I'm going to be on an airplane for a minimum of 36 hours over the course of two weeks, so I need something easy to kill time. Thankfully, some local organization had their annual used book fundraiser this weekend. Four easy-to-digest paperbacks for like seven bucks. But the weird thing is, the sale was in the Ag Arena.
I wish I made that up. In this town, everybody knows the Ag Arena on campus. The floor was about the size of two basketball courts. Tables were everywhere and all were covered in books of every kind. You've never seen so many John Grisham paperbacks.
Anyway, the most fun was the people. Young kids, old people and college-age kids staring down and slowly shuffling sideways through the aisles. One poor schlub looking for a few titles his wife/girlfriend/controller asked him to search for. Then her plastic bag ripped open from too much weight and he got to pick everything up. I'm sure he'd be considered sweet by some. I probably would have laughed at the bag ripping and books tumbling around.
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