<p>For the record, Mids have been, and continue to be, separated for drinking. Right up to commissioning morning. Sad and avoidable. May not happen for the first offense. May not happen the first year. But repeat behaviors, in light of advancement in class years, and the punishment gets incrementally harsher. Ask the firstie who was separated last year on commissioning morning if he regrets his celebration the previous night, or the intent of the USNA to breathalyze all firsties the night before graduation, as to how serious they take this. </p>
<p>The giants lost- sad to say. Not their best performance. </p>
<p>As for the rest- don’t flatter yourself. There will be no PM, no lunch, no table in Bancroft. I am not the one that has to be reminded of “where we are;” I neither set the tone or hold a hatchet to bury. </p>
<p>As for “not taking ourselves too seriously,” If you are not serious about what you post, then perhaps there is another site more suitable for your lighthearted wit- my take is that there are applicants that are very serious about the questions they post, and are seeking not wit and silly barbs, just honest and helpful answers. If you have any of the latter to share, then please do so. If not, spare us.</p>
<p>That’s it. Done.</p>