The MTA is being taken to the cleaners city dump.

Well folks, this looks like the end of the line for the MTA. Well maybe not - but this map is heading towards its final resting place. And why is the map framed? Who frames a free map!? Bah.



I know I've covered garbage before, so I thought I'd be a nice blogger and share a few links that have been sent my way recently:

My younger brother started a blog. Check it out, as it is bound to be 452% more informative than this hunk of junk. Welcome to the neighborhood, kid.

Mac users will find this run down on photography tools to be nothing short of dorky awesome.

The Dessert Truck has some new competition.

Obama's visit to Penn State's campus lives on in new football poster.

I actually enjoyed this.

For those of you that care, the ongoing $%@#show known as Albany will continue indefinitely.

Jameson, a seat, and silence. Definitely worth the extra 15 minutes.

Let's be clear - today's picture is none of the following:

• an all important 4/5/6 train
• said lines at 6:23 on a Sunday morning
• a Brooklyn L train idling late night at 8th Avenue

No, your eyes are not fooling you. This is an F train shortly after the evening rush. Is the below average F line to fault for the MTA's ridiculous $1.2 billion deficit? No. The blame game points to 23.7 other reasons. I'll get into the politics later; this is just a picture blog anyway.

A friendly message from your local Post Office.

In the wake of an MTA-sized deficit, the Post Office is raising rates on Monday. Per my roommate we shouldn't be complaining about the two cent raise (up to 44 a stamp) because it's currently 56 cents Euro in France to mail the same thing. Personally, I think Uncle Sam should have made it this past Monday and cashed in on the countless number of Mothers Day cards they'll be delivering this week. See, what I am doing behind an HR-related desk all day?! I could be turning this economy around myself. Then again my efforts to raise CASH would be thwarted by ridiculous situations like this. Seriously people, dog bites? I don't know whether to shake my head in frustration over the misguided governmental spending on the planned awareness training or be tickled by District Safety Manager Marvin Howard's determination:

“My goal is to get on top of this. We just can’t figure out why the sudden increase for all these dog bites. Even small breed dogs have the potential to inflict injuries that can threaten a carrier’s career."

You be the judge.