2026-10-21

For years, I've been joking about making a good deed once a day. "Okay, that was the good deed for today," I would say, as if one a day kept Hell away. Or something.

Well, anyway. This morning I decided to start a thread of my good deeds. Mind you, they're rather banal and the whole thing is meant to be humorous. But also keep me from Hell. So, in that regards, it's no joking matter.

Poop bag

Me and my dogs were heading back home from our morning walk when I was approach by a man with one dog who asked me if I could spare him one poop bag, because he forgot his. Which I did. The man thanked me and we wished each other a good day.

That was my good deed for today.

Trash container

I'm not gonna run any archaeology here, but I still remember my Monday's good deed.

I was, again, walking my dogs -- that's when you meet a lot of people -- and there was a man by the garbage who had four trash bags but the garbage container was broken and it was not possible to open it with a leg. There is this like a pedal that you can step on. But it was broken. So I opened it for the man. He thanked me.

Expectations

I would also like to manage expectations here. Please, do not expect a good deed from me every day. I don't go chasing them around or anything. Internally, they only count when happening spontaneously. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2026-10-25

Waiting driver

Yesterday I was out with the dogs and we were passing through a fragment of pavement that doubles as a road to a carwash, which is also a pizzeria, and a man wanted to drive in but he saw me and stopped to let me go. But I saw a couple of other cars behind him and all these people would have to wait, so I nodded at him to go. He smiled and nodded back and drove in, releasing other cars from waiting. They probably had to wait on the roundabout a couple of hundred metres in front of them, anyway.