Twain House Meeting Notes, Feb 7-Feb 14
"Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata."

Upcoming Events

  The theme of this week is "self-evaluation." To that end, please fill out: residence evaluations. Twain and a 100% completion rate are synonymous; in fact, if we fall short of that goal the dormitory's founding charter legally requires us to change our name.

  See also: Shenanigans, Valentine's Day. Everyone take Dru's survey and watch the "Dormcestatron 2000" spit out the name of the love of your life1. Twain is also sponsoring the $5 Date. It's like a regular date, except you and your partner only get to spend $5 on whatever you end up doing2. The most creative response gets money for a real date.

  Mon Feb 12 in North Lounge will be a Valentine's Day / anti-Valentine's Day cookie-decorating extravaganza. Everything should go smoothly as long as cookies from the two batches don't touch.

  Tue Feb 13 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM will be Crossing the Line. Crossing the Line will shake you to your very soul and challenge everything you once held to be true!

It will expose your inconsistent system of beliefs as nothing but a flimsy sham! But the best part -- oh, I can't even write the best part in a public forum!! Basically, not coming means you'll die not knowing what you missed out on.

And on the seventh day, Twain rested.

  Party people in the house! Cause you'll be staying there this week. Earth, Wind, and Fire fans could always check out the Fire and Ice Dance. Sat Feb 10 in Toyon Hall from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Buy your tickets in White Plaza.

Twain Matters

  Don't leave your dishes in the kitchenette and for God's sake pee in the toilets, not just near them.

  We lost a lot of our IMs last week, which means we're statistically more likely to win them this week. So get out there and win3!

  Donate books you don't read anymore at the Stanford Bookstore. This is for students in grades K-8 and consequently not the best way to offload unwanted IHUM texts.

  And what rough beast, its hour come round at last / slouches towards Twain house to be born? Why, the dorm T-shirt design, of course! Its gestation period has been elephantine, but signs suggest a final choice could be made in a mere matter of months.

  If you're running SQL Server 6.5 and the power goes down before you can close the database properly, there is a high probability that the identity column will become corrupted and you will receive a primary key constraint error if you try to insert into that column. Executing DB_check_constraint will restore the database to full functionality. Also, I like cheese.

  If you're Cathie and you know it check the board! *clap clap* If you're Cathie and you know it check the board! *clap clap* If you're Cathie and you know it -- and you really want to show it -- If you're Cathie and you know it check the board! *clap clap*4

-AndrewV, who knows how lemur skin reflects the sea


1. Accuracy only guaranteed only to within a 100-yard radius.
2. This is where the men say, "So what's the difference?"
3. Or least try.
4. Feel free to check the board if you're not Cathie, as well.a
   a. Cathie is also permitted to check the board, even if she does not "know it," per se. ["it" being her state of Cathieness.]