The Game Is Afoot

It's about 7:30PM local time (19:30). The contest has been going on for about eight and a half hours with 14.5 to go. We are not doing well - in 15th place or so - and are convinced that the triviamaster screwed us on a question about the number of members on the National Security Committee during the 105th Congress. The reason we're feeling like Julie right now is that we Zupans were correct and got fucked out of 10 points because the question was phrased poorly. The committee had 56 members when the 105th Congress first convened but gained a member while in session. The question did not specify the # of members at the start or end of the 105th. Shatknockers!

During a lull in the action, Behnke asked me to look up Nimbin, Australia. They have a rather large marijuana rally every year called Mardi Grass. I found some web pages interesting web pages including:

http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2666.html

You've got the cute blonde drooling over a huge bud and a Hemp Goddess - bare breasts and all. And, best of all, the festival is during Beltane!

This will amuse Alegria: the last question was: "What was the AOL email name of Joe Fox in the movie You've Got Mail?" Despite none of us having seen it, we got the answer. The Internet is just blatantly handy.

And we took team pictures. I've got my Periodic Table of the Elements t-shirt and the big Elvis picture was given a goatee made out of ganja buds.

Now Chet and I are discussing snuffs and poking around for info on Logan Fils absinthe...