Moderator nominations

Submitted by HankP on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 8:32pm

Meta

Yes, it's that time again. Please nominate (or second) whomever you think would be a good moderator.

I nominate Jordan, stinerman and Wagster.

FYI, I'm available for nomination if you dare.

Have at it.

I'll actually be around now

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Submitted by stinerman on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:16pm.

Now that I'm moved into my new house and am properly engaged I'll have some time to spend with my friends here.

So don't be afraid to vote for me if you want.

I nominate MSE.

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it. -- Clarence Thomas

Congratulations!

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Submitted by HankP on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:28pm.

now you get to experience the joys of home ownership, like fixing things when they break at midnight Sunday before a big meeting at work Monday morning. Don't worry, when you get older like me it will all seem worthwhile.

I blame it all on the Internet

I'll join hank on the congrats and add a thing or two

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Submitted by Darth Cuddly on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:31am.

Your lawn will become a prized possession. It doesn't happen overnight. It starts with fooling with the height adjustment on the lawnmower trying to get that perfect cut that makes it a week or so. You'll get a little obsessive about watering and keeping grass out of....well just about everything except the lawn. BTW, at some point it'll strike you that grass will grow in cracks in concrete but damned if it'll grow right in the watered fertilized lawn that you sing lullabies to every night. You know it's getting to be too much when you seriously contemplate an armed defense against your neighbor, or more accurately, your neighbors dog and it's insistence on having a steamy BM on your side of the property line. Next, you'll go into bouts of depression because the azaleas you planted last year just look like sh*t. To get over it you'll take up golf and about your second or third bad drive you'll notice just how nice all the grass looks and it's off to have a fight with the wife. My advice, pave that crap and charge for parking.

In the medical community, death is known as Chuck Norris Syndrome.

Holy crap, did...

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Submitted by Bernard Guerrero on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:09pm.

....you hack into my security cameras or something? I just don't get it. 105 in the shade, and I get random dead patches and the stuff grows in every f*ing available crack, water supply be damned....

"Unfortunately the universe doesn't agree with me. We'll see which one of us is still standing when this is over." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky

Maybe we should split the baby.

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Submitted by Jordan on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:35pm.

How about paving over your lawn, and *then* hitting the slab here and there with a jackhammer? Get some good cracks going, then let messrs. bermudagrass and jimsonweed do the rest.

M Aurelius was probably right.

I'm already there

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Submitted by stinerman on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 5:16pm.

I always said when I got my own place, I wasn't going to mow it but a few times a year. And I wasn't going to waste my time working on it.

I've been here for less than 2 months and I already want to spend a few hundred dollars on getting rid of all the weeds and some fertilizer. Amazing.

Best story about the whole thing: I moved in next door to my dad's cousin without knowing it beforehand. My dad's side is very "loose knit", so I had never met the guy (or realized he existed) before that day. I met my 2nd cousins. Not bad all told..

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it. -- Clarence Thomas

I have a 3x10ft patch of

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Submitted by heet on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 1:20pm.

I have a 3x10ft patch of grass behind my rented townhome and every afternoon I come home from work and inspect the dead spots and plan for further interventions. It is pretty dumb, really.

For a year or two

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Submitted by nyoos junkey on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 3:48am.

at the Chelsea Flower Show there was a fashion for a thing called "The Celtic Meadow". Now, you need to be a skilled and qualified top TV gardener to be able to fully realise such a thing, but the effect (to all but a skilled and qualified top TV gardener) is exactly that which one gets by just not mowing your lawn all year.

I'm in my 3rd year of Celtic Meadow heaven. There's some insubordination in the ranks recently. I've told the ranks that it's good for bees but she's not fully buying that one. We did loose the elder child for a few minutes last week and only found him because he made some noise while enjoying the pleasure of my Celtic Nettle patch (good for butterflies). I fear a certain bactrian even toed ungulate is headed for the chiropractor and I, alas, am headed to the shed to see if I still own a mower.

Thanks Nyoos, the power of labeling is astounding

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Submitted by Darth Cuddly on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 10:59am.

I think I'll try this with the wife. I'll lay on the couch and tell her I'm trying to control anger issues with performance art. I'll call it "Celt in Repose".

