Thanks…I always wondered about that. Not the goat entrails/hallucinogenics, as I assumed that is common among 'dopers, but the process you guys use. 
-XT
Congrats on the promotion to the Mod Squad! Can I suggest 'Interior Crocodile Moderator’ as a title? 
Here’s hoping you’ll be a good mod. We could use another one.
Now where did I put my fangs and talons? Oh well. They needed sharpening anyway.
We hate to lose you to “them.”
Be gentle with the elderly. Accept our bribes with grace.
Combination.
I once read a science fiction story about a young man who had just gotten his driving license and was driving down a highway with his girlfriend on a beautiful sunny day when a tragic accident occurred. His girlfriend was killed and he survived. It was a pretty elaborately described story.
When he woke up, he realized that he had only been dreaming, and the authorities said something like…“and now you can get your drivers license.” He said “great” or something equivalent. They told him he failed the test. If, after seeing his girlfriend killed in the accident, he still wanted to get a drivers license, then he was unfit to get one. Epic Fail.
We use something like this. If you still want to be a mod after reading all the abuse that mods take on this board, then you fail. We only accept those who turn us down. Sometimes. Or not. 
Actually, this is a great time to change it, if you really think it needs changing. I think it’s just fine, but I reserve the right to call you Specs or Pithy or anything else I want to.
Welcome.
And how long are goats supposed to live, anyway? This one’s looking a little shopworn.
Huh. Good luck and Godspeed, SoP, but I must say, you’ve been here since 1999, and I can’t really recall your name around… Which may be a good thing 
So where do you start working? Which Forum gets him?
It’s like waiting for the Fantasy Draft! Oh the excitement!
Congratulations!
MPSIMS. Because, like, it’s impossible for a new mod to get in trouble in MPSIMS, right?
:smack:
Now that was funny, Twicks.
You could always revert to your previous name.
In any case, welcome!
I for one welcome our new Spectre overlord!
Well, someone had to say it!
Welcome, Spectre, congrats!
Congrats!
So when he issues you a warning, does that mean you’ve been spithed upon?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_%28comics%29
So Spithy is either upright ape-man terrorist moderator or an upright ape-man superhero moderator, or something entirely different.
Oh, yeah. Congratulations.
Warmest congrats, Spectre, on your ascension to the starry heights of being a Moderator Moderator. You aren’t from New York New York, are you are you?
Pith on that!
Another one? You mean we had one to begin with?
Them’s the best kind.
If it bothers you, just take him to the cleaners and get him Simonized.
And Scotchgarded. And use some Woolite: he looks a little worn.
Good to have ya, SoP! I like the username myself…