I didn't like him at first but he's growing on me.

just said that too. Also if he wrote a book about his upcoming travels she would buy it. We yelled yahoo when he won just now.

malaise.

hehehehhe

he's so nonchalant.

He's quirky but funny

Finals will be Thursday and Friday.

LOL - tough night

I don't view for another two hours, but Damn, I read the spoiler. Bummer, I was kinda rooting for MIT Lilly.

but I guess someone is ahead of us.

made some really surprising unforced errors. I got the impression she knew the answers, but misspoke. 3 times by my count.
Ouch.

The questions were quite tough, so Austin earned it.

she realized it immediately

and yes one of those questions she blew was right in her area of expertise

I'm actually happy Austin won, despite liking Lilly. Here's hoping Buzzy wins tomorrow so we can see them compete in the finals.

Buzzy is very good

Battle of the nerds, baby! I'm liking Alan from Santa Barbara, but Tim is just a nice nerdy nerd so we'll just have to wait and see.

The battle between Austin and Buzzy in the finals is going to be interesting; either one can win on any given night, and it's a two night game. My Magic 8 Ball is is sitting this one out.

Who ever heard of the Pied Piper of Van Buren? (though identifying a VP's name by going to a German fairy tale is a weird stretch, even for Jeopardy).

I can't say that Austin's my favorite - I liked him at first, but the posturing got to me - but I like him better than a lot of the others. One thing that's really, really bothering me about the Tournament, though, is that they are all inveterate Daily Double shoppers. That makes the watching experience less pleasant for me, as I like to play along, and frankly, I'd rather see players win based on knowledge than on wagering.

You can wager anything but you still have to have knowledge.
Semi-final #2 coming up now

He's still a Daily Double shopper - they all are in this tournament, though, not limited to just him, obvs. Someone wrote a book about it a few years ago, and how it was a strategy to get large dollar amounts on the board early. The worst, the worst offender of that strategy of all time was Arthur Chu! He called his run the Chu Chu train, seriously! And he never, ever picked the first questions on the board.

Enjoy the game!

It's been a great tournament so far.

You'll love this day 2 final

I got the Final!

It's Grandparents week and this grandpa and granddaughter had the million dollar wedge going in to the final. They said fried zucchini (not sure they made the time) but it was baked zucchini and they had the million dollar envelope. Damn! Grandpa looked ready for a heart attack.

This is my therapy

unfortunately, I will be on a plane to Paris during tomorrow's match-up - darn . . .

GO ALAN!!!!

We're approaching Double Jeopardy.

Enjoy Paris

OMFG!!! Hahahahhahah can't believe he did that - tomorrow should be fun.

Buzzy -first time in history a player had zero on day one and came back to win. Even more amazing - it was a runaway. An amazing comeback - fabulous.