Senator Ted Kennedy’s funeral procession passed in front of my office today at 4:30pm. We were waiting for it. I broke from my co-workers in order to stand on the Fort Point channel bridge and attempt to snap a picture of Kennedy’s hearse with my pitiful camera phone:
Kennedy's Funeral Procession
FAIL. Obviously, I took the picture too soon to get the hearse in the center of the frame, and since my camera phone is, like, two years old, I can’t automatically “reload” the camera. So I abandoned the camera and started clapping.
To my surprise, the cars that followed the hearse were filled with black-clad Kennedys. Smiling, waving, good-looking Kennedys. Scores of them.
“There’s Joe!” a man next to me called. “Hey Joe, you’re next!”
I turned and stared at the man, who meekly added, “You’re next for the job, I mean.”
A co-worker who had a real camera graciously provided me with a nicer picture:
