The Wry Side of Life

While I was working on my weekend job, the power went out in my area. This is where I collect the money, both the register and credit card machine were down. I had let people in and told them we'll find them and they could pay later. What is the likelihood that they would come back and pay? Actually I had three young ladies come back. They were insistent upon paying. It made me feel good that there were a few honest people out there. I told them most people would have just left. In this downward spiral we've seem to be in, and it's only going to get worse in California--it's nice to know that cyncism and taking advantage of a situation have not become the norm. All I can say is bless their hearts, and I hope good karma will continue to come their way.

I've got the Dodger Blues, and not in a good way. Several weeks ago it came out that Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned substance. My initial reaction was denial, and let's wait for all the facts to come out before we pass judgement. Then when I heard that the banned substance was one that someone takes when they are getting off of steroids--my heart sank. For the past couple of months, my apartment manager has been telling me "just you wait, it's going to come out next that Manny Ramirez took steroids". I took a let's wait and see. In the back of my mind it's seemed possible, but I hoped that it wasn't the case. That the effortless home runs that Manny hit were from natural talent. In some ways I think we've come to idolize people like singers, sports figures, politicians, etc as being god-like. As if they were untouchable from human frailties. I think we need to snap out of that mentality. Deep down we are all humans, we make colossal mis