Hours at work in 32 day span between Feb 5 and Mar 8: 267
Minutes delayed Thursday morning due to work issue that was discovered as I was about to put on my coat: 60Percentage of area in trip to Minnesota under a winter storm warning: 33
Stops made on trip there: 2
Miles driven while snow fell: 180
Mph reduced due to snow: 5
Speedway employees whose day was made when I quoted Marty McFly as coworker was putting water in the pizza warmer: 1
Total time on trip there: 6hr, 15min
Time less in minutes than second fastest trip taken to Marscon since 2004: 45
Hotel hot tubs no longer operational likely due to law requiring full access and a device to provide it: 2
Pedal turns on fitness room stationary bike made before realizing due to left knee issues, can't: 4
Minutes on treadmill: 25
Times waking up in night and forcing myself to go back to sleep: 3
CDs owned of former Marscon music GOH who joined me for breakfast Friday morning: 4
Stops with a different past Marscon music GOH for purchases related to activities within the hotel: 4
"Random" pictures inspired by Jomez Pro taken inside Mall of America that I wanted to take: 12
Pictures I found the correct place to take: 6
Styles of shoes found in Famous Footwear close what I have worn for years: 1
Total shoes of that style on display, none of which fit me: 9
Minutes spent at MOA store discussing disc golf and other things with two employees the version of me one third my age would be too afraid to do so: 20
Minutes after wondering if non disc golf item seen at that store should be purchased which would require me to exchange same item purchased at store from earlier but realized that the item from original purchase was not with me: 10
Years since a woman made me moan with pleasure at Marscon: 11
Number of times left knee popped while getting on feet after her 20 minute therapeutic massage on the rest of the leg was over: 3
Friday night performers: 5
Those I saw in room while fighting sleep: 2
Total pictures taken of those on stage: 3
Reactions to one of the pictures I posted either by me or someone who reposted it: 20
Air pressure in PSI in right rear tire at 7:40 AM after warning light appeared on dash: 25
Length in inches of metal trailer hitch pin found by Discount Tire employee embedded in that tire: 2.5
Total time there in minutes leaving with repaired tire at no cost: 35
Streak of consecutive years playing disc golf on Marscon Saturday morning stopped since the area course had too much snow to play: 6
Total table 27 merch sales made through installed app on my tablet which was used as backup to main one: 12
15 second videos taken of Klingon Pop Warrior who as explained by name sings popular songs in Klingon: 3
Characters on screen who interacted with Steve Goodie during his performance: 3
People who wanted Robbie Ellis CD immediately after his entertaining performance ended: 10
Others who pre paid for Luke Ski's new CD thinking they were not going to make the trip this year and wanted him to have the money ahead of time to help cover the initial cost of making them: 0
Performers GOH Bonnie Gordon joined on stage to do song she did with them: 2
Projects Bonnie Gordon did that I was unaware she had done: 2
Party rooms on 11th floor which an adult beverage was acquired in attempt to remove enough inhibition to perform "song" in Space Oddity room since the attempt to turn my idea into a dumb parody morphed into a 12 line filk song: 5
Total minutes they were consumed: 30
Number of Mario Kart races played drunk (which was the theme of that party): 2
Seconds in first game from go to realizing R3 and not R2 was the gas: 10
Actual main stage performers with equipment who were jamming in Space Oddity by the time I had courage to try my song making me realize the opportunity was lost: 6
Number of sci Fi/fandom conventions Robbie Ellis and his wife attended before Marscon: 0
People confused Sunday morning with my reasoning behind betting the Cubs to win the 2015 National League Championship based on Back to the Future 2: 4
People who made table 27 purchase in the 45 minutes before first Sunday concert started: 5
Acts on Sunday morning before Dumb Parody ideas: 3
Participants in DPI: 15
Finalists: 11
References to other parodies performed in contest by winning entry: 12
Acts who finished music track with cover: 10
Tom Lehrer covers which will be part of an upcoming CD featuring covers of his material: 2
Generations from one family performing together on stage for one number: 3
Classic comedy songs I knew would be performed as the artist died within the week before the convention: 2
People dressed in the costume from the Fish Heads video for the finale: 13
Temp leaving hotel: 0°C
Minutes to drive first 69 miles to Menomonee Speedway station: 60
Minutes to get back on I-94 waiting for overturned pickup truck in ditch half mile past exit to be removed: 55
Miles past Millston rest area where contents from previous night's 11th floor experience were expurged to exiting snow covered highway realizing it was best to get a hotel: 45
Team when arriving at hotel: -4°C
Time from hotel to hotel: 4hr, 30 min
Miles covered: 197
Time first awake on Monday with plan to go to work after hotel breakfast: 5AM
Time actually getting out of bed on Monday: 730
Temp leaving hotel: -5°C
Places in Wisconsin Dells would have seriously considered stopping if I was 15 years younger: 3
Time for 197 miles from hotel to home: 3hr 30 min
Temp at home: 0°C
Number of times after talking with Robbie Ellis thought it might have been funny to show him that my phone is set to centigrade: 4
Purchases made from dealer room: 1
CDs purchased by those who performed: 5
Of those people who currently or have lived in Illinois: 4
Attendees now known by different first name compared to when I met then first: 3
Others there who live in the expanded Chicagoland metropolitan area: 10
Of those how many I had seen in person within the 360 days between Marscon 2022 & 2023: 1
Though no candy bars were consumed, number of places eaten that serve food considered unhealthy: 10
