March 7 I once again trekked down to Greenville SC to participate in Piedmont Area Mensa’s regional gathering (here’s a link to last year’s event). I went solo as TYG and I don’t travel together any more — our pups need too much care to trust a dog-sitter — and unlike last year, didn’t fly. That meant a four-hour drive, the first time I’ve driven that far since probably pre-pandemic. I was a little nervous but it went fine. Below, my hotel room window
This year the theme was Monty Python so I gave a talk on the origins and history of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. I had my notes emailed to me so I could check them on my phone. When I got up I opened the email, looked down and it was gone, Fortunately I’d rehearsed enough that I recalled 90-95 percent of the material so the talk went off fine.
Other than that it was eating, chatting with friends and sleeping, due to the dogs depriving me of sleep the week before. Overall, a fun weekend. Below, photos from this year’s Python-themed teapot race (I participated but was too busy trying to make sense of the controls to get an image.
Here’s the shirt for this year’s event.
A scene from the escape room puzzle challenge I participated in. I helped a little to figuring it out.
My friend Jolie Elder is an amazing knitter. Here’s her reverse double-knit scarf.
The puzzle below makes such pretty pieces I found it hard to think about putting it together.
I missed having TYG with me but it was a fun weekend. Rights to puzzle images remain property of current holder.
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