Personality flaws

I got an email from my friend Ben (hi, Ben!) last night, after he'd read yesterday's post about songs that trigger certain memories for me. His subject line read "It's like I don't even know you anymore" and the text of the email said only "Neil Diamond?". And when I replied I explained it the only way I could: it's a personality flaw, by which I mean a quirk, something you wouldn't expect. What occurred to me later is that Sweet Caroline is just the tip of the iceberg in that regard. Here's something else: I love watching lumber sports. You know, logrolling, Jack and Jill sawing, and the like? What those men and women (do we call them athletes?) do just flabbergasts me. I can't get enough. I watch lumber sports like some people watch football: loudly, whenever I can, and if I find them on back-to-back, well, so much the better. I think John still can't believe it.