I don’t even know if I’m spelling it correctly…sudoku. Do you “soduko” on your way to work? Today it’s what the crossword was 10 years ago.

In either case, I can’t think of anything more stressful to do at any time. I just don’t get what satisfaction a person gets from completing one.

Just about every morning, I see someone crunching the numbers on the train. This is going to sound like a racist remark, but many of the Asian women I see playing have the pocket sized, electronic version. Just an observation, nothing more.

Paper or electronic, I just don’t get it. Then again, I guess most people wouldn’t understand blogging as a way to pass the time.

I guess I’m just not that type of person. Doing all that addition over and over again to complete the game would cause me more stress. I’d probably have a headache before getting 3 boxes filled in.

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There are no words.

The Planned Parenthood ads crack me up. The funniest is the one with the girl outside near a bridge. In great big letters above her:

“I’m on the pill.”

Hahah. She must be desprate for modeling gigs. Who wants to be the birth control slut with your picture plastered on subways all over Manhattan?

What if she actually lives in NYC. Imagine seeing her sitting on the train! There she is. There’s her picture. There she is. There’s her picture.

I can just see the conservatives saying “what a whore” in the back of their minds…even though it is just an ad campaign.

Just the idea or the name “Planned Parenthoot” makes some people uncomfortable. It just makes me laugh that now it’s in their faces on the subway. Haha.

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Has anyone else noticed a lot of trains with lights turned off? It seems that many train cars lately have only had 25% of their cabin lights turned on.

There’s still the lights on in every doorway, but the rest are off.

It’s like when the train car temporarily loses power, and the main lights kick off. Only this time, they don’t come back on at all. Everything else is normal. The air conditioning and speakers work.

Maybe they are doing it on purpose to save power. It makes sense. You can still see very well on the trains even without the main lights. I bet if all the trains turned off half of their internal lights, it would save a ton of electricity.

Then again, maybe I give the powers that be too much credit.

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Where the hell is everyone? Not that I’m complaining, but I thought today might still be the weekend. There’s no one on the train this morning.

Not only did I get a seat, but there were even some left over! It’s like living in an alternate universe.

This must be what it’s supposed to be like if there were more trains, faster trains, that ran on time! This would be wonderful if it happened all the time.

Somehow, I even got into a car that has strong air conditioning!

Yeah, this is way to strange for a Monday, but I’ll take it. We can have 4th of July every week!

Thi train I’m on even seems to be running ahead of schedule. We are cruising down the line. Very little wait time at each stop since there aren’t many people to pick up in the first place. This ride that normally takes 20 minutes is going to be cut to 12 minutes. That’s awesome…especially since I’m running late. Shhh.

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Today at 6pm Eastern, the iPhone goes on sale. SUBWAYblogger will actually be in the area of “The Cube” to witness the insanity.

The iPhone really is a dream toy for me since a majority of this blog is written remotely via Blackberry. I wonder how easy writing on it would be?

It would be sweet to have the “real Internet” on my phone too. It would be helpful for making other updates and changes when above ground. All the other functions would be fun to have too!

Unfortunately, I won’t be getting one any time soon. It’s complicated, but I would have to break my current contract. Also, it aint cheap! I don’t believe it is compatible with my work’s email setup either. Booo.

One day though. One day in the not to distant future.

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Have you ever seen a man sweat so much that it was painful to look at? He’s dripping wet to the point that you actually begin to gag? Yeah. Me too, but I’m looking at it right now.

This guy is sweating buckets. Thank goodness the train isn’t over crowded today or I might have gone crazy. With my luck, I’d be pressed right up against him.

This morning, it’s warm on the platforms. It certainly isn’t so hot that you’d be near heart attack like this guy.

He’s a larger fellow…but I’m sure you figured that out. He’s in a suit, but he isn’t wearing the jacket anymore. He’s carrying it over his arm. However, it’s clear that he sweat right through the jacket already. His entire blue button down shirt is soaked like he got hit with a firehose.

Ok, it’s making me ill, so I have to stop.

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