I saw John Elway!!

So the title pretty much says it all. Or at least I should not have to explain that to anyone for them to understand how significant it it (and if you do need an explanation, I am earnestly sorry). It was at the Nuggets game this past Saturday. We were down by 8 or 9 in the last two minutes of the game, and unlike so many of his mythical football performances, this time Mr. Elway apparently took the opportunity to say "ha ha ha, suckers..." and leave. Champ Bailey, defensive back extraordinaire walked past first with his two little kids and exited down the tunnel about 20 feet in front of us, and then a feeling of shock and disbelief crept over our part of the arena as John and his daughter approached. For about two seconds (a car crash two seconds), no one said anything, and then everyone erupted in applause and stood up cheering. How insane is that!? What must that be like, to be John Elway, to be met with maddening applause and cheers everytime you go somewhere. The ordinary experiences, the buying coffee and things like that probably get annoying, but I would imagine that being cheered at the Pepsi Center must be pretty intense. He still has an official website even! How many retired NFL quarterbacks still have an authentic website? The fame, the love, it's insane. Oh well, I'll just ask Peter Bodo what that's like. I'm sure he knows...