HERE'S ONE OF THE STRANGEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME IN THE LAST YEAR: UPON RETURNING TO MY GYM AFTER BEING ABROAD FOR SIX MONTHS, THE LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANT HANDED ME THE KEY TO LOCKER #27 -- MY USUAL. IN ADDITION TO BEING REMARKABLE THAT HE REMEMBERED MY LOCKER, HE MADE ABSOLUTELY NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FACT THAT I WAS GONE. IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL.