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I'm not exactly an ultra-high-tech, wired-in (or rather 'wireless'- see how low-tech I am?) kind of guy, so unlike most citizens of the 21st century I don't update my Facebook status from anywhere at any time. Thus I frequently think of a really funny status I can use, and then by the time I get home I forget what it was.

I thought of a great one this morning. But 12 hours later when I'm here at my computer, I now have no idea what it was. Sometimes I remember a shred of it, try to work with that, and end up with something much less funny. For instance, last week I thought of a good one. "Kevin gave conflict diamonds to Naomi Campbell, and all he got was this lousy tee shirt."
Then when I got home I remembered diamonds, but had no idea what the rest of it was and ended up posting something I liked a lot less. Then I remembered the first one a few hours later.
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I'm proud of the dish I brought to the pool party a couple weeks ago. I made a watermelon and feta salad. I used spring mix, onions, watermelon (I even bought a melon baller so it looked great), feta cheese, some pepper, oil, and vinegar. It was fantastic! Quite delicious. It definitely enters my rotation of dishes to bring to events to which I must bring a dish.
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Interesting sense memory: A lady walked by my desk today and smelled strongly of some hand lotion or something similar. It was a very familiar smell, and after a few moments I realized she smelled just like Dot. Odd that I can be so sure of that after 20 years, but I am.
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Last Wednesday in the tournament I benched myself. For the first time in 15 years as a Yogi I thought our best lineup did not include me.
Then the next night at St. Helen's we were short-handed and I ended up playing a very good 2nd base. Then tonight we were extremely, extremely short-handed and I played a very good shortstop. We lost both games, but I played well.
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How did I live in Lubbock and never hear about the Lubbock Lights of 1951? I just heard about it recently, checked into it, and am fascinated. There is apparently no definite conclusion as to what the UFOs were, but the most common belief seems to be birds- most likely plovers- reflecting the city's then-new street lights.
Seems reasonable, but then why were there no more sightings in later years?

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Oh, and one more neat thing. I caught a skink in the hallway at work yesterday and carried it back outside to the courtyard. Pretty cool.