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Normally when I leave my appointment with the therapist, I hop on a bus to the light rail to come to work.

Yesterday, the bus never showed up. Luckily, I found out not too long ago that his office is within walking distance of the Woodberry light rail stop, and I can walk there in less time that it would take to wait for the bus to show up and then make its way all over Hamden before arriving at the stop....so I walked.

Since it was a really nice evening, a lot of people were out on their front porches. I passed one house where I noticed a man, woman and several kids sitting around, including a little girl who couldn't have been more than three or four years old. As I passed, sudden;y the man (assuming to be the father, but who knows, really...) started yelling to her "Stop that! That's gross! Get your fingers out of your nose! How do you ever expect to find a boyfriend and have kids and get on welfare?"

There wasn't a trace of humor in the voice, he sounded utterly serious. All I can say is that I really hope he was just being stupid.