Hey, people, you just got the best moderator on this whole planet! I expected fanfare, and all I see are quiet whispers.
I am officially passing my janitorial mop to Papa Moose, effective immediately. But before I go, I'd like to thank all of you who joined in the excitement of sending me more moderator alerts today than I have ever had in one day. It was actually a whole lot of fun, and it marked the end of my janitorial reign in high style.
Meanwhile, I may be back as KathrynHPerson ... or I may continue lurking, which is what I usually do here. Thanks for being so good to me, and I only hope you'll be equally good to your new and terrific janitor. You couldn't have a better one.
Meanwhile, give him some FANFARE! He's got a whole lot of work ahead of him. Let him at least revel in your love for a day or two!
KHK
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
For Kathryn
For Pop Posted by Glaphyra the Righteous (Member # 6995) on :
Personally, I'm afraid of scaring him off with too much attention. Moose is the sort of guy that reacts to approval by gnawing away at his conscience with ways he could have been better.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Thank you for all your hard work, Kathryn. I hope to see you around as HPerson now.
For Pops: WOO-HOO! *quirkseyebrows*
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
You should keep that handle. We won't mind.
Pop knows we all love him. Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Kathryn thank you for the labor of love you have put into this forum. Sorry to see you go, we will still love you.
Welcome Janitor Mooose!
AJ
Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :
quote:Fanfare, for Pete's Sake
...isn't that by Copland?
Um... also, I have a confession to make. I always thought Kathryn Janitor and Kathy Kidd were different people. And I thought Janitor was really her last name, and I found that rather amusing.
Good work, Kathy! We'll miss you! And Kathryn too - both of you.
And yay for more Papa Moose! It's like he was the really well-behaved kid in class that gets to be the hall monitor and now it'll be nothing but grief and disrespect from here on out.
Posted by Glaphyra the Righteous (Member # 6995) on :
(I will miss KHJ so much that I am maintaining a sustained level of denial for awhile. The only solace is that the torch has passed to the right hand.
Aloha, and aloha.)
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Hope you stick around, Kathryn. You've done a great job as our janitor. Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
She won't be KathrynHPerson, for heaven's sake.
She'll be KathrynHBucket.
Because now ANYTHING that goes wrong on Hatrack, we can say, "That's because of the OLD janitor. But now, with our NEW janitor, everything will be GREAT."
OK, we won't do that, because everybody will know better. Anything wrong with Hatrack is <wince> my fault.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Kathryn, thanks for doing such a bootless task, with such a light touch.
And please post some as KathrynHPerson--I think we'd all like that.
quote: But before I go, I'd like to thank all of you who joined in the excitement of sending me more moderator alerts today than I have ever had in one day.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Whoa. Uncle Orson really is at the helm now.
Congratulations all around! Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
"Uncle Orson is at the helm" ... ha ha. funny.
You DID know that the H in Kathy's name stands for her natal last name, Helms, right? So the joke was on purpose, right?
Yeah, it's funny. To me. Kind of. OK not very, but I noticed it, and I'm always proud when that happens.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Sorry to see you go, Kathryn. Thank you for a job well done.
This is like the changing of an age around here.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
..but Kathryn was also so witty in her multiple warnings to Jebus! (I enjoyed it when he posted drunk, just so we could see how many times she could warn him in one thread).
We'll miss you!
FG
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Thamks for all your work, Kathryn.
And congrats, Pops!
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I just want to know if I have ever been whistled... We should have statistics on this sort of thing!
-Bok
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Kathryn, we love you and hope you will stay as Kathryn H. Person. Please participate!
At the same time, I already said in the other thread that if I had to come up with names of people I thought would be good choices for moderators, Papa Moose would have been on the short list. I know he's going to do a fantastic job.
Hooray for Papa Moose!
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Kathryn: Thanks for everything! Please please stay!
Pop, I'm so glad you're the new mod, you will do an amazing job. Well, you do an amazing job with everything. Congrats!
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
KHJ,
some five years ago we had an e-mail exchange that is, to me, one of the prouder moments of my life. I do hope you are sincere in your plans to at least lurk here.
*raises glass to Janitors old and new*
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Tell you what, Bok...I just reported your last post, just to make you feel better. OK?
KHJ, thank you for all of your efforts on our behalf.
quote: Anything wrong with Hatrack is <wince> my fault.
