[oman]

Couple of small points.  Not hugely important, but to me worth noting.

1)  Starting a new thread on this is certainly the administrator's prerogative.  I think it completely takes away from the normal life of any thread.  If we want the nature of this board to be full tilt moderated, fine.  Thankfully when most of us chose to chat in our free time our conversations lead where they lead.

2) Putting my post as the first makes it sound like I am a brobdingnagian fan of the mascot, when in fact it was a side thought coming out of the AD talk.  Later posts kind of put it in context, but still.

[oman]

Couple of small points.  Not hugely important, but to me worth noting.

1)  Starting a new thread on this is certainly the administrator's prerogative.  I think it completely takes away from the normal life of any thread.  If we want the nature of this board to be full tilt moderated, fine.  Thankfully when most of us chose to chat in our free time our conversations lead where they lead.

2) Putting my post as the first makes it sound like I am a brobdingnagian fan of the mascot, when in fact it was a side thought coming out of the AD talk.  Later posts kind of put it in context, but still.