Marscon 2026 by the numbers

Change in a gallon of gas from Jan 20, 2021 to Mar 4, 2026: +.34

Score for front nine/back nine on gold course at Fairfield: 0/+9

Shots worse than expected by rating: 4

Extra miles driving after missing exit in Lake Geneva: 12

Different Pizza Ranch locations I had visited/states before stopping at the one in the Wisconsin Dells only to walk out after discovering they switched from Coke to Pepsi: 4/3

Nine hole rounds played next to a church in Eau Claire: 3

Times I had to relieve myself against a building there: 2

Hours from leaving home to arriving at Hilton: 13.4

Stores in Mall of America I stopped on Friday: 4

People in Famous Footwear I babbled with about disc golf in the twin cities area: 2

Times over the years I have taken a picture of me flipping off a Pepsi sign in the south food court: 17

Times I correctly identified that food court as the south one and not the east: 2

Times on a toilet Friday afternoon likely because the different Arby's sandwich I got the day before caused issues: 6

Packages of girl scout cookies purchased: 3

Pictures of Robert O'Reilly available to be autographed/people I know who chose one specific to be autographed: 10/5

Alcoholic beverages consumed Friday night: 8

Age of That Lucky Panda when I attended my first Marscon: <1

His songs about a subject which I was not familiar that my daughter knew: 4

Times seeing Holy Bongwater perform/ albums released 4/0

Years since I saw Dino-Mike perform: 9 1/2

Times Dino Mike joined someone else on stage over the weekend: 3

New Meowmeme songs performed: 2

Days from the time I mentioned in the Doctor Who themed con suite "The Nightmare Begins" was the Doctor Who episode that premiered the day I was born to the announcement a copy of the long believed forgotten episode was found: 5

Minutes walked on a treadmill Saturday morning: 20

Minutes on the 12 minute drive to McDonald's to get food for Luke that I correctly realized their menu might not have the crispy chicken strips which is the only lunch/dinner item I would get from there: 6

Years since I saw a stand alone Carrie Dahlby Marscon concert that didn't have a song with or by her child: 11

Times Ross Childs guzzled a bottle of water without using his hands: 2

Number of words in the Eninem song Rap God which Devo Spice parodied on stage and got a standing ovation: 1,560

Completed percentage of the Luke Ski Darlene and Darius animatic that was shown at the concert: 72

Minutes Ian performed at his first Marscon 18 years ago where I drove him to the bus station afterwards to head home to Maryland: 9

Short songs on Ian's new EP: 11

Years ago during Marscon opening ceremonies "convention agent Luke Bauer" was notified that a madman on the loose was threatening to sing Mr. Tambourine Man in the karaoke room: 18

People who did karaoke so bad, I almost went in the room to "sing" Mr. Tambourine Man (almost): 5

People who mentioned to me that the shirt I wore Saturday night has disc golf baskets on it: 2

Star Trek costumes worn in the burlesque show which I was too tired to stay up to watch: 3

Minutes from hotel to Sunday disc golf one round event I was going to attend until my right leg cramped while on the toilet: 15

Distance in feet of hole I aced after getting a massage and realizing that with an hour to spare, I could travel 8 minutes and play a quick nine: 126

People who asked questions of "vice president JD Vance" to open Sunday programming: 10

People at MOA Chipotle who called off that day due to the 60 degree day causing me to wait a half hour in line to get food for Luke: 2

Artists who decided to not perform in the Smackdown due to illness: 2

Years ago my daughter Erin performed Sleep Walking Zombies on stage with Carrie at Marscon: 16

Wait in minutes for the audio to get set up so Erin could perform the song with the 7 year old version of herself as background voice which helped her calm down while I was getting more nervous: 3

Songs performed at Marscon where my voice was in the background track that was played: 2

People who ate at the MOA north food court after everything ended Sunday: 20

People who played rounds Boob tree which I wanted to join but knew I had zero processing energy to do so: 11/9

Score at Moir Park playing Monday morning twice assuming I two putt number one both times as the basket was missing and replaced with a temp.one for the event: -10

Shots better than expected rating from Sunday event: 3

Sales tax money saved by purchasing clothes in Minnesota: $18

Walking distance in miles from Wisconsin Dells Pizza Ranch from Mac's where I ate on the trip home with my daughter and son in law: .25

Driving minutes from Mac's to course in Baraboo: 15

Hills to climb during round: 4

Different spots on the trip where I was on US 12: 5

Hours after leaving hotel to get home: 12.25

Artists of the ten who performed who tested positive for COVID after the event causing me to not see my mom to show the video of my daughter performing until I was sure to not catch it: 4