Utter Wonder: The Idle Thoughts Of C. Monks

Lessons Learned From a Blog War With a Famous Game Show Contestant.

Posted 09/28/2006 07:47 AM by cmonks in MEOW! MEOW!.

I've learned that I have a loving and loyal readership of at least 8.72 people.

I've learned that Ken Jennings' fans are just as loyal and as dorky as you would expect.

I've learned that coincidences sometimes occur, and that chances are there are thousands of people out there with the same pastel lite-up Javascript phrenology diagram thingies on their blogs.

I've learned a person's fan base has to do with the number of people who subscribe to their RSS feed.

I've learned that I still have no idea what an RSS feed is.

I've learned that people from Utah are called "Utahns" and people from Tampa are not called "Tampons."

I've learned that even smart people who spend their day posting on a game show contestant's message board fail time and time again to grant me an 's' on my last name.

I've learned that Ken Jennings thinks I'm being funny or "whatever passes for funny" over here.

I've learned that there's a person who goes by the name of "Lilly" who uses emoticons to hammer a point home. Plus she likes inserting stuff into her ears.

I've learned that it was not Gustav Scheve who invented phrenology, but his half-brother Tremaine.

I've learned that most people don't love the television series Earth 2 nearly as much as I do.

So, yes, I've learned quite a lot. Now it's time for Ken Jennings to learn:

I challenge you, Ken "Brainiac" Jennings to a trivia duel this Sunday night at the Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Your beatdown begins at 7:00 pm. Be there or be squarer than you already are.

Oh, and everyone else should come, too. (The Boston Globe says you should! - scroll down.)

I'm going into seclusion so I can train with no distractions, for I am a serious artiste. With slight case of agoraphobia. I'll be back on Monday.

This post is dedicated to Chuck Woolery.

Comments.

Can't fault you for your nod to Chuck Woolery, but he's no Jean Jean the Dancing Machine.

Posted by: Charlie at 09/28/2006 08:58 AM

Who the hell is Bobby Hankinson to call you odd (or 'fairly odd')? I bet HE'S never worked with Timbaland.

WE are the only ones who may call you odd.

Posted by: hockomock at 09/28/2006 09:11 AM

It seems that the Kenyanites have drifted away from the copy-cat debate, obviously assuming that we have had our fun and will go away now.
I wold like to invite all of you to join me in some of their other more popular threads and show them the true meaning of obnoxious.
I've just started in on the discussion about movie directors. Man these people are weenies! Just like Adrian Brody.

Posted by: Charlie at 09/28/2006 09:21 AM

My sincere hope is that this feud keeps up until one of you is dead. Preferably, but not necessarily, Ken.

This is by far the most entertaining and instructive event occuring on the internets right now.

Posted by: Parker at 09/28/2006 09:57 AM

I'm sorry, but everytime I see that phrenology brain map thingee plomped on KJ's pea-sized head I get the church giggles. Is that so wrong?

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/28/2006 11:04 AM

What part of the bunny diagram relates to Ken Jennings' anatomy?

Posted by: tedmom at 09/28/2006 11:09 AM

Ken Jennings is just trying to stick it to the man because the man stuck it to his leader Warren Jeffs who stuck it to children

Posted by: Drew at 09/28/2006 01:05 PM

Just you watch. Next thing you know, Ken Jennings will have bunny guts on his website.

Posted by: simpleton01 at 09/28/2006 02:49 PM

I had NO idea what we were up against. http://ken-jennings.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=381

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/28/2006 04:19 PM

Oh yes, the Drama queen isn't just being dramatic. These are people with posters of Tipper Gore hanging over their beds.

Posted by: Charlie at 09/28/2006 04:24 PM

Good lord. Can we post pics of ourselves here? We're totally so much better looking than those people. I just know we are.

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/28/2006 11:05 PM

Whenever something passes for funny over here, I have to use a wet wipe. Maybe less junk food would help.

Posted by: Jody at 09/29/2006 09:03 AM

Jody, you obviously meant something other than what I thought when I read the word "passes".

Posted by: Charlie at 09/29/2006 09:13 AM

"Over here"? As opposed to "over there"? Well, that explains. A. Lot.

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/29/2006 10:21 AM

I've left two comments and they don't appear. This is how he treats his HoFers.

Posted by: terry at 09/29/2006 03:18 PM

Thank God you don't know what an RSS feed is either. I was feeling guilty for not subscribing, afraid you were going to go into a decline, yet with no idea how to become one of these 'subscribers'. Whew!

Posted by: Megan at 09/29/2006 04:09 PM

After drinking a few Rolling Rocks and completing an online doctoral program in astrophysics, I figured out how to add an RSS feed. Your site has now increased its RSS power by one. Is RSS an acronym for "Real Savy Suckas," because if it is .. I like it.

Posted by: wvbaby at 10/01/2006 02:03 AM

Monk. Monk monk monk monk
Monk monk monk monk monk
monk monk monk monk.
Monk monk.

Posted by: blogninja at 10/04/2006 12:17 AM

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