Tue 13 May 2008
Tuesday Anacortrivia (Trivacortes?)
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As the Olympics are fast approaching, it seems appropriate that we here at IHJ should hand out a few trivia medals. First, bronze goes to Caitlin for deciphering 13 out of 15 of the websites. Jenn is awarded the silver for 14 (in her defense, she’s not a Flickr user). And gold goes to Wren for a perfect 15 out of 15 (not quite sure what national anthem to play here, maybe just the Ally McBeal theme song or something). However, in a rarely seen Olympic ceremony, I must designate a ’special’ platinum medal for Saxtor who not only got 15 out of 15 but provided the exact url and page position for each picture (although I suppose such high honors in such a contest really means you spend the most time in front of the computer on the internet, so ‘winning’ is more a matter of opinion).
My homebrew trivia went over pretty well last week, so I thought I’d give it another whack today. I must preface however that this is an A-Town only trivia (others welcome, but good luck), I promise I’ll make up for those left out later. (more…)
Ok, either I’m making these too easy or I’ve severely underestimated the craftiness of the IHJ readership. I really didn’t think anyone was going to get figure out the diamond ransom exactly, or even close for that matter. While Sean get’s partial credit this week, the full points have to go to Caitlin with her homing pigeon with a bag around it’s neck. I’d love to give silver and gold medals, but honestly I really can’t be sure whether the Taiwanese police would have had a harder time tracking down the ultra-light, velociraptor or the portkey (all such obvious solutions by the way, let’s see some creativity next time!). Speaking of creativity, I am very proud this week to humbly (proud and humble?) present my very first original Tuesday Trivia! 
I’ve been looking for a laptop for a while now; at first I had one picked out that was nice and big and had a touch screen and all other kind of fancy stuff. Then I realized a couple of things- One, I’ve already done my part to take up too much space on the earth by having two giant children, and two (slightly more important), I don’t have what the kids call “money”. All that in mind, so far I’m happy to say I’m quite pleased with the newest addition to our family. 