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Jimmie | September 9, 2009 | Comments (0)

I’ll bee offline for the next few hours. I’ve been invited to a reception — no, a gala reception — for Michelle Malkin and I don’t think they have WiFi where I’ll be going. If I get the chance I might fire off a tweet or two. Otherwise, I’ll have a few photographs and some interesting stuff to talk about when I come back.

How do I know I’ll have interesting stuff to talk about? I’m going as the guest of Stacy McCain. ‘Nuff said.

UPDATE: And I’m back! I really don’t have many pictures since it wasn’t quite that sort of affair (though Stacy did get a couple). I did, however, have the chance to meet some folks I have wanted to meet for quite some time and a couple folks who I never expected to meet but who were as gracious as I thought they’d be.

I do want to say that Matthew Vadum is a pretty funny, gracious guy and he really should be working for a major publication in the area. He’s a hell of a good journalist. I finally got to meet “seedubya” (who I have wanted to meet for years) and am glad to report that he is good people.

There were a lot of what you’d consider journalistic powerhouses of the right there: Byron York, Bill Kristol, Rowan Scarborough (I spoke briefly to all of them and Byron York is a very interesting guy. I’d love to sit down to dinner with him and pick his brain for a couple hours).

I also had about a ten minute conversation with Mary Matalin that never touched politics once. We talked about summertime (here and in Louisiana) and smart growth. Of all the conversations I imagined I’d have tonight, that was one I would never have predicted.

I did get to spend just a couple minutes talking to Michelle Malkin, who is incredibly gracious and actually knew me once she heard my name. Her husband is a good guy, too and her kids are pretty much what you’d imagine them to be given their very smart and impeccably-mannered parents. Also, they are darling kids. I owe Michelle a big thank you for interrupting the very end of her dinner to sign my book.

I also owe Ms. The Other McCain a huge debt of thanks because, apparently, her husband might have given her the impression she’d be the “+1″ on his invite. If I had known, I would have demurred right away. So, thank you very much Ms. The Other McCain for letting me take your spot tonight. I do owe you now. Also, please don’t kill your husband too hard.