(Originally posted 08/06/14. Reblogged 08/15/24.) Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges $3 a night. I was holding my money in my hand, and someone playfully tugged at it. I snapped. I said, “You don’t value your life much, do you?” Minutes later, I explained this to someone else. I said, “Don’t take a man’s last dollar.” “Why not?” he asked. I said, ” ‘Cause that’s the one he’ll die for. That’s the one he’ll kill for.” Don’t tak

———— ♦ ———— Three thoughts on tohu (chaos) and tikkun (order) Wednesday 2014-10-15 Danny keeps breaking up his phones. Last night he had two of them. One of them, he’d bought just that morning. He said, “The guy at the store said, ‘This is the fifth one this month.'” Note: Thank God, these are not “Obamaphones.” He’s paying for them. Related: Easily breakable Next: This morbidly obese first-timer, last night, left garbage (sic) in the smoke pit, ignoring a trash can eight fee

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