I'm just getting used to Windows 11. It's different from 10, not necessarily in any way that (so far) strikes me as better. And I keep having the feeling that if I load some program not made by Microsoft, I'm going to get an angry pop-up window expressing outrage and calling me bad names. But I'll give it some time.
I will be moderating ten panels at Comic-Con International this July and I'll be a panelist on (so far) two others. I have no other conventions scheduled this year. The one after that may very well be the 2024 WonderCon in Anaheim, which will run from Friday, March 29 of 2024 through Sunday, March 31 of 2024.
A friend of mine who voted for Donald Trump last time tells me that he will not be voting for Trump in the next presidential election. He will be voting for The Republican Nominee, whoever that is, because…well, because that person will be the Republican nominee. Naturally, I had to ask him, "What if that person is Donald Trump?" His reply was that he will still vote for the Republican nominee, whoever it is. In his mind though, that's not voting for Donald Trump.
I have in the past written about a wonderful show that is staged from time to time here in Los Angeles. It's called Puppet Up! and it's a largely-improvised, often adult-in-content puppet show performed here in Hollywood on what was, once upon a time, the Chaplin Stage, as in "Charlie Chaplin." It's his old movie studio, now owned by the Henson Company, as in "Jim Henson." It's not for kids, it's very funny and they're doing it for two weekends in July, one of them the weekend that Comic-Con is taking place down in San Diego. Many good seats seem to still be available and you can order a couple of them here.
Lastly: There's no news on the Writers Guild strike…not even any word on whether the Producers, against whom we are striking, are even trying to cobble together an acceptable offer that would end our walkout. No news is not good news, nor is it bad news. It's just no news. I wouldn't read anything into that.