yes, it is true.  the camera has been flashing, but no pictures have been making their way to the internet!  today, some of that will change.

let’s start with some of the Team Trivia Highlights from over the summer.  Deke added a new conTest at the end of the third round where teams have a chance to gain a couple of extra points by competing in mostly physical challenges.

they’ve included . . . .

“suck the ping pong ball against the straw and move it into the pitcher contest”

“build a house out of jumbo sized playing cards contest”

“flip the teabags onto the brim of your hat contest”

and the super fun “move the cookie from your forehead into your mouth just by wrinkling up your face contest”

here’s a picture of the winner of that one . . .

even after the dust settles on the challenges, we still have to return to the trivia action to determine a winner for the night.  the following folks have taken down Trivia Titles on various Mondays.  Congrats to all of them!

that’s right, fall is indeed upon us, and we will be lining up at the oche on saturday for a tournament!

specs . . .

2 Man Random Draw High/Low – so you don’t need to bring a partner, you don’t need to worry about Timmy and Joe shaving every last tenth of a point off their averages to fit in under the cap, and there won’t be any percentages math to deal with.

you just wander into the bar sometime between noon and 1pm, with an average. either you’ll be a “high guy”, or the other side of the coin. put names in a hat, pick’em, and away we go.

$10 a man to particpate.  two out of three falls per match, double elimination.

kitchen will be open. that means wings, burgers, onion rings, fries, etc.

it’s really that simple!

hope to see you there!

in other dart action, this upcoming tuesday marks the half way point in the season, with three out of four teams in striking distance of the first half championship.  should be a good one!

it’s hard not to support a blog on beer drinking.  especially one so focused on what may be a coal region term – The Pounder!

check out – http://pounderoftheweek.blogspot.com/  for a recap of the author’s “Pounder of the Week”

last night we ran a draft for the Fall Dart Season, and followed that up with the first matches of the season.  The teams are . . .

• Doug
• Zig
• Tony Ford
• Tim D.
• Brett Y.

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• Randy Ponytail
• Josh Mall
• Timmy Wargo
• Skinner
• Cookie

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• Nate
• Frank Pet
• Reedy
• Z
• Al Maschal

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• Chrissy Schu
• Joe Remash
• Aaron
• Mike Kerrick
• Mark Ambrose

There were a couple of shooters who were out sick, and that makes for a difficult first week.  To make sure that things keep sailing through the season, the Captains decided to drop the low average.  But, some shooters were in midseason form right out of the gate.

Chrissy Schu and Nate both hit 47 games, and Tony Ford averaged a 40 for the evening.

the standings look like:

Team Doug 3 – 0

Chris Team 2 – 1

Randy Team 1 – 2

Team Nate 0 – 3

Of course we opened with Burglers in Sauce.  next week Traci will be filling the roaster, so the menu is sure to be good.

i know i have a camera full of picts from all the events that have ben taking place this past month, but before I catch up on all of that, I have to say that we are having a Party Saturday Night!

DJ Shikety Shike will be mixing the tunes and rocking the mike, starting at 10pm.

Wear your favorite sports jersey to represent your team, or favorite player! I’m sure we will have quite the mix in the house!

There are games in store, and prizes, and dancing. and of course there will be drinking

We are adding the

• Nitany Lion
• Philly Phanatic
• Red Tornado
• Flying Eagle
• and the Steel Curtain

to the usual drinks line up.  Some come on out and join us!

karaoke was once again a blast! 

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we were also able to celebrate some birthdays that Saturday, including a 21st!  we will definitely be putting Karaoke on the list of things to do again – and you’ll be alerted if you are signed up for Dorko’s Text Alerts!!

text “txtrs dorkos” to 368638!

when you receive you receive your first message asking “are you ready to get Alerts from Dorko’s?”  reply YES, and you’ll be in the loop! 

the big news from last night is that Tanney added another championship belt to his collection, without the help of his fellow Trivia competitor the Big A!  in a quote that cannot be directly attributed to Tanney, it was heard that “once I finally rid myself of the baggage that was the team in the back, i was able to rise up and take a trivia title down in my very first attempt.  i wonder how many titles I’ve let pass me by by trying to carry the likes of Bubba and Big A on my back?  at least the Chicken Sandwiches and Tanney Burgers erase the pain.”

bodog has the over/under set at 5, fwiw.

