The other day I was crossing the street, and I realized I was not one of those people who wakes up one day and realizes something about themself that makes them say things like "one day I woke up and realized something". So that made me feel pretty good, even though it was really sunny out and kind of blinding me.

As a matter of fact, I was on my way to buy a pair of sunglasses. I have always considered the wearing of sunglasses to be obnoxious, but sometimes it is a little bright, plus they say it gives you eye cancer to not wear them. I bought a pair of polarized lenses, which make a kind of strange glare off the street.

I came pretty close to getting myself sprayed by a skunk. I was walking along, minding my own business, when I came on a skunk and he was in the ready position, with his tail up. I used a technique I like to call "running away", and it seemed to work. It has been extremely hot around here lately, like 90, so I was kind of thinking it might be bad to stink of skunk and I was imagining laying in a tub full of tomato juice.

 

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