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You see what I mean about being a lazy poster? Sunday, EL and I got a ton of information on Texas state parks from Texas Parks and Wildlife before heading to Sheldon Lake. It was incredibly cold. Bone chilling cold. It's the humidity that just makes it feel cold. The humidity here makes the winters suck. I barely remember what I did Saturday. I think I went to the under-reconstruction Arboretum. Hmmm. Sunday night was a big poker night at Harry's for his birthday. I got pretty drunk. Monday morning was my solo zoo trip. I rolled down while everyone was sleeping and before the place became a mad house with free admissions. It was 39 degrees when I arrived. That makes for one cold ass tripod. So far this morning has been uber-shitty. Joe is out sick and it seems like everyone is gone for this, that, or the other. My Director had this agenda that needed to be done by 9:00 and he was incapable of completing the items himself. Since I was the only guy here, I drew the short straw. I hate that kind of shit. So, after jumping through my ass for him, I started weeding through the pile of other shit I had to do this morning... taking calls to help people with emergent issues... blah blah blah... this moment (see timestamp of post) is the first chance I have had to sit back and exhale since I arrived this morning. I'm a starvin' Marvin too. I've posted about sniglets many times, but I really think there should be a sniglet for when you find a link or post on someone's blog that originally came from another (or many other) blogs and you repost it. It is a relatively common phenomenon. Anyhoo, here's my contribution... read it at Syd's, but she got it somewhere else... funny as hell... THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN by Dave Barry 1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings." 3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." 4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. 5. You should not confuse your career with your life. 6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. 7. Never lick a steak knife. 8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip. 9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. 10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. 11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven. 12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers. 13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.) 14. Your friends love you anyway. 15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. 16. FINAL Thought for the day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.