Good for you.

I've met some of my heroes and heroines. I don't know why, but it's left a lasting impression.

One of the occasions was less than great. Lily Tomlin and I talked for a few minutes. We were at the same dinner, and she had a bunch of people approaching her. I had been too embarrassed to go over to her table, decided not to, turned away and was talking with other people. I was taken by surprise when she came over.

I couldn't think of a thing to say. Stumbled, fumbled, mumbled, forever, maybe a minute, before I could string an entire sentence together. She just smiled and waited. The smiling didn't help, but nothing would have, I'm afraid. We did visit for a couple of minutes, not the first one, though.

I wound up understanding how people could get flustered and say dumb things to celebrities. I did.

Glad you got to meet Schmitt. I've met a mission controller, never an astronaut, and for sure never a moonwalker. I'm impressed.

Arf