Don't feel bad, Bailey. There are still rooms available at the NYCFTTS and summer courses coming up at the WSSBA as well. I was called a troll the first few times I posted here too...way back when. I was surprised! I had never heard the expression, except with regard to adult fantasy tales and the Billy Goats Gruff.

The only way to gain full acceptance in any private club is to hang around long enough that people actually get to know who you are in a general sense...if you think it's worth it, that is. And it helps to sort of fit in too, of course. The same goes for tennis clubs and motorcycle gangs. If you want to avoid pedantic psuedo-intellectualism almost entirely, I recommend the latter.

- LH