National Iguana Awareness Day isn’t until September 8, but the caller informed me that it was never too early to start preparing.

“I don’t have an iguana. Will that be a problem?” I asked, because I was intrigued. And bored. And I don’t have an iguana. Luckily, not owning an iguana does not make me ineligible for the festivities, so i stayed on the line to hear more.

Eventually, the caller realized she had the wrong number, apologized for taking up my time, and went on her merry way. Early on in the conversation I suspected she wasn’t one of my garden variety crackpots and might actually be on the up-and-up so I did more research. Not only is National Iguana Awareness Day a real thing, there’s a really good website for it. Live and Learn.