A friend and myself went to the park after i had spent an entire day sleeping. I was feeling rested and when she called to ask if i felt like doing anything, i really didn't but said I did. Anyway, we ended up going to get something to eat and then take Mr.Mouse to the park.

Once at the park a homeless guy came up to me and asked us if we could spare some change. This guy was somewhere between 50 and 60, hard to tell when your in the Las Vegas sun all the time. I am sure his lifestyle doesn't help. I gave him $5 bucks and he thanked me, and I just smiled and told him it was no problem.

My friend puckered up with this self-righteous look and proceeded to informed me that the "bum" would probably go buy a bottle with it. I took one look at that smug Revlon coated face, and had this all consuming desire to tear it down.

I told her that I didn't loan him the money, I gave him the money therefore it is a gift and when I give a gift I don't put requirements on it. If it makes his day a little easier by getting rid of his shakes good, if it makes his day a little nicer to get rid of any pain he may be burdened with fine. Sure it would be nice if he had a job, went to yoga classes with us and just paid for our dinner, but chances are he never will, chances are you cannot change him tonight into what you want him to be. Chances are he is a Viet Nam vet and chances are he hasn't had the chances you have had, so shut up and don't tell me what to do with my money, or I will ask you to clean my house when we get back to my house for the dinner I just bought you.

I then reminded her that the money she just spent on her cigarette's are not much different than a pint of whiskey.( I smoke too). It was silent for a while, and I said "come on lets go, you have a house to clean. She laughed and we went on talking about something else. We stopped at the end of the street at a Circle K to get a stick of beef jerky for Mr. Mouse and guess who was there getting coffee, and a sandwich? Yep, the guy at the park. Like I said, normally I don't care what they do with the money, but tonight, it put this really cool smug on my face that no body would be able to tear down.