Did I ever tell you that I met Ernie Hudson once? Winston was my favorite Ghostbuster as a kid, and Ernie Hudson made a guest appearance last year at Scare-a-Con, a horror convention that’s held near me every year. I was in line to meet him, even though I didn’t have any money on me to actually pay for any of his stuff.

Well he was about to go do a live Q&A session at another part of the con, and everybody who had been waiting in line was pretty much just going to be screwed, because he was leaving, and nobody had bothered to cut off the line in advance. Well I overhear that the family in front of me is going to be the last group to see Ernie Hudson, so when it’s their turn, I artfully walk up with them, as if I was part of this random family. They went through the whole deal of chatting with Ernie and getting pictures taken and getting his autograph, while I stood off to the side, just kind of enjoying being there.

Before he left, I simply stepped up and got to shake his hand. And that’s how I met my favorite Ghostbuster.