All About - America's Favorite Distraction "Jeopardy Guy" James Holzhauer

On Jeopardy 2047 - "Historic America for 2,000 Alex" Q. Known now as the owner of the most successful team in baseball and originally a champion game show contestant? A. Who is James Holzhauer? 

Could it be?...seems everyone is now wanting in on The Jeopardy Guy - Including MLB (link reveals the actual Jeopardy season has finished filming... hmm.) Here's more on the possible Baseball Connection just days ago.

Whatever you do...don't miss all the vital stats on Jeopardy James at the Jeopardy site... including his percentages on all the important features of the game. 

Tracking James Holzhauer

Wired - Has Honed In On The Domineering Strategy James Uses
How to Win Over 100,000 On Jeopardy
In A Single Round

Ken Jennings Says He's Godsmacked By James
The Champ Weighs In

Meanwhile In England
Yes... #JeopardyJames is already being covered by the UK Media - Talking About Him Closing In On The All Time Money Won Record (A Bit Early Perhaps)

He's already giving back to his local community in Vegas - as early as 4/11 OVER A MONTH AGO.
Including The Natural History Museum And To Help Kids
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“I am happy to confirm that James and Melissa Holzhauer made a $10,000 check to the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Foundation on April 11 to support early learning and homework help services at the Library District,” said Danielle Milam, development and planning director at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and Foundation.

Seems Brad Rutter - the all time winner in cash on Jeopardy has finally weighed in on the #JeopardyJames phenomena too.
"He Has Knowledge And Buzzer Skills"
Can a Brad - Ken - James "charity event" be far away?
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“James is probably the end point of a trend that's been going on for a while,” Rutter said. “If you look at it statistically, people have not been betting enough on Daily Doubles through the vast majority of the history of ‘Jeopardy!’  And I think that helped me out in the finals of the All-Star tournament, when I knew I was going to go in (big) if I got them, and it ended up working out for me.”

James Holzhauer Wikipedia Page

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Satellite Images Of The Ghost Cities Of China

Merry Christmas. Stir The Stew.

If China is supposed to be the endless growth of the worlds economic engine - what do these images mean? And, if they represent the coming bust - what can be done about that? Questions a bit too sticky for our MSM - but not Barf Stew. - http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-chinese-ghost-cities-2010-12?slop=1#slideshow-start#ixzz18EHVIxq3

Jimmy Stone's Ghost Town
Ghost Towns of the Southwest: Your Guide to the Historic Mining Camps and Ghost Towns of Arizona and New Mexico

Want a good Christmas read? Bowing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowing - with words such as:
Bows of apology and thanks



Bows are a required and expected part of any apology or expression of thanks in East Asia, especially Japan, Korea, and Taiwan .
Bows of apology tend to be deeper and last longer than other types of bow. They occur with frequency during the apology, generally at about 45 degrees with the head lowered and lasting for at least the count of three, sometimes longer. The depth, frequency and duration of the bow increases with the sincerity of the apology and the severity of the offense. Bows of thanks follow the same pattern.
Bows of apology are frequently performed at press conferences by high-ranking members of a company that has performed some misdeed, such as producing faulty parts that resulted in a death. These bows are almost invariably performed standing behind a table; the tips of the fingers touch the table while the upper body, held straight, is lowered from the waist until the face is parallel with the tabletop.

More Stewable stuff at the Wiki link.


Bowing to Necessities: A History of Manners in America, 1620-1860


Ever wonder how a watch works? Some serious Barf Stew going on with this invention for sure:

















Today's special UFO link for Christmas - Have you ever heard of Mr. Bob White? -- here's his more than compelling story that he told for decades AND a pretty good UFO listing too - http://www.hardevidence.info/ Stewable.















Meanwhile, IBM's Watson supercomputer will play Jeopardy! on these dates, - http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/14/ibms-watson-supercomputer-will-play-jeopardy-on-these-dates/  - Valentine's Day being the first of three dates - cool videos too at the link.


Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days

Today's dose of Fear - HR 645: Congress Seeks to Authorize & Legalize FEMA Camps - (oldie) - http://whentheshtf.blogspot.com/2010/12/hr-645-congress-seeks-to-authorize.html - three other nightmarish links too. Barf Stew.

Finally, --- well, something Barfsters will be glued to shall we say: (Make sure to read the comments too):


One final Christmas Gift for Barfsters - http://i.imgur.com/8bnyc.jpg.

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