# The new Straight Dope administrator ... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353 "2018-07-05T23:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/101 "2018-07-06T21:58:04Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > That was a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it. > > I haven’t posted here in a while, but I wanted to pop in to say congrats and best wishes. > > It’s always great to see someone who cares so much about a place. It’s also nice to see so many names I haven’t seen around much before. I hope you stick around. I know that this whole idea (long form journalism; in today’s world 700 words is TLDR as well as the whole message board concept) is as dead as disco; there’s no doubt an entire generation of people who have no clue of this place. And no interest. And that’s a shame; even though it’s not the latest flashy thing I believe there’s meaning here. Getting people – especially younger people – to view it … obviously we’re not getting the message across. Reaching out to all our old friends and asking you to join in our reindeer games – and bring YOUR friends. I love seeing all these familiar names and our stalwart Dopers who have hung in through everything. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/102 "2018-07-06T21:59:10Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Congrats, my friend!!! It’s wonderful to see you, and my very best wishes to you on your new role! 🙂 My dear old friend! Great to see you. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/103 "2018-07-06T22:00:13Z")
Congrats, TubaDvia! Now, about Ed… > [@Miller](#): > > He’s… on a farm… upstate. > [@Duckster](#): > > You do realize that upstate from Chicago is probably Kenosha, … Wisconsin. That’s getting perilously close to Mercotan land… tell him to bring neutronium as a gift if he’s headed that way. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/104 "2018-07-06T22:01:46Z")
> [@TheMysteryWriter](#): > > Congrats-a-million, TubaDiva. I was trying to find out how much to hollow out the earth and clicked the wrong link. _teehee_ But this is a very exciting thread, so I don’t mind. I do not play the tuba and I think you’re gonna have trouble teaching me since my piano teacher fired me and my Spanish teacher had a nervous breakdown. But I do still have an aol email address. 😛 No tuba playing required, I got you covered there. And I point out audiences are just as important as musicians - we each need the other to make everything come out right. Tell us about your writing! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/105 "2018-07-06T22:02:55Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Congrats, TubaDvia! > Now, about Ed… > > That’s getting perilously close to Mercotan land… tell him to bring neutronium as a gift if he’s headed that way. Hi there, hope all is well with you. Seen Og lately? (One of my two great friends from Indiana) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/106 "2018-07-06T22:55:46Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Are you tooting your own horn? For the win !!! Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/107 "2018-07-06T23:25:56Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > No tuba playing required, I got you covered there. > > And I point out audiences are just as important as musicians - we each need the other to make everything come out right. > > Tell us about your writing! I can be a good audience member. I’ll clap and stomp my feet, and giggle when you blow a wrong note. 😛 My writing? Eh, _tries to think of short and pithy normal person answer - draws blank_. That’s a very complicated question. I have published around 25 short books on amazon. Most are Femdom smutty shorts. I have a couple nonfiction books under my legal name, a children’s picture book, a couple of sci-fi shorts that are now unpublished, a couple short story Christian romances, and that’s about it, so far. I have great ambitions, but I’ve got this problem with my brain that makes it a challenge to actually do the stuff I want. But I insist on trying anyway. Mysteries are one of the things I’d like to write and publish, or maybe true crime stuff. But I haven’t yet. Maybe one day. I’m sort of interested in everything. If you wanted to be nice you could say I’m eclectic. 😃 I’ve also tried the freelance writing thing, but I prefer writing for myself. When I actually do write, which isn’t often. Coz lazy and confused and monkeys. Anywho, that’s my story about my writing. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/108 "2018-07-06T23:48:58Z")
As a coworker said to me on my first management job, “Congratulations, you idiot.”😃 But I shall endeavor to raise the bar on discussions here. Or post while drinking at a bar. I might have more success at that. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/109 "2018-07-07T00:38:24Z")
Conga-rats! ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/110 "2018-07-07T00:49:28Z")
Well, I was wondering – fearing, really – where they could possibly dig up someone who had anything like the history and understanding of Board culture as dear old Ed. And whadda ya know, they did! Congrats on taking the helm. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/111 "2018-07-07T04:18:32Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > An additional mug with different art work would be a great addition. I have the “classic mug” but one without the existing art work might sell to a new audience. Heck, I’d like to buy a shirt or two, if they run big enough. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/112 "2018-07-07T12:57:44Z")
Surely you will have your coronation in [Tuba City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_City,_Arizona). Put it off 'til fall; it’s a bit warm there right now. Disclaimer: There are no tubas in Tuba City. I checked. ---
**Author:** ![Morrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Morrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrand)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/113 "2018-07-07T14:09:42Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Reaching out to all our old friends and asking you to join in our reindeer games – and bring YOUR friends. I love seeing all these familiar names and our stalwart Dopers who have hung in through everything. Hello! I don’t know that I fit into any of those categories, necessarily, but you’ve got me back too, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/114 "2018-07-07T15:17:02Z")
Does this mean I don’t get my pony? I will have my revengence! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/115 "2018-07-07T18:10:07Z")
Trying to figure out how to say it, so I’ll just say it. I felt visible relief when I read this. I’m very glad you were willing to step up. We need someone who knows this place and understands us. I was honestly just expecting not to have anyone who did anything but fix potential tech problems. I’m also relieved to know the Straight Dope page will be maitained. I was worried it was just going to be left to rot over time. And, well, I very much enjoyed listening to that Tuba ensemble again. I would love it if we had a thread of that sort of thing. I’m sure you have a lot of Tuba stuff to listen to–Hint, hint. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/116 "2018-07-07T21:42:54Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > Flumpet! Haha! Sounds like a Seuss creation. It’s just down the section from the floofloovers and the tartookas. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/117 "2018-07-07T21:47:07Z")
Again, thanks everybody, I deeply appreciate the well wishes and I look forward to more interaction with all of you. Now let me get to work … you’ll be hearing more from me over time. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/118 "2018-07-08T17:37:04Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It could have been euphonium. I DID give you a choice. Ooooh, you are going to be so disappointed in my progress with either. I’ve tried, and I can only make fart noises with a brass mouthpiece. But I raise my bass in solidarity, and wish you all success! This is the first really heartening news about the change. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/119 "2018-07-08T19:59:38Z")
Neato cool-o. Congrats and good luck. Just a question: how did you receive the appointment/elevation? Did a dove come down and whisper in your ear? (Or is that only if the new Administrator is a virgin?) Or a blood-on-thumb from **Zotti** to you? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353/120 "2018-07-08T20:30:08Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Neato cool-o. Congrats and good luck. > > Just a question: how did you receive the appointment/elevation? Did a dove come down and whisper in your ear? (Or is that only if the new Administrator is a virgin?) Or a blood-on-thumb from **Zotti** to you? It was kinda like this; [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cCf2ZZLHy-k/maxresdefault.jpg "I Got A Rock") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCf2ZZLHy-k) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353.md?page=7)