May

3

Blogroll Pruning

May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment

Took a look at the blogroll today and noticed that there were a bunch if sites I honestly don’t read anymore.  Either I’ve lost interest, or the owner has stopped posting…whatever.  So, I went through an weeded out some of the dead wood.
So the blogroll is a little shorter now.  If you’re on there, that’s [...]

Jan

7

Death of the Subway Token

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Ahhh these were the days…
The New York City subway token, tool and talisman of city life since Vincent R. Impellitteri was mayor, is dead at age 50, transit officials said yesterday.
The causes of death were technology and economics.
Tokens will be sold for the last time on Saturday, April 12, said Lawrence G. Reuter, president [...]

Dec

19

Light Holiday Shopping Rush?

December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well it is usually this time of the year that I run out of Christmas cheer.  It’s about this time that I am ready to kill people on the subway.
Most of it has to do with obnoxious tourists and their 25 shopping bags cramming into the train cars.
See if you can relate to this scenario.  [...]

Sep

4

Open Thread

September 4, 2007 | 2 Comments

Tonight, we asked our SUBWAYblogger Facebook friends to share their craziest experiences on the subway.  Here’s a few of the responses so far:
Franco Barbara
I told a dirty smelly begger to get the fu^k away from me. That was a bad idea. He threw his spare change at me and went nuts. I got him to [...]