During the match, I was willing to give Vince's terrible wager on the final DD the benefit of the doubt considering it was on the hardest clue (even though it was in a category he was clearly strong in), but his boneheaded wager in the Final just clearly cemented that he has no clue whatsoever on wagering strategy.

Well, there's the problem. Kanye thinks its currently the 66th month of the 225th year.

Who else is planning to go home and test out this new grip tonight?

Sapphires!

Yeah, that is what I was thinking. There has been a lot of talk recently that there isn't enough material in Books 4&5 to make up 2 seasons, especially considering some plot points are already being moved into Season 4. But with the exclusion of Alleras, it can be pretty much assumed that Sam won't be getting to…

Hmm, no Alleras? Seems they may be splitting Book 4/5 into two seasons after all.

I find it fascinating that we've had two 10+ game winners essentially back-to-back, and their playstyles couldn't be more different. Julia is unassuming, plays quietly and bets conservatively, which leads to fairly unexciting games, while Arthur is brash, competitive, and makes large bets when he can.

I got the FJ correct, but only because earlier today I had happened to be looking at a list of the highest grossing films of 1984. I probably would not have been able to figure it out otherwise as I've always assumed Terminator came out later in the 80's.

Beverly Hills Cop III was on TV over the weekend (actually it looked like they had a big Eddie Murphy Marathon on Sunday), and I realized that I've never actually seen it before, even though I was sure I must have watched it at some point.

But what good is it if there are no Newswires to post on? My life is meaningless.

Yeap, was going to post the same thing. Some of the other topics are pretty interesting though, like whether we could actually build a ginormous ice wall.

Look, I already told you. He deals with the god damn nerds so the producers don't have to. He has people skills; He is good at dealing with nerds. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

Did you show him the pen?

Heh, yeah, the list I used just has it as Korea, North. My methodology may be unsound.

Let's see.. in order (not including spaces):

Ninja clown?

Does anyone know how much time do they actually get to choose their wager? I like to pretend it's the entire commercial break, but I know it's realistically much less.

Yeah, watching last night I realized that with her score, Julia was in very real trouble, since if she wanted to double up on James, she would have to bet too much to stay ahead of James if she missed. This is one case where here conservative wagering on the DDs could have really bit her in the ass.

The issue here is that thinking about Step 3, you enter into a "I know that you know / That you know that I know / That I know that you know…" recursive loop, which leads to brain embolisms, and poisoning by black masked individuals.

I beat the smart kids! I beat the smart kids! …though only because I happen to be Canadian.