They're baaaaack

While I'm actively trying to figure out what Yahoo! is smoking, because somehow they've determined that these three shows would attract the same audience...



...I've decided to initiate the end to the long absence of I-66 Points. Happy hour on Friday, bloglings.

Artist and title for the [points]. The wrinkle here is that these songs came up sequentially on my iPod, so points have been assigned accordingly. You know the drill. No cheating.

1) Wake up you're dreaming I can't stand your screaming
Drowning out these prayers just some words without meaning [5]

2) Man made the money, money never made the man
You still fakin' jacks throwin' rocks on her hand [3]

3) Let you fall back, treat you like you all that
Under umbrellas with your shades and your straw hat [4]

4) I thought I was a fool for no one
Ooh baby I'm a fool for you [3]

5) Goin' south kiss your mouth lick my lips grab your hips
Can't remember why I fell in love with this [4]

. . . . . . (get it?)

With tonight being American Blogstand, it's only fitting that the final I-66 Points installment of the month be lyrically related. Artist and song title for the points.

1) Just chill, listen to the beats I spill
I use Crest so ain't no cavity creeps in my grill
[4]

2) Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner
[3]

3) Think how exciting it would be
If you should discover you feel like me
[4]

4) I'm hypnotized by the words you say
Not true but I believe them anyway
[4]

5) When you say you love me it don't mean a thing
If you cared you'd be there like you used to be
[4]

6) Conclusions you drew, porportions you blew
Lost son of Iggy false bigger nose than Ziggy true
[5]

More Points - last of the day

More points. Finish the quotes.

1) X-Men
Jean Grey: I think you'll be comfortable here.
Wolverine: Where's your room?
Jean Grey: With Scott, down the hall.
Wolverine:
[4]

2) Shrek 2
Cedric: Can I help you, your majesty?
King: Ah, yes, um... Mmm, exquisite. What do you call this dish?
Cedric:
[3]

3) Mission Impossible
Ethan: So how does it feel to be a solid citizen again?
Luther: Man, I don't know. I'm gonna miss being disreputable.
Ethan:
[4]

4) Swingers
Trent: They're gonna give daddy the Rainman suite, you dig that?
Mike: Do you think we'll get there by midnight?
Trent:
[2]

5) Old School
Mitch: I've had a hell of a day and even worse week. And all I want to do is get some fucking sleep.
Beanie: Woah, woah. Why the F-ing? Why in front of the kid? All ya gotta do is say "earmuffs" to him, and you can say "Fuck, shit, bitch."
Frank:
[3]

I-66 Points: Finish the lyrics

More lyrics, but this time it's different. I give you some lines from a song, you give me the next one.

1) Linkin Park - Hit The Floor
So many people like me put so much trust in all your lies
So concerned of what you think to just say what we feel inside
So many people like me walk on egg shells all day long
...
[4]

2) Usher - You Make Me Wanna
You used to say it'll be okay
Suggest little nice things I should do
...
[4]

3) Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Slice like a ninja, cut like a razor blade
So fast, other DJ's say "damn!"
...
[3]

4) The Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious Thugs
We just sittin here tryin to win, tryin not to sin
High off weed and lots of gin
So much smoke need oxygen
...
[5]

5) Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
Engine, Engine number 9
On that New York transit line
If my train goes off the track
...
[3]

Hey la, hey la, the points are back

Artist and title for points. Let's go.

1) With an ironclad fist I wake up and I french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while we're talking [4]

2) I see all my deams come tumbling down
I won't be happy without you around [3]

3) Sometimes I'm good but when I'm bad I'm even better
Don't give me no lip I've got enough of my own [4]

4) You know what's the problem? You're young and still learnin'
I'm Big Daddy Longstroke and your man's Pee Wee Herman [5]

5) Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain [4]

Todays Points, Part the last

This will be the final installment of the points today.

I set the scene, you finish the movie quote.

1) Clear and Present Danger
The President: "You'll take the blame. Cutter and Ritter will take some too, but it won't amount to much. They'll get a slap on the wrist and $20,000 an hour on the lecture circuit. The rest, you'll dump on Greer. Yes, you'll take him down with you. You'll destroy his reputation. But it won't go any further than that. It's the ol' Potomac two-step, Jack."
Jack Ryan:
[4]

2) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Clark: "You're just no longer any good, Will Hunting. Now how do you like them apples?"
Ben Affleck: "I don't like the sound of them apples, Will. What are we gonna do?"
Matt Damon:
[3]

3) Wayne's World
Stacy: "Happy anniversary, Wayne."
Wayne: "Stacy, we broke up two months ago."
Stacy: "Well, that doesn't mean we can't still go out, does it?"
Wayne:
[5]

Riddle me this

Now that the actors/movie points are wrapped, it's time for something a little more fun. The first 3 people to answer this correctly get 3 points. GO!

As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

Todays Points, Part the first

Points time. You know why. We're bringing back the 3 actors/movie format this time. I give you 3 actors, and you tell me the/a movie they were in together for the [points].

