"...I fulfill a childhood dream when I'm asked to appear on Sesame Street--Grover and I dutifully extol the virtues of eating fresh fruit. I'm the punchline of a Mad 'fold-in.' The novelty of Googling my own name, initially a new favorite pastime, wears off when the hit count passes fifty thousand (also when my wife discovers how many Ken Jennings fan sites seem to be run by giggly teenage girls)."
-Awesome. I really like Sesame Street and MAD. And, of course, Google. Yes, I'm one of those immature twenty-year-olds who still gets a subscription to a gross-out joke, cartoon satire magazine.
"The kids are more fun, gazing shyly upward while some boastful mom assures me that her little genius wants to study harder in school now, so that he/she too can be a big strong Jeopardy! champ someday. I'm genuinely touched to see that my own juvenile Jeopardy! obsession is alive and well among the tube-sock-wearing, non-gym-rope-climbing mathletes of the rising generation. The future of trivia is in good hands."
-My brother criticized my fashion the other day, and one of the several things he commented on was my like for tube socks versus cut off ones. Apparently, all my clothes are the same and either make my look like an old man or a six-year old nerd. Also, I never was good at the gym rope event.
"Thom [McKee] was a contestant coordinator's dream: a handsome navy pilot with thick blond hair and piercing blue eyes, newly married to a pretty young wife. He was also an insanely good trivia player..."
-So...does that mean I should dye my hair blond? I did have a fruity little blond streak in my hair from one of my trips to Mexico a few years ago. I don't think it really went well with my whole persona.
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I never liked the short socks, either. I only wear them with shorts because otherwise my brother, sister, and probably even my mom would not let me out of the house. This has happened more than once already. =P
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