Check Me Out

Wow, you can get just about anything at the library these days. Not just the usual stuff like books and DVDs, but actual conversations with fascinating and exotic people. So-called “Living Libraries” give patrons the opportunity to reserve thirty-minute blocks of time with individuals of varying backgrounds; the idea being that face-to-face dialog is sometimes the best way to understand a perspective different than your own. If this concept ever comes to my local library, I’m going to sign up as a volunteer. I’m all kinds of interesting. But I’m going to give everyone this list of bullet points to prevent every conversation from covering the same boring territory:

• No, I’m not in pain.
• No, I was not in an accident.
• No, I won’t give you free legal advice.