Hardly...you aren't around enough for anything to be your fault. Although you haev been getting better about that lately..... Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Kwea, I guess I'll have to take it then, though I was hoping for it to be over an incident that was more sincere... Plus your whistle just went to Papa J. I wondering about "Back in the day".
-Bok
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
We'll miss you. But I think that our new moderator(s?) will be as great at this as they are at their real jobs. By which I mean, being a Dad. And writing. I suppose.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:"Uncle Orson is at the helm" ... ha ha. funny.
You DID know that the H in Kathy's name stands for her natal last name, Helms, right? So the joke was on purpose, right?
Yeah, it's funny. To me. Kind of. OK not very, but I noticed it, and I'm always proud when that happens.
Um . . . yes, of course. I totally knew that. My jokes are always fully intentional. *whistles innocently*
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Thanks Kathryn for all your hard work Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
We all really appreciate your hard work here, and I'm sad to see you go. I hope you come back, though it would be cool if you still posed at Kathryn H Janitor.
Kathy, thank you SO much for all your hard work. I do hope you will remain in a civilian capacity. Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Thanks for all your hard work keeping this place clean, Kathryn. And congrats to Papa Moose, whom I trust to do an excellent job picking up after all of us.
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
I resent the implication that some authority had any hand in controlling me. I am a rebellious teen and that's just the kind of thing that could make me go crazy and start breaking s***.
[ April 14, 2005, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: jebus202 ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I like Papa Moose a lot, he's a great guy. Yay for Papa Moose!
Hobbes Posted by accio (Member # 3040) on :
Kathryn, thank you for all your work.
Congratulations Janitor Pop!
Posted by KathrynHPerson (Member # 7814) on :
Fanfare for Papa Moose, people. I didn't need fanfare for ME.
Nevertheless, it felt nice. I even liked the "Uncle Orson is at the helm" joke, which I knew from Jon Boy's own persona was a joke and not an inadvertent pun (which is the only way I ever make puns, by the way).
I now have the new name. However, I think it's the pits going from member #48 to going to member #(whatever I am now). Oh well, that's what happens when you go into civilian life -- you really are just an anonymous person.
KHK
Posted by KathrynHPerson (Member # 7814) on :
7814? 7814???????
Sheesh.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Lookit the n00b!
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
7814? Hey everybody, look at the n00b!
Edit: Bah!
[ April 14, 2005, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, newbie.
*hugs*
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Wow. This event is really ...big. Well, at least in our Hatrackian history. And Kathy Kidd is now a newbie! HA! I can't believe it. We'll miss you as our mod dearheart, you've been wonderful.
As for Moose *salutes* You'll be fantastic. Thanks for taking this on, I know it's a big job. Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
**Burninates Kathryn H. Person**
Posted by Glaphyra the Righteous (Member # 6995) on :
It still has a "4" and an "8" in it.
*helpful Posted by Glaphyra the Righteous (Member # 6995) on :
(Yay! A ritual newbie burnination. *toasts marshmallows)
Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
I just need to know, however, if Papa J. has received the sacred 'Switch of Death' from Kathryn?' And if so, why was I not invited to the ordination ceremony?
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
quote: FANFARE, for Pete's Sake
Pete's got Sake? I'll have a bowl! Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Bye!! Why are you leaving though?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
*gives welcome cookies to newbie*
Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :
:: Hugs the newbie ::
we're sorry to see you go. I hope you'll vist a few of the fluff threads and have some fun. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:I even liked the "Uncle Orson is at the helm" joke, which I knew from Jon Boy's own persona was a joke and not an inadvertent pun.
I'm glad you think so.
And did I just see Pat post?! Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Hey, Papa Moose! Congratulations!
And welcome to the ranks of the ordinary hatrackers, Kathryn.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
*Throws Confetti* . . . . . . . *Turns on Techno Music*
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:I just need to know, however, if Papa J. has received the sacred 'Switch of Death' from Kathryn?' And if so, why was I not invited to the ordination ceremony?
Gee, Pat, I was trying to figure out how to work in a "switch of death" crack and you went and spoiled it.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Welcome Papa Janitor!
We better all behave now, otherwise it'll be timeouts and no treats for all of us. You should have heard some of the stories Superstation told me.
**
Thanks for doing a great job, Kathryn. <- which is only farewelling the Janitor-ish aspect, I hope.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Our delight in having an excellent replacement is tempered by the sorrow from the need for an excellent replacement.
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