Buzzed

Today, I met Buzz Aldrin.

I even answered a couple questions for him. Like where in the hotel he could find cell reception and when the Goddard Memorial Dinner is (Space Prom, as we call it, is April 17).

From what I hear, he's still a little upset about living in Neil Armstrong's shadow. As one of my coworkers pointed out, I guess it makes sense. It's not like Neil stole his girlfriend - it was a little bigger than that.

Put me in a room with Brad Pitt or whoever the latest celebrities are and I couldn't care less. Give me an astronaut, or a statesman, some substantive figure of history and I go starry eyed. That's my kind of celebrity.