Besides the fact that he probably doesn’t remember meeting me…we talked about Oprah, of all people. I think he might think that I was a stalker as I was the first person into his reading at the Riverview Theatre in Minneapolis. The line of people got held up immediately behind me, so I was the only one in there with him for about two minutes. He asked me if I was supposed to be in there, or something to that effect. We had a brief exchange which has become one of my cool stories to tell people, but probably has been forgotten by Chuck himself. Oh well. And if you’re wondering, he’s the one who brought up Oprah, not me. He was affable and stayed around to sign everyone’s stuff. He read “Guts.” The story is even more impressive when you hear Chuck read it. I met him in the fall of 2004.