Monthly Archives: November 2009

A Much Better Ending for ‘The Grinch’

Posted on November 30, 2009 by TJ

It’s that time of year again, when children’s attention turns to seasonal favorites like A Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty, and The Grinch; in fact, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is on ABC tonight at 8. I found myself reading The … Continue reading →

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Saluting The Vacant Bronx Station Houses

Posted on November 30, 2009 by TJ

The Sunday “Real Estate” section of the NY Times has a big story on the vacant Bronx station houses of the old New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. A dozen stations were projected in 1904, when the railroad began … Continue reading →

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Blitzin’ Blitzen

Posted on November 24, 2009 by TJ

From JerseyJim’s CleverCommute inbox late last week: [NJTT-MandE] This morning a Gladstone train hit a deer, kept its speed & barely even hit the brakes w/ no delay!! Watch out, there’s a new conductor in town!!!

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Asperger’s Kid Spends 11 Days Hiding in Subway System

Posted on November 24, 2009 by TJ

There’s a heartbreaking Page 1 story in today’s NY Times about a 13 year old boy who, fearing a scolding at his Bensonhurst home, ran away and spent the next 11 days riding the rails. Francisco “Franky” Hernandez Jr. eluded … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Want to Hear What Happened 30 Seconds Later

Posted on November 23, 2009 by TJ

This week’s edition of the NY Times’ “Septuagenarians Say the Darndest Things” “New York Owns the Market On Witty Passers-By” “Metropolitan Diary” shows a teeming mob about to trample a not-exactly innocent 2-year-old. Dear Diary: There was an unusually long … Continue reading →

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Locked in the Train With a Murderer

Posted on November 23, 2009 by TJ

Some of us experience intense anxiety when thinking about being stuck in a locked subway car. Add a knife-wielding maniac to that bete noir, and you’ve got a fairly miserable evening commute. That’s what happend for 30 unfortunate straphangers on … Continue reading →

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Subway Gropes on Upschwing

Posted on November 20, 2009 by TJ

Sexual harrassment on the subway is on the rise, reports the NY Times’ City Room. The worst stretch of subway for the gropage is the 4-5-6 between Union Square and Grand Central, and the typical molester is a 39-year-old male. … Continue reading →

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Tick’d Off

Posted on November 19, 2009 by TJ

Here’s a fun exercise in corporate management. Say you’re the MTA president. (Uh, don’t actually say it, duh.) Since everyone’s about trimming slashing costs these days, let’s see how many places in the following anecdote you can find an opportunity … Continue reading →

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Eyes of the World

Posted on November 19, 2009 by TJ

A woman got on in White Plains this morning. She wore a neat black and white checked suit, the three buttons on her jacket clasped. She had straight brown hair with a touch of grey (Grateful Dead reference intended). It … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter To:

Posted on November 18, 2009 by TJ

The guy holding up the line on the stairs at Hawthorne station because he was playing Connect Four on his smartphone. Sir. It was the end of the long workday, and we all just wanted to get down the stairs … Continue reading →

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