Did we lose power?

I'm really starting to wonder if the MBTA has hired undercover subway stop announcers. It's like the PA-system has stopped working on the T or something. Why else is there yet another man calling out the stops en route? WHAT is going on???

Paranoid Pursuit

Is it just me or do people in this city walk a little too closely behind you? Maybe I'm paranoid, but they are most definitely too dang close to me. Case in point, I was walking home a few days ago, and turned around - because, I'm not completely oblivious to the sound of oncoming footsteps - to see a tall man with a curly mullet and a white sweater practially power-walking not quite 5-feet behind me. #1 violation: do you have a Jerry Curl AND a mullet?? Really? #2: Sir, you're too close. #3: In the words of the Rape and Self-Defense class I'm so happy I took, "GET BACK!!!". And #4: This is why I packs a blade!! LOL, thanks Dad! Ok, well it's a 1.5" swiss army keychain with a nail file and scissors on it, and in an adrenaline-rushed moment, I honestly think my elbows would be stronger sources of defense, but it's on hand nonetheless. Plus I just saw Colombiana... so GET BACK, Boston!

Something's a little off

Such randomness on the train on a Saturday morning! A boy, who looked like he was 15, was standing up announcing the stops as though he'd been hired by the MBTA, except that he deboarded at some point and walked out on the job. Then, an old man got on with a bik that he rattled violently, to the point where most people got off or switched cars at the last stop. Whaaat in the world?