How do you improve a pub quiz when all you ever do is drop the ball? You drop 1000 balls, of course. Thank you to Rachel of Deployments and Elopements for requesting such insanity, even if I forgot she was the one who requested it. Standing on a chair and dropping 1008 glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls onto the floor of a crowded restaurant might be the most fantastic thing I've ever done. Watching the colors cascade our across the floor, watching as they began to fly through the air like hail as people threw them, being steadily pelted by them as everyone's aim got better - these were all rare moments. The real payoff though, was listening to the room erupt into a steady chatter of unabashed "ball" puns. Wow. Which reminds me. My middle school sex-ed teacher told me that one day my balls would drop - I can't believe it took so long.

I'd also like to thank Laurisa of Radiant Pig for showing up with such cool pig-schwag for Dr. Jordan and I to give away. Even if the bouncy balls didn't glow in the dark, at least the Junior IPA was Radiant. Bam!

We had rounds on Cereal, Science Playwrights, and Linguistics. There were also two common bond-ish rounds on Cheers and Seasons. Deployments and Elopements were in the lead at the halfway mark, but Trivialis Brain Trust slipped past them for the win. Some of the math at the end of the night was a little bit off, but first place remains the same. The website now has the correct scores, and also shows that monthly scores are getting pretty high. I can't believe there's still two weeks left in the month. I also can't believe we have to wait two more weeks to see our beloved Quizmasters' Cup. I miss that guy.