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They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. I'm counting on that!

Of course, They also say "out of sight; out of mind" (about which I hope They are wrong). "They" say lots of things that are obscure, ridiculous, or down right contradictory.

They're also pretty nice sometimes. A few weeks ago, during a Round Rock Express (Astros minor league team) game, one of the guys hit a home run, and a fan in our section stood up and started collecting money from the rest of us. My friends and I were confused (and didn't readily make the connection between home-run-hit and hat-collection). The guys in front of us then explained: "They say that since minor leaguers don't make much money, when they hit a home run, the fans take up a hat collection and give all the cash to the home-run-hitter." Isn't that kind?

I wonder if we'd have done a hat collection that night if They hadn't told us about the sad state of minor league baseball salaries? Or, rather, if They hadn't told someone, who told someone else, who told the guy who started the hat collection? See...that's the biggest problem with it all...by the time you hear what They say, it's so far removed, you can never get back to them to ask real questions (and believe you me, I have questions).

One of them is this: Do They even know they're "They"? I submit that They do NOT. Who knows who they are? See...if I could just figure out who Who is...I'll be getting somewhere.