Maurice heard that one of Obama’s favorite books was Where The Wild Things Are, so he sent Obama’s daughters signed books with little sketches in the front and immediately got back a hand-written thank you note from Obama. Amazing!
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Do you think when Malia & Sasha are sent to their room without dinner, they retreat into an imaginary world in which various cabinet members are represented by monsters?
Really psyched on the Pryoresque tinge in his voice at times.
[...] He added Obama to the mix with great affect. As you can remember they are close personal friends. [...]
holy shit i love this dude. where the hell did you find this?
this is amazing, i love the fact that you can tell he truely loves this book just based on how he knows some of the lines and puts his own personal mix into it!