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Created: 12th March 2004 
President Hypatia's Chief of Staff - A6327425

Member of the Wessex Researchers Group

Scottish Researcher in exile1

Keeper of Flawed Logic, the English Civil War and Heavy Metal

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So far I have been Quote of the Day three times.

Possibly The Last Post on Oldhootoo.

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Hello Unknown Visitor and welcome to my little bit of Hootoo!

My name is Mr. Dreadful and I am an h2g2 volunteer. In fact I'm three h2g2 volunteers... I am an ACE2, a Guru, and a Moderator.

I am, at the time of writing, 32 years old, living in Swindon3 and am married but also polyamorous4. That's about it for now, I'm slowly redecorating.


1 Don't let the accent fool you, just 'cos I talk like a Southern Nancy it disnae mean I am one!
2 Assistant Community Editor
3 Yay.
4 Ethical non-monogamy. I can pursue relationships outside my marriage and have a self-imposed requirement to be completely honest about doing so. Contrary to some narrow-minded opinions this doesn't make me untrustworthy or dishonest, quite the opposite in fact.


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A Hard Night's Moderation - A Fiction by Mr. Dreadful.
Feb 19, 2012

It was with some trepidation that I logged in for my Moderation shift, knowing that all the other Mods were attending the Meet.

We had met that morning in our Fortress Of Cruelty to find out who would be left behind, defending h2g2 against ne'erdowells, ruffians and trolls while the rest got thoroughly lashed on the best ales Manchester could offer (it turns out, after some research, that it is actually possible to buy drinks other than Boddington's there).

There we stood, resplendent in our stylish black uniforms and iron-shod boots, awaiting the appearance of Big Moderator on the telescreen. We had all but given up hope, thinking that maybe we all were to be volunteered for Mod duty on the night of the Meet, when the screen flashed into life and the Friendly face of Big Moderator appeared, smiling belevolently.

'Thank you for attending,' the metallic voice boomed from the speakers, the image - like a cross between Douglas Adams and a young Tom Baker - flickered and then was replaced by a message: "The following error has occured: an unknown error has occured" 'Ah, erm, bugger. Nevermind... just *imagine* my ever smiling visage of benevolence is on screen. Ahem. As you know tonight is the night of the h2g2 Manchester Meet, at which attendance is entirely voluntary on a completely compulsory basis. Unfortunately, as you know, not all of you can attend but because non-attendance is caused by official duty then the summary punishment for failure to attend a voluntary meet will be waived on this occasion.' As one we all breated a sigh of relief, a Moderator being Moderated was a sad creature... confused and lonely, not knowing whether they are coming or going half the time.

'I have computed the most efficient running of the operation and have chosen two names for duty this night. And the two volunteers are...' there was a pause while dramatic music played; an unfortunate bit of programming from the BBC days known as the Masterchef Algorithm, '...Mr. Dreadful and Psychocandy." The other Mods looked on us pitiably, there were dark legends of what happened to the site on Meet nights and this would be the first time the post-BBC team had had to deal with such things...

To Be Continued...

Discuss this entry - 7 replies - Latest reply: Feb 21, 2012

Mr. D - Dear Brain
Feb 7, 2012

There are many things which are really helpful with keeping the past behind me and accepting that she'll never feel the same way as I do, and you *have* done most of those things which has left me feeling truly at peace about the whole issue this last year or so.

So why, oh why, oh why, did you decide last night was a good time to give me a *graphically* detailed dream about getting together with her?

No love,
Mr. D

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Mr. D - Not as exciting as I think it is...
Jan 9, 2012

Somebody's bid on one of the old AD&D books I put on eBay. wow

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Mr. D - The Grand Plan
Jan 6, 2012

Following on from the recent news about PayPal making people smash 'fakes' with no evidence of the fakery for a refund I have formulated a plan.

1) Find pictures of the following, smashed: Gibson Thunderbird bass, Rickenbacker 4001 bass, Gibson 1956 Goldtop Les Paul.
2) Buy said instruments off eBay.
3) Claim they're fake.
4) Send pics of smashed instruments to PayPal for refund.
5) Free gear.

Awesome. silly

Discuss this entry - 1 reply - Latest reply: Jan 6, 2012

So this is 2012...
Jan 3, 2012

In which we shall hear endlessly about the Olympics and the End of the World.

It occurs to me that if the Mayans had actually been able to predict the future they'd've been better prepared for the Spanish.

No resolutions this year, as I never stick to them, just a general determination that this year will be the best I've ever had.

Discuss this entry - 14 replies - Latest reply: Jan 4, 2012

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