Here is their Facebook page! (Go like them, won't you?)
It is a great bar in Akron's picturesque Merriman Valley.
They have a funky, laid back atmosphere. Walid, the owner, has one mission - to make sure people come out and enjoy themselves.
Beer Snobs! - They have an extensive beer list, so if they don't have one of your favorites, try something new - you won't be disappointed.
FOOD - They have it! Walid wanted to keep things simple, so they have a small menu, but a standout feature is their customizable burger menu. You can design the hamburger of your dreams - there are over 2000 combinations you can choose from.
There is more car space in front than many other places in the valley, but if it is filled, don't worry - a large lot around the back provides a plethora of parking. Specials - If you can join us for the pre-show they offer $1.50 domestic drafts and $2 domestic bottles until 8:00. $5 Martinis are a regular feature.
I can not wait to start! ******************** REUNITED (And it feels rather nice, if I do say so myself!) FACEBOOK QUESTION: (This is the one I'll repost on Barmacy's FB page. All correct answers I receive BEFORE 7:45 will be entered into a drawing for a free shot.) Peaches
and Herb had a number one hit in 1978 with their song "Reunited."
What's less known is that "Reunited" is a sequelsong to a song they
recorded ten years earlier. What's the name of the ORIGINAL song?
BLOG/EMAIL NEWSLETTER ONLY QUESTION (This is the one good for a non-terrific prize!) "Peaches"
was a real childhood nickname of singer Francine Barker. After a few
years, Francine stopped touring and recording with Herb. How many other
women have sung as "Peaches" since 1967?
I'll need all answers IN PERSON by 7:45 pm 1/6/14! ROB!
You may have noticed the Amazon Affiliate links on the blog. For a long time, it's been just a referral link to the jokebook I published for kindle.
I finally updated it, and added several more items, and two new categories.
One is the "Songs Used" category. (I'll update it with something creative at some point.) It's literally a list of songs that I have played during trivia nights. Not every song is on there, but a ton of them are. I'm also going to update it (ideally BEFORE trivia) with songs I'll be using in my playlist for the next show. Think of it as a bonus clue for being an obsessive geek.
(EDIT DONE LATER - I think the earlier version didn't make it clear - I didn't write or have anything to do with Shadow Unit, other than to be a fan of it, and its creators. Sorry if this was confusing.) The other is the "Shadow Unit" category. Shadow Unit is a bit hard to describe, so I am going to plagiarize from a Goodreads user "Sath": In
(creator) Emma Bull's own words, Shadow Unit is fan fiction for a tv series that
never existed. Bull thought up this fantastic urban fantasy type tv
series, taking ideas from her old favourites such as x-files and The Man from UNCLE, and then brought on board some of her writer friends to collaborate and write for it.
The series revolves around a small branch of the FBI,
the 'Anomalous Crimes Task Force' also commonly called 'the shadow
unit', whose job it is to identify and track down Gammas - humans infected an unknown entity (simply called the 'anomaly').
No one knows what the anomaly is, whether parasite, virus, bacteria
etc, but it's effect on humans is to give them supernatural abilities,
and then to bend their mind subtly to it's own purpose. Most Gammas end
up using their abilities to harm or kill, and that's when the shadow
unit gets called in.
The format of the book is as a collection of
short stories, called episodes, each written by a different author, but
all set within the same universe and timeline. The first episode Breathe
makes a very good introduction to the series. As it brings in the
character Daphne Worth who has just joined the Shadow Unit team, and is
as new to all this as we - the readers - are. Worth was originaly an
EMT , who trained up to join the team
after a nasty encounter with a Gamma that resulted in the death of her
colleagues. After meeting the team, Daphne gets to go on her first
case. Several victims have been found suffocated to death without any
apparent external cause. The Gamma that did it is still out there, and
the team are racing against the clock to put all the evidence together
and catch the Gamma before the Gamma takes its next victim.
(I made minor edits to that, mostly typos. Muphr'ys Law means that I'll make several of my own here.)
There are 13 collections availible for Kindle so far. The first episode is FREE. You can get it here. You can also read much of it online for free at their homebase at shadowunit.org. I'll make a few cents on any sales from a click-through, but I am really showcasing Shadow Unit here because I think you'll enjoy them. Check it out!
