(hat tip to commondreams)  The Onion has a funny spoof of Neil Armstrong’s moment on the moon here.  

I met Neil Armstrong. Yes, I know, that sounds like I’m name-dropping…and I am… 🙂

Dignified is a word I would associate with him.  He didn’t like a fuss being made about him and really seemed to dislike all the fame that came with his moment in history, imo.  He was that rare individual who was confident enough in himself that he didn’t need to puff up his ego…something that seems lost in modern times–being humble while not thinking oneself as “less than”….