The White House Correspondents Dinner (scroll down) is approaching , and damn, I didn't get an invite. Oh well, I'll just do important things like hang out with my family:

So you didn’t get invited to Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner? Don’t feel bad. More than 540 other people who wanted to join President Bush and 2,650 guests, including celebrities ranging from actor Ben Affleck to pollster John Zogby, at the Washington Hilton aren’t going either.

“It’s the worst ever this year,” said WHCA Executive Ddirector Julie Whiston, who has been in charge of the annual affair since 1991. “It’s been sold out every year I’ve been doing it, but this year, we had another 540 people who sent us checks, and many others who would have.”

At $175 a person, that’s $94,500 Whiston’s had to return.

The lucky attendees will dine on filet mignon and tilapia, be entertained by late-night talk-show host Jay Leno, hear a speech by Bush and get to gawk at, and maybe even have an intelligent conversation with, celebs such as Drew Barrymore, Drew Carey, Minnie Driver, Henry Kissinger or Meg Ryan.

Ron Hutcheson of Knight-Ridder Newspapers will take over the WHCA helm from the outgoing president, National Journal’s Carl Cannon. And Whiston will breath a huge sigh of relief Sunday.

I never thought I'd see intelligent conversation, coupled with Drew Barrymore and Meg Ryan, in the same sentence. Kind of oxymoronic if you ask me.