09:13:00.000-06:00

Quiz me!

Bill writes to say
"You got 3 right!
Ssssss-uper
(Just so nobody thinks I only report the good weeks)"

Scott got 4. Oh yeah!
It's a good thing the Germans didn't decide to ban the Hoff!

We must confront the shuffling menace

2008-01-01T12:21:00.000-06:00

How much did you absorb this year? (with pictures!)

2007-12-24T08:24:00.000-06:00

End-of-year quiz me!
Bill got 11 for 12, and who is suprised?
I got 9 of 12 which make me pretty happy and the BBC called me a "Christmas Cracker."

Neither of us knew of the Chinese rumor, I also missed King vs. Chavez and the cult of Knut.

Wii would like to make you a spaceman

2007-12-22T22:26:00.000-06:00

Wii rules the future Courtesy of the genius Johnny Lee

mice, parrots and suchlike in the news

2007-12-14T13:14:00.000-06:00

I got 2. That was awful so before I reviewed my results I took it again and changed answers on all but the ones I was dead certain of. 2 again.
Sheesh.

Bill got 6.

Good luck to you.

Quiz me!

Chimps and Elephants and Nicholas Sarkozy

2007-12-07T09:55:00.000-06:00

Quiz me!

Bill got six and I got four. Neither of us knew as much about Sarko as we did some other mammals.

Like the friendly giraffe!

I miss Big Brother Africa

2007-11-30T10:20:00.000-06:00

Quiz me! A solid six for Bill. What can that mean? Well, you'll need some history.

Our story so far...

After months of perfect scores there was the stumble 10/19. His Zola Budd was a lump of metal and an Australian. Some observers looked past the news to blame hubris and a transferrance of his Anglophilic surfing habits to the Guardian's Minute by Minute Soccer Blog. A compulsion that kept him from his usual consumption of proper BBC headlines.

After a week of anticipation, Bill came roaring back two weeks ago with a perfect 7. Did this portend the return of the dynasty? Was this confirmation of his domination or a fluttering gasp from a reign in decline? The co-incidence of Scott's being out of the office kept this potential watershed from the public eye.
Quiz me!

And here's last week's quiz which was quietly buried by tacit agreement among the comissioners when Bill got a 4 and was just glad to have gotten the dead fish question right.
Quiz me!

I got a 4 this week and no one really cares what I got on the rest.

Lush, scaly, and French.

2007-11-09T08:36:00.000-06:00

Quiz me!

I got a mere 3, although I was close on several.

Bill and I both missed the Sarkozy one and the dessert.
He got 4.

That's right.. You see your chance, now go for it.

And it is snowing in Minneapolis.

Drink water, get plenty of sleep and take your weekly quiz.

2007-11-02T12:09:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Aha! I got 7. Unbelievablly good guesses and I saw the 60 minutes interview with Sarko.
And I sewed a button on my lumberjack shirt on the way in to work.
What a great day!

Of course, I did not beat Bill, merely tied him.

So here's the tie breaker for all of you aces, Civic literacy.
Here are your benchmarks, in birth order; America's future, the Graham boys, and me. Bill will need to submit his in the comments.

Lamar = 90% (54)
Eric = 83.3% (50)
Scott Fares = 80% (48)
High school seniors =53.2% (32)

Gripes: I disagree with their answer for #58 and I totally mismarked the Monroe doctrine.

He's back in top form.

2007-10-26T08:54:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill gets another seven. He's back in top form after breaking his streak, an event that was underreported in this forum because I had to go and check that the sun was coming up in the east when I heard the news.
I got a measly 2.

Bonus: free shots at the chanmp!
The one what brought him down.

By the way, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenia, Karekin II was across the street from my house last night. He's looking good, says "Hi."

i am on a bus that reeks

2007-10-22T19:01:00.000-05:00

TYPE LINK TEXT HERE!
oh, good lord this bus smells like a pair of nasty underpants

It smells so bad that I was compelled to invent mobile blogging.

Bandits! Space Captains! Robots! Traveling salesmen!

2007-10-12T09:50:00.000-05:00

Quiz me! I got three. Bill extends his streak to 6 (or 7 if you count the weeks I neglected to post his score) with another perfect score.
It turns out you are allowed to read the news ahead of time and prepare for this. I may do better next week.

Bonus Nobel Prize Quiz me!

