[Posting this a week late:] Jessamyn's last batch of trivia questions was most excellent. The magic words category rocked, if only because I knew most of them and yet they were challenging. Many thanks to Jessamyn for all the hard work!

A special shout-out to the People's Pub, our trivia venue: the team I was on for round three won the second place prize, a pitcher of beer. (While I wasn't technically on the team for the win of the beer coupon we were spending, we got 2nd place again in round three, so I think I was allowed to partake.) However, nobody on the team drank (or at least was interested in drinking at the time). Someone suggested we ask if we can get hot chocolate instead, so we did, jokingly referring to our substitute prize as a pitcher of hot chocolate. The waitress believed they were out of hot chocolate, but would go check anyway.

A good 20 minutes later, the waitress returned to ensure that we weren't going to leave. While the kitchen was out of their regular cheapo hot chocolate stuff, they decided to try and whip something up. It was late, the game was over and we were all tired and wanting to go home, but the special effort was too appreciated to abandon, so we waited. Many minutes later, the waitress handed out six mugs and carried over-- if you can imagine-- a pitcher of hot chocolate. It was warm, creamy and extremely satisfying. It was clear that this wasn't cheapo hot chocolate, but a half gallon of milk carefully heated on a stovetop, to which chocolate syrup was lovingly added. And it was gratis, as the second place prize in someone's trivia game. First prize was cash; I think I prefer second.