TAM 8 Roll Call!

ejk · May 6, 2010

KingMerv00 said:
I'm taking the bar exam 2 weeks after TAM. You guys need to help me unstressify.

When I was studying for the bar, a wise friend shared her philosophy with me: the bar exam is pass/fail. There is no benefit to getting an "A"; every point you score above the bare minimum to pass represents hours of your life wasted to study the information represented. This is a barrier to entry, it is not a test of anything meaningful that you need to master. You want to leave a bit of a margin of error, so you don't spend months being stressed about whether you passed, but basically you should be aiming to just get a passing grade. Beyond that, relax and do not stress about the studying.

And we all need to buy you drinks.

KingMerv00 · May 6, 2010

ejk said:
When I was studying for the bar, a wise friend shared her philosophy with me: the bar exam is pass/fail. There is no benefit to getting an "A"; every point you score above the bare minimum to pass represents hours of your life wasted to study the information represented. This is a barrier to entry, it is not a test of anything meaningful that you need to master. You want to leave a bit of a margin of error, so you don't spend months being stressed about whether you passed, but basically you should be aiming to just get a passing grade. Beyond that, relax and do not stress about the studying.

Thanks for the advice. I'm not too worried. Bar review classes start June 1st and luckily there is a perfect little gap in the classes that let me go to TAM without a problem.

And we all need to buy you drinks.

And I need to drink them.

ricklesgibson · May 6, 2010

Yogzotot · May 8, 2010

I am in as well: Yogzotot = Sven Rudloff

zooterkin · May 8, 2010

dang · May 12, 2010

saganite · May 16, 2010

My attendance this year was up in the air for a long time; however, it now looks like things have fallen into place and I will be able to go! Hallelujah!

Reed · May 16, 2010

As Desktop Icon mentioned earlier on this thread (and I mentioned on a recent Swift piece) there's also a list on Facebook at

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=326483470815

I expect to attend - for the next person who edits the forum list, my name is Reed Esau

SkepticScott · May 16, 2010

The Central Scrutinizer · May 16, 2010

saganite said:
My attendance this year was up in the air for a long time; however, it now looks like things have fallen into place and I will be able to go! Hallelujah!

Hooray! You've owed me a beer for like 3 years!

HawaiiBigSis · May 16, 2010

saganite said:
My attendance this year was up in the air for a long time; however, it now looks like things have fallen into place and I will be able to go! Hallelujah!

Whoo-hoo!

TobiasTheViking · May 17, 2010

The Central Scrutinizer · May 17, 2010

TobiasTheViking said:
And added myself to the list.

What about Mr. Pinky?

Doubt · May 17, 2010

The Central Scrutinizer said:
Hooray! You've owed me a beer for like 3 years!

I suspect you may be the recipient of a three year old beer at TAM.

bumlet5 · May 17, 2010

saganite · May 18, 2010

Added myself, yo.

bumlet5 said:
[table=head]Forum Name|Real Name (optional)
20vturbo | Bryan Stewart
AZAtheist & Nancy | Don & Nancy Lacey
bearcub | Frank Medved
Big Frankie C | Frank Copeland
BrianEngler | Brian Engler
BriansAWildDowner | Brian Wilson
Bumlet5 | Ashley Crow
caglvo |
Canadarocks | John Mason
Canadianadan | Ryan
Cethis | William Brinkman
Chris H | Chris Higgins
Cleon | Milord
crocofish | David Price
CriticalThanking | Larry
cStyle | Mathew Lehmann
Cuddles | Rick
cwalner | Craig Walner
dang | Dan G.
Desktop Icon & wife |
Doc Daneeka |
DocM | Michael Valkenberg
Doubt + Girlfriend | Matt + Jennifer
EclecticSkeptic | Cathy
Ed Baehr| Ed Baehr
ejk|Beth Kingsley |
El_Spectre | David
ExMinister | Cheri
Flair|Blair Larsen|
FledgelingSkeptic |
| Ken (with FS)
FriendlyAtheist | Hemant Mehta
Geek Goddess|Naomi|
Granneman | Eirikur Granneman
Gilmar |
habu |
Hamradioguy |
hardindr
HawaiiBigSis | Robin
hcmom | Noël
Hindmost & Lola|Thing 1 & Thing 2|
Horatius|Dave
Hutch | David Hutchinson
IDoubtIt|Sharon Hill|
JamyeJ|Jamye Johnston
Jorgon |
josh111485 |Joshua Hunt
Kil | David Glück
KingMerv00 | Matt Fiore
kmortis | Steve Lawrence
Kochanski |
kosai |
LibraryLady | Ellie Luchinsky
LilaMae | Melissa Lee
Maeby | Ginger
Malfeitor | Ed Ondrick
Mattfn |
MattusMaximus |
Miss_Kitt | Kitt
MLynn |
mr. ottle | Christian Walters
mumchup |
nowoo | Fred Bremmer |
ottle | Maria Walters
paperskater | Susie Lee
Patricio Elicer |
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos | Fred Smith
phyz |
portlandatheist | John
ricklesgibson | Rick Gibson
Reed | Reed Esau
RSLancastr | Robert Lancaster
saganite | Amanda
Seattle_JC | Jonathan Christian
Sc00ter | Travis Roy |
ShowerComic |
Mrs. Sc00ter | Dale Roy |
SkepticScott | Scott Romanowski
strimmer |
Tamazon | Tamara Pawluk
The Central Scrutinizer | Long Dong Silver
tkingdoll | Tracy King
| Loretta King (tkingmom)
TobiasTheViking | Tobias Ussing |
TsarBomba | Rich Orman |
Tsukasa Buddha | Tsukasa Esquire
Wowbagger | Mitchell S. Lampert |
xenxabar|
xinit | Richard Murray
Yogzotot | Sven Rudloff
Ziggy66 | Mark Heil
zooterkin | Andy

[/table]

hcmom · May 18, 2010

saganite said:
Added myself, yo.

Are you bringing your beautiful baby?

saganite · May 18, 2010

hcmom said:
Are you bringing your beautiful baby?

While I'd love to bring her, she has a bit of a gambling problem, so I'm leaving her at home.

The Central Scrutinizer · May 18, 2010

saganite said:
While I'd love to bring her, she has a bit of a gambling problem, so I'm leaving her at home.

Is your mom coming again?

saganite · May 19, 2010

The Central Scrutinizer said:
Is your mom coming again?

Not this year. She has taken over management of my grandfather's business after the death of his former office manager, which unfortunately keeps her working around the clock. I've tried to convince her she needs a vacation, but no dice. Literally. So it'll just be me.

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