Month: November 2004

He had a good run, but his Jeopardy streak ended tonight at 74 consecutive wins and $2.5 Million. Congratulations to Nancy Zerg for winning.

The best part was that I knew the final Jeopardy question that Ken missed.

Here’s the Final Jeopardy question in the form of an answer:

Category: “Business and Industry: Most of this firm’s 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year.”

Read on for the answer in the form of a question and speculation of why the show might have been rigged against Ken.

At first I thought it might be the IRS, but the category was “Business and Industry” so then I thought “What is H&R Block?”

I was right, and so was contestant #2. Ken’s response of “What is Fed Ex?” was way off.

I knew ahead of time this was going to be his last show because of the posts over at kottke.org, so it definitely had been leaked on the Internet. There seemed to be a little too much promotion going on for the upcoming Seinfeld Seasons 1-3 DVD in the opening round of Jeopardy. They devoted an entire category to it full of extremely easy questions and all the other category names had Seinfeld references like, “No Soup for You” and “The Contest.” It seemed odd for that much product placement to be there and to have Ken’s streak end on the same day.

The latest and greatest game of Odd Man In has just begun! It’s called Shoot the Moon and has a nearly game breaking number of players (25). If you’re in the game you should have gotten an email. The moves are due in by 11:59PM EST tomorrow (Wednesday).

If anyone has any problems logging in, retrieving their password, or making moves, let me know.

Good luck!

Need I say more?

The Recipe

If you want to get in the next game of Odd Man In you better act fast. I’m shooting for 20 players before we get started.

Join Shoot the Moon, the latest game of Odd Man In.

Update:22 players in the game now! I’ll probably start the game soon with the first moves due Wednesday at midnight.

I’m a little disappointed Ratatat had to go and sell their song, Seventeen Years, to HUMMER.

Update: Maybe I was a little harsh. It’s mostly because I think civilian Hum-Vs are lame. Hopefully they at least got a lot of money for it.

This story is hilarious.

Just Shoot Me, the latest game of Odd Man In, was won by Mr Pink aka TomFord! Here are the results from the last round.

Mr Cyan was killed. Mr Yellow went to collect a debt and then shot Mr Cyan in the cheek.
Mr Green tied him to a palm tree and then shot Mr Cyan in the hip.
Mr Green was killed. Mr Pink saved a bunch of money on his car insurance and then shot Mr Green in the foot.
Mr Cyan hid all day inside a doghouse and then shot Mr Green in the foot.

Score Update:
Mr Yellow now has 1 points
Mr Green now has 1 points
Mr Pink now has 1.5 points
Mr Cyan now has 2.5 points
GAME OVER!
Mr Pink and Mr Yellow were both left standing, but Mr Pink won by decision.

Once again, I didn’t even make it out of the first round.

The next game is called Shoot the Moon and you can join here.

Weird. I found the guestbook from my very first website and it’s still active.

I moved to Audubon and my computer might not be hooked up to the net until Friday. I need it to update the games at midnight, so until I get things set up the rounds will end about 8 hours later than planned this week (8:00AM the next day).

The new house is great. My life goal is to live in every town in Camden county. I’m currently on my 4th.

Round 2 of Just Shoot Me, the latest Odd Man In game, just ended and here are the results.

Mr Yellow was shot at by Mr Yellow and Mr Orange and Mr Green, but he survived.
Mr Pink was shot at by Mr Red, but he survived.
Mr Red was killed. Mr Brown remembered the face of his father and then shot Mr Red in the liver.
Mr Cyan reprogrammed his VCR to record The View and then shot Mr Red in the nose.
Mr Magenta was killed. Mr Blue drove up in an ice cream truck and then shot Mr Magenta in the chest.
Mr Teal snuck out from under a limousine and then shot Mr Magenta in the elbow.
Mr Teal was shot at by Mr Magenta, but he survived.
AUTOKILL: Mr Purple found Jesus. Also, found Bear.

Mr Purple was our first autokill of the game, which happens when you forget to make a move. If you check the game moves you’ll notice that Mr Pink didn’t shoot anyone either, but he must have explicitly told the game he didn’t want to shoot anyone. Mr Yellow saved himself from certain death by shooting himself. Good job Yellow! There are 8 players left and it’s still anyone’s game.