People riding the bus: 8
Max people with luggage that could comfortably ride the bus: 14
Delay in minutes of departure due to seat belt replacement: 45
Stops for fuel/bathroom: 2/2
People who liked mashed potatoes & chicken sample at Kwik Trip and were looking for the actual one on way back but were disappointed since it wasn't out then: 3
Max speed in mph: 68
Max speed in mph going uphill in northern Wisconsin: 55
50+ aged men on bus loudly singing "Sit on My Face" when it came on: 3
Total time in hours to get to Marscon: 8
People who ate at IHOP after: 14
Distance in miles from that IHOP to nine hole disc golf course: 1.1
Hours before opening ceremonies I saw comedy music guest of honor eating hotel breakfast and I decided to leave him alone out of courtesy, something he appreciated I did: 10
Times I have taken a picture of the Pepsi logo in the Mall of America South food court with my left hand giving it the middle finger: 10
Meals eaten at the mall: 3
Meals eaten at a gas station: 3
Pounds gained over the weekend: 4
Places I know at Mall of America that are required to serve Pepsi products even though the chain serves Coca Cola products everywhere else: 11
Times on 1.3 mile walk from Mall of America back to hotel I threw the yellow dx Leopard I purchased from Air Sports along the side of American Blvd: 8
Feet last throw ended up from going in a previously unseen pond: 1
Snow cover in Bloomington in inches at Marscon 2023/2024: 28/0
Had I driven myself like I did the previous two years ...
Number of rounds I would have played on trip to Marscon: 2
Number of times out of the four nights at the hotel I would have left early in the morning and played one of the 5 courses used by players in a division restricted to those 60 and older at the 2014 amateur world Championship: 3
Now on to the con itself ...
Years the great Luke Ski performed there: 21
Number of main stage performers 45 years or older: 4
Number of main stage performers 45 years or older in 2014: 1
Distance from Marscon in miles of person who complained about the lack of ethnic diversity in the performers: 1,750
Number of Marscons that person attended: 0
When asked if there are any POC performers to recommend, number that person provided: 0
Number of artists doing a song with the word chicken in its title: 3
People who had the knowledge and energy to dance to "Corn Beef and Cabbage": 6
Concerts seen featuring either of the two artists who as a duo closed Friday's set since the last time I saw the person they replaced perform: 7
Number of major alterations made to the Fake Adult video in the ten years since it was first made: 3
Time in minutes GOH performed before confirming he reached his obligatory set length: 45
Number of "emotional support spatulas" sold: 22
Number of golden spatulas RJ has won for winning Dumb Parody Ideas: 3
Total number of random Luke Ski shirts found on the same site someone got his $80 Luke Ski sweater: 8
Possible shot combinations available at the Klingon party "Clue" theme: 64
Different cider choices at the Space Oddity room: 4
Weird Al songs I sung as part of the crowd in the karaoke party room: 3
Knots worked out of my legs in the massage room: 3
Different animal sounds someone who wanted to complete the scavenger hunt had to make in the Furry party room: 5
Different tvs set up for 4 player Mario Cart in the Crashing Course party room: 2
People who had there first Malort in the Minicon room: 3
With one meaning minimal engagement and six maximum, my experience with potential female company: 2
That same rating the previous two years: 1
People who boarded bus to go to Kahn's: 20
Total people who rode the bus over the weekend: 22
People who did not take the bus to Marscon who asked about 2025: 4
People who played Boob Tree Sunday night: 11
People not playing who just hung out in that room: 10
Total sports stadiums seen in the Twin Cities area: 3
Hours from departure bus returned: 102 1/2
