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This whole Henry Louis Gates/Officer James Crowley controversy has got me thinking about two incidents that happened to me several years bac...

Embedded video from CNN Video Thanks for the link Marcellus .

It’s Friday afternoon and I’m standing outside a Connecticut Transit bus in Waterbury. A little guy who’s covered in paint, maybe 60-years o...

6/20-Train 6362- So this guy approaches me as I’m making my pre-departure announcements on a jam-packed Stamford local train in Grand Centra...

My bet was on the train...boy was I wrong.

In December of 1990, my wife and I purchased a brand new 1991 Acura Integra . It was one of the best purchases we ever made. Yesterday the ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries, the Naugatuck River Valley was one of the main manufacturing communities of New England. Brick factories...

Yes folks...it's that time of year again. The time of year when I ask you to go over to the Animation Magazine webpage , and vote for my...

Oh yeah... Well we can't understand Scots either!

Grab a bag of popcorn, a box of Junior Mints, and step into yesteryear. My sister Sheila sent me this newsreel video that dates back to the ...

A teddy bear killed my grandfather...at least that's the story I was told. The truth is a little more complicated. It was an unseasonab...

As all my fellow conductors know, my alter ego is "The Conductor to the Stars"; A near legendary railroad phenom, with an uncanny ...

Found this video on Sandi Kahn Shelton's blog (which I highly recommend). How long before this breaks out in Grand Central?

"Conductor," said the woman in a thick southern drawl, "Could ya' please tell me when we get to Grand Central? I can'...

"Sorry dude!" Said the passenger, now showing me his thumb which was dripping with blood. "I sliced it at work today and it w...

I thought I'd share some images from the "My pictures" page of my cell phone. Most of these shots were taken in the past week:...

Sorry folks...It seems that I owe my loyal readers an apology for neglecting this blog. You see, a few months back I decided to switch my wo...

Lately Grand Central has become a marketing Mecca...not that I'm complaining. Just before Christmas, elves were passing out free samples...

Here is a transcript of the conversation my daughter and I had as I drove she and her sister to school yesterday. It was my birthday. Daught...

A Can we celebrate this historic presidential inauguration with our favorite fatty baked good? YES WE CAN!!! (for 29.95). I was buying a c...