From Brendan Shapiro's former weblog, circa spring 2002:

Competed in a tournament last weekend with Charles and two other really
good quizbowl players from Capo Valley and Woodbridge. Came to realize
that despite the success I've had against high school competition, I'd be
a total joke amongst the college ranks. Despite their complete disregard
for grooming, Berkeley A had some pretty brilliant players. David Farris
may look like "Retarded Hippie Lous [sic] XIV" as Charles so eloquently
put it, but anyone who's finished introduction to tensors/manifolds by
their junior year in high school and still manages to a freakish store of
history and literature knowledge automatically earns my respect. Awe is
more like it, actually.