HERO
Last month, after an errand in Fairfax, Ami H. put her wallet on the trunk of the car before unlocking the door, and drove off without putting it back in the car. While she was stopped at a light at San Anselmo's hub, a man knocked on her window and wanted to speak with her. Ami rolled down her window and the man apologized for alarming her but, he politely told her, there was a wallet on the trunk of her car. Ami thanked him and ran out to pick up her lonely wallet that was amazingly still perched on the trunk. "This man was a hero in my everyday life," wrote Ami later. "And I would like to publicly acknowledge him for his generous spirit and respectful manner."

ZERO
'Tis the season… for offensive parking lot behavior. One Fairfax reader recently reported that a dreaded but seasonally necessary trip to Target for her grandchild's gift was hindered pre-entrance by a woman and her SUV, which was stopped at length in front of the store and blocking an ever-increasing line of cars waiting to park or exit the perennially crowded lot. "Hold your horses!" yelled the woman to the honking of the traffic jam beginning to form behind her blinking hazard lights. Although our reader was unsure what necessitated the woman's "emergency" stop, we're guessing the Tyco Stunt Psycho radio-controlled vehicle and Disney Princess Magic Castle could be loaded out of everybody's way just as easily.

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