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 It seemed like the perfect metaphor to depict my life.  I was clearly under the weather, but couldn't miss this for the world.  I was attending the official street naming party for Merle Haggard and the ceremony was wrapping up.  I had my open pen in hand and my Merle Haggard's 16 Big Hits CD out.  I was determined to secure Merle's autograph at the end of the ceremony.  I was on a roll, already having secured the signatures of attendees/Bakersfield Sound heroes, Sonny Langley, Billy Mize, Hank Decate, and Naf Nutter.   Merle was on his way off the stage and heading towards the Harley Davidson showroom.  I handed him the CD and the pen, and he gripped both firmly in his hands.  Then, suddenly, much to my dismay, he was thrust forward by his wife and a couple of other members of his entourage.  He did manage to reach back and hand me the CD, unsigned by him, but he kept the pen.  So I left without that autograph I longed to...
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