I told off a rider on a bus along Boulevard East in Weehawken, going into Manhattan.
I do feel bad though. I was commuting into the city this morning when a woman got on the bus and sat down. She was pushing her bag on the floor and it got my leg wet and gave my […]

This evening, I arrived at Penn Station at 5:25, only to find that all of the trains were delayed due to the breakdown of an Amtrak train (the second major Amtrak screwup of the day). So instead of taking a train into the Secaucus Boondoggle, I went to the 33rd St. PATH station to go […]

How did everyone make out with the NEC power outage this AM? I got to Princeton Junction around 7:10, after hearing some news reports that there was no train service. It didn’t look like there’d be any trains soon, so I hopped on the Dinky into Princeton, and grabbed a Suburban (Coach) bus to NY. […]

You know, I read that article by Ripper about why NJ disliked LI b/c of our direct relation to, and seemingly apathetic attitude towards, terrible driving and/or traffic conditions. I completely sympathize even though I am from LI. However, Id think it unfair to fellow LIers to let Mr. Ripper get away that easily. Do […]

Airlines, like most companies today, are looking in every possible nook and cranny to save a penny. With the competitive landscape jammed with on and offline travel agents, vacation websites as well as smarter consumers who can shop around easily to compare prices to destination airlines are doing everything possible to offer the lowest fare. […]

So Wednesday I get on the 5:10 at Newark. Nothing but middle seats, so I say nicely to a woman on her cell phone, “Excuse me,” and she gets up to let me sit, making face at me in the process because I’ve inconvenienced her. I pull out my book, and as I’m reading I […]

Have you been listening to him on your commute? I’m curious what you think of the new show!

Owing to a Doctor appointment this morning, I had to take a later train than normal out of Madison, NJ. I got on the M&E train at 9:35 AM and went to Hoboken, which meant that I would then need to take the PATH to Manhattan. The trip was pretty uneventful until we entered the […]

Yesterday I arrived at the train station tingling with excitement and anticipation of all the coming work week might have in store only to be met by the distainful and condescending look from the woman I had asked (politely) to move her bags so I could sit. After grudginly complying with my request she just […]

Do any of them listen to their I-Pods at a decibel level that is reasonable enough so I don’t have to hear Billy Joel singing the Stranger from someone’s I-Pod 3 rows away? Not that I dislike Billy Joel, but I don’t necessarily want to listen to him. Is it the headphones that come with […]