Ryan McFarland

Cena and i were on a team with Lynsey for Cranium last night.  We won $25 each as the top prize after we tipped Tiffany for putting it together and running it.  One of the questions was a definition with multiple choices and i knew the answer before looking at the options.  Crepuscular.  I know it because of wildlife biology class at Finger Lakes Community College.  I learned it because it describes animals that are active at dawn and dusk — they are not nocturnal or diurnal but crepuscular.

Bingo

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Cena and I went and played bingo at the Sons of Norway hall tonight. Cena won the first game. Lynsey came and played too. I could have won one of the games but I somehow missed one of the squares. When I say “somehow” I mean “was so dumb i…”

Palm is running a “best, worst, and funniest pick-up line” contest. According to the official rules you can get multiple entries by logging in often. The grand prize is a trip to Vegas for six people. There are three Caribbean cruises for two. And every day they are giving away a Palm Centro. The contest closes on May 17th.

Tranform Your Home (a Renuzit product) is running a contest that one lucky winner will receive a $20,000 home makeover. I spent a bit of my free time the week in DC watching HGTV and you’re all well aware of the home improvement projects that Cena and I have been taking on. Having twenty thousand dollars to work with would go a long way. It looks like you have to submit a video (under 2 minutes long) or a photo and text (less than 250 words) to the site (Be sure to follow the official rules.) to enter. The contest ends June 8th, 2008.

If i were to win $20,000 for a major remodel i would probably work on the boiler room’s transformation to a bathroom. I can’t find in the official rules what kind of a makeover the house gets. Are we just talking about paint and decorations? Is this s furniture update? Or is this a tear down the walls and reconfigure a room kind of a project? In the rules it says “If Tanya Memme is unavailable for home makeover consultation, no substitution or compensation will be awarded.” Ugh. So you could be the grand prize winner and actually get nothing if she can’t fit it into her schedule? And who is Tanya Memme? There is a second prize of $3,000 and third of $2,000. With just two or three thousand dollars i could make a big impact on my plans for that bathroom.