How would you cope with the pigeon menace?

2007-09-21T09:11:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill completes the hat trick with his third solid 7. Click on the baby to celebrate.
Anyone with the Bill, Bill, Bill Trifecta ticket can get their 1/1.14 payout at a teller window.

I got 5, a significant improvement in my guessing over the last several weeks.

I get all of my news from other sources, it seems

2007-09-14T09:07:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill got 7 "Mama mia!"

I got 2. I wonder if they mean dry or cooked?

Want to beat Bill? You'll need to get this extra credit question:

What term best describes the recent movie "Ultraviolet" which I was watching on the plane yesterday?
A) Lacking plot and focus
B) Sorely in need of a continuity director
C) Was it a Red bull ad? I don't really get the appeal of that stuff.
D) Half finished and still sitting in the DVD player.

Tutu!

2007-09-07T10:19:00.000-05:00

Quiz me! I thought I knew a lot about about bears and the cold war but that must have been someone else. That someone was Bill.

Me= 1 "No excuse"
Bill= 7 "No excuse needed"

Get into the Quiz Biz

2007-08-31T14:36:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Ok, it's last week's quiz but I think that means you'll do even better because you've had longer to study.

Bill did this one on time so there's your edge. He got a 5 and was done in by UK academia and Estonian drunks.

I got 4 because, among other failings, I cannot suspend disbelief at what British people are willing to call their towns and universities.

People the world over are dying, climbing or finding trees, and otherwise occupying their existence by trying to build, eat or escape from stuff.

2007-08-17T10:50:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Congratulations to Bill who gets a 7!

If you think you can beat him you'll need this extra credit point:
How did Scott do?
a)He got 4 because he has an imperfect understanding of the very wealthy and the very desperate to get out of China.
b)He got a 2 because wild-assed guessing combined with only reading the science page is not a potent quiz preparation regimen.
c)He got 5 because he happened to be watching E! News last night and saw that Matt Damon sound bite.
d) 7, in your face Bill.

Barack, Sarkozy, zodiacal, Stadnyk and bowel loosening in India

2007-08-10T08:48:00.000-05:00

This week I should have let Cinky, take the quiz for me. Welcome back Cinky!
Quiz me!
Bill got a 6. "Foiled by the oddities of Indian crimonology."

I got a 1. Ouch. Miserable. I'm going back into my cave now.

I'm like Pavlog's dog, but for backyard parabolic reflectors

2007-08-03T22:07:00.000-05:00

I cooked the chicken as our ancestors had, wrapped to a ten-foot piece of conduit, poised above a thousand-watt solar oven.

Reading this lengthy article about building your own aluminum-smelter-quality solar oven using a 1980's tv dish and some mirrors from Target I just kept thinking that I have to keep this guy from ever meeting up with Dr. Tag.

In addition to the dazzling demolition of Jiffy Pop and other things he destroys with cleansing heat, be sure to follow the links to see inquiries into the workings of Coke cans, Goldschlager and other fine science.

Critically, if this guy ever figures out a couple of basic construction techniques, and bothers with the described, but abandoned, focusing protocols we're all in for a very hot summer.

Stealing the North Pole with my mini-subs

2007-08-03T08:25:00.001-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill scores a 7. Way to know it all.

I got 3. I thought I was a better guesser but overthought it.

Just a day with the guys

2007-08-03T08:25:00.000-05:00

GI JOE POND PATROL
There are hilarious little illustrations hotlinked through each episode like Dr. Johnson and I worked on the mini-sub the rest of that afternoon.

Showbiz Pizza: Where a kid can be a kid

2007-08-02T20:41:00.000-05:00

Jaw dropping.
Be sure to check his other videos, including how they were programmed.

As timely as breakfast and just as good for you

2007-07-27T09:35:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bil got 7- "Hail to the Chief"
I got 6, because I can't keep my crypto-socialist dictators straight.
Maybe some herbalist can help with that?

Buy Dell

2007-07-23T22:30:00.000-05:00

I'm ready for a Biff Bam Clunkkkk!

2007-07-17T21:46:00.000-05:00

Google takes on The Bat-Crime computer Renee immediately suggested I try "the buried treasure."
If that works I'll see ya in Tahiti.

Merry Xmas Everybody

2007-07-09T00:10:00.000-05:00

.... and it's chrrriiistmaaaaaas!Slade rules 1973: "Merry Xmas Everybody"

and more Dr Who beats

Woof. I got kilt this week.

