Tonight was eventful and interesting. I arrived for dinner at 5.30 pm, courtesy of Tony dropping me off at the stage gate for the Wharton Center. After talking my way through security, I was greeted by Gavin who looked fantastic in his white sneakers. In all honesty, I have trouble picturing him any other way now. Then I conversed with Greg, Dean Armstrong (who today finally didn't remember who I am, even though he always has remembered me before), Michael Pollan (who insisted he not be called "Dr."). Wait, did I just say I met Michael Pollan!? Yes, yes I did.
I ate dinner with Michael Pollan and 21 other people, and I found him to be a really nice guy. There was nearly nothing he said with which I couldn't agree. Well, yeah, nearly nothing. Then there was his comment about the Catholic church not being able to talk to God on their own, but needing intercessors. Blah. And is it really possible to feed the world in this way. Well, yes, it is probably possible, but what it really seems like is that this guy is dreaming of the impossible and politics will never allow what he wants to be accomplished. He even didn't come across too strong on organic, or too strong on non-meat eating. In fact, he even made a joke about eating pigs at dinner, and we ate an all-Michigan meal complete with some pretty good round roast.
All told, I had a great night, and I will post some of his jokes later that were pretty entertaining.
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