Hey Tango...

It was really well received... better than last year actually, but then this year I had the story of my poor TV fella to tell, and that had them quite enthralled. Last year I had a few people nodding off on me, but this year I only lost one or two. My session is the only "mandatory" session. I did have several people tell me they learned something new this year.

The beans will do you good if you have enough cognitive power to realize you need to eat them! I tend to forget to eat when I'm cold...

The brain will certainly survive a long time hypothermic and with low sugar... in fact cooling the body is a new preferred pre-hospital treatment for traumatic brain injury, stroke, and now post cardiac arrest patients. The question is whether the brain can make good decisions while essentially bonking. This is really the critical point... and why so many people start slipping down that slippery slope of hypothermia.

MNS