Super Cool
I had an interesting weekend. On Friday evening about 5:30 my buddy Tony J. called me and said he had scored his company's Astro's tickets (Diamond level), his wife Liz was not feeling well, and asked me if I wanted to go. I've sat in the Diamond level before in the Astrodome, and it was super nice, so even though I had some work to finish up, I said sure. I went by and picked him up and off we went. There were several celebrities in the audience with us, including President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush in their usual seats, the best seats in the house right behind home plate. We knew they would be there by the Secret Service agents all over the place.
So the whole time I'm trying to sneak peeks at the former President without looking like some psycho who the Secret Service should wrestle down and grind their face into the cement while shouting "Code Red!! Escape Plan Alpha!! GO GO GO!!!"
Some observations:
a) He's into the game
b) He drank lemonade, not beer
c) He and Barbara were checking something out on his Blackberry
(As an aside, it was ironic to watch both the teenage girls texting on their cell phones and the corporate executives texting on their Blackberries [Blackberrys? Blackberry's?] They both looked addicted.)
So just before the end of the sixth inning, I saw President Bush motion to the Secret Service guy sitting on a folding chair a row behind him and he said something to him, and a couple of minutes later they got up to leave. The entire row of seats in front of our seats was empty, so George and Barbara walked out right in front of me. They stopped to take a picture with some kids, and then I SHOOK HANDS WITH A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! AND A FIRST LADY!
I stole this picture from the BBC here because I forgot my friggin camera and even my cell phone. So no pictures of me with the President and First Lady. Oh well, that will teach me to always bring my camera.
I actually considered the probability of my getting to shake hands with the President of the United States a couple of years ago, and thought it very unlikely.
Super cool.
So the whole time I'm trying to sneak peeks at the former President without looking like some psycho who the Secret Service should wrestle down and grind their face into the cement while shouting "Code Red!! Escape Plan Alpha!! GO GO GO!!!"
Some observations:
a) He's into the game
b) He drank lemonade, not beer
c) He and Barbara were checking something out on his Blackberry
(As an aside, it was ironic to watch both the teenage girls texting on their cell phones and the corporate executives texting on their Blackberries [Blackberrys? Blackberry's?] They both looked addicted.)
So just before the end of the sixth inning, I saw President Bush motion to the Secret Service guy sitting on a folding chair a row behind him and he said something to him, and a couple of minutes later they got up to leave. The entire row of seats in front of our seats was empty, so George and Barbara walked out right in front of me. They stopped to take a picture with some kids, and then I SHOOK HANDS WITH A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! AND A FIRST LADY!
I stole this picture from the BBC here because I forgot my friggin camera and even my cell phone. So no pictures of me with the President and First Lady. Oh well, that will teach me to always bring my camera.
I actually considered the probability of my getting to shake hands with the President of the United States a couple of years ago, and thought it very unlikely.
Super cool.
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