Born To Be Mild
Last autumn, one of my friends from the Hummingbird Hall karaoke night (I wish they'd bring it back) invited me to join her for an evening of Tuesday Trivia at a local restaurant, The Jolly Taxpayer. Another friend from our karaoke group was on the team, as well, and they were looking for a strong player. Why she picked me, I'll never know. Actually, that's not true. I used to play Trivial Pursuit all the time—especially with my friends from journalism school—and did quite well. I'm full of useless information. Anyway, I resisted for the first couple of weeks but finally decided to come out to this trivia night. And I'm glad I did. There are many teams that fill this Barrhaven restaurant. There were more than a dozen teams that comprised of anywhere from two to 10 players. On the night that I joined, there were three of us on my friends' team, Snow Leopards (they called themselves that because they were all women, and self-proclaimed cougars, and because they...
