Probably the biggest psychological hurdle for me getting up and ready for the train in the morning is getting dressed.
I’m pretty picky about wearing clean clothes every day, and looking halfway decent (well, for a guy anyway). Making sure you have clean socks, underwear, pants, T-shirt, shirt, and can find your matching belts, ties, [...]

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photo: mjparnell
Ah, decisions, decisions.
Metro-North is making repairs to catenary wires, and the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is asking commuters between Milford and Noroton Heights to make a decision regarding how they want to be inconvenienced. During the repairs, the New-York bound commuters can either catch the train on the regular, New-York bound side of [...]

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On Christmas Eve I got the ‘itch’ in the back of the throat.
The all-too-familiar itch, which, by morning, will certainly be a full-blown sore throat, which will last a day, and then soon morph into a full-blown winter cold.
And that is exactly what happened.
Now, back in college, I used to look forward to colds. I [...]

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