If you are wondering about the 'Green Machine' part of the title. That's the name of the rookie FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team that I help to coach and mentor. It's really the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team kids plus seven new students who joined the program during this crazy COVID year. The robotics teacher had to pivot away from FRC and start up an FTC team which was a more manageable size of 'bot since the kids didn't have access to the shop. This past weekend, they gathered on campus - socially-distanced and masked, of course - for a virtual competition. It was virtual in the sense that there were no other teams present; but we were there in-person. And it was first time I had actually met some of these kids in real life. As I always do, there is some kind of themed food involved, right? So, as they wrapped up their sixth and final qualifying match, I set out treat boxes with these cookies, a ginger molasses cookie, and a mocha crinkle. This is th...