Writer's Block: Random acts of kindness

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I was leaving an art gallery opening at night in a not-so-safe part of town many years ago and while walking back to my car I passed an elderly couple walking the other direction. I got in my car and started driving, and passed the same couple going the other direction. I stopped and asked if they were lost. They said they'd taken the train from New Jersey, but the person supposed to pick them up no-showed and they couldn't find a taxi that would take them to their hotel. (The drivers all refused to drive them anywhere outside of the city limits.) They didn't know what to do and clearly didn't know what kind of neighborhood they were in. So I insisted on driving them to their hotel. They were pretty gobsmacked that a total stranger would just plunk them in the car and drive them to the front door of their hotel!

Conversely, when I was in high school and barely able to drive, I blew a tire on the Beltway. I had no phone and no clue how to change a tire. A guy pulled over, asked what the problem was, and promptly changed it for me.

Sweet Revenge

Remember back in the spring when I was going a few rounds with political pollsters? I was hit by unprofessional, offensive pollsters twice, ( in April and in June. )

Well, the election in question was yesterday and the guy with the obnoxious polling? Lost. By about 10 points, after he was expected to win by slim margin. Ha!

Rudolph the Reindeer is Gone

( Actress who was the voice of Rudolph the Reindeer passes )

And I never even realized that was a woman doing the voice. She did a great job.