We're coming to you via the free wi-fi at the airport in Columbus, Ohio. Why? Because we have a half-hour and because we can. Mid-Ohio-Con was great…but then it always is, for reasons I'll try to articulate later. That ended Sunday and on Monday, my fellow convention guest Gregg Berger and I drove to Muncie, Indiana…the Garfield capitol of the world. For many years now, I've been writing and voice-directing Garfield cartoons and Gregg has been providing the voice of Odie, Squeak the Mouse and other bizarre denizens of the cat's world. I'd been to the offices before (many times) but it was the first time Odie Gregg had visited. Jim Davis is a gracious employer/host and we had a fine time, meeting and dining…and even hearing tales of Jim's old college buddy at Ball State University, David Letterman. A lot of folks think Jim made his fortune by creating the world's most successful newspaper strip but that was small change compared to what he's made blackmailing Dave.
Carolyn, Gregg and I are flying back to L.A. by way of Chicago. We change planes at Midway Airport and you'll hear from me then if (a) we have sufficient time betwixt flights and (b) they have free wi-fi and I can get it working.