If you're anything like me, you were just minding your own business on Tuesday morning, reading the "Friends and Neighbors" column of the Aug. 28, 2012, edition of the Ames, Iowa, Tribune — y'know, as you do — when you caught the following germane-to-your-interest notice: Harrison Barnes, an Ames High graduate who is now a professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, will present storytimes at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, in the auditorium at Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave. Join us for Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat" with this local legend. ... and you thought, "Oh, neat. It's cool that before he enters his first NBA season, Barnes is going to do a little hometown visit and give some young Ames-ers ... Ame-ians ... kids a little thrill. That is very nice!" And then Thursday rolled around, and Barnes informed his Twitter followers that he "had to get in character for this reading," and welp: Well, that's certainly something. Many players would've just showed up and read the book. Some would've decided to don the hat, in a respectful nod to the practice of peacocking made famous by terrifying "pickup artist" Mystery . But to actually go full...