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...
Song Request: All for Love
Blog Posts - Yesterday we had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Scott Danielson and Susan Fletcher. Scott, a long time friend and member of the podcast, had the foresight to get a DJ that took requests. Requesting became so popular that...
It’s My BIRTHDAY!
Blog Posts - It’s my birrrtthhhddaaaayyyyy
I “Found” A Way To Win That Steak Dinner
Blog Posts - (A timely and thoughtful response to Castellvi’s drunken ramblings about the LOST steak dinner bet.) Over five years ago Castellvi was foolish enough to make a friendly (read: venomous) wager with me about the outcome of LOST. The fool actually...
Don’t Ice Me, Bro! Why I Refuse to Play Smirnoff’s Game
Blog Posts - If you’re just a regular guy, you probably don’t understand why a self-respecting man would get down on one knee and chug a Smirnoff Ice. But the above picture is not of some regular guy. The man pictured above is...