Special announcement

[x-avier.livejournal.com]

This Saturday, at 8:00 AM, we will be opening our doors to Trish Tilby, whom many of you have seen on CNN, and a small camera crew. Ms. Tilby will be compiling a video documentary about the school and its mission, in order to counteract, at least in part, the negative press mutants have received in the recent past. I ask all of you to be on your best behavior while our guests are here, and to help clean and order the campus this week so that we may present our best face to the public. The crew will be arriving early in order to set up and prepare, and shooting will likely take all day.

If any of you should wish to appear in the documentary, I have release forms for you to sign, and I will be contacting your parents, where appropriate, for their permission as well. Ms. Tilby has requested that a few students and staff volunteer for short interviews; I am promised that they will be friendly and nonconfrontational, that Ms. Tilby's intent is to present a portrait of our school, not to go digging through its bowels. Interviews require a more elaborate release form, and it would be a courtesy if I could have those back to her by Thursday, or Friday at the very latest.

The documentary is scheduled to air on CNN sometime in the latter half of next week, and I encourage you all to watch it, even if you do not choose to participate.

Thank you.

Comments

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

You are entirely welcome to join my sadly less-than-photogenic self in the medlab; I am reliably informed that the news crew will be staying safely above ground.

And if you have such a thing as a deck of cards about your person, I've heard interesting things about this game called "poker," and I think I might like to try learning at some point, if you're willing to babysit a novice through the first few hands. ;)

[x-skin.livejournal.com]

Poker? You're on.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

A novice? Don't listen to him, Angelo. The good doctor counts cards.

Of course he does.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Doug, how else do you know if you are missing any before you play?

Re: Of course he does.

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

Colloquialism M-A. Counting cards is a way to cheat at poker - you keep track of the cards that have come up, how often the deck has been shuffled, and if you're good enough at math (and trust me, Doug, Dr. McCoy is good enough) you can run the probabilities in your head on what cards you will probably get, what cards your opponent has. Counting cards is forbidden in professional card games, of course, and will get you thrown out of casinos.

There was this fascinating documentary about some MIT students who set up an entire card counting ring... was very impressive.

Re: Of course he does.

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

Doug, I'm shocked and appalled that you imagine me capable of cheating at a gentlemanly game like poker.

Or at least that I'm willing, for any reason other than to humble the arrogant, which Angelo certainly is not. As Kitty points out, it's a simple matter of memory and calculation.

Please note that I never explicitly stated that I would be the novice at the table, only that there would be one; I spoke to Bobby this morning about joining us, and, not having partially financed his college education with his poker winnings, he is comparatively inexperienced.

Besides, "could you show me how to play?" is the oldest trick in the book of card sharpery; if all of you had fallen for it, I would have had to speak with the Professor about re-evaluating the quality of education at this institution. ;)

Re: Of course he does.

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

I know better than to get involved in such a game with you at all, with or without card shark pick up lines. However, Angelo is far less experienced in your wiley ways than I...

Re: Of course he does.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

While I have faith in Angelo's lack of gullibility, I just thought I should make sure. :)