Being a public transportation commuter now has definitely offered some advantages and disadvantages. Judge it either way, seeing strange people all the time is definitely interesting, and because I get to go on the same trains all the time, I see them enough to "study" them. I figure that there are enough of them for me to make posts for months to come.

Person #1

Birthday Boy.

One of the rituals that I have incorporated into my daily routine is to stop off in the men's room while I wait for the 5:55 Norwood train after work in the station. This tends to be around the same time every day and because of this I seem to bump into the same guys who also make this stop as well. There is a guy who is always coming out when I am on my way in, every day. He is pretty tall, and broad shouldered, and looks as if he has spent a few nights sleeping on a sewer grate. He is not offensive or hostile as other semi-homeless people can be, but of course he is crazy. His version of crazy is to carry around with him a small dry-erase board in the train station that lists someone famous' birthday. Although I find him a bit weird, I can appreciate this service that he provides to the world, and look forward to his educational tidbits.

BTW - Did you know it was Elizabeth Taylors birthday this Wednesday?