Sure, is kinda sucks that summer is over. It’s definitely getting cooler outside. Actually, it is getting straight up cold out.

The upside is that the subway platforms are now a few degrees cooler than the center of hell.

I was standing on the platform today and felt pretty comfortable. For the first time in a while, I didn’t feel like I was slowly suffocating.

I find it funny how in the summer time, the last place on earth that you would want to stand is on a 104 degree platform. In the winter, it is the complete opposite.

In the winter, it gets so cold that your ears actually feel like they are burning. So, in the freezing tundra, the subway is a oasis. The entire time you are walking, you keep saying to yourself in your head, “Can’t wait for the subway. Can’t wait for the subway. Almost there…”

Well folks, it is almost that time again. Goodbye summer, welcome winter.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

Don’t you feel like a complete loser when you miss the train? Especially when you make a dash for it and still miss?

At my station, you can see down to the lower level where the tracks are. The token booth level goes over both the up and downtown tracks.

So I saw my train as it came to a stop at the platform. Immediately, you feel like an olympic runner. Without fail though, you will find 10 slow ass people in your way.

I sprinted to the turnstile where I found the NYC Retard club attempting to swipe their cards. Is it me or have you ever wanted to just grab someones MertoCard away from them to swipe it for them? C’mon. Put the card in the slot and swipe. It isn’t that hard.

Anyway, made it through that nightmare only to get to the stairs. Of course, there were little old ladies moving 2 feet an hour. There must be a bingo hall down here that I am unaware of because there is no reason for this many old women to be heading down the stairs at once.

Finally, I made it down to the platform. Just as my foot hit the bottom step, the doors began to close. I made a last ditch sprint hoping to get a hand in the door. No…not so much. The train pulled away.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

Monthly unlimited renewal day was today for SUBWAYblogger. That’s never a fun day. It’s early in the morning, clearly there has not been enough coffee in the picture, then wham! $76 right out of your pocket. That’s not a fun way to start the day.

It was funny and annoying at the same time this morning. Apparently, SUBWAYblogger’s MetroCard renewal day was shared by many.

Lots of riders went up to the turnstile only to get hit with the dreaded “Insufficient Fare” notice. The funny ones are the people who don’t pay attention as they swipe their cards.

You’ve all seen them. They swipe without even slowing down. Then they ram into the bar when it doesn’t rotate. This usually happens to iPod people because they can’t hear the beep. One woman almost did a complete flip over the bar!

Anyway, lots of people were denied at that gate, and needed to head for the machines.

My stop has a lot of machines, but people still act like it is a test or something. As if they will be trapped if they answer a question wrong. C’mon people, it isn’t that hard.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

When I arrived at the platform this morning, I pulled out the Blackberry as usual. I was shocked to find 68 new messages waiting for me…all of them comment approvals.

Luckily, SUBWAYblogger is designed to send us notification of suspicious comments before publishing them. For our regular readers, you can post a comment and it will publish right away as long as there are no links in it. If you do post a link, it will get kicked back to us to take a quick look at.

Anyway, wading through those emails took up tha majority of the ride this morning. Personally, SUBWAYblogger believes that spam programmers should be beaten in public. Maybe that’s just us. Of course, it is by no means our first encounter with comment spam, but it doesn’t ever get any less annoying.

There will be another post this morning to make up for our little bitch and moan session here.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

I just got into a subway car filled with French people. I’m talking wall-to-wall French people.

I’m not even kidding, there must be a 40 French speaking people on here all at once. It is a little strange. Just a lot of nasal sounding words being thrown about.

Ha…I just thought of something else. This is probably the only train car in the city with no republicans on board! Any red blooded republican would have immediately gotten off at the next stop. There’s no way they would sit through this. No, instead they jump into a different car to enjoy their “freedom fries” for the ride.

Upon closer inspection, it appears to be a group of students. Unfortunately, not a terribly attractive group of French students. Is this the French “goth” club? Most of thema are all blacked out and have funky hair.

Tell you what though, boy/girl teasing is annoying in every language. Especially the loud giggles.

Does anyone know how to say “cut the crap” in French? Live from the subway, back to you in studio…