Angryblackwomen Glareitus
Date: 9/9/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward New Carollton. I had to fight off two aisle-campers yesterday. One of them was a particulary vicious species — I call them angryblackwomen glareitus. They, along with the obliviousasian slowpokeitus, fatty twoseaters, body jerkeritus, and chirping whitetouristus are the bane of a daily Metro rider’s peace. Not to target [...]
Bush, Cindy, and Vigils
Date: 8/15/2005 Location: Political Line, toward the White House. Updated 8/17/2005 Sometimes it takes something surprising like Cindy Sheehan’s stand against President Bush to make you realize that by sitting and doing nothing, you are by default supporting the status quo. And often, the status quo (existing conditions) are not good. If there is something [...]
Let’s Go Visit Siberia!
Date: 8/12/2005 Location: Blue Line towards Largo. As I sit in the gently rocking Metro train, I think of the pollution I’m not putting in the atmosphere. My car sits at home 95% of the time, and I take the Metro everywhere in DC. Less pollution, less global warming. Less global warming, more people live. [...]
Sex and DC
Date: 8/10/2005 Location: Farragut West Metro. Hot damn, DC is one passive-aggressive city. When one walks around on the sidewalks, say, in Foggy Bottom…the looks you get are positively smoldering with suppressed desire to either: Rip you apart with wooden spoons, while enjoying some nice fava beans and a Chianti. Perform unspeakable and unmentionable sexual [...]
Herman, the Post Office Letter-Sorter
Date: 5/7/2005 Location: Red Line, toward Shady Grove. On an infamous day last month, I met an interesting Deaf character on the Metro. I was with my girlfriend and a friend, and we were travelling back to my old apartment in West Falls Church from Silver Spring. The day was infamous because I left my [...]
Pole-Hoggers
Date: 8/3/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward Vienna. Like a lascivious dancer, he hugged the pole. With beady eyes, he glanced at me while reading his Generic Bestseller Book. His whole body was langorously pressed against the length of the shiny metal bar standing next to him. The pole made a visible dent in his massive [...]
Them Aisle Campers
Date: 5/15/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward Vienna. This will be my last entry for two weeks. I am going vacationing out West to visit family. For the curious I will be going to Washington State. That brings me to today’s topic. Them Aisle Campers. Have you ever noticed when you are on the metro the [...]
Tellyvision
Date: 5/11/2005 Location: Blue Line, toward Largo. I’m getting DirecTV installed today. So, tell me — cable TV or DirecTV? Do a HOT or NOT for me. Or throw me a random bone. It can even be something gross or funny. Hey, it can even be something mac related. Heck, you could even do a [...]
Upward Mobility
Date: 5/7/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward Vienna. An interesting topic came up at work some time ago. I keep my two co-workers (that I work closely with) in the loop about the AppleScripts that I do for various projects. Yesterday, I told one of them about a script I worked on at home, and she [...]
The Jerker
Date: 5/7/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward New Carollton. Today, I encountered a class of person on the Metro that I will henceforth call the “Jerker.” This is the type of person that sits there on the Metro seat next to you and moves their body in ways that you are not supposed to move. He [...]