# So, um, hi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338 "2013-12-03T03:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/1 "2013-12-03T03:16:37Z")
Hey guys! It’s been a while. A looooong while. Maybe five years or so? Not sure how many folks will remember me, but I was thinking nostalgically about the board and then I remembered that it’s still here. I have to say, reading the In Memoriam thread was a whole lot of sad and unexpected all at once. So yeah, since I was last around, I got my Ph.D. and two dogs. It’s amazing how much of my life those two things take up. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/2 "2013-12-03T03:21:43Z")
Welcome back. What did you get your Ph. D in? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/3 "2013-12-03T03:22:58Z")
Yo. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/4 "2013-12-03T03:24:20Z")
I remember the name, but not much else, I’m afraid. however, welcome bacl! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/5 "2013-12-03T03:36:18Z")
Heya! ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/6 "2013-12-03T03:38:54Z")
welcome back! classics and Montréal, right? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/7 "2013-12-03T03:39:16Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Welcome back. What did you get your Ph. D in? Ancient history. Just about as useless as possible, woo! And hi again **Cub Mistress, Smeghead** and **Ferret Herder**! I don’t know why I thought that the old timers would be gone and there’d be no one I recognized. I should have known better! I was LaurAnge for ages before I changed to this name, if that jogs anyone’s memory better. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/8 "2013-12-03T03:40:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > welcome back! classics and Montréal, right? Yes indeed! Although I don’t live in Montreal anymore, which makes me weep daily. I’m still teaching at the university where I got my degree while I look for tenure-track jobs, so who the heck knows where I’ll be next year. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/9 "2013-12-03T03:47:26Z")
Salve! Some of us are still keeping it real here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/10 "2013-12-03T03:51:03Z")
Hey, it’s you! You’re back! Welcome back! Dissertation didn’t quite kill ya, huh? That must mean you’re stronger than ever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/11 "2013-12-03T03:59:22Z")
I recognize the name…welcome back! But you must know you can’t just pop in and talk about your dogs without pics… ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/12 "2013-12-03T04:03:04Z")
Oh my god, **Eonwe**! It has been AGES. How are things? I’ve also kind of mostly abandoned Facebook so I’m completely out of all loops. **WhyNot** , it’s not done trying - I still have to make it a book. We’ll see how that part goes! And that is a completely fair request. Here is a [picture of them](http://25.media.tumblr.com/f13cba7340058e4484c7151c2e24aa2a/tumblr_mvavz9lnka1rmuv5lo1_1280.jpg) as I tortured them for Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/13 "2013-12-03T04:45:13Z")
How could I forget someone with as dreamily spectacular a name as Helen’s Eidolon? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/14 "2013-12-03T05:05:37Z")
Hi! How’s it going? 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/15 "2013-12-03T10:08:37Z")
What’s an eidolon? ETA: Okay, I googled that for me. Now I know. It’s an ancient Greek thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/16 "2013-12-03T10:50:02Z")
I remember you. Not much about you, but I do remember. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/17 "2013-12-03T11:09:23Z")
Welcome back - did you bring pie? ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/18 "2013-12-03T11:47:38Z")
You have mutts? Pics or it didn’t happen… You’re and intelligent female?! How you doin? ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/19 "2013-12-03T12:00:56Z")
Dammit…I missed the edit window. I didn’t mean to sound like someone couldn’t be intelligent and a woman. You’re a woman? You like mutts? You have a mind? How u doin? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338/20 "2013-12-03T12:02:04Z")
> [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](#): > > I was LaurAnge for ages before I changed to this name, if that jogs anyone’s memory better. Aha! Now that rings a bell for me! Hello there! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338.md?page=2)