Blog Posts - Well it’s summer, so time for conservatives/liberals to claim summer blockbusters as some sort of victory for their ideology. Like when conservatives tried to claim the Dark Knight and Knocked Up. Or when environmentalists and libertarians and other relevant political movements tried...
Podcast: 82 Beers For 82 Years (The Alcohol Podcast)
Blog Posts - We here at Octavarius hate alcohol. We hate how delicious it is. We hate how it warms the bones on a chilly winter’s night. We hate how good it makes us feel. So you can imagine our disdain upon discovering...
Hollywood zombies are spOoOoOoOoOoky!
Blog Posts - hey guys, ever since last Halloween, we at Octavarius have been giving pun based spooky salutations to each other… no matter how little sense it makes or how inappropriate the time of year. Recently i discovered these Hollywood zombie cards,...
Danny Tamberelli Stood Me Up. Well, Sort of…
Blog Posts - For those who remember the fantastic Nickelodeon television show “The Adventures of Pete and Pete,” I would like to apologize to you. I attempted a while back to deliver you all an exclusive interview with Danny Tamberelli of Pete and...
Podcast: Vacation! (Or: I’m Outta This Dump, Suckers!)
Blog Posts - It’s officially summertime, and that means it’s time for everyone to escape their demons by going on vacation! Octavarius has gone on many vacations, very likely to more exciting places than the average Human has been to. Hear us discuss...
Nerd Weddings: Awesome or Awful?
Blog Posts - nerd: noun. Slang 1) a person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept. wedding: noun. 1) the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials. Put these two words together and you’re in for the ultimate gala of geeks, festival of dweebs, or in some cases, something so terrible you’ll want to projectile vomit and curse the...
Running away from “Shoe Shinin’ Spider”
Blog Posts - For me, Wednesday June 23rd, may be the dumbest day of 2010 yet. It all started pretty normal. I performed a Storybox for kids show at a Catholic school in the morning, got some fun lunch in the afternoon, and...
Thanks to You, Octavarius is the #2 Improv Group!
Blog Posts - We discovered last night, on our way home from another fun BattleProv show, that Octavarius is #2 in the Chicago Reader’s Best Improv/Sketch Group category of their “Best of Chicago 2010” issue (Vol 39 No. 40) . It’s on the...
Is marriage what humans should be doing?
Blog Posts - I wonder sometimes about marriage. Why do people get married? Why is it so important? Why do people choose to only be with one other person for the rest of their life? It is in this post that I will...
Podcast: W is for wedding. W is for winner.
Blog Posts - Our good friend Scotty D got married over the weekend (and what a marrying is was!) To honor this special occasion, it’s our very first Wedding Week (WWI) at Octavarius! We’ll be celebrating WWI all week with related posts, but...