I can't do the Celtic Meadow at my house. Too many wee beasties. The furry and feathered ones are usually ok but the scaly ones are a deal breaker. We also have this scourge known as fire ants and the best defense is to see their mounds.

In the medical community, death is known as Chuck Norris Syndrome.

Best thing to do with fire ants

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Submitted by Jordan on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 11:27am.

is to slowly incorporate diazinon into your diet. You might be riding the line of organ failure all summer, but at least when you accidentally disturb a mound and get swarmed, you'll take as many of the bastards with you as you can.

M Aurelius was probably right.

I nominate you then...

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Submitted by M Aurelius on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 9:33pm.

...or second, or third, whatever the case may be.

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

I'd rather put out a campfire with my face

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Submitted by Jordan on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:21pm.

than moderate during the runup to November. Also I've got quite a bit of traveling to do...please don't put me on the list.

I'll nominate Wagster, Manish, and heet.

I'd second stiner, but he already seconded himself.

M Aurelius was probably right.

I respectfully

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Submitted by heet on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:28pm.

I respectfully decline.

Several months of an unpredictable schedule, including a hellish month of call at the local level 1 trauma center, mean I'd be pretty ineffective. Plus my general mood will be less than ideal for a moderator during this period.

This doesn't qualify as a trauma center?

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Submitted by HankP on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:29pm.

especially during election season?

I blame it all on the Internet

Eh, call is tolerable. I

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Submitted by heet on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:00pm.

Eh, call is tolerable. I enjoy my time here.

I owe you an apology

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Submitted by HankP on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:38pm.

I promised you a night out drinking when Harley came through town, he never showed up. So let me know when you have a few days off and we can meet (along with anyone else in the Seattle area who's interested) for a glass or two. Just don't diagnose me, I know there's plenty of things wrong with me.

I blame it all on the Internet

Sounds good, I'll let you

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Submitted by heet on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:59pm.

Sounds good, I'll let you know what's going on.

Thanks for the rec

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Submitted by mmghosh on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:34pm.

but I'm pretty busy this Oct/Nov. New project, clients etc.

I nominate nyoos junkey, Micky Love and MSE.

literally anything can become right or wrong if the dominant class of the moment so wills it

That can be arranged

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Submitted by HankP on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:39pm.

when I'm back there in August.

I blame it all on the Internet

I'm going to be busy that month.

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Submitted by Jordan on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:34pm.

Busy drinking that is. Might as well do some of it with you.

M Aurelius was probably right.

So ...

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Submitted by HankP on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:40pm.

Wagster, JKC, Jay C, is that the extent of the NYC contingent?

I blame it all on the Internet

Does NJ count?

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Submitted by TXG1112 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:39am.

I would be in for a meetup, keep me posted.

--- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.

My apologhies

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Submitted by HankP on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:33am.

of course it counts. Mint Juleps + sunburn = semi-comatose last night.

I blame it all on the Internet

No worries

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Submitted by TXG1112 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:56pm.

I haven't been posting much lately (well, even less than usual) but I see on another thread that it's the weekend of Aug 17/18 when I will be out of town. :(

--- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.

I'm in

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Submitted by Wagster on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 1:54pm.

For the drinking that is, not the nomination. How can I moderate when I'm drunk?

Seriously, I'm flattered, but my availability can be kind of spotty.

"I don't want us to descend into a nation of bloggers." - Steve Jobs

nyoos junkey, Micky Love, M Aurelius...nt

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Submitted by Traveller on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:47pm.

Traveller

stiner, M Aurelius, Darth Cuddly

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Submitted by Bird Dog on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:52am.

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

What the heck did I do to you?

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Submitted by Darth Cuddly on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 3:21pm.

In the medical community, death is known as Chuck Norris Syndrome.

Sorry, man

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Submitted by Bird Dog on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 9:16am.

If it's any consolation, I switched my vote to notyou.

ahh...

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Submitted by M Aurelius on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 9:35pm.

Thanks, but fair warning, I was something of an absentee moderator the last time around.

I think I should be somewhat more active this coming semester, given the election and all. But if workload calls, there may be gaps in coverage. Just so you guys are aware of that.

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

OK, I'll dare...

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Submitted by Jay C on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:06am.

I'll nominate (or second) HankP.

And while I'm usually out of the City in August, I might be persuaded to time a trip back in for a Forvm ~~drinking fest~~ social meet-up with appropriate leadtime.