Never been in a trivia riot...

(Found out something today that now makes it perfectly reasonable why I fell in love with Katherine the keyboardist/singer from the Immaculate Machine. She is, in her spare time, an art student at the University of Victoria in that lovely 51st state of Canada. A Canadian art student who plays music. Yeah, that pretty much hits every note that I am looking for in the world.)

This evening was a pretty momentous occasion for me. After years of careful consideration, I finally gave up my amateur standing in the world of trivia contests. Yep, I played for some serious coin tonight. Thanks to the Pitch, I found out that a bar near me was doing trivia contests on Thursday nights. I figure that I had nothing better to do, got there, joined up as a team with a few random people, paid my five bucks, and entered the world of high stakes Kansas City trivia.

Since I was with people I didn’t technically know, I decided to fall back on the Cobra Kai name for our team. I know, that was a complete cop out but I couldn’t bring myself to have total strangers be a part of “Dr. Wang and his Medical Staff.” The contest went well. I got big points for knowing who played Herman Munster (Fred Gwyne) but screwed up on the fact that they hadn’t awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature yet. I made up for our mistakes on the final question by correctly answering that the new supreme court nominee went to SMU (thus making her the third most famous SMU alumni, behind the Pony Express backfield of Eric Dickerson and Craig James.)

That had us end up in second place, earning enough money to pay off my bar tab. All in all, would have to consider that a good night. Anytime I can use worthless knowledge for free drinks is good enough for me. Sure, I am now ineligible for the Olympics but I figure that once the endorsement contracts start rolling in, things will be worthwhile.

Ok, before I call it a night, I have the cool website for the week. As some of you know, I am now one of those guys who wear the cool, alternative t-shirts. But, I try everything possible to not look like I shop at Urban Outfitters. Everyone also knows that I am (regrettably) a computer gamer who grew up playing Dungeons and Dragons. Hence, I think everyone should visit the wonder of www.jinx.com. They have the absolute coolest t-shirts around. If you are a gamer, or have ever thought of being a gamer, this site is for you. I’m beginning to have my paycheck direct deposited to their account.