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john freyer begins the book tour for all my life for sale in iowa city, iowa today.
bowling at the palace, in AMLFSwhen john freyer sold his life on ebay, i bought a great old box for around $20. i have gotten a lot more than twenty dollars worth out of it. when i traveled through airports i used to be stealthy and sly, jumping in front of people and throwing my laptop case into their carry-on bin. i complained about vacation travelers and other people who didn't understand how airport check-in gates worked. but with the box i am a clumsy traveler, too. i can't maneuver quickly or quietly. grabbing something to eat requires planning and possibly asking someone to watch my box. i have needed the hand of a stronger and taller person to help me get the box into a half-full overhead compartment. trips are more interactive with the box. i was once the person who pretended to sleep, who started reading before you boarded, who cringed if you looked my way. but struggling through the airport with a large box plastered with stickers begs for conversation.
and so on through the rest of the trip. cabs, subways, walking down a crowded city block. i don't know what the great old box was doing in its past life, but in the past year and a half it has changed mine just a little.
john freyer will be in philadelphia on november 22 to talk about his book "all my life for sale." catch him now, then, or sometime in between.
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