The moment I had been waiting for for 18 years came for me this past Monday night... I finally got to shake the hand of the man I have respected for so long.

Al Gore appeared at Bookends, a book store in Ridgewood NJ @ 8PM last Monday night to sign An Inconvenient Truth. I read about it last week and decided that this was my opportunity to finally meet him. I already have a copy of the book and have read it, but I didn't mind buying another one at all knowing he would autograph it for me.

We got to the store around 3:30 PM, and the temperature was at least 107 degrees. How fitting. I bought my book, got my ticket, and was told numbers would be called by 6:30. In that time period I met many good people who I discussed my PAC Patriots for Al Gore with and also this government, Bush, and the climate crisis. When I also told them what we tried to do for Mr. Gore in 2004, the response was very positive. How I then wish we had the means to get it out on a wider scale, but that is water under the bridge now, and we look to the future.

Mr. Gore arrived at the store at 8PM dressed all in black (LOVE that Johnny Cash look, and I was dressed in black as well ;-)) and I managed to get into the store to stand in the front to watch him come by saying hello to everyone. We then had to wait until about 8:20 to have our books signed.