> If anybody remembers who got the bingo chip for the ones I don't remember, please speak up.

I would speak up for getting a chip, except that the one I got that you didn't remember was for being one of the quietest ones. So pretend I didn't say this.

> Back in the conference room, I did one more quickie contest before giving up the floor, and that was to write down as many RinkWorks black marker prizes from past RinkUnions, contests, and site market games as possible. famous and Gahalyn were the frontrunners on that one, and Gahalyn won it. I forget what she won.

A nifty plastic and rubber spatula. The handle is red and the rubber actual spatula part is white.

> [...] we all had a great time *being* with each other and doing the sorts of things that cannot be done online. A close-knit community with such a lack of human contact is a trying thing.

I was crying and so upset on the way back that I was almost sick. The night before last, I had a dream that I was at a RinkUnion, and it was one of the most painful dreams to wake up to reality from.

-K-