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Every so often, on some week-end, I hand a $20.00 bill to a guy standing in miserable weather (hot or cold) at some obscure intersection, trying to sell the Barnacle.

He isn't begging. He's trying to make a hard earned, small buck... I say he, as I've never seen a woman selling newspapers at an intersection.

When I hand him the money, I tell him in a courteous and friendly manner: Please, keep the paper.

The paltry amount of money I extend isn't for him so much as for me. I'm no altruist. I do it because it makes me feel good for a moment and doesn't cost much. The looks I get gladden my hard old heart.

Doing random act of kindness is fun.

...and it's demise is soon..

When they go belly-up, I'm gonna laugh and laugh and laugh.

The Houston Barnacle - The MSNBC of crappy newspapers.