It's true. I could have done it, but I just left my brain at home. I had my Philadelphia Jewish Voice press pass, I brought my cheapo digital camera - no extra batteries of course (thank God for cell phone cameras), brought a pad and paper, I brought my (almost, but not quite) 10 year-old son Zachary with his Merion Elementary School press pass (I called school in the early afternoon and his gifted teacher whipped one up for him), but did I think to bring my laptop? Nooooo, of course not. Zachary was kind enough to give me a stiff whack to the head (on my request) when we arrived at Villanova University's Jake Nevin Fieldhouse and I saw a few college kids with and realized SHIT I COULD HAVE LIVE BLOGGED MICHELLE OBAMA! Argh.
Ok, so I messed up, and the batteries in my camera didn't last for even one picture, and I didn't even remember to take a picture of my own kid, but hey I got to listen to an outstanding speaker who gives her husband a legitimate run for his money for over an hour and boy was it ever a treat.
[UPDATED - picking up with the hard working public school teachers who made Michelle's successes possible...]
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