Category: Tales of the Subway
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Wet Dreams
This morning on the subway, I watched a woman fall asleep in the seat across from me and proceed to spill the coffee she was holding all over herself and her bags. She used her newspaper to cover the spill on the floor, Big Daddy style.
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When Retards Cry
I was in Park Street Station on Tuesday waiting for the next Red Line train to arrive. It is very common for performers of some sort to be singing, playing music or offering up some other type of performance hoping that those waiting on the same platform will deliver them a small fee for their…
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Disabled Trains
On the way to work one morning this week, I had the privelidge to be on one of the ‘disabled trains’. For those not aware, its been more and more commonplace lately that a train will just stop running and won’t move, even after a clean restart. These ‘disabled trains’, as they are called, cause…
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Adventures in Dogsitting
At Uno’s this past Thursday, Max shared a hilarious anecdote with us, that I have in turn, repeated several times since. So, as blogs are what they are, I will tell it once more for all of you to read. Max has this friend that had to dog sit and care for this dog while…
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Enjoy Everything
As I sat on my daily morning commute today on the Red Line, I noticed that 3 of the large posters that normally try to sell us everything from Foxwoods Casino to a college education to learning Swahili, were reversed so that the blank white backing was facing out. Upon two of these posters a…
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Changing Trains
On Saturday morning, I headed into the city to meet Brendan, Thanh, and Darren. We were heading for the convention in town. I was listening to some Garbage on the Zen Touch and reading some manga I had picked up from the convention the day before. At the Quincy Adams stop, a man got on…
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Harmonic Disturbance
It is fairly commonplace on the subway to have an mp3 player of some sort. Maybe 7 out of every 10 people specifically have some kind of iPod. I sat next to a girl today who was using a regular iPod with large headphones that covered both of ears for better sound. What she probably…
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Are you THIS tall?
As I got off the train this evening and headed toward the escalator/stairs, this incredibly short woman was walking in front of me. I thought to myself, “Wow, she’s pretty tall for a midget. Maybe she’s a dwarf. I wonder what the book definition would declare her to be. I wonder if she shops for…
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The price of commuting is going up.
The imbeciles running the MBTA have announced they intend to raise fares again in the near future, even though they just raised them last january. Not only that but they want to discontinue all suburban bus lines and all late night bus routes. Even the city council is up in arms over this. They claim…
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Don't smother me!
Ah, the morning ride on the subway. There really are few experiences quite like it.