[viking]

'Twas the night before kickoff, when all through the land
Everyone was a buzz over what Dean had planned;
The trackballs were set on the overpass with care,
and poof balls were flying all through the air;

Old robots were sitting alone and forgotten
Thinking of Opahs, and Game Hints that we have gotten.
Zambonies in Paramount, and green fields in Dover
long and hard we have searched for answers all over.

When out from the CAD room I heard such a sound
But at this early hour who’d be around?
Away from the metal shop flew with a flash,
To see what had made the horrible crash.

Computer screens giving an eerie green glow
All of them open to the new LabVIEW Pro
When, what to my wondering eyes should I see,
But Dean Kamen, Woodie Flowers, and Dave Lavery.

Kamen said, “But quick before the build season starts,
we should give them all brand new controller parts.”
Some Lexan! A joystick! Aluminum alloy!
A camera! New CIM motors! They’ll be filled with such joy!

Dean sprang from his workshop, to the GDC gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, when he drove his Stirling out of sight,

"Happy Season to all, and to all a good-night."

From David Blank - 3rd Year team member
and Robert Dudek - Sponsor/Teacher Viking Robotics Team #1777