1) Gabrielle Union
Anthony Anderson
Tom Arnold [4]

2) Jessica Biel
Kim Basinger
William H. Macy [3]

3) Kevin Spacey
Paul Giamatti
Samuel L. Jackson [3]

4) Willem Dafoe
Sandra Bullock
Colleen Camp [4]

5) Sharon Stone
Tom Berenger
Martin Landau [4]

24 Review, and unrelated I-66 Points

If you're not a 24 watcher, or if you are waiting to see it on tivo, you probably won't want to read this but please skip past the blue portion of this for some I-66 points.

With the exception of the pretty cool capture of Boris The Bullet Dodger (aka: Gredenko), last night's episode of 24 was fairly tame, no?

Nadia was acquitted of course, but I have a problem with how she was thought to be guilty in the first place. what we were told is that through that little piece of equipment attached to a laptop, someone was allowed to access CTU info because Nadia had been monitoring some terrorist website? I'm simplifying it here, obviously, but only slightly. Seems to me that with all the security in place at CTU that something like that would be impossible.

For once, Sandra Palmer actually opened her mouth without me wanting to shout things at the screen usually reserved for Audrey. So she's somewhat in my good graces for deciding to try to wake Wayne Palmer, who put the brakes on the positively looney VP's plans. How 'bout the VP, almost breaking down before our eyes saying he can't let him stay in power, almost as if he was thinking out loud in front of the entire cabinet.

Speaking of Wayne, I saw an old CSI episode recently where he (DB Woodside) played a convicted sex offender who was living in public but suspected of kidnapping/assaulting/murdering a young girl. The catch, of course, is that his character likes boys. And he also likes stroking it with a pair of boys briefs in his hand while looking at pictures of fully clothed boys he takes with his cell phone while jogging. I wish I was kidding. I mention this because if a convicted sex offender can become President, well... anything's possible. And I didn't even mention Pedro Cerrano from the Major League movies became President and now appears in Allstate commercials. Back to the episode...

Silver Spoons (that's Doyle, as in Ricky Schroeder) almost is made to look more of a douche than he already does, but he eventually turns in the offending piece of computer technology to Morris for authenticity, all while Milo is made to look like a jackass for confronting him about hiding evidence. And seriously, yeah Milo got shot and everything, but that was the most feeble attempt at physical violence that I've ever seen. I won't even go into the horrible kiss scene between he and Nadia. That hurt to watch.

So Gredenko probably negotiates some sort of amnesty next week, and I'd bet either he and Fayed both get away, or just Fayed as CTU closes in on them. Palmer's back in control, but the psycho VP isn't going without a fight.

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Lyrics. Artist and title for the [points]. No cheating, as usual.

1) So here we are, just me and you
Thinking of the things that we used to do [3]

2) She hates her life, she hates her skin, she even hates her friends
Tries to hold on to all the reputations she can't mend [3]

3) You can shake me for a while, live it up in style
No matter what you do I'm gonna take you down [4]

4) Every single day what you say makes no sense to me
Letting you inside isn't right, you'll mess with me [3]

5) A heapin' helpin' of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese
And collard greens, too big for my jeans [5]

I-66 Points as promised

As promised, this is your chance to earn some I-66 points. In the meantime, I'm sending a petition to see footage of the Audrey Rains autopsy, just to make sure she's dead.

I give you the movie quote, you give me the movie and the character. No internet cheating allowed! Annnnd... go!

1) "Why? Why - Oh I don't know, 'cause I wanted to redecorate. You know, a couple of throw pillows, a TV news reporter, what do ya think?" [5]

2) "If you hold back anything, I'll kill ya. If you bend the truth, or I think your bending the truth, I'll kill ya. If you forget anything I'll kill ya. In fact, you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive, Nick. Now do you understand everything I've said? Because if you don't, I'll kill ya." [3]

3) "Are you driving with your eyes open? Or you like using 'the force'?" [3]

4) "All I ask is that you keep up with me. If you can't, then that strange sensation you'll be feeling in the seat of your pants will be my boot in your ass!" [4]

5) "Let's open up a can of kick ass and kill 'em all. Let the paramedics sort 'em out." [4]

Rewind, Remind

- We're less than a week away from the Happy Hour. Ask not why. Ask why not.



- The I-66 Points Standings have returned to the left sidebar, now in orange. There are 2 unclaimed lyrics from yesterday:

3) Cry if you want to cry if it helps you see
If it clears your eyes [3]

4) The night is young and full of possibilities
Well come on and let yourself be free [4]

Have a good weekend!

I-66 Points and fortune cookie redux

I know I promised I-66 Points today, but before we get to that I have something else to rail against.

At last check, the fortune cookie was worsening before our very eyes. I've been following this for some time now, and today I reached what may be the pinnacle of fortune cookie suckitude.

Fortune cookie reminds you: You are only as old as you act.

I spent a good 5 minutes trying to figure out what the equivalent to this is in every day life, and I determined it's something like a surgeon trying to sell you on some stocks while you're on the operating bed, or a cab driver offering you a haircut when you get into his car.

