As my southbound Red Line train rolled to a rest at Chicago, I sensed -- ie. heard -- trouble brewing. Waiting to board my car was a couple who were screaming at each other. As the door opened, the cacophony grew exponentially, especially as she entered the car and took her seat across the aisle fro...

As I write this Wednesday night, details are scarce on exact provisions of the alleged compromise agreement struck between the House and Senate on the economic stimulus package. I say "alleged" because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hadn't yet endorsed the deal. I will bring you details on...

Last month I asked you to share the most clever CTA begging lines you had heard. Since then, I've had a few more notable experiences with beggars. It seems like I can go months without seeing one, and then there's a veritable beggars flood. Blame the economy this time? Putrid potheads. Last ...

Improv Everywhere enjoyed another successful No Pants Day on the CTA in Chicago Saturday. I uploaded this video from Improv's Facebook page. Good stuff. Congrats to all participants on a cold, snowy day....

Links for this Post: Free BrainEv Instant Demo The Brain Evolution System Official Website FREE Brain Evolution System 21 Day Home Trial BrainEv Benefits The Brain Evolution System is the latest and most sophisticated version of brain entrainment project that my friend Lee Benson has been working on...

I derive some sort of evil joy when I'm riding an express bus, and some folks on board are unclear on the concept that they don't stop at every block. And it's wicked fun to see their reactions when the bus doesn't stop where they want it to stop. Such as: Angrily yanking on the cord for the driver ...

The arrest early last week of a serial transit groper reminds me that the problem is certainly not just a local one. Freddie Johnson has been arrested 53 times, mostly for groping or rubbing against women on the New York city subways. Plainclothes police recognized him from a description they had. S...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Writing in the British journal Time and Mind, Benny Shanon of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University said two plants in the Sinai desert contain the same psychoactive molecules as those...

It's barely 7 am on the long Red Line commute to the Loop from Howard. By Argyle, the train car is filling, but the woman in her late 50's is still protecting the aisle seat beside her with the worn, jam-packed messenger bag. She herself wears a huge head scarf wrapped around her scowling face. At A...

Links for this Post How to Have Lucid Dreams -- a Manual published on  Wikihow There is an evolving, group collaboration manual on " How to Have Lucid Dreams on WikiHow". The information for this post comes by way of the one of my favorites, the Lifehacker blog filed under "mindh...