a life alive

I want to care about something the way he cares about driver safety. I want to be the opposite of a moral idiot, but I don’t know how, and I’m fascinated by people who do. Bob oozes concern; he wants to infect the state of New Jersey with good driving habits. He respects his public role, the fact that the minute he’s done with these kids they head straight for their parents’ car keys and out onto the roads we share. When I asked him what he likes to do outside of work, he laughed: “This is my life.