Just watched forty-nine minutes of video on C-Span.org. It was a broadcast of the program portion of the White House Correspondents Dinner. The event's participants is part A-List (there was a red carpet) part hard journalists', part scholarship program (more than a dozen college students in journalism were recipients) and very crowded. It looked like fun to me. Our President Barack Obama released his wickedly funny self but the true hag was my girl Wanda Sykes... …
A gig tonight
And in these lean times, a gig tonight is a very good thing!! We are doing a private school fundraiser. We have done this event now for about five years. In fact, this is the school that President Obama's girls (Malia and Sasha) attended since pre-school and He & First Lady Michele Obama have attended this event every year …