I took this picture with my camera phone in the dark, which explains the photo quality. But HOW COOL IS IT that I got to hang with Grover? He made an appearance at the Qualcomm Consumer Electronic Show keynote speech in Las Vegas.

I helped edit the speech, which means I got to help Grover with his lines. (Really!!) To see the segment, skip to 52:30 in the video below.
 

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Sixteen years ago I worked at the Happiest Place on Earth. It was the kind of job that “builds character” — which is to say that it was miserable work for low wages. I had no desire to ever return. And then I had a daughter. Suddenly, spending the day with Mickey, Goofy, and 40,000 of our closest friends seemed like a good idea.

And it was! Seriously, does it get any cuter than that?

We decided that the proper adult:child ratio at Disneyland is six:one.

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Labor day at the lake.