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That said, I think we as a community tend to have a very backwards attitude towards training new moderators. We treat it as a sort of a praiseworthy inborn skill, rather than a reasonable expectation, when we find a moderator who gets through rounds in 25-30 minutes with the speed and clarity that ...

That said, I think we as a community tend to have a very backwards attitude towards training new moderators. We treat it as a sort of a praiseworthy inborn skill, rather than a reasonable expectation, when we find a moderator who gets through rounds in 25-30 minutes with the speed and clarity that ...

My taxi services and I are returning on Wednesday (assuming same time/place). I'm happy to drive people home afterwards; if you also want a ride there beforehand, let me know in the next 48 hours.

Mewto55555 wrote:Our flight is leaving from gate D2 in a few hours. JL is concerned we won't be able to board, as we've both lost our eligibility.

This is definitely my favorite part.

Max, are you now the contact person for those of us who have to be let in?

Madagascar Serpent Eagle wrote:That being said, in addition to Lose Yourself, Till I Collapse is also a good song.

Another personal favorite. Also "Rabbit Run," now that I think of it, but only if you seriously feel like you need to kill somebody. That song raises your heart rate just sitting there.

No one has said Eminem's "Lose Yourself" yet, and sometimes when you're holding a buzzer all day you can find your palms get sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...

I know everyone's brains are probably in a spaghetti-like state after CO, but do you know when practices will be next week? My car situation is less than ideal, so the more notice the better (and/or having a regular schedule).

One of my approximately three buzzes at 2013 ICT was first-cluing "polio" on a clue about a certain disease in India. About a year prior I was at a travel clinic getting my shots to go to India (among other places), and the waiting room had readings about India that included nearly the exa...

If they continue into August I'd be interested. I have to work Thursday nights right now to run study sessions for the class I'm TAing, but if the practices outlast the class I'd be down for a couple.

I know it's TBD, but I'm very curious to hear more about how the "editors will tell you what distribution your submissions should adhere to" will work. I gather that there just be a few stock half-distributions that people are assigned, presumably at random?

Just by talking to some members of my team, they felt the lit was both heavy on authors as opposed to works. They also felt like there were a ton of questions, especially in lit, to the tune of "from this country" and "written in this language" (although I also feel like those qu...

Can you post the clarinet question? No qualms with it, just a clarinet major interested in seeing how the rest of it.