. . . which I interrupted Liz with at work to draw on her whiteboard . . . .

At some point early this morning (and again this early afternoon, the way most people use clocks), the way Americans and a few other cultures mark calendars . . . it was:

12:34:56 on 7/8/09.

Look at it . . . .

Trivia: Can you name any current national capitols that were constructed from scratch specifically for the purpose of serving as a capitol ( Read more... )

Interesting discussion from Saturday night with Peter and Tress. Peter played my Eric Clapton anthology CD and during "Layla," by Derek and the Dominoes, asked if I knew who it was about. I did, at least enough to say "George Harrison's wife." He elaborated that Patty Harrison was the subject of the song. I switched emphasis over to ask which ( Read more... )

justkj: Oh ye of great trivial knowledge... In what year was the first Pro Football Championship broadcast live from Coast to Coast?
rkledgerwood: I would guess the Ice Bowl in 1965, Dallas vs. Green Bay. But that is not an authoritative guess, by any stretch.
justkj: I found info on line that indicated that the first superbowl was covered by NBC and ABC, but no ( Read more... )

Joe and I spent our spoils at the Blue line. It's funny; we drove past this inconspicuous bar and noticed the small banner touting 50-cent Pabsts, and then noticed they had the trivia face-off challenges there on Wednesdays. We met there for the first time last night, and, confident as all get out, blasted the competition. Even better, for the ( Read more... )

We got our tails kicked in the Trivia Face-Off competition. The Truth Assassins were assassinated. Well, the Saturday competition was reasonable. We missed a couple of questions we should have. One of our team members was useless, contributed nothing and chose key moments to have a snitfit; may have cost us some points. Still, we won 100 ( Read more... )

Randi Sinisi asked me what things in America are most notable to someone who has been living abroad for 3 years plus. My immediate answer was the overwhelming tendency for Americans to speak loudly about themselves: "I think . . .," "I said . . . " & "I want ( Read more... )

Another trivia game at Caldonia's. Joe and I went and one of his local girlfriends, Jen, joined us later. We expected our third and fourth teammates Dion and Ray, to come later. They had a 50-dollar coupon for us to drink and eat -- and they never showed up ( Read more... )

Trivia night competition at Jackson's. We lost, after missing the first 5 questions and then screwing up the sequence of Mt. Rushmore. Forgot that Lincoln was on the right, all 4 of us. Learned about Yap from Chris, the Peace Corps Volunteer. Who was supposed to present an unbiased view instead of Joe. But the view was the same. And I saw ( Read more... )

OKC Will Rogers World Airport is a mess. Joe greeted me in the terminal at DIA. We talked about the Yap (Micronesia) job, which he wants me to take. The offer came late in the evening (Friday on the Micronesia calendar). I should answer by Sunday ( Read more... )