HOLY AND LOWLY: DAY TWO

Darn that fricking Wikipedia--there are no hard questions any more. It's just too easy. Tonight, I vow to come up with a trivia question that is not easily googled....

And please tell me that none of you actually knew those Luminous Mysteries without looking them up.   I was totally feeling like a major pagan and was seriously considering asking Notre Dame for a partial refund until Kim Pechous noted that these Luminous Mysteries weren't even invented until 2002. Pfft...In 2002, I had six kids between the ages of twelve and three, was moving just about every summer, mired in tons of laundry, and spending six hours a day looping the East side of Cleveland dropping various children at random fields, gyms and lessons. So frankly, unless John Paul II presented the Luminous Mysteries on Nickelodeon, was asking me to wash his baseball uniform by tomorrow, or needed a ride to violin, his new fangled mysteries never would have crossed my radar.  And they didn't...until this week.

Tonight's post will be short and sweet.  Here's the Lowdown: "JaMarcus" gets his four points--well played, son, but your reign of supremacy may be short lived.

PAY ATTENTION HERE, THERE IS A SLIGHT ADDITION TO THE CONTEST:
As of tonight, I am officially imposing the extra credit rule: (I need a way to level the playing field here, yet still keep the competition above board ish) Starting with tonight's questions, I will award up to five extra credit points each  night. I can split these among several competitors or award them all to just one person. Extra credit will be awarded for many reasons including but not limited to: making me laugh, (Stacy, Jane, ) making me feel better about the fact that I know nothing about the entire Catholic religion, (Kim) throwing in some extra fun facts like birthdays or lightening bolt tattoos (Tricia), sucking up, mocking Chris, being extra nice, adding a quirky view point, and any other random note that may strike my fancy...Let's be honest here, these points are totally subjective (and basically my way to try to prevent Jamarcus from sweeping the competition--sorry, Chris, there is no way you are scoring some Long Island Iced Teas...you either, Pete, you scary little punk....Let's be super clear here, no alcohol will be made for, delivered to, or consumed by underagers.... not on my watch...will not happen--go for the bracelet and use it to bribe some girl to date you...it may work)

As far as the rest of the field: Stacy, Judy, Amy, Sue, Tricia, and Tina (yeah, hey, Mrs. Sarge aka "Miss Congeniality" is back in the hunt, any and all comments from her will be greatly appreciated--still waiting on one, both or all of the Ponds to jump back into the mix.) all get their solid two points.  Had I instituted the extra credit rule sooner, many of you would have received extra points on top of those two points, Keep up the good work. And shoot for those extra points tomorrow.

Jane, nice answers, but in order to get some points, you really do have to answer the actual questions I ask. Frankly, because I think you already own all of the prizes on the list except the Long Islands, you can just keep making me laugh by providing your own special answers. I just may have to create a new category for you and possibly John Heinzmann who is quite the theologian. Keep the comments coming.

Typhoon Pete, I no longer feel badly about the fact that the college fund would most likely have run out well before you finished your alotted four years of undergrad. I am confident that we can use any of the money that may have come your way to assist Jack or Nate with Med school as you obviously will be following a very different "life plan" which does not involve higher education. Moreover, your obtuse and incomplete answers explain oh so very much.  Good Luck with that career as a "rapper/street performer/UFC fighter".  I'm sure your father will be very proud.

OK, here are tonight's questions:

1. How many children did King Rehoboam have? (for those who don't know, this is the Holy question)
2. Who is the Kenosha native that was listed on the International Best Dressed list several years ago? (hint: it is not Jane McTernan or Al Molinaro)

Now let's see who is the master....Good luck and God Speed to all

Too tired for Today's Top Ten--and way too hard to come up with 10 great things EVERY single day, however, right now, as we speak there is a size 42 Hickey Freeman tweed trench coat on sale on gilt.com that somebody better buy because it's like 90% off. I was thinking about buying it for Pete, but given his new career path, it seems like a waste.