Team Shroom is Victorious!

Some of you remember a college trip long, long ago when "Team Shroom" was born. The setting was a cabin in North Carolina...or Tennessee...somewhere...and we were all playing Cranium. The team members were me, Alex Cherukara, James Morrow and our number one fan, Lori Jackson. As is customary, Lori was not actually playing but she was offering her full support as our innocent bystander. (Although, I have heard that Lori does play games when she is in the Eastern Hemisphere. I have not actually seen this in action, but I hear it happens on occassion.) The card commanded Alex to construct a mushroom. And out of the purple clay, Team Shroom was born.

Fastforward four years. To "The Overture of a very Rigid Match." The setting is Kenley's "premium" living room. (Where else would we be?) The game is Scene It and Team Shroom was reconstructed, minus one very key member. But it was for Lori that we played for, for Lori that we dedicated the game to. We were the "pitied" team. The underdog. A key tie was lost when the breaker was "the team with a member of the smallest shoe size." Where was Lori in our time of need? Whose small feet would have won us the victory? Hope was not all lost. After stopping Diane, Lerah and Dean's team in the final cut, Team Shroom achieved victory! And we dedicate our victory to our absent team member, Lori. You were missed.