I Know I'm A MillIon Times More Humble Than Thou Art

Big KB at Concordia today. We got second place on a weak-sauce technicality, but I don't mind.

Man, the competition (at least in the region) seems way easier this year. Or maybe Metallica is just unbelievably awesome and I can't tell.

This is why I need a Knowledge Bowl video game. I could create the ultimate fantasy oral round (heh heh, ultimate fantasy oral round) with Sans Colouttes, Stuck On Burma, Death Eaters, and Metallica, set the Wii to auto-simulate, and see who prevailed.

Man, a KB video game could be really sweet. You'd listen to questions, buzz in, and give your answer. I suppose you'd have to type in answers, which could be tough in the 15 second limit. Maybe the game would come with some sweet voice-recognition microphone thing . Anyways, you'd totally select your team of four based on their expertise in a variety of subject areas, and after you buzzed in they'd whisper suggetions to you.

Alright, I'll be honest here. I'd be most interested in seeing how I'd stack up against myself in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. Which Max would get a question about stars or something first? Would senior Max be the seasoned old salt and get the buzz on the the younger Maxes? Or would freshman Max have the quickest, clearest thoughts, being more pure of heart as he was?

Oh man, Weird Al just did a polka-style rendition of the chorus of Enter Sandman, followed immediately by The Humpty Dance. In the van at about 7 a.m. this morning, Sam gave me my b-day gifts from him and Josh, respectively: a stack of Weird Al CDs, and a bag containing a loaf of "pulla" from NW bread+bagel and a big daddy-sized Dad's Root Beer. Thanks dudes.

Josh's gift provided the most immediate benefits, but I have a feeling Sam's will make the more enduring contribution. Weird Al is pretty sweet, especially the afore-mentioned medleys in which he smushes together the licks from a dozen or so popular songs, then sets it to a whacky polka melody. It is a musical experience like no other.

AW SHIT DUDES: STRAIGHT FROM THE WEIRD AL WEBSITE, STRAIGHT LINDWOOD TOUR ROLLS INTO MINNESOTA THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR THIS SUMMER, AUG 27THBest quote from the Weird Al Wikipedia site:

On numerous occasions, Prince has refused Yankovic permission to record parodies of his songs. Yankovic has stated in interviews that he has "approached him every few years [to] see if he's lightened up."<sup>[30]

Also, this is a solid Onion article on Al. Make sure to check out his notes.</sup>

P.S.: Okay, a special challenge for you, 10 points to the winner. What letters make up the following WV? I know those WV bastards give me these obscure ones just to screw with me. All the other WV are just generated by a computer, but when I log on, some asshole in a tie comes over and strings together Ws and Vs until he can't see straight.