Borne Back Ceaselessly Into The Past
State Knowledge Bowl was okay competition-wise (12th place out of 24-25), but great in terms of total fun experienced.
I usually time it perfectly so I'm completely sick of KB just when I should be excited about it, and this year was no different. Half-way through the state meet I had to contend with a rush of both KB-burnout and KB-nostalgia. As much as I just wanted to go home, memories kept me going.
Highlights of my 3 KB seasons thus far, in terms of favorite answers:
Freshmen, Sans Coulotte--fugalites (the tubular glass structures that form when lightning strikes silicate sand)
Sophmore, Stuck On Burma--The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (a short story about a timid man with extravagent daydreams)
Junior, Death Eaters--LGMs (Little Green Men) (an early term for pulsars (spinning neutron stars), so named because they give off regular bursts of radio waves which were mistaken for intelligent signals by astronomers)
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posted by constant_k @ 9:35 PM
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I hope you all watched TCR last night. During "Better Know a District" there's some good stach action.
I just want to commend you on the title of your post. Good work!
I saw Colbert and I saw the uber-conservative moustachioed district representative he was interviewing. That guy was a man's man's man!
sans culottes
sophomore
annnd, that's awesome. that fugalites answer? i deferred my ass off. well done you.
I actually grabbed my copy of gatsby to confirm the spelling of "ceselessly."
And thank goodness you did not spell it like that.
Damn it...
You had LGMs like 3 seconds into the question, although it was only at practice.
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