Zoom replacement for motss.con.xxxiv

The following is my pseudo-motss.con report, or my experiences of the soc.motss.con (held September 4 via Zoom). If you don't like such things, feel free to not read it. It won't bother me. Much.

Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic we went virtual again this year. We had 21 people over the course of the four hours, including one first-timer. I had fun catching up, and it seemed like others did too. Discussion topics (as I wrote them down, but not necessarily in chronological order) included:

• Lasik and other surgeries
• Birthdays
• Health issues and obits (Jess, Chris H., et al.)
• Hurricane (Tropical Storm) Ida, Larry, flooding, weather, etc.
• U-M Arriving Home sculpture
• Musicals and Dear Evan Hansen
• Anniversaries, past cons, etc.
• Commutes
• Movies
• Housing prices
• Masking and travel
• Pets
• Alexa, Siri, automation
• Accents
• Back to work
• Doing this more often (e.g., the NYE zoom calls)
• Cars, insurance, kids, carbeques, etc.
• Retirement, medical
• Dining out and gift certificates
• Max is engaged!