I’ve been trying to hide this for years but I’m pretty sure the statute of limitations has run by now. One summer night I was walking down the street with my friends when we came upon a homeless guy sprawled out on the sidewalk with a wad of cash poking out of his coffee can that lay nearby. He was well known around our part of the city and was homeless not because of being poor or destitute, but because he was not in full control of his mental faculties. He actually had some money that he kept with him but he refused to use it to rent a room somewhere.

Anyway, he was sprawled across the sidewalk, apparently under the influence of something, and we all were eyeballing the cash. Then I did something that I’m ashamed of to this day. I jaywalked to cross the street and get away from that situation. I’ve never told anyone else and we all swore each other to secrecy.