I think you do have mind control powers. I have ideas for about half the challenges. :) I'll be posting to thearchive2 soon.

I myself sometimes have trouble telling the difference between Athena, Boomer, and the other 8s just by looking at them. it wasn't until the last season or so that I could tell the difference in performance. I had fun with it and worked some technical things out though.

I was all set to go to VVC, then my boss revoked my vacation days, so I had to cancel. I'm going next year no matter what though.