Speaking of "bad people", some guy on the sidewalk in Toronto freaked out the other day, cos he thought I was "lookin' at him". He clearly thought that I was a bad person...I was barely even aware he existed prior to his sudden paranoid outburst in my direction.

The sad thing is, there's really no use trying to explain to someone like that that you weren't looking at him in the first place, and what if you were anyway, would it matter? Best thing is, just keep walking.

This kind of thing gives me the creeps. I would expect it in New York, but not in Toronto. I am glad to avoid the big city most of the time, even in Canada.

And I am glad that he wasn't carrying a gun. He was unstable enough to use it on impulse, I'd say. I bet this is how some of the senseless urban murders occur on the streets of New York, Los Angeles or Dallas. Somebody thinks someone else is "lookin' at him".

- LH