You may remember the grouchy bus driver I wrote about yesterday. Today, I met his polar opposite.
I was extremely late for work and running to catch the bus (sorry for all the public transit references but that seems to be my life these days). Most impractically, I was wearing sandals that kept slipping off as [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
Day 48: Ticket to ride
July 30, 2008
Day 47: Work in progress
As you’ve probably noticed, the good deeds I’ve been trying to do each day have been very small gestures – opening doors, saying thank you more often, smiling at strangers — nothing terribly heroic. But I’m hoping that maybe getting into the good deed mindset will prepare me for a day when a more demanding [...]
July 29, 2008
Day 46: Quotable quotes
You may recall that my post way back on Day 2 featured a man I ran into downtown who sells a newspaper called Outreach Connection: Helping the Homeless and Unemployed.
I ran into him again today and bought another paper, but this time I thought I’d stop for a bit longer and chat with him instead [...]
July 28, 2008
Day 45: While my Erhu gently weeps
What is it about the acoustics of a subway station that can make a lone guitar sound like Eric Clapton. Well, Eric Idle, anyway.
Is it the tiled walls? The cavernous tunnels? Or is my hearing going from standing too close to the edge of the platform while the train rumbles in?
Whatever it is, I do [...]
July 28, 2008
Day 44: Archie Tee time
The sweetest thing was done on my behalf on Friday, and I feel compelled to share. A week ago, I ordered a T-shirt from the David Archuleta FanBlast website (kicking myself for not ordering it earlier as the concert was this weekend). (These shirts were designed by a talented graphic arts student from Newfoundland and [...]
July 25, 2008
Day 43: Pass the Post-it
A very strange thing has been happening lately. Ever since I started this blog (the whole point of which was to increase my daily dose of good deeds), I’ve noticed that every time I turn around, I end up on the receiving end.
I know people like to say “what goes around, comes around” and “the [...]
July 24, 2008
Day 42: Training day
While taking the subway today, I made the supreme sacrifice and remained standing even though a prime seat became available minutes after I boarded the train.
I tried not to begrudge the fact that it wasn’t a senior citizen or pregnant woman I gave up the seat for, but a perfectly healthy young guy of about [...]
July 23, 2008
Day 41: Flower power
Several of my neighbours have beautiful gardens that give me a boost each time I walk by.
One of the gardens is particularly lovely. Its creator is a neighbour who’s about 80 and from somewhere in Eastern Europe. In her corner lot, she strategically places her rose bushes at the curve so you can stop to [...]
July 22, 2008
Day 40: Rubber band man
I like collecting elastic bands for a rainy day as much as the next person, but there comes a point where you begin to feel like the crazy old guy in town who hoards melon-sized balls of string.
A friend gave me a great idea for sharing this wealth of rubber rings.
Like mine, most of her [...]
July 21, 2008
Day 39: Salad days
Isn’t it great the way music can turn a grey day into a sunny one? This literally happened on Saturday at my friend’s fundraising concert (see Day 38: Sing sing).
The clouds threatened rain, but after a few of us got up to sing and play guitar, the sky was as blue as the ocean.
A [...]
