Miscellaneous Missives

from internet Last night as I was coming out of the grocery store, a man who appeared to be homeless asked me if he could use my phone.  I told him no.  He said, "Please give me your phone."  I hesitated and asked him who he needed to call.  When he replied that he needed to call Julie to help him, I said I'd call for him.  Julie answered the phone, and I told her I was with Derrick in the parking lot.  She told me I needed to call this other person to help him, so I called Justin who said he'd be there in an hour. I had already seen this guy kicked out of the grocery store.  As I was driving to leave, I pulled over and asked him if I could buy him a large coffee, so he could wait inside the adjacent coffee shop without being kicked out.  He came in with me, and I asked if he would also like a muffin.  His gratitude showed as I left him with a place to sit and wait as well as coffee and a muffin.  Although it wasn't a lot, I felt s...

Another year of the BRR (Bloody Rectum Ride) is in the books.  I feel a bit of a badass to ride approximately 200 miles in two days.  The seven riders and two hosts (support vehicle) quickly became family, and we had a wonderful time. Although I could tell many stories, I'll stick with two. First we found this puppy, so malnourished, on the side of the road standing by a stick.  We gave him our power bars and any other food we had on our bikes.  After minutes of yelling and trying to find its owner, a guy appeared over the bridge.  We were probably 800 feet above the river which was, at max, three feet deep.  This guy said he was going to jump yet decided against it and wanted help.  As D and I were paying attention to the dog, I asked if it was bad that I cared more about the dog than the man.  D replied, "No!"  Caring for the dog, we tried to figure out how we could get the dog to the next town which was at least five miles away....