Yesterday I had the chance to complete a kharmic circle that began this past Friday. Three occurrences in four days that fit together so neatly I felt like I was a character in an after school special.

It all began Friday morning as some friends and I were getting on the New York Subway to go to the Russian Bath House on 10th street. A friend and I had already made it down the staircase when we noticed that the third guy in our group was helping a woman with a baby carriage. I turned to my friend and said, "You know, I used to help people down with baby carriages but lately I am just afraid that something will go wrong and I will end up getting sued." We all boarded the #1 train and that seemed to be the end of it

Sunday rolled around and my wife and I went out to do a few errands. We had a shopping cart full of stuff that needed to be tended to. As we wheeled the cart past the building where the helpful friend from Friday's encounter lives we decided to stop in. It turns out that we were headed to the same store that he needed to visit so we added his stuff to our cart and we were on our way. We cruised down Broadway to get to the store but laziness got the best of us and we decided to take the subway back. Descending the stairs was easier than I thought it would be. The trip up the stairs was a different story. The cart was quite heavy and my wife and I made our way up the stairs slowly. A stranger appeared and offered to help. Within a few moments we were up the stairs. I commented to my wife that we were cashing in on the good kharma of our friend since I typically do not help people with their stuff. I truly believed that our decision to help our friend with his errand netted out to us getting credit for his good deed on Friday.

On Monday I was walking down the stairs of 116th street #1 station. As I reached the bottom of the stairs I noticed that there was a woman struggling with a massive suitcase. I couldn't resist the irony of the whole thing and carried her bag up the stairs for her. I think I thanked her more than she thanked me. In any event I think I am now +1 on the world.

First Post ever...

I guess the best way to start would be to lay out my goals for this activity

1. I am a dismal writer. I received my elementary and high school education from an Orthodox Jewish Yeshivah. At least 25% of my fellow classmates did not speak English in their homes and many of them were functionally illiterate. 50% of my High School graduating class did not go on to any form of college and to my High School administration they were considered the success stories. My goal is to improve my writing skill by actively writing. If you are reading this blog and spot any glaring grammatical issues please let me know.
2. I tend to be more conservative in my political leanings than most of my friends. I would rather sound off in this forum than become that annoying guy at the party who just refuses to play pin the SS insignia on the 'W'.
3. It is a nice way to organize my thoughts

Since I expect my readership to be quite low and the newsworthiness of my insights to be marginal at best I will break with the typical blogger etiquette of making all changes via 'Update' lines. I will correct, overwrite and republish any errors I find. I do however intend to use an 'update' line for new information that becomes available after a post has been published.