Dextrous (or dexterous) means skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body. (Thus, “manual dexterity” is somewhat redundant.) I know, that definition includes “or body.” But shouldn’t there be a specific equivalent word for skillful use of the feet?

People who haven’t (or haven’t yet) attended one of these weekend-long conventions Mensa calls Gatherings ask me what happens at them. In addition to the formally scheduled events (turns out they’ve already updated the web site, including removing this year’s schedule, which included speakers, meals, tournaments, a costume contest, dance, fancy-dress event, and more)—which this weekend included my talk on “Punctilious Punctuation” to an almost full-house in one of the larger ballrooms—there is the unscheduled meeting new people, socializing with new and old friends, board gaming, and much more. Over one lingering breakfast this weekend, at a table of eight or ten people including several friends of long standing and several others I met this weekend, the conversation ranged from microdosing ketamine (that one was brought up by the PhD psychotherapist), to velcro underwear, to the etymology of the term “bye week” (as it relates to sports), the concept of vegan cookies versus yoga, to the term lavender marriage (which I’d never heard before), to, yes, the foot-centered complementary word for dextrous.

Anyway, that’s some of what I did this weekend. What did you do?