This was the trivia question at Caribou on Thursday. Pretty sweet – $0.10 off your total if you can name the most famous person you’ve ever met. I let the carpooler answer this one because I couldn’t think fast on my feet. She said she met Alexander Haig, I think. Who is the most famous person I’ve ever met? It was funny, there was one name that kept running through my mind: Simon Prebble.<\/p>\n

It was 1995, I think. I was flying to Michigan to visit Moe (David Moliterno), a boy I fell in love with by writing letters back and forth while he was stationed in Japan on the USS Independence. I had brought Stranger Music<\/a> to read on the plane because I was a pretentious English major and I didn’t want to talk to any dunces. The guy next to me raised his eyebrows in impressed, highbrow surprise at my choice. He was Simon Prebble. We talked, I got his card when we landed, and we ended up corresponding for a brief time while I was at college. He was a lovely guy, from what I remember.<\/p>\n

I just Googled him<\/a> this morning. I was pleased to see that he’s really made a name for himself with audiobooks<\/a> – I love audiobooks! I was also astonished to learn that he’s the inventor of Newton’s Cradle<\/a>. Is that really true, or is it some crappy Wikipedia fact?<\/p>\n

Here’s the head shot he sent me in 1995 and the New Year’s card he sent me in 1996. He was so sweet!<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if Simon is the most famous person I know or not. Memory escapes me, and I did have that date with David Bowie<\/a>…. <\/p>\n

Simon, I’m so happy to hear you’re doing well, and married in 2003, congratulations! I wish you all the best! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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