Additional recapping of Stephen’s Washington D.C. appearance
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Hey, heroes! I’ve got a bit to add to Ms Interpreted’s excellent recap of Stephen’s book signing in D.C. this past Friday night. Like she said, it wasn’t a lot of new material to those of us who devour Stephen’s interviews, but it was a delight to hear him speak in person and especially to banter with surprise interviewer Tim Russert.
The exchange that brought the house down:
Russert: Have you ever had a conversation with Senator Larry Craig?
Stephen: Define ‘conversation.’ (audience roars as he pauses)
Russert: Are you stalling?
At that, the audience went nuts and Stephen cracked up, got out of his chair, went down on one knee and bowed to Russert and shook his hand. Brilliant all around!
The rest of my recap additions are here. I was able to get one somewhat decent, wonky-eared photo:
And I’m pretty sure Ms Interpreted and I had matching perma-grins for hours afterwards. Joy indeed!
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October 21st, 2007 at 6:21 pm
So did you sneak the pix in? I thought no pixs were allowed? Only two days to go till his Y appearance! I’m getting all squishy. ;)
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October 21st, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Was that beefy guy behind him security? He must have chuckled a little at that.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 4:27 am
@vigwig: We weren’t supposed to take photos but they didn’t kick us out for snapping a couple shots after the talk.
@Sandra: Yep, security wasn’t kidding. Maybe there were fewer guards than Al Gore had, but still – beefy security guards all around!
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October 22nd, 2007 at 8:22 am
Awesome recap posts, both of you! (I was there too: http://stellar-dust.livejournal.com/320425.html)
MsInterpreted’s question was the one that I could *not* remember while recapping, and then kicked myself about it when I remembered ten hours later, far away from my computer and unable to edit my post! Sigh. But it was a great question. :D
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