Look, fortune cookie, I don't need you to remind me of anything. I need you to give me my fortune, maybe some lucky numbers and a smiley face or two, and nothing else. Why can't we go back to the days when you were telling me I was doomed to be happy in wedlock. As catch-22 as it is, that right there is a fortune. None of this reminder crap anymore, alright?

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Now, as for the points, I give you lyrics and you give me artist and title for the [points]. No cheating, as usual.

1) Every man wanna act like he's exempt
Need to get down on his knees and repent [4]

2) Take the time to get to know me
If you want me why can't you just show me [3]

3) Cry if you want to cry if it helps you see
If it clears your eyes [3]

4) The night is young and full of possibilities
Well come on and let yourself be free [4]

More points

Movie quote time. Character name and movie for the [points].

1) "Do I look like a cat to you boy? Am I jumping around all nimbly bimbly from tree to tree? Am I drinking milk from a saucer? Do you see me eating mice?!" [3]

2) "Yes, London. You know, fish, chips, cup o' tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary fucking Poppins, London!" [4]

3) "Kids. 10 seconds of joy, 30 years of misery." [5]

4) "Why don't you take your PhD and stick it up your A-S-S?!" [4]

5) "It all depends when you want to die. Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow?" [4]

Something else to occupy your day

The lyrics are back. You give me the artist and song name for the [points] and I'll continue burying my head in the sand. Ahem.

No looking up lyrics allowed, as usual.

1) Yeah she wants to tear you down
And she leaves without a sound
It's like falling backwards into no one's arms [5]

2) I haven't slept a single night in over a month
And not even once did you start to make sense to me [4]

3) He knows just what to say when it comes to the ladies
Knows how to make a girl smile, how to drive a girl crazy [3]

4) Lately you've got so much to do and you're never at home
By the time I get to see you, you need your time alone [4]

5) Late night hit the highway, drop the top
I pull over gettin busy in the parking lot [3]

Throwing you a bone

Okay so I'll throw a few I-66 points out there just because. Back in October, mysterygirl! upped her cool quotient (I mean, not that it wasn't high already) by reciting the final verse of Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters (one of I-66's favorite bands) and earning points in the process.

Today, 4 I-66 points go to the person who can correctly recite the last verse of Hook by Blues Traveller. No interneting lyrics, people.

...annnd Sparkles Anon. takes the points.

Do you know...?

Delving into the possibly obscure, I present to you a short list of songs by a group/artist, and you present to me the name of the group/artist for the [points]. These should be tough, so points are a little higher than usual. As usual, no cheating.

1) Hot n Cold
Right Here's The Spot
Bingo Bango
Living Room [4]

2) Know-It-All
100 Days
Behind The Wheel
Stranger By The Day [6]

3) Tail Of The Sun
Not Nothin'
100 Girls
Kick Some Ass [5]

4) Clothes Off!
Viva La White Girl
Scandolous Scholastics
It's Okay, But Just This Once [5]

First points of the day

Three actors, name the movie. You know the drill. Three points each.

1) John Travolta
Morris Chestnut
Robert Patrick

2) Scott Bakula
Rob Schneider
Larry Miller

3) Jerry O'Connell
Shannon Elizabeth
Horatio Sanz

4) Christopher Walken
Matthew Broderick
Faith Hill

5) Gary Oldman
Milla Jovovich
Luke Perry

Calling DC Bloggers

If you didn't know already (okay seriously, where have you been?), tonight is the All-Holiday Blog Celebration. What you need to know:

7pm on into the night. Science Club. 1st floor (not the basement). 50/50 raffle for charity. Superlatives. Bloggers.


See you there. Don't be scared.

A few opportunities to win I-66 points are coming. Prize? Whatever you want to put in one of these.

Getting closer...

The lyrics are back for this edition of I-66 points. Today is Tuesday, and AHBC is this Friday. I know you're going, so I don't even have to ask.

Give me both the artist and title. Points in brackets.

1) A little cute thing said "what's your name?"
I put my necklace in her face and told her "read the chain!" [4]

2) I'm surrounded by criminals
Heavy rollers even the sheisty individuals [3]

3) I'm trying to sleep, I lost count of sheep
My mind is racing faster every minute [3]

4) I don't care, cuz I'm still here
And I've got nothin left to lose with all the years I've wasted on you [4]

5) Cuz everyone thinks they're right, and nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one way to our final destination [3]

Ex-squeeze me, a Bacon number?

It's 3:01pm and the results of the Kevin Bacon game are in. The I-66 points winners are...

JordanBaker: 6
EJTakesLife: 6
WiB: 6

Oooh... 6 6 6. Evidently Kevin Bacon and Lucifer have a Bacon number of 1... that 1 being this blog.

Edit: I neglected to observe the difference in minutes between I-66 time, Blogger time, and real time and Mandy is in under the wire with 6 points of her own. I don't know if 6 6 6 6 is significant in any way, but I'm thinking of playing Pick 4 tonight.