Blog Posts - My mother is the one that introduced me to The Twirling Man. She told me he was the “twirling man from the news”. He would twirl on local news broadcasts and wear these bright zoot suits. My mom ventured and...
An Acrostic Poem for “Mother”
Blog Posts - This is possibly the greatest work of poetry ever produced by man. I dare you to write a better acrostic poem for the word Mother! Leave it in the comments. M atron of the family O verworked and under appreciated...
Cinco de Mayo
Blog Posts - Because today is Cinco de Mayo, the rest of my post about Cinco de Mayo will be in Spanish. Keep in mind, I only took 2 years of Spanish and those years were 7th and 8th grade. Ola amigos! Es...
Podcast: Mom time!
Blog Posts - It’s almost Mother’s Day, and we here at Octavarius headquarters decided to honor our dear mothers. Mostly by telling embarrassing stories about them. We love you, moms of Octavarius! And for that matter, moms of the world! Oh, and have...
Scott Danielson: Fact Or Not Fact
Blog Posts - If you’ve been outside of your place of residence in the past decade, then chances are you’ve heard whispers of the man currently known as Scott Danielson. You have likely heard of his many rumored deeds and not even known...
27 years ago today, Lee Elia was very annoyed
Blog Posts - For those of you that were not old enough to understand or not even born yet (as I was not), in 1983 attendance at Chicago Cubs games was low. The bleachers were rarely sold out. Many people that attended Cubs...
Dueling: A Gentleman’s Guide to Shooting Someone
Blog Posts - “A man says something which another tells him is a lie. They fight, but whichever is killed the point in dispute remains unsettled.” Ben Franklin, guy who wasn’t president ` ` You know what annoys ME? Settling disputes without guns....
This is the Song that Doesn’t End…
Blog Posts - When I was a kid, being annoying was a defense mechanism. When my parents were being too mean, I busted out some classic annoying gags. One common one was singing “The Song that Doesn’t End” from Lambchop’s Play Along. The...
What If Octavarius Was Around in 1996?
Blog Posts - Remember Geocities? I do. If not, here’s a quick refresher, via Wikipedia. GeoCities was originally founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet (BHI). In its original form, site users selected a “city” in...
