{"id":237406,"date":"2025-05-12T03:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/ill-take-bucket-list-for-400-ken-six-colors\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T03:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:45:58","slug":"ill-take-bucket-list-for-400-ken-six-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=237406","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll take \u201cBucket List\u201d for $400, Ken \u2013 Six Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Years ago, when I was working my first post-college job in web development and IT, I found myself totally burned out. One day, sitting at my computer, I opened up a blank Word document and just started writing down all the things I wanted to be doing instead.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been lucky enough to check a number of those items off the list, including publishing novels and writing the back page column for <em>Macworld<\/em>,<sup id=\"fnref-34928-eluded\"\/> but today I get to knock off one that I was honestly never sure would happen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"pull-right\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sixcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JEOP_S41-9328-air050725-Dan_Vertical-6c.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Dan behind the Jeopardy! podium\" data-image-w=\"\" data-image-h=\"\" class=\" jetpack-broken-image\"\/><figcaption>Sorry my handwriting wasn\u2019t better, mom!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This evening, Wednesday May 7th, I\u2019ll be appearing as a contestant on <em>Jeopardy!<\/em>. I\u2019ve been a fan of the show since I was a kid\u2014I\u2019m pretty sure I watched it with my grandmother at some point, though as I recall she was more of a <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> person\u2014and in a family replete with librarians, the pursuit of knowledge has always been a guiding principle. Honestly, I just love trivia and quizzes; that\u2019ll no doubt be a huge surprise to anyone who\u2019s followed my decade of writing and hosting a quiz show podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/theincomparable.com\/gameshow\/inconceivable\/\">the latest episode of which is also coincindentally out today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t say anything about my appearance, of course, but I can say that the experience of going out to record the show was amazing. I met a bunch of wonderful and supportive fellow <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> enthusiasts, who you\u2019ll also see competing this week, and we\u2019ve stayed in touch as the shows have come to air. It\u2019s been a distinct pleasure and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this also makes Six Colors the home of no less than <em>two<\/em> contestants, as our <a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2025\/05\/tell-me-all-your-troubles\/\">new colleague Glenn Fleishman<\/a> is himself a two-time Jeopardy! champion. I\u2019m honored to follow in his footsteps by being on the show.<sup id=\"fnref-34928-jasonstime\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a big thanks to everybody out there who\u2019s supported my many and varied careers, from Jason to each and every person who\u2019s read my articles, bought my books, and listened to my podcasts. The outpouring of support for my appearance on the show has been tremendous and humbling.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019ll tune in to watch and root for me! You can find when and where it airs in your neck of the woods over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeopardy.com\/watch\"><em>Jeopardy!\u2019s<\/em> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sixcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JEOP_S41-9328-air050725-Dan_Ken-6c.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-image-w=\"\" data-image-h=\"\" class=\" jetpack-broken-image\"\/><figcaption>If nothing else, I got Ken Jennings to \ud83d\udd96, an achievement all of its own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[<em><strong>Dan Moren<\/strong> is the East Coast Bureau Chief of Six Colors. You can find him on Mastodon at <a href=\"https:\/\/zeppelin.flights\/@dmoren\">@dmoren@zeppelin.flights<\/a> or reach him by email at dan@sixcolors.com. His latest novel, the sci-fi spy thriller The Armageddon Protocol, <a href=\"https:\/\/dmoren.com\/the-armageddon-protocol\/\">is out now<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you appreciate articles like this one, support us by <a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/subscribe\/\">becoming a Six Colors subscriber<\/a>. Subscribers get access to an exclusive podcast, members-only stories, and a special community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, when I was working my first post-college job in web development and IT, I found myself totally burned out. One day, sitting at my computer, I opened up a blank Word document and just started writing down all the things I wanted to be doing instead. 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