HOLY AND LOWLY: WEEK ONE, SCORES AND MORE

OMG!!! Why am I always so late posting these on a school night? I have boot camp at 5:15am and yet, I finally just finished tallying the scores for the day, and the week. I know, you guys are all tired, too, but no one can sleep for all the excitement of the Holy and Lowly Challenge.

Well, I won't keep you in suspense much longer: here are Friday's results:
Bal haamon was correct, and there appears to be differing schools of thought on the whole "Dude Looks Like a Lady" deal. According to my original source, the answer was Vince Neil, but further research also noted the whole drag queen, pub crawl thing. I'm not fighting over this one. I personally like Vince Neil because it is a short answer, but once again, because it is Sunday, and it's late, everyone is right...so here are our Friday scores:
Jamarc--FOUR big points--first in with both answers, both answers were correct. Excellent work. Your strategy is working
John, Tricia, Louis, Stacy, Sue, Tina, Kim, Judy all get TWO big points. Nice work. Way to stay focused and keep up your level of intensity. Many of your fellow competitors failed to answer this pre weekend question. This may come back to haunt them in the later rounds. These early points add up quickly, as you will all see from the total weekly tally. Remember, consistency is key here.

Now, for the extra credit: John- FOUR massive points for you. LOVED the way you wove all of those Aerosmith songs into your comment. And any useless details are always a hit with  me. VERY skillful move--you are certainly making your mark, especially for a late entrant.
Stacy-- For some reason, you consistently earn extra credit. I think it is because you always make me laugh. You were right on the money with the shrunken apple head remark. And for that you receive TWO very important EC points.
Sue: --I'm not going to lie. You are receiving ONE extra credit point because Claire's shower was so great, and also, because I totally stiffed your daughter Emily and forgot to give her the FEED t-shirt she won in the BurberryFit Club Challenge. I kept wondering why I had an extra t-shirt in my closet, but never connected the dots (Hey, Emily, send me your address and I will pop the t-shirt in the mail. And your few months without that t-shirt earned your mom ONE big EC point. She should thank you for that)
Tina/MrsSarge--ONE big point for you for mentioning BonJovi, so I could get the whole "still married to his first wife" thing out there as a subliminal hint for Dave McKeon (not that he actually reads this blog, but....)
Tricia--  Despite the fact that your husband already scored 4 HUGE points, I am awarding you ONE big EC point just to show everyone that I certainly did not hold your rocker chick comments against you (they cracked me up). I love the comments from everyone, particularly when they are opinionated or personal. C'mon. I wrote a whole post about all the things that creep me out. The least you guys can do is share a little back. (Aside to Kim Pechous: I'll see what I can do about the whole Scotsman in a kilt thing. I don't want to get your hopes up, because Dave McKeon has already made his stance on luggage over 50 pounds pretty clear...so unless it's a little, tiny guy or he is willing to pay his own way to the US, I may have some trouble...)
And finally, to show once again, how imminently fair I am, I am awarding ONE giant EC point to Louis, the son I never had, because his comment about "success, good looks and victory" made me laugh. I may very well be stealing that line at some point.

So, now that we've awarded all of Friday's points, it is time to tally up this week. Let me tell you, folks, we have got an VERY tight race here. I'm not kidding. Eight of you are only within a few points of each other, and one or two well played rounds could move anybody to the front of the pack. Here we go, according to my calculations, (and please correct me if there is any discrepancies. You've all heard my GRE math story, so I am sure the error is with me) our leader board looks like this:
Stacy:   19 big points (a testament to the steady player...excellent comments)
Jamarcus: 19 big points (being fast does have its advantages...)
Kim: 16 points (posting often works well, too)
Sue: 15 points (consistent, witty, and an excellent cook)
Judy: 14 points (never fails, and will come on strong)
John: 14 points (late start, but is shooting to the front)
Tricia: 14 points (another very steady competitor, always seems to pick up the EC)
Tina: 13 points (would have even more points if she hadn't missed the first day)
Louis: 9 points (coming from behind, building momentum)
Sara: 8 points (making up for lost time. DO NOT count her out)
Amy: 7 points (if she were kidless, she would win this thing)
Adam: 5 points (a little streaky, but throws down when he has to)
Jane: 4 points (pretty great for someone who makes up her own questions)
Barb: 2 points (she'd be killing if she could master the comment portion. Kim, tell her how it works)
Jakes (Snake and RunHard):  1 point apiece--awesome for two guys who aren't in the competition.

As you can see, it is just about anybody's ball game. And to make it even more fair, because it does seem that Chris and John have some techno knowledge that the rest of us do not possess, starting tomorrow, I will be awarding THREE points for the first correct answer, TWO for the one who answers next and ONE point for the one who answers third. Does that make sense? So, now, instead of getting four points for answering both questions correctly and first, you will earn SIX points, and it will go from there. These possible TWELVE extra points are in addition to those TEN golden Extra Credit points. So, keep answering quickly, and you will be rewarded, Keep answering wittily (is that even a word??) and you will be rewarded. And just keep playing for the love of the game and the points will take care of themselves.

In all honesty, I am having a big old blast with this contest. You guys are too much. And because I love you all, I will quickly post up tonight's super special questions:

1. After the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the king of which land takes Sarah?
2. Name the sales woman from "Say Yes to the Dress" who was too scared for several weeks to go to the doctor after finding a lump in her breast?  

Admit it, these are both great questions. Good Luck on that second one.

Now, today's Top Ten:

1. Shaka Smart--coach of Final Four bound VCU and magna cum laude grad of Kenyon College
2. Filet wrapped in bacon--an integral part of my high protein diet
3. 4 Hour Body--super interesting book. Inspiration for the McKeon high protein diet
4. Club MDub--if you don't know what it is, I'm not allowed to tell
5. Monk Malloy--am reading his autobiography and loving it
6. The Fighter--GREAT movie
7. The sisters of Mickey and Dickey --what a total riot
8. The Zeller brothers: Luke, Tyler and Cody--all Mr. Indiana basketball players
9. Tiffany crystal candlesticks
10. TOMs PRICE furniture store--managed to get my sister Wendy to start buying sofas for the summer house. Well, alright for that...