In Thursday, January 8th's installment of The Gene Pool...

... I did not care for the Gene Pool's critique of the hamburgers. Who sticks his or her finger through a patty?

... I did not like the Gene Pool's employment of Wikipedia during the Trivial Pursuit contest. Aside from the inherent problem of the aforementioned internet reference (as illustrated with this story: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902 ), is that this act slowed down the game considerably. As the Gene Pool complained, "I'm not a big fan of [Trivial Pursuit]. I don't mind the questions being difficult because I use the game as a learning tool. Trivial Pursuit games, however, always drag on and on to the point where I'm begging somebody to win already." The problem with the Gene Pool's assessment is that he constantly interupted the flow of the game with reports from Wikipedia. While I do not devalue the information we learned (or possibly about which we were missinformed through Wikipedia), this seemed to be the most significant consumer of time.

... I am indifferent to the Gene Pool's statement that I failed to mention the Chuck helped me considerably in the creation of "Poolside (feat. Bob Wardlaw)". I do not recall explicitly, but I do thought I mentioned this at game night. Also, it was Chuck who tipped off the Gene Pool to Poolside's existence.

... I especially liked Thursday's installment of "The Tina Cursing Corner." First, it was rather voluminous, which is always a good sign. But even better, Tina employed two "shit"s and the always entertaining "shithole."

... I do not know how to respond to the following: "Two and [1/2] Men wins for best comedy. 'It's about fucking time.'" I don't even know that there is an appropriate response to this.

... I was indifferent to Gene Pool's self-assessment. It was interesting, however.

... I liked the Gene Pool's review of the updated version of ESPN's website.

... I did not care for the Gene Pool's Top List regarding vanity license plates. It appears that the Gene Pool was grasping for straws in Thursday's edition.

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