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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

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 21:08 in murder, subway, d train, 456 line, loving nyc, evening commute

    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

    Posted on Thursday February 28th, 2008 at 21:13 in d train, 8 million stories, ny press

    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

    Posted on Monday February 11th, 2008 at 09:40 in pornography, d train, nasty habits

    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

    Posted on Thursday July 19th, 2007 at 15:26 in hunger, d train, panhandler

    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...