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Fast-forward  forty  years  to  May  7,  2024.  I  am  now  a  concert  photographer


         professionally and I am approved to shoot Judas Priest tonight at the Von Braun

         Center in Huntsville, Alabama. My stomach is sour with nerves. 16-year-old me

         could have never dreamed that in a few hours I would be mere inches away from

         Rob Halford! I pop a few tums for the tummy. I washed the minivan yesterday (it

         does have sport rims). I shower and give my balding head a fresh shave. I squeeze


         into my new  black relaxed-fit, stretchy-waist jeans (don't judge), noting that my

         waist size is now thirty-six and not twenty-eight anymore, and then grab my new

         XL (no longer a “medium”) Judas Priest shirt that I scored on Amazon. I hop in the


         van and yell, “Hey Siri, play Judas Priest!” I'm on the way. It's showtime!
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