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plenty of folks have been making it out for Trivia, and with more players comes more fun, and bigger prizes.  of course the Big Prize of the Summer is the 5 Burner Gas Grill that we’ll be giving away August 22nd.  come out on Monday Nights and enter into the drawing.  and Make Sure to be here on the 22nd because giveaway nights are always a blast. 

in fact, the giveaway games have crept into our regular monday night festivities.  over the past two weeks we’ve had the “balance the dice on a popsicle stick” event . . .

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and there was a big hit last night with the “marble through the maze” game. 

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the winners of the games have some points added to their score, and it adds another dose of fun to the evening.  they were playing the marble maze game long after trivia ended last night!

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two weeks ago we had team Vaffanculo rise up to take the title!  they nailed the tie-breaking question spot on by knowing that the Twin Towers were 110 stories tall. 

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last night’s team was much less photo friendly!  in fact, i think Hookie threatened me with bodily harm if i posted a picture.  i believe her. 

the next Team Trivia is a week away.  I know the kitchen will be open, and I know there will be Miller Lite Personal Pitchers for $3.  and i know the RZA plans on coming back, but with Tanney unleashed, i’m not sure what will happen!

monday night we had the Coors Light Girl visit us.  she brought a small cooler with a lock, and gave out keys to anyone interested in trying win the prize inside.  made for an interesting activity. 

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 she also made the rounds, making wure that everyone in attendance had their name entered to win the big Coors Light Man Cave package.  the winner will be announced on the radio on Spetember 2nd.  the package includes, but is not limited to . . .

• a flat screen tv
• coors light bar table
• coors light bar stools
• neon sign
• neon clock
• kegerator
• deck chair with beer dispenser

which are all pretty neat items.  Cookie made sure to get his name into the mix . . .

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oh, and we played trivia as well.  i believe there were a half dozen teams in the mix.  none of them named after casey anthony, thankfully.

the “no questions asked” event required each team to send up their “toughest” player.  the idea was to attach as many clothes pins to your face and neck as possible.  sinko attached ALL of them, emptying out the bucket and bringing home extra points to his team.

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it wasn’t enough to overtake the very large, and skilled team that was out celebrating kelly domaski’s B-day.  they took the night! 

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tonight, Monday July 18th, 2011, should be a good time at the bar.  the Coors Light Girl is coming out to sign people up for a chance to win a Coors Light Man Cave, which is an excellent thing.

of course we are doing Team Trivia, and the kitchen will be open as well!

this coming Saturday we will be celebrating a couple of birthdays, karaoke/DJ style with Tony Tone in the house.  so not only are we partying tonight, we have another party to look forward to before the week is out!

but before we go through all of that, here’s a couple of shots from our recent Beach Party!  Now, some things you just have to be here for.  A Beach Party is one of them, so I’m not going to post too much.  but, I just HAD to share this pict of our man Boyer prepping for one of the “Snorkel Bongs”.

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and here’s a shot of the lovely ladies who won the “Coconut Smoochie Contest”.  they were able to start the game with a coconut between their belly buttons, and maneuver it up to their mouths so they could kiss the coconut before any of their competitors did the same. 

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thanks to DJ Shickey Shike for providing the tunes, Deke Rivers for keeping the silliness moving along, and everyone who made it out for providing the fun!

a big thanks to mikey hood for pulling these shots out of the archives.  back “in the day”, when Chendo 462 had a Street Hockey League, we were there.  here’s the pict, and Mike’s writeup . . .  

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