I've "been in the room with Barack Obama" if you count being in Key Arena and the UW arena. Can I have a six figure advance on my tell all now?

@1 you have to shake his hand at least once or it doesn't count. Or get a pic.

that cover is amazing

@2: The standards required to land a book deal have fallen, it would seem. Now you don't have to even give a pen name to publish something, or even specify what room you were in, or for how long.

I thought only the WSJ website had fallen that far from respectability, but I guess they have at least Simon and Schuster there to keep them company at the bottom.