Days before event confirmed I would be able to attend: 3
Vacation days used to attend in 2004-05/2006-2012/2013-2016: 2/6/10
Vacation days able to take in 2022: 1
Days between previous vacation day and that Friday that were not spent in a hotel emergency room: 203
Hours between home from work Thursday and planning to leave Friday: 9 1/2
Minutes spent Friday morning trying to convince daughter to "call in sick" to work and go with me: 30
Times on way there stopped at place where "dementia fun bus" would stop: 2
Professional Disc Golf Association major championships won by Barry Schultz whose round at Wakanda Park in Menomonie (do-do-do-do-do), WI in May 2007 was his second highest rated round in 30 years: 15
People I know who also played in that event: 2
Holes played there played as the weather, high winds, and snow/ice made playing the whole course dangerous: 1
People at the Arby's in Menomonie (do-do-do-do-do) who looked at me in various levels of disgust after I played Ross Childs video singing "Menomonie, do-do-do-do-do" then laughing: 8
Decades I showed a similar look to those who made a reference after hearing my last name: 5
Total time from leaving home to arriving at Bloomington Hilton: 8hr, 20min
Wind chill when arriving at hotel: -15°F
Other people who saw picture taken in a hotel hot tub on Thursday and were disappointed to find out that hotel pool is closed: 3
Years room key card from my previous stay at Marscon was in my wallet before being replaced by 2022 room key: 6
Items on limited hotel restaurant menu whose names were inspired by sci Fi: 7
Minutes between food arriving at table and Luke Ski getting phone call requiring him to head to head to the main stage: 0
Music artists who had items for sale at Table 27: 8
Formats the music could be purchased: 5 (download card, CD, LP, cassette, 8 track)
Books written by "Bad Beth" that were available: 2
Artists performing on Friday: 3
Active parties on floor 11: 3
Temp in Bloomington, MN at 6 AM on Saturday morning: -1°F
Miles from Hilton to Cedarcrest Park: 2.5
Temp on car at 10 AM to play 9 hole short disc golf course there: 8°F
Tees covered by snow and ice forcing me to use app and GPS to find: 7
Tees unsafe due to ice causing the shot from alternate spot to be much more difficult: 1
Baskets completely surrounded by ice causing me to use 16 foot extendable pole to safely get disc: 1
Score on course: 24/ -3
Number of consecutive years playing disc golf on Marscon Saturday when water aerobics would be happening: 6
Number of years playing disc golf on Dec 25: 4
Number of years playing disc golf at Dellwood on Sept 25: 3
Artists who decided to make a long drive to Marscon after hearing they were a Logan Award finalist: 3
Times over weekend someone was singing on stage with a box on their head: 2
Signs used by music GOH TV's Kyle during set: 6
Songs performed from new album L'il Delli released as TV's Kyle got on stage to start their set: 19
Of the 15 Logan Award finalist entries, ones I had heard or seen before the ceremony: 4
Total number of Logan Award finalist appearances by Insane Ian without winning who released a compilation CD of them for the weekend: 13
Percentage of Logan Award finalists in the 11 years that were by Insane Ian: 8.4
Odds of not winning once in those 13 finalists including two for the same category same year: 19.4 - 1
With the win in 2022, number of Logan Awards won the the Boobies, a collaboration of artists creating Beatles parodies about boobs with all proceeds going towards breast cancer research: 2
First year taking a "flippie" of a large Pepsi sign in the Mall of America south food court expressing my unhappiness about their exclusive contract with all restaurants there: 2011
Adult beverages consumed at the limited number of parties no doubt affected by COVID and virus protocols: 0
People who performed "nerdlesque" late Saturday evening: 5
Temp Sunday morning when I returned to Cedarcrest Park to play another nine: 38°F
Score there: 23/ -4
Different holes holes birdied in 2 days: 6
Cans of Coke Zero left in hotel fridge: 3
Age of oldest main stage full show performer when youngest one was born: 47
Number of Luke Ski performed songs that were released before youngest performer was born: 4
Number of photographs of me in the ten minute Marscon through the years picture presentation created by "mom Ski" : 10
Number of entries in Dumb Parody Ideas: 9
Number of entries that surprised the on stage tech assistant by actually providing a background track to their idea: 2
People who ended up eating at MOA north food court after convention making me ponder whether to let boss know I am "having car issues" and won't be back until Tuesday: 14
Safe for 10 year old pictures shown to Alex Ann of her parents at Marscon before she was born: 8
Time passing by Hilton on way home: 7:02PM.
Minutes on drive home when asked by text message to join others for a game in hotel lobby: 111
Wait at Menomonie Speedway for cash register to reboot after accidental scan of QR code instead of UPC code caused it to crash: 4 minutes
Gas mileage from Portage, WI "Tron Skillet" area to Menomonie Speedway: 19.8 mpg
Gas mileage from Menomonie Speedway to Beloit Speedway: 22.4 mph
Difference in gas prices between Speedway location in Beloit, WI and Bensenville, IL: 58 cents
Tracks on Insane Ian CD Illinoise started while crossing border: 17
Time home: 1:22 AM
Hours asked to come in early on Monday after two coworkers called in: 3
Hours from when I got home to heading back to work at regular time: 9 1/4
Hours from when table 27 was closed until final sales report was sent and badge could be officially removed: 29
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