Update: Did the sign get on TV?

  We gave it our best shot to get on TV with our Martin Luther King Jr. quote-on-a-sign. After watching the parade on news reports online, I see that our fatal error was not to be in the very front of the parade. As a journalist, I should have known this. After you get what you need for your report, there's no reason to stay around for the whole parade. It's not the best way to be a reporter, but it happens a lot.
  Our sign did get on TV, but it was the back of the sign. Lesson No. 1: Be in the front of the parade. Lesson No. 2: Put stuff on the back of your sign. You can see my sign in the photo above. Barely.

  My friend Joe got on TV because his son wanted to be in front by the big puppets. I guess his 7-year-old is more media savvy than me. That's Joe in the blue plaid shirt and big beard, in between King and Gandhi. This picture makes me laugh.