I have a number of priorities while at CPAC this week, and none is more important right now than buying a hat. I keep putting off getting my hair cut, so while loading it up with mousse works until around noon, pretty soon I'll end up looking like Peter Tork after a nap. With luck, this won't take long.

Along the way, however, I have run into a number of bloggers - just as I had hoped.

This is 'Bloggers' Corner', sponsored by TCSDaily.com

I don't know who any of those other guys are.

This is the famous La Shawn Barber:

She's pretty serious most of the time.

The highlight of the day so far for me was seeing the panel discussion on New Media. The InstaPundit himself, Glenn Reynolds (who I got to meet) made the most trenchant observations.

The 'New Media' have revolutionized information and knowledge in all the ways we have been discussing here this morning. But - not to sound trite here - in such important ways its success and influence still hinges on the same qualities that underly all human endeavors which have impacted the world: Dedication. Consistency. Hard work. Reliability. Doing what you say you're going to do and being where you say you're going to be. You might have all the technical wizardry and verbal talent, but you still have to keep your appointments.

He said: 'Working for 4 years for a Wall Street law firm teaches you a lot about managing time. Really, it's just like the story the preachers tell. You have a jar to fill, and you fill it with all the big rocks first, the top priorities. Then you add the gravel, then the sand.'

It was pretty inspiring to meet him, I must say. I thanked him for the dedication it takes to put that page up day in and day out.

Ok, enough for now; I need to get me a ball cap or I will be getting funny looks.

UPDATE: The thought just struck me I should make clear the above is a joke and not meant to be a snarky one. For all I know the reason Glenn Reynolds was not at the session was because of some family emergency. Just a silly Photoshop joke, no sarcasm intended.

(By the way, I wrote this correction about 15 minutes after writing the post, but my Internet access at the Omni was kind of wheezing. I was not ON 'Bloggers' Row', you see, but rather I was catty-corner or at some other abstruse angle trying to steal the 'Bloggers' Row' wireless signal, plebian blogger that I am. My connection kept dying in the middle of the update. Hence the comment. Obviously, I KNOW Glenn was a no-show at the New Media panel because I took the photos.)

Anyway, I hope it was not a family emergency. Here is a real photo of Glenn:

UPDATE II: Reading the InstaPundit reference to his no-show at the New Media panel, I'm guessing the reason he didn't make it was NOT a family emergency. 'I NEVER GOT OUT OF THE BOOK BOOTHS'. So, I stand by my satirical made-up quote above. I went to the panel to see HIM, dammit, and I bet most of the others in the audience did also. I guess spending personal time with fans was a bigger rock than being on the program. Judgment call, I say.

Personally, I'll admit I liked meeting him in person more than I would have liked seeing him talk for 15 minutes on stage.

UPDATE: Wowie zowie, thanks to The American Mind for the link! As soon as our server cools off I'll add you to the blogroll.