====== QED ====== ===== Recruitment ===== I first heard about the NPL when I was in middle school, I believe. I saw an article about it in one of the back issues of GAMES (the school library happened to have a subscription and I loved it). However, it was years before I finally joined. It took some prodding by people I met at the Mohonk Words Weekend who were already members -- [[WILLz]], [[IRBS]], [[nonsequitur|Non Sequitur]], etc. Source: npl-folk email from QED. //First Issue:// Mar 1994 ===== Recruits ===== [[Anomaly]], [[Rebel]], [[Nucky]]. ===== Nom ===== After I decided to join the NPL, I figured I had to decide on a nom before sending in my money. I went through a few choices from Greek mythology (one of my favorite non-math or puzzle subjects) but nothing really came to mind as appropriate. Finally, I thought "Maybe I should call myself QED (after the abbreviation seen at the end of a lot of mathematical proofs) since I am a math major." I wasn't coming up with any better ideas so I decided to go with it. As an afterthought, I figured it would be great to be able to end letters with it as well. ==== Combinoms ==== No data. ===== Offices ===== * Forms editor (1996 - 1998)