...in which I am feeling a little more positive towards my fellow creatures.

[ogrevi]

So the new semester starts today, it’s Opening Day, and that never makes me happy.  And it’s cold again here, after a week or so of unseasonably warm weather, plus which one of my gloves has disappeared, and I'm irritated.  I walk into the cafeteria all bundled up and desperately in need of hot soup. Today they have a soup I’ve never tried before.

Comments

[revtravmoo]

Yeah. Random acts of kindness and other examples of the good in people can really throw a hitch in being dour and misanthropic.

I am not having any problems with that tonight.

[ogrevi]

Sorry, brother. If you were here, I'd buy you some soup.

[supernaught]

And think about it this way: kindness from a stranger or even a relative stranger is infrequent enough to make you want to write about it; because if kindness from others were a frequent occurence than you'd just say, "oh, of course..." What does this say about people in general? Or have I been living in Baltimore too long?

[ogrevi]

I used to spend a lot of time in Baltimore (having grown up just down the coast, and being a big fan of both the nation's best seafood and the Aquarium). So, I can say that it isn't just the town; folks there aren't any worse than folks in, say, St. Louis. Just a bit more Catholic than most.

[supernaught]

Well, if you're ever in Balto, let me know...we'll have some drinks...

[ogrevi]

Actually, I'm considering an East Coast swing in a month or so, if I can get the time off. If I make it to Balitmore, I will buzz ya.