Hi everyone in Control Z Studio land… I’ve been watching all the fun from behind the scenes for a while now. It’s time to take this to the next level. So, let’s do some visioning!
Is Control Z Studio the blog or more than the blog? If it’s more than the blog, what else is it? … or could it be?
It’s time to start creating our own reality… so dream a little and post your comments. Or if you’d like to keep them private, email me at john@johndecore.com.
Saw this on Facebook today and wanted to share it with you. Next generation of what was posted earlier.
Week 5 | March 1, 2012
It was a good night for the Trailer Park Boys! This week Davey, Xavier, Pat, Eileen (Pat’s sister), Mary, Adriene (Mary’s sister), Mark, John M, and John D showed up to play for the TPBs.
The bonus question for round one was “What was called the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart by it’s builder?” The word “rampart” caused many at the table to start singing the Star Spangled Banner only to realize that they still couldn’t figure out what a rampart was. After some discussion, we decided that it was part of a fort. (A rampart is a defensive wall.) That lead to our best guess, the Berlin Wall. With my uncanny ability to rationalize away right answers, I started down the path of thinking that it couldn’t be the Berlin Wall because that was build after the Nazis were defeated in World War II. So we answered Berlin Wall and wagered no points. We were one of those teams that had the right answer and couldn’t bring themselves to risk even 5 points on it. WAH-WAH
We came back to nail the Fast Action Bonus (FAB) at the end of round one which added 35 points to our score! Pete caught us off guard by putting the answer of the week in a multiple choice question. We thought he was faking us out, sure that Chrometophobia was the fear of color. But it turns to be the fear of money. Excellent dis-tractor, Pete! Another 5 points missed. Pete came back to get us again in the FAB at the end of round 2 by asking what year the Berlin Wall was built (13 August 1961).
We earned 300 more points and came in second for the week! Starting next week we will have the ability to bet all of our accumulated points for the tournament on the final bonus question which could go along way moving us up the leader board.
Here are the standing as of February 29, 2012:
| TNC | 1654 |
| Driving Bus To Hell | 1275 |
| Nicky’s Friends | 1033 |
| Rusty Trumbones | 1028 |
| Fortitude | 962 |
| Village Idiots | 953 |
| Trailer Park Boys | 952 |
| Know Nothings | 844 |
| Goon Squad | 726 |
| Smarty Pants | 639 |
| Fred & Company | 482 |
| Liars Club | 284 |
| Wasted Potential | 137 |
| Nancy & Friends | 121 |
| Breeders | 84 |
| Polar Bear | 73 |
| J&J | 70 |
1033
It’s that time of year again! The Frogg Pond’s winter trivia tournament is in full swing. The Trailer Park Boys (Mark P, Pat G, Mary B, John M, Davey K, and John D) started week 5 (of the 16 week tournament) in third place.
This week’s final questions was, “What formula did pharmacist, John S. Pemberton, invent?” Davey wrote Dr. Pepper so fast we were all impressed. Everyone felt very confident and the team decided to bet the farm… all of our 281 points. Unfortunately, the answer was Coca-Cola. Luckily, we get to drop our lowest score.
Come Join Us!
The Trailer Park Boys are always looking for new members to join us on Thursdays at 7pm at the Frogg Pond in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Pete does an amazing job of coming up with the questions and we manage to have a great time whether we win or lose.
I just finished watching Inside Job, a documentary about what caused the financial crisis of 2008.
I first learned about Mortgage Backed Securities when I developed a course for Fannie Mae in the 1990’s. And then came across the concept again when I developed training for the FDIC just prior to 2000. What has always struck me as odd is the inability of subject matter experts to clearly describe what Mortgage Backed Securities are and how derivatives work. It begs the question…
If these regulators didn’t understand them, how could they possibly be regulating them?
What I really don’t understand is why the executives that allowed this to happen have not been prosecuted. At the very least, why haven’t their assets been seized?
Why do Angelo Mozilo and Richard Fuld get to keep their ill-gotten gains?
This says it all…
As a Noreaster rolls up the coast, we began the Fall Frogg Pond Tournament. We’re down a man. Pat is getting his foot fixed. (Get better soon, damnit! We miss you and need you. We keep missing all the sports questions!)
The Trailer Park Boys — Mark, Davey, Lonnie, and I — crawled out of trailers or trailer-like structures for week 1 of the tournament. There were a lot of new teams. I hope they all had as much fun as we did.
We finished Round 1 with 24/30 points, which is really good. The round one Bonus was a Marilyn Monroe question. So we turned to our resident old fart, Mark, who confidently answered it. He sounded so sure, we bet the farm. But we got it wrong… happens to all of us. Then we only got one answer right on the first f-a-b (fast action bonus). We were up to 5 points and had a bad start to the second round. The funniest question of the night was, “What is the scent put on the fake rabbits that greyhounds chase in a race?” Lonnie shouted out “Monica Lewinsky” so loud that and an older woman two tables away spit mashed potatoes all over her husband. Still makes me giggle.
Mark redeemed himself in round three! He successfully put Burger King, Pizza Hut, Arbys, and Wendys in the correct order from oldest to newest. He held his ground under tough questioning, doubting, and my over rationalizing.
Lonnie and Mark have come up with a new scale for how certain they are. I guess my method of asking if you are 7-sure – meaning you would bet the maximum amount if you could – was too dull. Of course their scale starts with their lowest rating: winked at it on Manhunt. And runs to the highest rating of: I had children with that answer. 2 through 6 are way too graphic to publish and a little gross… well, a lot gross. But kept us cheerful as we came back to answer the BONUS and all the f-a-b questions correctly.
We finished the game strong, because we know not to bet the farm if we aren’t totally in a committed loving relationship with our answer to the final bonus question. I think we’re in 4th place.
Join us for trivia at the Frogg Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware every Thursday night at 7:30. Half price entrees, wine, and the best service in town! We have room on our team for a few more people… Or form your own team and help us try to beat the Village Idiots, Know Nothings, and Four Play.
JohnnyD
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Hi everyone. Just thought I had better get in on the action.