Author Topic: Perfect Showcase Winner book (Read 4876 times)

davidbod · « **Reply #15 on:** February 12, 2010, 09:53:02 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'235756\' date=\'Feb 12 2010, 05:17 AM\']//Don't have a dog, and only a couple of my cats even know HTML.[/quote]

Do they know purrl?

*runs*

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2010, 10:30:05 AM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'235760\' date=\'Feb 12 2010, 12:37 AM\']

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Still, I have to admit being curious now about how he explains what happened that fateful day, and whether, for example, the name "Ted" even appears in his book.

If what I've heard is correct, he happened to be in the right part of the line at the right time, and listened to the guy that knew the answers. [/quote]
Yes, that's what happened. I'd still be interested in what this tool says happened.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2010, 02:11:54 PM »

One more person not buying the book...

clemon79 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2010, 02:18:29 PM »

Missed this the first time...
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'235748\' date=\'Feb 11 2010, 08:15 PM\']or Jacqueline Susann[/quote]
The first reference I see in there to "turgid manmeat," and I'm outta there.

/reading the second excerpt, I'm THRILLED that the 'bag lost sleep over it

Mike Tennant · « **Reply #19 on:** February 12, 2010, 04:21:41 PM »

Also available at Amazon. 134 pages. Due out May 3. (Can you stand the wait?)

Mr. Armadillo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 12, 2010, 04:33:12 PM »

Darn. I was hoping to get one for a birthday present, but my birthday's on May 1.

Oh well; I guess I'll survive.

TLEberle · « **Reply #21 on:** February 14, 2010, 05:00:57 PM »

I can't believe I just thought of this, but I did. If you own either Brainiac or Prisoner of Trebekistan, pick them up and read for a while. Ken's book is entertaining because he weaves trivia in and out of so many tales, plus his story of being on Jeopardy for that long. The story of how Ken nearly lost on his first day because he stayed too close to quiz bowl convention was an interesting one. Bob Harris's tale is more interesting because he's probably lost more games of Jeopardy! than anyone in Western Civilization.

Terry's story may be interesting to some people, but it was something that happened on a single day. If we got to read about what happened during the stopdown, it might be worth a little bit. But the situation belongs in a Malcolm Gladwell book more than an entire book.