I saw him walking by, and I said, “John Fund!” He came over, said Hi and proceeded to check his e-mail on an open laptop beside me. I was thrilled and having fun, but now there’s a mini blog swarm going on. It turns out that Fund often checks his e-mail at these things on any available computer without asking.
There are public computer terminals in the lobby, but I wasn’t going to tell Wall Street Journal writer John Fund that he couldn’t use the laptop and to go back to the lobby and check his e-mail out there. Starstruck? I think not!
Anyway, so Kevin McCullough, once again, is stirring up trouble (He dragged Michelle Malkin and RedState into it!). He writes:
John Fund highly respected Wall Street Journal columnist did the strangest thing today. He walked right into blogger’s corner (he is not a credentialed blogger). He sat right down at a machine that wasn’t his…it in fact belonged instead to Adam Doverspike of RedState.He began typing away and when Adam returned — and in fact needed to return to his blogging duties was told by Fund:
“I’ll only be a minute…”
20 minutes later, Adam gave up and left to go get something to drink…as of this typing – as you can see in the picture above — Fund was still using Doverspike’s machine.
Laptop owner Adam Doverspike returned, and Fund said he’d be done in a minute. Well, the minute turned into 10 (20 minutes? I think not!). But so what? I don’t care what Kevin or the other bloggers say. I’m still glad John Fund sat beside me and checked his e-mail. 
Update (4:38 p.m.): I need to clarify something in the post. There’s a level of trust at this conference that I haven’t seen in a long time. Laptop computers left in vendor areas, at least in bloggers corner, were safe. Every vendor except one or two is a conservative organization promoting its message. That’s not to say that right-leaning folks haven’t been known to steal. But at least one blogger is always present in bloggers corner with our equipment, and it’s perfectly safe to leave laptops behind while grabbing lunch or interviews. Password-protecting your computer is always wise no matter where you are, however.
By the way, Fund did it again (pictured with Ace), but this time it had nothing to do with me.
Important Update II (6:04 p.m.): It’s comedy! This post is all in fun(d), OK???
Oh…all (most?) of the blogger boys gushed over conservative Indian actress, Namrata Singh Gujral. I suppose she’s somewhat attractive.
