Conventional Wisdom

(Historical Notes: Oh man, THIS one’s frickin’ timeless, right here.  As I re-post these comics in early 2023, I still don’t have my con schedule for the rest of the year publicly announced yet, mostly because the only way I can POSSIBLY afford any of said plans is if fifty things I don’t have control over fall into place just right and I don’t want to have to back out on something I already said I’d do.  But yeah, it is ABSURD just how much we’re expected to pay for the privilege of being wedged into the same room as a bunch of smelly insufferable nerds for a weekend.  Or, more to the point, how much we’re expected to pay to GET TO the place were all the other smelly nerds are.  That’s the real punch to the gut: the travel and lodging expenses.  Guess what I’m wrestling with at the moment.)