kinetic eagle scouts

i have started a kinetic sculpture race club at my school. i love the kinetic sculpture race. so much. such a great time and people wear crazy hats and wear nutball outfits and everyone's in such a good mood and nobody cares if you finish first or last... they're just glad you showed up and had a wig on. i've gone to it every year since living here and have wanted to be in it after 5 minutes of spectating at my first one. but alas, i have not had the time nor gusto to get it done. but NOW, now i've got legions of 12-year-olds whose spindly arms and legs i can exploit to build me a floatable sculpture. and damn are they excited. two of my favorite nerds have already proposed the name "enterprise" for our entry, and today another student approached me to ask whether it would be ok if he missed the first meeting because he had a different meeting he had to go to. i said that would be fine and we would figure something out to make sure he could participate, but he wanted to make sure that i knew that as an eagle scout he had earned some sort of badge because he mastered the skills of welding and soddering. absolutely. there's going to be so much welding and bending of metals and harnessing of nerdy prowess to put this together. CANNOT WAIT.