Monthly Archives: December 2007

Maria Bartiromo Is Concerned For My Safety

Posted on December 18, 2007 by TJ

Was that none other than the Money Honey–CNBC star reporter Maria Bartiromo–instructing me to watch the gap upon exiting the train? I first started hearing Maria’s voice late last week in Grand Central. Metro-North spokesman Dan Brucker said he didn’t … Continue reading →

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Fondest On-Board Holiday Memories

Posted on December 17, 2007 by TJ

As holiday train shows go down at Grand Central and the New York Botanical Gardens, I find myself calling up one of the finest train-related holiday memories in my vast reserve. It was Christmas eve, around 1995. I’d spent the … Continue reading →

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Times I Like New York Vol. XXIXVX

Posted on December 14, 2007 by TJ

Walking back from holiday party at Black Rock (Moonves a no-show due to a funeral, but pigs-in-a-blanket delightful), lamenting just how slippery the whole of midtown is when it’s precipitating. Thick stone slabs + worn down soles + rain = … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe: From One Guy in a Blue Cap to Another

Posted on December 14, 2007 by TJ

Cowboys Returning from Southeast at 5:09 p.m., I sat in a quarter-filled car, reading my book, Hindu Gods, The Spirit of the Divine [Editor's Note: Whahh??], coming down off my gig speaking to drug court practicioners when the conductor came … Continue reading →

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Toward a More Clever…And More Drunk…Commute

Posted on December 13, 2007 by TJ

Much like the train-riding tipplers at BeerTrainFriday.com, the good souls over at Clevercommute.com–they of the real-time service updates sent to mobile devices–are thinking about group happy hours. Drop ‘em a line if you’re interested. From CleverCommute: I’ve been thinking about … Continue reading →

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The Knicks Park As Well As They Shoot

Posted on December 13, 2007 by TJ

There was a surprisingly fascinating look at the Knicks and the Rangers and their commuting patterns in the NY Times yesterday. The crux of the article was, both teams have the same employer (Cablevision) and practice facility (Madison Square Garden … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Giving Strikes LIRR

Posted on December 12, 2007 by TJ

From MonsterAJR: Leaving the office 10 minutes later than norm to (hopefully but unlikely) catch my 5:23 out of Flatbush. The Gods/Stars seemed to have aligned for once in my favor. My elevator came right away, the subway arrived as I … Continue reading →

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Putting Token Booths to Good Use

Posted on December 11, 2007 by TJ

We almost forgot to mention, the freebie NYC paper Metro thought enough of our take on commuter angst to run our essay about subway misbehavior in its “Voices” section last week, the part of the paper that influences policy-makers, informs CEOs … Continue reading →

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Maybe Straphanger Joe Should Stick to the Subways

Posted on December 11, 2007 by TJ

Mystery Men  I don’t take Metro-North too often on weekdays, but  found myself heading up to Southeast on the 10:48 a.m. last week to speak to some drug court practitioners about relapse issues. I was way, way too early and … Continue reading →

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Say Hello To Beer Train Friday

Posted on December 10, 2007 by TJ

If you’re tired of those solitary less-than Happy Hours that involve you, Mr. Sam Adams, and someone else’s copy of the Post, here’s a gang of souls intent on bringing commuters together: Beer Train Friday. “We’re just a small group of train commuters … Continue reading →

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