{"id":173,"date":"2007-08-16T18:53:24","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T22:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/08\/16\/to-the-guy-who-practises-random-acts-of-kindness\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T14:42:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T18:42:41","slug":"to-the-guy-who-practises-random-acts-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/08\/16\/to-the-guy-who-practises-random-acts-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"To the guy who practises random acts of kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I hereby announce the winner of this years &#8220;Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty&#8221; award is <strong>R. JACKSON<\/strong> the proud owner of Prestige Glass International!<\/p>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ok everyone &#8230; please calm down and take your computer seats!<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t hard to come to this decision.  You see &#8230; Earlier this month I was ill and we thought it might have been a heart problem that had plagued me a few years ago. You might have heard about this on my wife&#8217;s blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.triciaswaterdragon.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">You are in my World Now<\/a>. During the short period of time that I was ill, I&#8217;m better now, I found out that one of the greatest keyboardist in Rock history, no it&#8217;s not Robert even though he is an accomplished keyboardist in his own right, Rick Wakeman, is playing a concert this Sunday at the Danforth Music Hall here in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>The prices for these tickets were quite pricey and at the moment I couldn&#8217;t afford them. The concert might even be sold out by now too. <\/p>\n<p>Now this is where Robert comes in. He was searching for information about the Rick Wakeman concert and he came across the post on my wife&#8217;s blog that discussed how much I wanted to go to the concert. He read it and then replied: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I just realized that Chris is ill, by looking at this site a little closer. The spare ticket to Rick Wakeman is yours for free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that is the reason why he is this years recipient! The man went way out of his way to provide me with music that will sooth my ill heart! <\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>At the beginning of this post I mentioned that Robert has a company called Prestige Glass International.  Well I took a moment to visit his company site and his company makes some very cool stuff that you should check out.  <\/p>\n<p> My favorite pieces are under &#8220;Canadiana&#8221; Inukshuks (in-ook-shook) and Vases &#038; Bowls. The Vases &#038; Bowls remind me of some of the ones that my relatives make in Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think that I told you about my family roots, but we are from Waterford Ireland. Yes, the place that makes the world famous Waterford Crystal. 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