July 14, 2008

Sarge Was Really Excited About Alyssa Milano

Sorry for the delay on this one. Via The 700 Level, we have this clip of Alyssa Milano -- who was at the ballpark Thursday to promote her clothing line or the DVD release of Double Dragon: The Movie or something -- and Phillies announcer Gary Matthews chatting during the 4th inning. Matthews asks Milano about her tattoos, and then it gets awkward.

As you can tell from the above screengrab, Matthews, Milano and Tom McCarthy decided to settle things with a rare three-handed game of rock paper scissors. Unfortunately for Milano, she threw an illegal vertical paper, costing her a win over McCarthy's rock at the very least.

Full Redlasso clip after the jump; The 700 Level has an even longer version, too.

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May 21, 2008

Your Weekly RPS Post

I believe I have found my calling in life, and it is rock paper scissors. Not because I'm particularly good at it -- I lost in the first round twice again this week, putting me on something like a 10-event streak of losing in Round 1 -- but because it is a sport (or whatever) that involves ingesting alcohol and is a sport you can be ranked in the top-10 in despite not having won a match since opening night.

I've mentioned all of that before, but it bears repeating due to the events of last night at Dirty Frank's. Last night was one of my more dramatic failures in recent memory. I managed to win the first round on my opponents' four fouls and had match point twice -- once in the second set, and again in the third. Despite this, I managed to lose the match. And, yes, despite how absolutely pathetic I am in competitive RPS -- Gossip Girlfriend, who has played at three events, has more wins than I do -- I will continue to attend matches and probably continue to lose.

Over two years of play in the RPS city league, my record is something like 7-25. And yet I finished in the top 8 last year thanks to two wins in the City League Championships. And, currently, I am in first in the Street RPS competition after winning it last night. Nevermind that I'm only up by a dollar and have virtually no shot of winning the total competition: For now, this loser is in first. What a great game.

Philadelphia Will Do sponsors the timeouts of the Philadelphia Rock Paper Scissors City League. Events at Mondays at the Khyber (except for next week), Tuesdays at Dirty Frank's, Wednesdays at Skinner's (next week) and Thursdays at The Dive. All events "start" at 9:30 p.m.

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May 15, 2008

Still Winless Since Opening Night

I'm now officially mired in a slump worse than Ryan Howard. I had a tremendous offseason and looked poised to dominate this season in the Rock Paper Scissors City League. Whoops! After a first-round loss at Dirty Frank's on Tuesday night, I still have not once a match since the opening night of the league season.

As such, I still don't have much to write about. I'm tied for eighth in the league simply by sheer volume and the fact that all the season events are within stumbling distance of my apartment. My record, I believe, is 1-8 (I might have won two matches the first night). I've acquired more free packs of cigarettes from cigarette guys (6) this year than I have matches won -- and I don't smoke.

I did win a match in a bonus second tournament at The Dive last week, but it was against Sarah (aka Gossip Girlfriend) and was in a tournament that wasn't for points. I made her play Tuesday night and she did the Danny Awesome! name proud by losing in the first round.

Tonight is the weekly event at The Dive, 9:30 p.m. If you go, be sure to call an official Philadelphia Will Do timeout.

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May 01, 2008

Go Play RPS In Camden

You kids like Camden, right? Neighbor just across the river from Philadelphia, perennial competitor with Pittsburgh in the competition for city that Philadelphians make most jokes about, home of summer festival concerts. Of course you like Camden.

Well, this Saturday is Philadelphia Rock Paper Scissors League Day at the Camden Riversharks, the independent minor league baseball team. As the Riversharks website says, "This season, the team will try a lot of new ideas that have never been done in Camden or any of the other parks in the area." Indeed!

There's an RPS tournament, unlimited wings and beer from 4-6 and a game at 5 p.m. The tournament will begin "around 3," which could mean anytime from 3 p.m. to June 26.

But better yet, who will be refereeing at this tournament? That's right: Yours truly, the competitor formerly known as This Rock is a Pipe Bomb, Danny Awesome. (That's my new name.) As you know, last time I tried to referee I ended up heckled by superior RPS players, was featured in a documentary about RPS and won a second place award in the state for the article I wrote about it. I can only assume this time I will not only ref, but I will win the entire tournament. (Yes, I'm playing also.)

As an update, Philadelphia Will Do's sponsorship of the timeouts for the RPS city league is going swimmingly so far; and I'm in 12th so far this year. I'm also working on an Elo rating-style system for RPS, because I am the biggest freaking nerd in the universe.

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April 24, 2008

Mayor Nutter Loses In Thumbwrestling

Clout today has a story of Mayor Nutter's thumb-wrestling adventures during Take Your Daughter Daughters & Sons to Work Day.

