A man walks into a café . . .

and another man approaches that man and asks, “Are you Jonathan Sadler?” “Why yes,” says the first man. Then man number two says, “I love your photographs. They’re great – they’re funny.” First man says, “Thanks. That’s a great shirt.”
Soon thereafter, five nerds walk into the café. Man Number one is still in the café smiling inwardly at the recent compliment, but mostly at the surreality of being recognized in public. Man number one is trying not to let his celebrity go to his head . . . but too late. The damage is done. Meanwhile the nerds… they might be music majors at the nearby University. The lead nerd came in first. (You ever notice nerd leaders tend to lead noisily in front of a group whereas cool leaders lead quietly in the rear or in the middle. Cool leaders also lead by changing the groups “mind” by silently not entering the establishment with the rest of the group. Cool Leader goes next door to the place none of them have ever entered. The group follows.) Nerd leader enters the café and loudly moves chairs to the table nearest Man number one and loudly proclaims her love of raspberry chai. Then she loudly asks the group if they noticed her chai was waiting for her on the counter. She didn’t even have to order it. Also, the barista puts extra chai in her chai because she likes it extra spicy. Then nerd leader leads the group in a rousing game of crazy 8s. One of the girls takes off her hat and one of the guys says, “Your hair looks like Hermione’s.” The girl says, “I like Hermione.” I say, “Who doesn’t.”
At the beginning of the crazy 8s game, one of the nerds said, “I’d rather play the guitar.” He is playing Hotel California right now. He just stopped mid-song. Perhaps the coolest thing he’s ever done.