It’s going to be a very red World Series. The Red Sox vs. The Red Birds. Otherwise known as the Cardinals. The team with the best record in the regular season prevailed, as I predicted! Who will win the Boston / St. Louis series? I’m going to say Cardinals in 6.

As you know from reading this blog, on many Tuesday nights, I attend Trivia at the Baggot Inn. It’s a fun, relaxing environment and a great opportunity to down some drinks with friends while answering obscure questions about pop culture and current events. Recently, Amy Sohn, a columnist from "New York Magazine," attended to make it the subject for her next piece. (I did not attend that night because of a date I was on) One would think that it would be a positive, or at least objective, article. Unfortunately, that was hardly the case. The link to the article can be found here. Sohn seemed to enter with the misperception that everyone who attends does so because they’re not cool enough or good looking enough for the usual club/bar scene and that this is the only venue that they can get dates. She tries to bolster proof for this theory by describing the attendees in less than flattering terms. One is called "bald and diminutive." Another "pale and blowsy." "Geeks" and "nerds" are blanket words she uses to describe all the attendees. Then she has the audacity to claim that she is the best looking person in the room. What’s her point? Is she that insecure that she has to put down others in order to make herself feel better? Or is it just her style to misrepresent events to fit her warped, preconceived notions? I wrote her a letter, which is pasted below.
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Ms. Sohn,

I am writing in reference to your article in New York Magazine, inappropriately titled "Geek Love."

As a frequent trivia goer, I am disappointed by the aspersions that you cast. Comments like "Not everyone is charming and gorgeous. That's why there's trivia night", "I may be the hottest girl in the place" and your repeated "nerd" references, are defamatory and, frankly, untrue. Furthermore, they imply that you are looking down on an environment that is unfamiliar to you. I appreciate your attempt to cover the event but it appears that you entered with preconceptions and tailored your article to fit the angle you wanted to push.

I expected better.

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Have a great weekend everyone!