CES 2008: Stalking Walt Mossberg

JB and I were leaving Pepcom last night (Pepcom verdict? A tad disappointing — a bunch of tech we've already seen this year) when we spied venerable gadget sage Walt Mossberg leaving the event with his, ahem, rather attractive assistant. We trailed him through the parking lot of Caesar's Palace for several hundred feet, taking time to pretend like we were secret agents tailing a presidential candidate. "The eagle has left the nest, I repeat, the eagle has left the nest!" Let me tell you, the man is spry. I'm 26 and in pretty good shape, Joe Brown can run 15 miles without getting so much as winded. Still, old Wally Mossberg managed to evade our paparazzi-esque stalking and disappear into the oily black void of the Las Vegas night. Don't worry though — if we see Walt (or any geeky celebs for that matter) again we'll be sure to pull 'em aside and pick their ears. Hopefully we won't get punched out Sean Penn style. Forgive our geek crush, Walt!