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Monthly Archives: December 2010
An Open Letter To:
The MTA. So, the 11% fare increase and all for us Metro-Northers. I get it. Times are tough, and you mismanaged your books a bit. What was to be extra tax revenue dispersed and disappeared like sound waves in the … Continue reading
Newsman Tweets Amtrak Horror
TV reporter Stephen Tschida was in the right place at the right time–or vice versa, depending on your perspective–when an Amtrak train had a colossal breakdown last week. Tschida reports for the ABC station in Washington; when his train broke … Continue reading
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Last Stop For Subway Poesy
The MTA is likely scrapping its “Train of Thought” placards on the subways, a program that has offered riders a taste of prose, in one form or another, since the dark days of 1992. The program started out as “Poetry in Motion,” notes … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry in Motion, Subway, Subway Entertainment
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Westport Bridge Eases Conn Commute
Our Nutmeg State correspondent Saugatucker is walking with a little extra spring in his step this morning, as a new bridge out in Westport has been completed–thus shaving .7 miles off Saugatucker’s daily bike ride to the station. Saugatucker is … Continue reading
How Not to Use a Crosswalk, Part III
I almost forgot about this. Me and The Missus were heading to the city Saturday for my old rugby club’s annual winter blowout dinner. We waited on the platform for the Manhattan train, sipping Bud bottles while we waited. (Hey Station … Continue reading
Posted in Crosswalks, Hawthorne
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THE TRAINJOTTING READER: Super Sad True Love Story
We’re reading the fairly fun Super Sad True Love Story, by the usually quite clever Gary Shteyngart, a Russian-born young author who’s been in New York for several years. Shteyngart imagines a USA in the not that far off future, … Continue reading
Hawthorne is Ready For Its Closeup
Our blogging brethren (sistren?) Emily of IRideTheHarlemLine has trained her camera with the funky fish-eye on little Hawthorne station for one of her marvelous station closeups. She shot these pix in July–when the sky was a deep blue, and there … Continue reading
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Saluting the Season’s First Snow
For almost five years, I looked forward to the days when Little G would sleep until 8 a.m. No more waking pre-dawn, carrying him down to the freezing ground floor, turning on the heat, and reading Goodnight Gorilla and rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Bike to Work, Little G, Little Miss C
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Fitzhugh Prefers Trains, Not Jets
The feel-good story du jour involves Keith Fitzhugh, the train conductor who famously turned down a chance to play for the Jets to stick with his career on the railroad. Of course, after yesterday’s wet, miserable loss to the Dolphins, … Continue reading
Riding With the Captain
Today’s the work Christmas holiday party. I remember the old days, when the company would rent some grand hall and supply enough food and booze for a Russian army regiment. Then, the more recent days, when companies did without the … Continue reading