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The Disconnection: Encounters with Strangers
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Thousands of people live in NYC and almost all of them are crazy. I seem to be a magnet for madness so I decided I needed to share my encounters with strangers--from insane subway episodes to getting yelled at by bums. Now my friends from across the world
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Riding with the Rude and Shameless
When I left work last Tuesday, all I wanted to do was have a quiet evening...Unfortunately, it wasn't quiet during my subway ride home. My neighbor and I were giggling as we painfully endured a man's whistling, stomping, and clinging of his gaudy rin...
My Blog Is Featured on NYPress.com
Hey everyone, I guess good things happen to those who wait. The first of (I hope many) editorial columns of my blog is here: http://www.nypress.com/21/9/news&columns/eightmillionstories.cfmThe editor-in-chief of NYpress.com asked me to write for ...
Naughty Neighbors
By Melissa A., NYCI’ve heard a lot of crazy subway stories, but alas, a ridiculous encounter to call my own. As I groggily stepped on to the express D train one morning, I was thrilled to find an open seat–what luck! I sat next to a person in bag...
Stop, Drop, and Scream
The entire D train was silent while we traveled downtown in our diurnal commute to work. A skinny man used the emergency doors to enter our train car and break the tranquil humming (okay, screeching) of the subway speeding along the tracks.'I'm hungr...
