I was at the Memphis airport to pick up my mom, and I was wondering what it would be like to spot a celebrity. Then I saw this tall guy wearing sunglasses and thought he looked familiar, but I couldn’t place him - I laughed to myself that my train of thought was leading me to believe anyone who happened by would be a famous person. But it did look like he was trying to hide his face with the sunglasses.

Still looking around for my mom, I went down to the luggage area and saw the guy sitting alone making a call on a cellphone. A little later, I thought about asking him if anyone ever told him he looked like the guy from Better than Ezra, but I decided against it.

Then I saw three other guys join him, and they had tattoos all over their arms. I asked them if they were Better than Ezra. When I asked, they all looked around and didn’t answer. Then I asked if they were here for a show. They said yes they were going to play at the Southaven Springfest. I could tell they were a little annoyed or uncomfortable, so I just said I saw them last summer on Mud Island, and a few years ago at Harding University. They said “Oh, yeah?”… and relaxed a bit. Then I said I hoped they had a good show tonight and walked away. I think they were anticipating an autograph or photo request. It’s true, I would have taken a picture, but I had decided to leave my camera in the car. Stupid me. But I’m also a bit glad that I didn’t bother them any more than I did. It was just funny that it happened like it did.