Here is what I realized this week: if someone made a movie of my life, they’d just shoot the whole thing on the train.   It’s not that all the important things that happen to me happen on the Metro, but I’m always taking it to or coming home from the important things, and all the processing or crying or text messaging or tipsily telling strangers about my day (yep) happens on the train.   Like the scene in Unfaithful where Diane Lane giggles and cries on the train… except that’s kind of my entire life.

  • With that, five reasons why Xin Lu loves public transit… (Read it at Wise Bread)
  • …and, Lily hacks keeping track of your fare money, because yo, this isn’t like scrounging up change in a high school cafeteria. (Read it at the Honest Dollar)
  • In other new, FMF has a really cute allowance idea for those who want their kids to earn their allowance but don’t like paying for grades or chores. (Read it at Free Money Finance)
  • stupidify, verb.   Steve has some thoughts about being condescending as a power play. (Read it at brip blap)
  • Yes, you can be an English major and survive after college!   Truly! I reiterate the part about doubling (I also took Communications) and getting internships. (Read it at Finance for a Freelance Life)
  • Time for the awards: Best Pep Talk of the Week (Read it at Get Rich Slowly)
  • And Best Headline: Sharper Image Bankruptcy Renews My Faith in Basic Consumer Intelligence (Read it at Punny Money)

Queercents Rehash: Congestion Pricing: $8 Per Day: Mayor Bloomberg also thinks public transit is the best thing ever.