Usually I don't post anything here and regret it when I do, but I'd really like to say that this list made me laugh quite a bit, and I'm glad it was posted. The criticism of it seems to me remarkably humorless, and takes the issue way too personally. Somebody, somewhere came up with a tounge-in-cheek list of who, in their somewhat idiosyncratic opinions, were the most attractive men in quiz bowl, and most of us weren't on it. It seems very strange to me to take this as a blow directed at one's personal self-esteem. Heck, according to that list, I'm not even the fourth or fifth best-looking guy on the Michigan team, and the least attractive of the incoming first-year male grads from last year. Should I feel devastated or excluded? To be honest, not too much of my ego is wrapped up in the whole issue, although I really was gunning for the post of best dressed moderator at PB9. Anyway, I didn't mean this as an attack on the critics, but to thank the bored qb chyx for making me laugh, something which I am always glad to do. For what it's worth, I thought Edmund's awards were pretty funny too, to the limited extent I understood them, since I was not present at any of the events that sparked nominations. On the other hand, I can see why people would have taken those personally. With this list, I'm at a loss. Cheers, Kemezis
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