I was going to bring up the sign's inaccessibility (which is the reason I said "would have to be comparably visible from afar"), but semi-accidentally left it out while trying to clarify my writing.Volante wrote:Another bit is the Hollywood sign is not open to the public. Any memorial there would be inaccessible and, as a result, would likely be at the Observatory to begin with, as it's within a stone's throw.seaborgium wrote: I think I would have steered clear of the Hollywood sign, because first, I wouldn't consider it a structure (at best it's nine structures); and second, I imagine a memorial near the Hollywood sign would have to be comparably visible from afar, and I know there's nothing but hillside and flora around the sign. Since, even with the brainstorming, I still had to (and did) work out what "high point" meant, I'm going to count this as a get on the poll.
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( Incidentally, that bust in that photo? The one with the star? That's the James Dean bust. )
(Edit: OK, maybe a Herculean stone's throw, but still!)
Friday, July 29, 2011 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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I would have had an awful game if my mom hadn't read 3 of the books in the Book Titles category (though I did read the first few chapters of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I keep meaning to pick that one up again.) I said Grauman's Chinese Theater for FJ, having never seen a James Dean movie.
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I seem to recall seeing in a streetmap program once roads going in the Hollywood Hills right around at and the sign, and figured it was accessible. Google Maps shows a road (albeit marked differently than others, a private road, perhaps?) and a parking lot. The "review" of the sign (accessed by mouse-hover over the "Hollywood sign" tag on the map) mentions a trail which can take you behind the sign, presumably the road shown.Volante wrote:Another bit is the Hollywood sign is not open to the public.
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In Justin's WInner's Circle, he says he knew FJ because it was mentioned in a "local attractions" brochure he looked at in his hotel room the night before.
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Griffith Observatory is one of few landmarks I specifically went to visit when I was in town for the show
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Same here. The high points of my short stay in LA (other than being on the show) were Griffith Observatory and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.cshort wrote:Griffith Observatory is one of few landmarks I specifically went to visit when I was in town for the show
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When I was in LA for my show, I went to Hollywood and Beverly Hills, but spent most of my time being really nervous.
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Too bad your mom never ead Alice in Wonderland.jepkid97 wrote:I would have had an awful game if my mom hadn't read 3 of the books in the Book Titles category (though I did read the first few chapters of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I keep meaning to pick that one up again.) I said Grauman's Chinese Theater for FJ, having never seen a James Dean movie.
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My (totally wild) guess was the Watts Tower. Never would have gotten Griffith. I haven't been in LA in about 45 years.
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I am digging up this thread because of a marvelous quote I came across. From an interview with Rebecca Skloot, author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks".
Was there a specific moment when you felt you had “made it” as an author?
In chronological order: When the story of Henrietta Lacks was “ripped” for an episode of Law and Order. When my book was an answer to a Jeopardy question. When The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks showed up in the movie Think Like a Man as a tool for successfully picking up women in bookstores.
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Was there a specific moment when you felt you had “made it” as an author?
In chronological order: When the story of Henrietta Lacks was “ripped” for an episode of Law and Order. When my book was an answer to a Jeopardy question. When The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks showed up in the movie Think Like a Man as a tool for successfully picking up women in bookstores.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... write.html
See the $2000 clue in Book Titles:
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3713
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Since the thread got bumped, I just thought I'd leave this here, from when we were in LA for Justin's ToC filming.Rafferty Barnes wrote:In Justin's WInner's Circle, he says he knew FJ because it was mentioned in a "local attractions" brochure he looked at in his hotel room the night before.
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If the players from the Henry VIII's first father-in-law FJ had seen this, they'd have been home free.RCraig wrote:I think that adjusted that's also a tie for largest FJ bet ever (for games in the archive anyway). Is that the largest amount going into FJ as well? 55k adjusted? KJ's best was 51k, right?legendneverdies wrote:An FJ! right in this game would have set a one day record that would have held 23 years later, as no one's doubled total in the last 10 years has been twice this.MarkBarrett wrote: For Stefan: I put a game into the archive that you might be able to relate to: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3711
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Nice! We went there after I taped.kristinsausville wrote:Since the thread got bumped, I just thought I'd leave this here, from when we were in LA for Justin's ToC filming.Rafferty Barnes wrote:In Justin's WInner's Circle, he says he knew FJ because it was mentioned in a "local attractions" brochure he looked at in his hotel room the night before.
Note to future Los Angeles visitors: Griffith Observatory is closed Mondays. We discovered this fact after we got there.
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Justin was looking for his blue Jean, baby queen, prettiest girl he's ever seen. He found that instead.
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Rock on!Paucle wrote:Justin was looking for his blue Jean, baby queen, prettiest girl he's ever seen. He found that instead.
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Rock on!bpmod wrote:Rock on!Paucle wrote:Justin was looking for his blue Jean, baby queen, prettiest girl he's ever seen. He found that instead.
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And where do we go from here?Paucle wrote:Rock on!bpmod wrote:Rock on!Paucle wrote:Justin was looking for his blue Jean, baby queen, prettiest girl he's ever seen. He found that instead.
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