Second time around
I’ve done my metro good deed for the day so I should have a good evening. Not only did I direct a couple to the correct train (they were already on mine going the wrong way), I told someone to...
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Why do you want to take pictures of the metro, anyway?
Ah the morning after a night of drinking where you know you’ve narrowly avoided a hangover, but your mouth still feels like sandpaper. Thankfully I had my clothes laid out already, so getting out of the house was no trouble....
We wuz robbed!
I was promised snow and freezing rain and icy conditions, the whole wintry mix and what do I get this morning? NOTHING! But I did find a crumpled up $10 bill on the floor of the metro station this morning....
Metro cutbacks and fare hikes?
There’s a proposed 2008 budget for Metro that would result in both reduced service and fare hikes (makes perfect sense to me!) that has more than a few riders crying foul and reaching for their car keys. I remember living...
Here’s a quarter, call someone who ca– oh wait, here’s a dime too, sorry…
Is it a sign of obsession when you feel bad that you haven’t had time to add anything to your journal in days? Yesterday was rather busy at the office so I didn’t have time to catch up on weekend...
City moments
Last night I made the stupid mistake of not factoring in HWB (hailing while black) time when trying to get a cab from Halo to Firefly for dinner. All told about 9 cabs (with no fares inside and with their...
Not yer usual Monday
My Monday morning is defined by the meetings that I usually have til lunchtime. This morning they were all canceled, what’s an office drone to do?! Thankfully the group trip out to Starbucks killed way more time than it should...
you can’t please ’em
Ah Metro, Metro, Metro… nice try, I’ll grant you that. It was a good effort putting cameras in the regular rail cars and having employees monitor passenger habits for months to see how to improve upon the rail car design....
Monday Funnies
The day has calmed down a bit and I’m cutting out a little bit early to try and avoid long lines at Metro Center. I finally caught up with my webcomics and the recent Sinfest and Ctrl-Alt-Del cracked me up...