# Please welcome our newest moderator, Aspenglow **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 2, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473 "2021-06-02T14:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/41 "2021-06-03T15:26:01Z")
Thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/42 "2021-06-03T15:58:42Z")
Yay!! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/43 "2021-06-03T16:04:14Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/44 "2021-06-03T16:07:31Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > … back in the early days the newest mod was required to power the hamster cage. LOL, we’d have been in the dark in short order. That was a good rule change! You are all so kind. I appreciate the good wishes and will do my best to live up to expectations. Off to study. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/45 "2021-06-03T16:31:26Z")
I for one welcome our new crustacean overlord. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/46 "2021-06-03T20:47:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > > Congratulations and condolences! > > > > Thank you, too! > > This! > > Have you selected your personal color scheme for your new trollskin jackboots yet? Sequins, rhinestones, or just discreet stitchery of pink banhammers? 😀 Oh, right… It’s a tradition here that new mods have to cobble their own jackboots out of the hide of the first troll they take out. Have fun. I recommend a sturdy carpet needle, as troll-skin can be tough. (If your first troll has overly sensitive skin, you might want to wait for a better specimen.) Also, thanks for helping out! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/47 "2021-06-03T20:54:48Z")
Hoo, boy. I think I’ll be very choosy! Although I don’t think anyone can ever top @Spice_Weasel’s sparkly jackboots. 😉 Those were epic! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/48 "2021-06-04T01:49:50Z")
Welcome! And Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/49 "2021-06-04T06:42:41Z")
This board still has hamsters? I thought I saw somewhere that it’s powered by [capybaras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara) now. ETA: Ah yes! From Feb. 12, 2021, post by @Colibri: > [@Fox cancels Lou Dobbs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/150): > > > [@Fox cancels Lou Dobbs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-lou-dobbs/932291/146): > > > > Discourse isn’t powered by hamsters too? > > Discourse is powered by much larger and more powerful capybaras. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/50 "2021-06-04T08:33:24Z")
I’ve heard thru the Dope grapevine that @Aspenglow, although she has never heard of me or read any of my 100 posts over 18 years, doesn’t like me and her first priority is to make sure I am the first poster to fall under her shiny new jackboots. What can I do to protect myself? Or am I doomed? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/51 "2021-06-04T11:06:29Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Although I don’t think anyone can ever top @Spice_Weasel’s sparkly jackboots. 😉 Those were epic! Aww, shucks. If you like them, you can have them. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/52 "2021-06-04T11:34:50Z")
Thank you, **Aspenglow** for taking on this task. The Mods here are essential to what makes the SDMB work. Thank you for taking it on. You’ll do great!😀 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/53 "2021-06-04T13:55:49Z")
Prostrating oneself and begging for preemptive mercy once caused @engineer_comp_geek to consider entertaining the idea of maybe possibly only mod-noting me for a well-crafted insult that found its mark so well that even the recipient’s children had scars. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/54 "2021-06-04T14:08:35Z")
So, it’s been 48 hours and what has our new moderator to show for it? I want to see some hardcore moderating! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/55 "2021-06-04T14:28:03Z")
If any of you – ANY OF YOU – give me any shit about John Denver, @Aspenglow will be kicking your heinies, big time. Be there. Aloha. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/56 "2021-06-04T15:49:58Z")
Thank you for your service, Aspenglow! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/57 "2021-06-04T16:20:37Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I’ve heard thru the Dope grapevine that @Aspenglow, although she has never heard of me or read any of my 100 posts over 18 years, doesn’t like me and her first priority is to make sure I am the first poster to fall under her shiny new jackboots. What can I do to protect myself? Or am I doomed? Who are you again? When I read your post, it clarified what I am now learning I signed up for: Money is nuthin’, kinks for free. (Apologies to Dire Straits.) All in good fun. 😉 @Spice_Weasel, it’s a very generous offer, but those are big boots to fill. I’ll see what I can salvage from my first trollskin. Maybe there will be a scuffed sequin or two. > [@Pleonast](#): > > So, it’s been 48 hours and what has our new moderator to show for it? I want to see some hardcore moderating! I’m a patient girl with much to learn, and grateful for the softballs I’ve been given to cut my teeth on. I’m quite happy to leave the challenging stuff to the very experienced, level headed mod team until they push me out of the nest. I’m sure the day will come and I hope I don’t disappoint! @burpo_the_wonder_mutt, you kill me. 😃 Thanks again to you all for the wonderful welcome. I’ll enjoy it while it lasts. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/58 "2021-06-04T19:44:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Prostrating oneself and begging for preemptive mercy once caused @engineer_comp_geek to consider entertaining the idea of maybe possibly only mod-noting me for a well-crafted insult that found its mark so well that even the recipient’s children had scars. I’m okay on the begging part, the prostituting part my wife will have problems with. ☹ I’m not even sure how one prostitutes oneself on a message board. I don’t even have a webcam! > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Who are you again? Crap, meant to use a sock to post that! Doomed for sure now! ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/59 "2021-06-04T20:46:06Z")
I’m so glad that you’ve joined us. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473/60 "2021-06-04T23:25:52Z")
Okay. Enough chitty chat. Get to work, Aspenglow! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-moderator-aspenglow/943473.md?page=4)