King of the Hill (No, Not That One)

As with most things in my life, my brain, over packed to the brim with impossibily nerdy things like Star Wars/Trek trivia, a complete working knowledge of WoW (even though I haven't played in a couple of years), and other such things, attaches a Simpsons, Family Guy or Futurama quote to nearly everything I do.  Failing that, I can always fall back on "that's what she said"...and often do.

Today I walked into the Auburn YMCA.  What did my brain immediately queue up?  "A gyme...what's a gyme....oooooooh a GYME".  Classic Simpsons...well, post classic season 9 anyhow.  Yes, I will argue you into the ground if you disagree. 

Anyhow, the topic of this episode is quite relivant...Homer goes to a church picnic with the family, and tries to play capture the flag, runs about 15 feet and falls over in a pile.  Bart is dissapointed in Homer's lack of physical fitness.  Homer starts chowing down PowerSauce bars (made of apple cores and chinese newspapers) and joins an all night gym, with the goal of getting into shape to climb Springfields tallest mountain, the MURDERHORN.  Its in capslock, so you know its big and scary.  Additionally, it, like many Springfield landmarks, is never seen before or after this episode.

So here we are...6 months from this whole race thing, and I'm walking into a gym with little more knowledge than is required to know how to properly pronouce the word.

The MURDERHORN is the Great Race. 

My PowerSauce?  I'm not sure.  I'll eat some apples, but I pass on the newspaper.