My Name is Earl premiered tonight. We snickered. Have you ever done something you later tried to make up for? Of course, we all have.

One Friday afternoon in college, I put in $18.18 worth of gas at the Stop and Go by campus, on University, and drove off. Whoops. Those were the days (listen to me, oldtimer) when you didn't have to pre-pay. It was just so many degrees below zero that day, and I was rushing off to somewhere, and I didn't pay attention, quite frankly. The next day, I returned to that gas station and thank goodness the manager was working. She went through the previous day's receipts and found the amount I needed to make up. Whew.

Selfishly, and honestly, I had personalized license plates that read, "LISN2ME." Either that, or by then was it "SUNNY D?" Tash? Fargo's not that big of a town. I thought, for sure, I would not be welcome at that Stop and Go ever, ever again.

Karma. It all evens out. I know, sometimes it feels like you're getting the downside more than anything, but it will.