Oh no! What was the question. I refuse to feel bad until I know if I can answer it.
Sorry about dropping out of sight. My husband’s mom was diagnosed with colon cancer two weeks ago, so we’ve been fielding doctor’s appointments and such. I may be able to make it next week, but I’ll let you know for sure as it approaches.
I’ll try to stay in touch better
Actually, two of the stamps in that picture round were Canadian. And we got them both wrong, I believe.
Let me add my congrats. Good trivia.
No rush, family comes first. Do what you need to do, and we’ll see you when we see you. Good health and good wishes to you and yours.
Oh, thanks, didn’t see this this till now.
And apologies for accidentally switching your prize money pile with the third place winners, but I didn’t figure out that’s what I did till I reconstructed the scene of the crime later, in my head. (I’m still not sure that’s what happened, but that’s my best guess.)
So, you were shorted ten bucks, but I’m not sure how to make it up to you. Maybe I’ll buy the table a pitcher this week. And of course I’ll karmically make it up by being more careful with future prize piles.
Thanks! Working on this weeks right now.
If anyone knows they’re NOT going to make it on tuesday and would like to help me formulate some of this week’s questions, email me at [myusername][at][gmail][.][com].
I won’t be there tonight. 
But I’ll be there in spirit. I hope everyone has paid attention to my anatomy and physiology lessons here, over the last couple years. 
I sent lissener a few questions, so I will be there in spirit.
Make me proud, guys.
I’ll most likely be there tonight, along with inkysplotchy, who doesn’t have fencing this evening. (lissener, if you’re using any of his questions, he can just leave the vicinity for that round – John did that a few times.)
I’ll be there, as usual. I guess we could make the back table our place, since it’s the same size and having us there helps lissener while at the same time keeping us from constantly talking to him, which I fear we’d do if we were up front.
I plan on being there tonight, unless someone calls for a random evening job interview. (Ha! There I go with that overactive imagination again.)
I’m in.
We’re in. A bit later than usual, but we’re in.
Apologies for missing tonight, family emergency going on. Hope to attend again soon.
Well THAT sucked. I handed out the teacher’s edition of the first Picture Round, so had to scrap it. Then I screwed up a couple answers. Then I had a couple people up front arguing with me a lot, which didn’t improve my mood. One guy bitched every time there was a question he didn’t know, complaining that I was asking questions that were too obscure. Then he complained that my question about the America’s Cup was too obvious. When I said to him, “So . . . are you complaining that the questions are too hard, or too easy?” he answered, “I’m complaining that spelling isn’t trivia. That was a copout.” So I said, “Write it up and submit it,” and moved on; he was clearly just after picking a fight. But he soured my mood.
I remember that team being pretty back-and-forthy with John, as well. It’s not you.
And spelling makes a fine, if nervewracking, trivia round (said the guy who steered his team to 10 points in it). They’ve done spelling questions at the G&D and Irish Emigrant from time to time.
You did a fine job. The thing is you rolled with your mistakes, which is what John did. Questions get screwed up; them’s the breaks.
Thanks, that helps. And actually, the whiner was a newbie; the regulars you’re talking about, they demand bewilderingly arcane clarifications of every question, but they don’t actually complain much.
Meh. N00bs. Like Interrobang!? said, you did a fine job, and I’ve done spelling rounds before as well. Just gotta remember to remember your mistakes, and it’ll get easier each time.
And Anastasaeon & picunurse, take care of family stuff first and always. We’ll be around whenever you can show.
—throws torn-up coaster at Aguecheek—
Oh, not this again. 
:eek: I got served!