October 5, 2004 at 6:22 AM

Posted in 'Dear Diary'

Today on the way to work I saw a scene that would have made a perfect picture. A dump truck had apparently been unloading dirt for planting trees, and due to a weight imbalance, had tipped up onto it's rear end. The bed was vertical, the truck was at a 45-degree angle, and the driver was sitting in his cab gazing sadly out his window at me as I passed. This last part was what made the scene — he just looked so dejected and glum. But it would have been mean to stop and take a picture without staying to offer him help or the use of my cell phone, and today was certainly not a day when I could afford to be late for work, so I had to grudgingly continue on.