Happy Halloween!

Here's my first ever carved pumpkin, done this weekend. (I also had my first corndog this weekend at Millersville's homecoming, so it was an exciting time.) Dressed as Professor Plum (see below) and was one half of Green Eggs and Ham (pic to come). And today it's Happy Hawaiieen, so I got to dress down. All in all, a good Halloween week.

And thanks to the scariest trivia host of all, Chris Ivey for volunteering to substitute. We're back to whatever passes for normal this week. At Bubes, the themes are Laguna Beach and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, two shows of which I know nothing about (FYI: I'm going to limit the themes from here on out so that they should come from two different genres; ie, you can't pick two movie categories or two TV shows -- just for variety's sake); at the VFW it is the pre-picked original Godfather and human sexuality.

Get a Clue!

What do you do when you have a week off from trivia hosting? Why, you become a trivia player, of course. I went to two of Billy Warmth's shows, including his annual Halloween game at Celi's Clubhouse. This is the sixth year that a group of friends and I dressed up as unit. This year we were the suspects from the board game Clue. We won the grand prize for best costume! Woo-hoo!

Counterclockwise from bottom left we have: Professor Plum (me) with the wrench, Mr. Green (Fritz) with the lead pipe, Colonel Mustard (Chris) with the knife, Mrs. White (Lisa) with the revolver, Mrs. Peacock (Sue) with the candlestick and Miss Scarlet (Colette) with the enormous white corded thing.

Chris Ivey's favorite holiday...

.. is Halloween (go figure). Therefore, Chris will be guest-hosting both the Bubes and VFW shows this week. And the themes for Bube's are current events and Halloween, of all things.

Benefit Dance for Hurricane Katrina victims

Frank of the We're Here for the Beer team informed me of this worthwhile event that you might want to attend:


Benefit Dance for victims of Hurricane Katrina, featuring DJ Soundwaves

Saturday, November 5th
8 P.M. to midnight
St. James Parish Hall, Lititz
$20 per person

Benefits Catholic Charities and the American Red Cross

Refreshments, snacks and door prizes

Sponsored by the St. James Mens Club and the Knights of Columbus

Contact Maryann Ambs at 627-1161 or Lisa Sharp at 626-8231

Lititz VFW Oct. 18th

The Foreplayers will be sorely missed as they return to the Newmanstown area for the season (snowbirds of a sort). They always enjoy themselves and are a blast to have as contestants. See you in April!

PS: Themes for next week's Halloween show with guest host Chris Ivey are spelling and collegiate team nicknames (as chosen by Room 2; due to a scoring malfunction -- I have to fire the scorekeeper -- Room 2 were the actual 4th placers; Nix Lix will choose the following week's themes).

The B52s enjoy their spot in the corner.

Carmen and Erma do a little dancing between rounds.

Bubes: Themes, We Got Themes

Okay, once again I've been a bad blogger. Bube's themes this week are Notre Dame football and European countries, as chosen by the Wise Men. They tied with the Nutsacks for third but lost the Captain Jack Off contest, the Olives had their best showing in many a moon, taking second and Team Discovery Channel (Boooooo..., I mean yay!) took first.

Theme for VFW Oct. 12th show

This just in: it's 70s sitcoms and presidents. And now, back to your regularly scheduled blog...

Lititz VFW

It was a night of two terrific victories as the Ginny-less Chicks and Dicks team almost aced the last round and had a record 90 point victory. And another record was shattered when the Foreplayers had solo command of the first round. (We won't talk about their fourth round). A duo, Big Foot's Toe took second, followed by Room Two. And in fourth, for the second week, was We're Here for the Beer. Their themes have yet to be determined, so stay tuned to this spot.

Bube's Brewery

I don't have my notes, so I'll have to rely on my memory. (Now that's a scary thought). Let's see... I remember that Team Disocvery Channel came from behind in the fourth to take first place. Second place went to a trio of ladies called the Bartenders. They arrived late, but kicked trivia butt. They also promised to come every week if they got first place. (So maybe, they'll come every other week?). The Homegrown Stoners, with Goombah Cathy and a special non-musical appearance by Damion Wolfe took third. Bill and Marge once again took fourth place, but graciously deferred the theme picks to another team, who chose the US Navy and railroads as next week's picks. Bill's Tuesday show is once again starting up, so we have to say thank you and farewell to the Out of the Vortex team.

Dickvision

We continue our tradition of handing over the camera to one of our regulars. These pix are from September 13th and are taken by Tracy of the Crabby Dicks. A coffee table book of her pictures should be available by Christmas. Thanks Tracy!

Adam asks Janet:"What have you done for me lately?"

Tonight at Bube's: Attack of the Zombies!

Just their luck: the Crabby Dicks had a good round, and now the ceiling's going to fall on them.

A nicely lit shot.

Here we have Tracy getting artsy on us, with an unusual camera angle.

VFW Goings-On

It was the 44th anniversary of Gary's 21st birthday as we all celebrated the blessed event with some chocolate cake, courtesy of the Posse. Cindy's knowledge of Cape May helped her team until the dreaded fourth round. Tom joined NIck in learning how to curse, but his were much more direct. Yvonne reminisced about her days with "Y & Y," back when Curtis Earth did the show at the Holiday Inn. The Room 2/We're Here for the Beer feud took an unusual turn when the Beer team took fourth place. But they get to pick the themes, so watch out next week when it's James Bond and Physics night. Steve has a license to kill, so it's a safe bet that they'll do well in that category. And Joanie may love Chachi, but Cal loves Tuscadera.

The Better Half of Ubersmack

Pictured above are birthday girls Jessica and Melissa of Ubersmack. Their team was too busy celebrating, however to make the winner's circle. That distinction went to Charles and John of the Fool Monkey, who wisely chose themes for this week. The honor of picking next week's themes went to Bill and Marge of Out of the Vortex, who had their highest placement in a while. They chose French literature and the rock group Boston as their themes for next week (Don't let that scare you away, though). The Toxic Olives also had a good week, placing third. In second place (losing first by one measly point) was the Exoricism of Emily Rose's Nutsack. Nutsacker Joanne will be carefully listening to the Rolling Stones concert this weekend (courtesy of her favorite child, Andy). Wipes Lefthanded did extremely well until the end. And we said arriverderci to Dead Bear Baby Adam, who is off to Italy for a three week tour.

Gone to Meet the Chief

Farewell to Don Adams, inventor of the first cell phone and penguin impersonator.