April 2021

What Conventions May Look Like in 2021

Posted April 25, 2021

It’s been more than a year since I attended a live convention. Where do we stand now? As more and more people get vaccinated against COVID, the prospects of and for physical conventions improves. If all goes well the US should hit herd immunity this summer.

I’ve gotten a few emails from conventions looking for vendors to work their events. This is a godsend for many artists and vendors, but personally I’m not considering any live events yet. But I have been thinking about what it might be like in the first few months of “The Return.”

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April 2021

Posted April 3, 2021

April Thought of the Month

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."

~ Henry Ford

It recently occurred to me that advances in technology have actually made it easier for us not to think. Once upon a time if you had a question, you went to the library, hit the encyclopedia, or read a newspaper. Now we can ask a little box and it tells us the answer. The price of speed though is the missed opportunity to learn even more while searching for the answer.

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