“Sorry guys, but you can’t skate here” sez me to the two kids skateboarding outside our modernist concrete skater’s paradise of a library. Them: “Aw, why not?” Me: “Because we don’t want your parents to sue us when you break your neck, and because you are making too much noise for the people inside studying.” Them: “Man, our parents can’t afford laywers!” I did not add “go skate outside Stephen Abram’s library,” but perhaps I should have. Also, I think I am officially a cranky old dad when I go around telling kids that they are going to break their necks.