Blogfest Summary

Hugh Hewitt broadcasted his radio show yesterday from the Borders Bookstore at the Colorado Mills Mall here in Colorado. Hugh was in Colorado to flog his book BLOG, the Rocky Mountain Alliance of Bloggers and blogging in general. Most of the show covered the more important topic of the day, Terri Schiavo. Of course, Hugh also pitched his candidacy for the Presidency of the University of Colorado early and often. For those of you that couldn't attend the event, here is what really happened.

Hugh was in great form. A wonderful host who connects well with his audience. You could see the effort of the show start to wear on him in the last hour. I'm sure the efforts of a long day and travel piled up.

The true topic of the day was the fight to save Terri Schiavo. What this poor woman ever did to deserve a husband like Michael or a judge like George Greer defies reason. While I don't put as much stock in the feelings of various politicians, one of Hugh's guests was an advocate for handicap rights and everyone should listen to this person's message. Should we prioritize the list of who we will starve next if we allow this to happen to Terri? Maybe we should start with grandma after she developed Alzhiemers. Or maybe we should have taken the last 24 years from uncle Dave after he became a quadriplegic. To be sure he, wished he had died in those initial months following his accident, but he and his family and friends would have missed so much if there had been a Michael Schiavo and a Judge Greer around to help him.

As Hugh is so good at, he promoted Borders, Denver, Colorado, Colorado Mills Mall, the event sponsors, the alliance, the restaurant that was trying to run the Alliance gauntlet with dinner and some town called Lakeland.

Although Hugh tried to maintain a serious tone on his efforts to become the next President of the University, his efforts are doomed. I am relatively sure that in all of his travels to Colorado, Hugh has never made a visit to Boulder. Taking a long lunch on the mall would give him all the enlightenment he would ever need on how futile his efforts really are. If you want to enjoy eternal life here on earth, move to Boulder, for it will always be the Sixties there.

Since I didn't need a lesson on Blogger from the Alliance, the only member I had a chance to meet was Clay Calhoun. Clay is one of the best Colorado bloggers, and should be a daily read if you are interested in what is happening in the Colorado Republican Party. By the way, he absolutely promised me that he would ditch the orange background on his sight after Bob Schaffer wins election as Colorado's National Committeeman to the Republican National Committee.

Finally, there was the climax of my evening. As I finally reached my turn for an autograph at the table with Hugh, he was whisked away for an emergency trip to the men's room. It seems the folks at Channel 9 News were on their way over to interview Hugh and he had been drawing on his face with his felt tip pen. It seems that Hugh and I have more in common than just our age. You see, our wives can dress us up, but they can't take us anywhere!

By the way Hugh, Mary loved the book. Thanks for a great evening.