okay, in the whirlwind that was last week, this bit of news got lost. my brother-in-law and sister, who live in boston, attended a fund raiser on thursday night and got to meet the president of the usa, george w. bush! not only that, but had an actual conversation and got their picture taken with him. how cool is that! anyway, that's the story we were told. when i see the visual documented evidence, i will post it here. more later...