A Strong Dose of Vitamin Fred

 

I used to drive to the office. The drive could be a hassle, but the place was pleasant. Good old-fashioned cubicles, none of this stupid and...

[Freditor's Note: Below is an entry I wrote for the old, defunct blog, edited and updated with more current information. The parts about...

Last week in rush hour I got on a subway car that was horribly crowded. I barely got on. We could have used the help of those Tokyo oshiya ...

There are rather reassuring: It's an emergency telephone. These have been popping up in the subway, and it's a capital improv...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority likes to announce helpful things over the public address system, using the robovoice that they use...

When schlepping around in the subway, you find yourself thinking about things. Thinking, lots of thinking. You certainly don't want to d...