2007-07-06T15:10:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!
I should never underestimate the president when taking this quiz.
Wow.

I got 1. how do I feel about that? I see it as an opportunity to improve.
Bill got 4. Good luck to you.

This week's image taken from the Gallup Poll Weekly Briefing

Waiting for the bog monster just got easier.

2007-06-29T12:40:00.002-05:00

Nope, another bird

Last weeks Quiz.

2007-06-29T12:40:00.001-05:00

Quiz me!
Bill was foiled by the Swiss and got a 6.
I got a measly 2.

Let's all wish Tony Blair "good luck with that!" on his new endeavor.

Pew, Jewels, Merkel, Rupees, and the hairy thing hanging from a Scotsman

2007-06-29T12:39:00.001-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill got 5 thanks to lucky guessing.
I got 2, thanks to something similar.

Yep. Bjork is making good music.

2007-06-10T00:08:00.000-05:00

why are you kicking yourself?

2007-06-08T09:52:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

I'm kicking myself for missing the last one - 4
Bill's kicking himself for missing the first one - 5

Here's the preview story we expect for next week.

Vote for the movies then wait for the fireworks

2007-06-05T15:31:00.000-05:00

Top 50 Most Culturally Influential Movies This project is going to make someone a lot less puzzled when I say "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K"

Is there a lawyer in the house?

2007-06-05T15:00:00.000-05:00

Congratulations to Lamar B. Graham, Esq. who we can all go back to calling a J.D.

Quiz, Quiz , oh! A poll result!

2007-05-25T13:39:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Bill got a six this week. He missed the zoo animal question, which must really sting.

I got two.

How about Last Week?

Bill got a 6 then as well. I got three beacuse I read up the previous week about body farms.

Meanwhile, how many Americans believe the Bible is not only
true fact but also more accurate than Wikipedia?

Aha! Geekout.

2007-05-20T20:28:00.001-05:00

WESLEY Wrapper

2007-05-15T22:07:00.000-05:00

All your memories are for sale And for cheap!

Close your notes and begin the quiz now. When you are done post your score and leave the room.

2007-05-11T08:39:00.000-05:00

Hi Cinky, welcome back!
Quiz me!

I got a painful 4. Bill got a painful 5. I missed the queen, the poison and the legacy of Tony Blair. Bill missed booze and Blair.

Here's a quick tidbit for next week. NIMBY opposition to Texas plan for organic farming.

Algorithm March!!

2007-05-10T21:52:00.000-05:00

With Ninjas!

and with 967 Phillipine prisoners

Words for today

2007-05-09T22:35:00.000-05:00

Use these!:
phreatomagmatic
maar
asphyxiate
plinian
ultravulcanian

Klingon pwned by legless cat

2007-05-05T23:03:00.000-05:00

The internet raises us all to a higher level as evidenced by this adaption of a classic Star Trek Episode to the style of funny cat pictures.

there's rarely news I don't want to hear and then be quizzed upon.

2007-05-04T11:57:00.000-05:00

It's Cincky, the cinco de mayo gibbon!
Quiz me!
Tough, and slightly disturbing quiz today. I got a mere 4, even with Renee assisting me while we enjoy Cinco de Mayo tostadas in the office. Bill has better help and got a six, missing only the Ark one. "Dang," he says.

Men who fly and the escaped prisoners who miss Wang.

2007-04-27T11:27:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!
Try to beat my mighty 5!
You can try to match Bill today, who got a perfect 7.
Perhaps you'd like extra credit.
1. Richard Branson best resembles what animal?
2. How many squares?
3. What is the better name for that planet, other than Krypton?
4. Where else did you look for the Archimedes Palimpsest?

Betty Boop with no clothes

2007-04-25T19:37:00.000-05:00

And um, Barney Rubble

It's no Shields and Yarnell...

2007-04-25T19:27:00.000-05:00

boris, Boris Yeltsin

2007-04-24T09:19:00.000-05:00

Quiz me! Goodbye Boris Yeltsin. It seems I hardly knew you, as I got a 3. Bill got a 6 since he is a total Borisphile.

AP is OK!

2007-04-20T22:23:00.000-05:00

Freezer Follies Looks like the Appliance Blog is back in business. It was touch and go there for a day. Today is a bonus with both the extra-long photo of the freezer and another of the part that saved the day.

