Free pizza awaits one lucky person
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You know how we're letting you all choose the best things in the area right now with our Readers' Choice Awards? Things like best perch and best wings.
Well, get ready for some excitement, because we're not done yet.
Funcoast.com is a proud sponsor of the Rotary Club Pizza Challenge March 8 at Lyman Harbor. As a sponsor, we get to select one of the judges, and instead of being selfish and just taking all the free pizza for ourselves, we're giving that chance to you.
Here's the deal - I want short e-mails from you as to why you are the most deserving person in our area to be a judge.
If you don't know much about this event, I will do my best to fill you in. It's a big competition where local pizza places bring in all sorts of pizza and the judges get to decide what's best.
Register reporter Brandi Barhite, who was a judge last year, said there were plenty of weird varieties, including spinach and BLT pizza.
That sounds gross, but seriously, who doesn't want a chance to eat free pizza? Even if some of it may be awful. Plus, some of the other judges at this event are "notable personalities" in the area, so you will be extra special because you will have earned your seat at the judges table the hard way, unlike the privileged few who get their spots handed to them.
Send me an e-mail at editor@funcoast.com telling me why you would be a good judge. Keep it short - 200 words or less - so I can read them all and pick my favorites to publish. Then we'll let the readers speak again and choose whose e-mail they like the best. The winner will be the judge.
While you're writing, keep in mind that I'll be deciding whose e-mails are best not based on artisitc merit but based on personal opinion. Many of you have probably read my columns at least once or twice - and that's enough for you to know that I'm weird.
If, in your letter, you can somehow start talking about pizza and end up talking about some B-List celebrity or an attractive actress or your favorite Steve Martin movie, you probably have a leg up in my book.
That could be tough to accomplish in 200 words, but I have faith in you all.
And don't put too much effort into these suckers either - trust me, I usually write my columns in about 20 minutes then move downstairs to my couch for an episode of "Lost" or "The Office" (and, just so you know, TV show references also are appreciated - including references to older shows such as "The Cosby Show," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" or Who's The Boss?").
As a warning, if you make fun of me for liking Chuck Norris, you will not be selected. I say this because several of my co-workers think the Chuck Norris column I wrote a few weeks ago was a little bit of a stretch - I then tell my co-workers they're stupid, so I get the last laugh.
If you're trying to appeal to my sense of humor, I also like haikus - those are always good. Sometimes my friends and I have a few drinks and then hold haiku-writing contests about random subjects.
One of the best haiku-writing contests we had recently was all about bratwurst. I think mine, which was deemed the winner, went something like this:
Bratwurst, I love you. Juicy, sweet, ready to eat. Who stole my wheat bun?
I don't think that's exactly what I said, but I know the last line is accurate - that one is etched into my memory forever.
Haikus are obviously much shorter than 200 words, so you could write like 10 haikus about pizza in your e-mail to me. If you did that, I think you'd be guaranteed a spot on the final list.
So again, in summary, everyone should want to be a guest judge at the Rotary Club Pizza Challenge on March 8 at Lyman Harbor because it will be fun and you get free pizza.
If you want to be a judge, e-mail me at editor@funcoast.com (200 words or less), and I'll pick the best to be published next week. I'll give you until midnight this Sunday (Feb. 18) to get your submissions in. Happy writing, and I look forward to hearing from you.
POWELL'S PICKS
ï GO SEE UNFORSAKEN, Feb. 18 at the Underground, Sandusky.
I've exchanged e-mails with Jimbo Rocko a couple of times and he seems like a nice guy. And their music is pretty good, from what I've heard.
ï GIRL ON GIRL KISSING CONTEST, Feb. 16, Nick's Roadhouse, Port Clinton.
This sounds like a cheap ploy to get people to come out to a bar in the middle of terrible weather. I'm a sucker for cheap ploys.
ï SEE JADY KURRENT, Feb. 16 at Cabana Jacks, Sandusky.
One of my friends says this is his favorite band in the area. Plus, the character J.D. in "Scrubs" is funny.
ï CHECK OUT "THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA," which opens nationwide Feb. 16.
The director's name is Gabor Csupo. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. Tell those facts to your friends - they'll be impressed with your wealth of knowledge. And if you're willing to drive a little ...
ï GO TO THE TOM SHAPER BLUES SHOW, Feb. 17, Barking Spider Tavern, Cleveland.
I know nothing about Tom Shaper, I just like the name "Barking Spider Tavern." It creates a funny visual image.
Sorry if this column was a bit more dull than normal. I think the cold weather has frozen important parts of my brain. Still, I hope you'll e-mail me at editor@funcoast.com.
