I'm going to lunch in a little while with my friend Ron Friedman. Ron is the guest on this week's episode of Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. It's Ron's second appearance and they had him back because he was so hilarious on his first. What they may not know is that they could get rid of all their other guests and just have Ron on every week and he'd never run out of great stories. Listen to this latest installment here, as well as other places around the 'net.
A number of you have written to ask for more details of how I got my shoulder fixed. It's a long story and for a reason I may or may not be able to explain here some day, I don't want to tell you much more…but I did not go to a practitioner of unusual or unconventional medicine. I'm a big believer in conventional medicine, at least for my body. You're free to make your own choices. But I went to one orthopedist who didn't know how to solve the problem and then I found another orthopedist who did. No matter how we manage or alter healthcare in this country, nothing will change the fact that some doctors are better than others.
A week from tomorrow, Sergio Aragonés and I will be appearing at Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina. In a post here, I mentioned that I won't be at my table much because (a) they have me doing loads of panels and (b) I don't like sitting for long behind a table at a convention. This has caused several folks to write and ask, "Does this mean you won't be doing any signings?" I'll be there occasionally and I'll also sign stuff if you catch me wandering about. But don't bring a lot. Trust me: No one needs my signature on more than about three books, if that many. They're not going to skyrocket in value. I used to think "I'll just sign whatever Sergio signs" but that, of course, is humanly impossible.
Every so often in this world, you hear about a situation that is so messy and convoluted and has so many layers and lies, it's best to say, "I'm not going to pay any attention to this, at least for a while." For me, the matter of alleged elder abuse and swindling of Stan Lee is just such a situation. So everyone can stop asking me about it.
Gotta go meet Ron. Back later.