I'm pulling my driveway.

We all know what that means.

It's time for their drive to work.

And you can tell I am a little bit hoarse.

Why is that?

Because I just got back from MagicCon Chicago.

So today it's all about that event.

Okay, so the event was held in Chicago, uh, in February. Um, I think it was, I remember the exact dates, but the 20th, 21st, 22nd, is a Friday through a Sunday, um, in February. In Chicago, which at first blush would seem like not the best time to have an event in Chicago.

But actually, most of the time the weather was really nice.

We did have a blizzard one night.

But other than that, the weather actually was quite nice.

Okay, so for those that have never been to a Magicon, this is our, we did Magic 30 in Las Vegas in 2022. Last year, we did

a MagicCon in Philadelphia in Minneapolis, in Barcelona, and again in Las Vegas. This year,

there are three Magicons. This was the first one in Chicago. Second one will be in Amsterdam, and third

one will be in Vegas again. Okay, so what did I do

at MagicCon? So MagicCon for those that have never been, is a magic convention and there's a lot of

different components of the convention. There is a giant play area where you can play events. There's a

casual play area. There's what we call the

mana stage, which is a stage where we do panels and presentations. There's a giant merch area

to buy your merch. There's what we call the creator corner where you can come meet your

favorite creators and play with them or get them to sign stuff. There is a, oh, a whole bunch of dealers selling stuff, a store owner selling all sorts of magic merchandise.

There was an area this time where there were puzzles where you can come and Mark Gottlieb made three different puzzles and you could solve the puzzles.

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