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Its The Mean Season On Metro-North New Haven Line

September 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Summers over – that sucks. To add insult to injury, everyone is back to work, and many of our trains are overcrowded.
Nowhere is this more brutally felt than on the New Haven Line, whose ancient cars are always going into the shop for repairs.
Indeed, my wife hit this head-on this morning, in a scene that [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories

Andy Murray Loses US Open To Federer, Now Must Shave His ‘Throatee’

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Note to all Scots: In the most extreme case, the sideburn ends at the JAWLINE. They do not resurrect themselves at THE ADAM’S APPLE.

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Tags: Sports

Found: Great Carnitas In Stamford!

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Tacos Guadalajara
217 Atlantic St.
Stamford, CT, 06901
203-324-2204
Website/Menu
As some readers may know I am from California and have been on a fairly fruitless quest to find a decent Carnitas burritto around Stamford.
Today I had to go to see the eye doctor on Bank St, cause I was getting a little fuzzy, and he broke the news to [...]

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How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Got Their Names

September 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last night, my wife asked:
“How did Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae get their names?”
My wife, god bless her, thinks I am a repository for all things trivia – and I like to indulge this fantasy of hers, but to tell the truth, I had no idea and had always wondered.
I told her I didn’t know, [...]

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