The mayor stood for about 40 minutes shaking hands and taking pictures with all the kids in City Hall for the day. Clout reports one boy about 4 or 5 grabbed the mayor's thumb for an impromptu throwdown.

The mayor lost. "He did take me down and I am... I am... really impacted," Nutter said. "I'm dealing with it. By the end of the day, I'm going to track that kid down and demand a rematch."

We all know Nutter is a big nerd from the way he wears a baseball jersey; but is he nerdy enough to play a game of Rock Paper Scissors? As you no doubt have heard, Philadelphia Will Do is now the official sponsor of timeouts for the RPS City League; I almost forgot to call a timeout during my one match Monday.

Tonight's games are at The Dive starting around 9:30. Doesn't look like I'll be there, but if you go, call a timeout and support your local blogger. And I'll work on challenging Mayor Nutter to a friendly game of RPS.

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April 07, 2008

Humiliated On The Silver Screen

Somebody's press release reached the right person! Or, rather, Andre Bennett works at KYW 1060. But, hey, that's okay! KYW 1060's John McDevitt has a piece today on the Rock Paper Scissors movie showing at the Philadelphia Film Fest on Saturday.

Frankie13 versus The World, airing as part of the Rocky Balboa Picture Show (cute), follows RPS competitor Bennett (aka Franky Thirteen, aka an all-around cool guy) as he takes on the Philadelphia RPS City League and the RPS World Championships in Toronto.

But, wait, there's more! Longtime readers may remember when I refereed a RPS match (and Kottke linked it, something I still freak out about) at the 2006 Keystone Classic. I didn't do all that good of a job, having never even seen a competitive RPS match before being asked to ref.

Whoops! I did a bad job, I was heckled and -- whoops! -- a film crew was there to capture it all on tape. Yes, not only am I in this documentary, I believe there is a scene of me being humiliated in this 30-minute movie. (I'm not sure if that scene made it in, but I have to imagine it did. The filmmakers, very nice guys originally from Newtown,

So, yes, go see it, laugh at me, et cetera, et cetera. This is also a good time to let you know about the 2008 City League season, which begins a week from tonight at the Khyber. Finally, an excuse other than quizzo to drink on weeknights! It's been a long offseason.

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October 13, 2006

Leftovers: Here, Kitty, Kitty

• Someone dumped a bunch of purebred kittens in South Jersey, and now these wittle wittle guys are up for adoption! Yes, this was basically just an excuse to post a photo of a kitty, to shush the people who complain I'm only about puppies.

• Albert Yee posts about PhillyCarShare's pimp our ride contest, where people can get to design a wrap that'll be going around one of the cars for a month. A commenter on the post: "Did no-one in your office think that using the word 'pimp' to mean 'prettify' might be offensive to those campaigning for 'pimp' not to mean 'bring a woman into the country illegally, make her sell sex to pay off debt bondage, hook her on drugs, make her see ten or twenty men a night, and brutalise her to keep her compliant'?" Uh, wait, wouldn't using "pimp" to mean "prettify" be not having it mean that long definition she came up with? Right? [dragonballyee]

• Phils great Johnny Callison died today at the age of 67. The story also notes that Callison merchandise will be in hot demand any day now. Indeed. [KYW 1060]

• Hello! David Grasso is proposing a $315 million complex that includes a Whole Foods and a five-star hotel! (And another store, possibly a major electronics chain.) The Whole Foods is supposed to be "taking the experience of coming to a food store to a new level." Boy, how can you wait? [Inky]

• The Rock Paper Scissors Keystone Classic is this Saturday, with a top prize of $850! Eight-hundred-and-fifty bucks, for playing Rock Paper Scissors! C'mon, you know you want to. [Northeast RPS Champs]

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June 19, 2006

Leftovers: JGT, RPS Champ

• I got a call on Saturday night when I was heading out the door from a friend. "Hey, we were just at the Rock Paper Scissors championship," he said. "Guess who won?" I asked if he did. "No, Johnny Goodtimes! He won a thousand dollars!" I'm not positive on this, but normal people do not receive these kinds of calls. [Johnny Goodtimes]

• A Montco lawmaker wants to ban cell phone use while driving. Then, he's going to ban riding a motorcycle without talking on your cell at the same time. [KYW 1060]

• Sorry, A.I. haters! Ed Snider did not order a trade of the Lilliputian 76ers guard, although he did tell Billy King to stop signing shitty players. [Daily News]

• A rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation -- as opposed to the ones just floating around -- was moved to the African American Museum for a Juneteenth celebration. Accompanying it were impersonators of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Lucretia Mott. How does one go about hiring a Lucretia Mott impersonator? Are they in high demand? [Inky]

• Oh, yeah: The Yankees are in town this week. Uh oh. [Beerleaguer]

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