Ahhhh. the refreshing taste of quiz, with just a hint of friendly competition

2007-04-20T10:27:00.000-05:00

Quiz me! Bill blames a SinoRussian conspiracy for his 5 score. I got four, curse you Neil Diamond and your mysterious ways.

Is there something wrong? Can you talk freely?

2007-04-19T23:10:00.000-05:00

Trouble on the interpipes Appliance blog has gone dark. Where will I get a daily fix of Kenmore parts?

Did you see what I did there? Fix can also mean repair.

That's a damn shame when somebody is throwing away a perfectly good movie

2007-04-17T21:52:00.000-05:00

Savage Steve Holland Hooray for The Sneeze, Renee's favorite blog. They interviews the best director of early eighties teen comedy and we learn that John Cusack doesn't understand why we made him a star.
In other fine work, we meet Tappy, His Tappleganger and Crappy.

Titans direct USPS at expense of small publishers

2007-04-17T15:50:00.000-05:00

Take Action Bill has hipped me to this and I encourage you to read the grievance and use the handy form to contact your congressional representative.
It is indicated here that the rate hike is anti-competitive and not required to maintain USPS service levels. Explore the whole of this site for some great background on all sorts of free media issues.

I like fake Dylan even more!

2007-04-13T14:52:00.000-05:00

Dylan Hears A Who!
Unfortunately the spawning site is down but there are three tracks remaining here. You may need to scroll down past the first article.

Featuring Castro and Jesus, wait, no that's Hugo.

2007-04-13T09:59:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

Now Quiz Me Again because I neglected last week's quizzing and it needs to be done!
Last week- Bill got five, reporting "In an amusing juxtaposition, I missed the Castro and Jesus questions."

This week- I got 4, because I only knew the important ones.

Life at the Fares house- the next generation

2007-04-02T21:38:00.000-05:00

Cheap and plentiful!!
"Renee, did you know there's a postal recovery center in St.Paul? It's one of only two in the country and they have auctions of abandoned stuff!"
"Sounds like a great place to buy a box full of adding machines."

The Purgegate Primer

2007-04-02T21:23:00.000-05:00

So it's a political thing. Now I get it. Confused by the flap over the president dumping a few flunkies? Matthew Baldwin, of Defective Yeti, makes it easy for you to get on with the fear and loathing in this concise and clear explanation.

Here's a hint...Under the Patriot Act II (2006), new hires would serve indefinitely without congressional approval.

Watch out Google pixies!

2007-04-02T19:44:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Google TiSP
A good one. Be sure to check the installation options.

Toads, Bugs, and Leo DiCaprio

2007-03-30T11:20:00.000-05:00

Quiz me! I got 5 and Bill got, any wagers?... 6.

At the bottom of the page I noticed Louis Theroux (TV Nation, anyone?) has an article about the most hated family in America. I hven't read it yet but he's usually worth a moment.

Flying Spaghetti Monster is my Co-pilot

2007-03-29T20:52:00.000-05:00

Yarr-Vestite suspended "The school...remains adamant that their decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits."

Sloths! sloths! sloths!

2007-03-26T21:11:00.000-05:00

Arr. Brilliant!

2007-03-23T23:04:00.001-05:00

Saw it and liked it. And I just saw an ad for the album that is using a Chank! Font. Hooray!

what!? nothing about thawing a colossal squid with a giant microwave?

2007-03-23T11:25:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!
Bill's a "Top Dog" with 6, "no thanks to those perplexing Belgians."

I got 4. I'm not proud of the ones I got either. It just turns out that the world corresponded to my wishes in those few instances.

Here's a preview for next week, EuroMyths! -or-"What do European conspiracy theorists obsess about since they don't have Hillary Clinton?" Briefly; corgi bans and offal tubes.

Malcolm was born a year after the war started.

2007-03-19T20:35:00.000-05:00

Bonus Quiz Me!

I got 6, Mike has a superior 8. And I think we're pretty well informed. It's just a lot of crappy stuff to remember.

Feeling bound up? Meditate, burn some police-scented incense and contemplate the way the leopard walks

2007-03-16T09:35:00.000-05:00

Quiz me!

I'm walking tall with a 5 and proved the advice to never switch away from your first guess.

Bill got a striding 7.