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Wednesday, December 15, 2004 · posted at 4:14 AM

Question from Trivial Pursuit:
What famous athlete served time in the Marion Federal Prison as prisoner 01832061?

Best Answer:
Jean Valjean!

Stagnation breeds discontent... and an overinflated sense of self. Some people travel in large social circles that encourage frequent influxes of new personalities and faces. Some people remain within small confines where the population is perfectly suited for the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (no emigration or immigration).

As an asocial being, my natural instinct is clearly the latter. The main disadvantage of this lifestyle is you get comfortable and maintain a certain level of expectation for yourself and the people around you. Your standards are set by a few scant points on a plotted graph with little comparison to real world measurements. You might think you're a big fish when really you're just a small fry to Blackfoot, Idaho's large potato chip.

And so this past weekend in New York was a great lesson to the tune of you don't know jack!

Question posed by Amit : What does Jennifer Garner's Starbucks order of a pumpkin spice latte mean about her?
My answer: ummm...
I know this... Us Weekly arrives in my mailbox every week... Ben Affleck and Jen Garner were photographed outside a Starbucks, coffee cups in hand... I have abso-f***ing-lutely no clue.
Real answer: She's capricious and whimsical.
Did I just get schooled in random celebrity gossip by someone who concurrently has law school finals to study for?

And the humility doesn't stop there.

Enter game night, battle of the sexes style.

First, an introductory game of Scene It, the new DVD movie game that uses real movie footage for its trivia questions. Not a huge fan. Some of the questions are too random (who has seen Fletch?) or too lame (convert this alternative title: The Entire 27 Feet). I think it's such a dice-rolling game in that you roll, move and then answer a question. So regardless of whether you answered correctly or not, you have advanced. If no one ever answered a single question right... you'd still get to the final winning question. I also pretty much sucked at it. Where were you Karen?

Then onto Trivial Pursuit 20th Anniversary Edition. The girls started out decently. We had 3-4 wedges before the guys garnered their first one. Then despite Vegas style rolls from George, we stayed at 3-4 wedges while the guys collected all theirs and entered the winner's circle.

The category of sports puts most girls to an incredible disadvantage. Asking about Jose Lima's stats is equivalent to asking a non-metro man what company makes Juicy Tubes. Tip for answering sports questions: if in doubt, say none, all, Chicago Bulls or Michael Jordan. Seriously.

So it was there, in a city of 8 million, that I grew to realize that being picked first for teams of two amounts to nothing and perhaps I'm missing out in my self-contained bubble, if even only because it's no fun to steal your own Squabble words.



	Wednesday, December 15, 2004 · posted at 4:14 AM Question from Trivial Pursuit: What famous athlete served time in the Marion Federal Prison as prisoner 01832061? Best Answer: Jean Valjean! Stagnation breeds discontent... and an overinflated sense of self. Some people travel in large social circles that encourage frequent influxes of new personalities and faces. Some people remain within small confines where the population is perfectly suited for the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (no emigration or immigration). As an asocial being, my natural instinct is clearly the latter. The main disadvantage of this lifestyle is you get comfortable and maintain a certain level of expectation for yourself and the people around you. Your standards are set by a few scant points on a plotted graph with little comparison to real world measurements. You might think you're a big fish when really you're just a small fry to Blackfoot, Idaho's large potato chip. And so this past weekend in New York was a great lesson to the tune of you don't know jack! Question posed by Amit : What does Jennifer Garner's Starbucks order of a pumpkin spice latte mean about her? My answer: ummm... I know this... Us Weekly arrives in my mailbox every week... Ben Affleck and Jen Garner were photographed outside a Starbucks, coffee cups in hand... I have abso-f***ing-lutely no clue. Real answer: She's capricious and whimsical. Did I just get schooled in random celebrity gossip by someone who concurrently has law school finals to study for? And the humility doesn't stop there. Enter game night, battle of the sexes style. First, an introductory game of Scene It, the new DVD movie game that uses real movie footage for its trivia questions. Not a huge fan. Some of the questions are too random (who has seen Fletch?) or too lame (convert this alternative title: The Entire 27 Feet). I think it's such a dice-rolling game in that you roll, move and then answer a question. So regardless of whether you answered correctly or not, you have advanced. If no one ever answered a single question right... you'd still get to the final winning question. I also pretty much sucked at it. Where were you Karen? Then onto Trivial Pursuit 20th Anniversary Edition. The girls started out decently. We had 3-4 wedges before the guys garnered their first one. Then despite Vegas style rolls from George, we stayed at 3-4 wedges while the guys collected all theirs and entered the winner's circle. The category of sports puts most girls to an incredible disadvantage. Asking about Jose Lima's stats is equivalent to asking a non-metro man what company makes Juicy Tubes. Tip for answering sports questions: if in doubt, say none, all, Chicago Bulls or Michael Jordan. Seriously. So it was there, in a city of 8 million, that I grew to realize that being picked first for teams of two amounts to nothing and perhaps I'm missing out in my self-contained bubble, if even only because it's no fun to steal your own Squabble words.	Recent Posts In the cold December rain. I almost bought galo... Flying the not-so-friendly skies. Traveling Delta ... That's why I couldn't be happier No, I couldn't be... Novels, in the proper sense of the word, are not w... Batmobile lost a wheel Courtesy of my ever-benevo... I am woman, hear me roar This week, Andy was fire... LORELAI: Do they not understand we are unapologeti... The perfect cup. Everything in life is a strugg... You think it's like this but it's really like this... Iris Chang (1968-2004) I just read that Iris Chan... Morning news babie goose ryan bluemouse daves son dawntaught desiree diorama emily escadawg galveric high entropy invisible cube jepgato kyellow lilly mhuang mogbert nudream starfish + coffee verbivore Archives March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 January 2007 March 2007 April 2007 November 2008

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