More Inspiration

There must be some holiday magic in the air.

Earlier this evening, around the same place I saw the ice cream hero, I was crossing the street and I had to stop abruptly as a car blew through a red light and cut me off. This happens to me all the time, but it never fails to put me in a sour mood. It's not only disheartening to think that a member of civilized society would recklessly regard his own safety and that of others in order to shave a few seconds off his commute. It's also personally insulting that someone so ignorant has successfully got his way at my expense, with impunity.

But that's when I saw the police flashers go on.

I got to watch the whole display from my vantage point by the bus stop. Now, I've never been proud to take pleasure in other people's punishment. But I'm nothing if not honest, and I have to say that those blue flashing lights were as beautiful to me as any holiday light display I've ever seen. And I've seen some pretty damn good ones.