After weeks of talk, and weeks of the PA at Dempsey’s fizzling, cracking and acting more like, like something that conducts no sound whatsoever than a working PA system, I finally broke down last night and bought a Fender P-150. Hopefully, It’ll be good enough to cover the room (I tested it last night and it [...]
I know there’s no real way to prepare for the Jeopardy! test, aside from watching a few episodes and maybe cramming on Shakespeare plays or the periodic table or the Vice Presidents or something, but tonight’s the local version of the big contestant test, and like the Cash Cab episode, I feel the pressure of [...]
From this interview in the Philadelphia City Paper: CP: Which current presidential candidate would you most want on your pub quiz team? KJ: If spouses can play too, I have to go Hillary here. She’s bright herself, of course, but I was pretty impressed by Bill Clinton’s puzzle acumen in that crossword documentary Wordplay. If [...]
There’s a bit more news this week than normal, and I figure since the podcast is the one thing most of the visitors to the site seem to pay attention to with any regularity, I’ll fill you all in here: The kitchen at Dempsey’s is apparently open. They’ve hired an actual chef, and paid off [...]
On days when I’m swamped and don’t post enough to here (like today), there’s usually fresh material for your reading and viewing pleasure in two other locations: The DSO Tumbleblog is a repository of interesting photos and text snippets that don’t add up to a full blog entry by themselves; and our Google Shared Items [...]
This week, on a very special Blossom, we try something slightly different, just to see how well it works. That’s never a good idea, is it. Well, maybe just this once. Maybe this time it’ll really work. I mean, without innovators and rule-breakers like me (that’s right, like me! Top of the world, ma!) trying [...]
