…a lot of us will be down in San Diego for the first day of the 2013 Comic-Con International! Actually, a lot of us will be there the night before for Preview Night but next Thursday is the first full day and the Programming Schedule for that day is up! If you're attending the con, I suggest you study that schedule and jot down the times and room numbers of events you might like to attend. I'll post my list of panels after the con has their whole rundown online.
Actually, I suggest that if you're attending, you spend a little time at the con website. It's really loaded with useful information about how to get there, where to park, how to shuttle-bus to the con, where to eat, etc. I get asked a lot of questions about the con and at least half of them can be answered with a few clicks on that website.
My official weather forecast for the con calls for daytime highs of 70 to 73, evening lows of 68 to 65, about a 2% chance of any precipitation and a good mix of clear days and overcast. That's for outside the convention hall. Inside, I'm predicting massive crowds, serious noise pollution around the videogame dealers and a 70% chance of women dressed like Princess Leia.
Start packing. And I seem to have missed the window of opportunity for my annual joke about how if you need a place to park, leave now. That's only funny if you do that before it becomes serious advice.