By bluerasberry on 2019-08-14
On Wednesday 14 August 2019 I talked with Lodewijk about Wiki Loves Monuments. He asked me to avoid saying anything firm about the project before talking to others, and to ask Multichill in particular. What follows are messy notes! Avoid quoting, and assume that there are errors here! A tenth anniversary is special. A ninth […]
Posted in art, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged contest, monument, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2010-11-22
I participated in the Mashed-potato Munch Off at the Green Lake Gobble again this year. I ate 75 ounces of mashed potatoes (4.7 pounds, 2.1 kilograms) in four minutes. The woman to my right was second place. I was intimidated because I had expected them to leave my finished bowls in front of me, but […]
Posted in art, Seattle | Tagged competitive eating, contest
By bluerasberry on 2009-11-22
I won first place among eight people in a mashed potato-eating competition at Greenlake on Sunday November 22. It was sponsored by Greenlake Bar and Grill, a local restaurant. The contest details are here. Here is a facebook video of the event. My strategy was to use water to get the potatoes to slippery consistency […]
Posted in festival, Seattle | Tagged competitive eating, contest
By bluerasberry on 2009-08-02
On Saturday, August 1 I participated as a contestant in a doughnut-eating contest at Top Pot Doughnuts in downtown Seattle. The event was hosted by El Vez and some lady in a doughnut bikini. I and my eating companion Adam from Barsuk Records won second place. The format was that a random selection from audience […]
Posted in art, encounter, Seattle | Tagged competitive eating, contest, doughnut
By bluerasberry on 2007-09-08
My friend Keith went to England to compete in a moustache competition. He won, too. Keith is a very competitive person and is always out for blood in everything he does. The other contenders never really had chance, because even if they had groomed a better moustache – a difficult proposition in itself – he […]
Posted in art | Tagged charity, contest, performance