Read this today in "Our Daily Bread":

"An antique dealer thought the wrinkled old baseball card she found might be worth $10. After posting it on eBay, she began to wonder if it might be more valuable than she had thought. She removed the posting and consulted a professional evaluator who confirmed that the photo on the 1869 card showed the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team in the US. The card sold for more than $75,000.

Mike Osegueda’s article in The Fresno Bee said that even though the card was creased and discolored, the most important thing was its authenticity—it was real." (http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2010/02/24/devotion.aspx)

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• Running outside with no shirt on Christmas morning - Florida #FTW!
• Never buy an Apple product again - http://gizmodo.com/5431521/the-best-alternatives-to-every-apple-product/gallery/10
• the Orlando Magic lost again. This is becoming waaay to common *sigh*
• just got his copy of "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" in the mail today. Guess what's playing at Casa de Shinall tonight!
• The best-laid plans...
• You make everything glorious, and I am yours. So, what does that make me?
• are you f'ing kidding me?!!!! Magic lost to the Wizards? The Wizards?!!! without Arenas too???!!!!
• needs to learn to stop freaking out and just 'go with it'.
• okay, this is strange -- where did these biceps come from?! holy crap!
• and Orlando slips to #4 in the East. Way to go guys. Keep it up and we won't have to worry about the Playoffs.
• Sometimes I feel like such a corporate whore...
• needs a vacation.
• U.S. unemployment at 10% as of January 8 - http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
• Little man loves to do the "run and headbutt" - and he's just tall enough now to be dangerous.
• thinks it's funny how pre-conceived notions can be shattered by just a touch of humanity. I'm not relativist, but maybe it's not all B&W.
• never met a Twizzler he didn't like.
• Citrus Bowl tonight reminded me of Canton, IL
• is so *not* buying Orlando Magic tickets next season!

Fell for it again. This is the absolute last time. I'm tempted to delete this post: "Dichotomy of You". Alas, it's probably the most honest I've been with myself. Plus, it's part of my history. I'll let it stay around. I just have to post enough content to move it off my front page!

You make me smile, but you make me nervous.
I look at you and see beauty and strength and love.
In you I see all that I want and everything I'm afraid of.
You have taken me to my greatest height and sent me to my deepest valley.
I want to give you everything of me.
In you, I have experienced great joy, but also great anger.
You have been a fierce ally.
You are probably one of the few who would truly understand me, if you wanted to and if I would let you.
My heart sinks when I think of you, because of great love and fear.
You can give me my greatest adventure or my loneliest despair.
Knowing your complexities makes me tremble a little more, but doesn't make me love you any less.
If I could unlock the the secrets of who you are, I believe I would have the greatest fulfillment in life.

I took one of those "How Well Do You Know Me Quizzes". I don't think I did so well.

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Are we friends? Yes