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the song is duke ellington’s “take the A train.” it works well with our subway true tales further down this page.

****NEW YORK CITY SHOWCASE (DESIGNER LINE OF CLOTHING)….see it all at SWELL

****LATE BREAKING NEWS (updated daily)…. it is our blog which changes every day. this time you can click on TODAY but in the future, you can go to it directly each day at http://epistle.blogs.com/.

****TWO WARS ARE BETTER THAN ONE…. some people die, some people make profits with u.s. army contracts. WAR

****LONDON WAS ATTACKED SO NEW YORK CITY MUST REACT….lots of overtime for cops to check knapsacks (which they really are not doing) but at the same time the transit authority is getting rid of conductors so the trains will operate on their own maybe and it is removing staff from token booths at many stations. new york state national guard puts personnel in uniform (battle dress and boots and automatic rifles (but no ammunition). if this all sounds mad, it is new york city.

****SUBWAY POLICE ADVICE TO PASSENGERS (this is not a gag)….look out for people with clenched fists; people patting their clothes; people who wear too much perfume; people who sweat; people who do not make eye contact; people who mumble to themselves; people who look suspicious.

****ACADEMIC TYPES COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, BUT THEY SURE MAKE MONEY ON THEM….new york university gets $14million; columbia university gets $4million; $23 million to assorted other colleges. the united states government is handing out financial grants to these phonies faster than they can spend them.

****ESTRANGED WIFE STEALS HIS SPERM….he made a deposit at the fertility clinic when they were married. then, they got a divorce. she goes to the clinic gets the sperm and has a kid. talk about sticking up a bank….a sperm bank.

****WAS THE F**KING WORTH THE F**KING?....escort service puts $40,000 on a man’s credit card. claims he had eight women in one night. the man is claiming he doesn’t remember having eight women. you are only allowed to have four in a new york city taxi.

****SPEAK NEW YAWK (people will wonder at your sophistication)….”mentsch.” a decent person.

****OLD TIME RADIO (shows you might be too young to remember)….this time it is "baby snooks." THE PAST

****THE SNEAKY CAMERA (the hidden camera)….a growing collection of new yorkers are unaware that they are being watched by a certain taxi driver. new ones are added from time to time. take a peep at SNEAKY

****YENTA YACK FROM THE BACK OF THE HACK (what they are talking about in the yellow mobile conveyance lounge)….man arrested for a fatal car crash that took place thirty years ago. talk about nypd never giving up.

****THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY (what the media didn't tell you)....the new york times runs a big story about how clean the hudson river now is. how come none of their staff goes swimming in the river, which by the way is not a river, it is an estuary….so much for the new york times and its facts.

****STAY INDOORS IF IT RAINS (keep dry)...forbes galleries at at 62 fifth avenue just below 14th street. currently showing pictures from the new york press photographers association.

****THE EARL THEATER (it used to be on 161st street in the bronx. now it is here and this month's feature is "park avenue" which shows you how you are so poor because you don't live on this avenue with the rich people. PARK

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**AND THAT NEAT MOVIE HOUSE ALWAYS SHOWED A DOUBLE FEATURE AND HERE WE ARE WITH A SECOND FLICK. this is a wonderful trip around new york city in the famous yellow mobile conveyance lounge. HONK HONK

****THE HEY ABBOTT AWARD (an epistle about life)....some muslims should just shut up. EPISTLE

****TAKE A HIKE (discovering where the famous and infamous spots are) ….tennessee williams lived at 145 west 55th st. he wrote a few things.

****CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BIZARRE (hard to believe)....russell harding the head of the housing development corporation under mayor rudy giuliani is finally sentenced to jail for five years. it was and it still is probably the most corrupt part of city government. harding also was caught with a collection of child pornography. rudy sure could pick them.

****POSSIBILITIES (could it not be?)....some cops are nuts? an officer gave a $1,000 ticket to a thirteen year old for skateboarding where he should not have been. in union square park.

****JASON BLAIR AWARD (for the worst journalism during the previous week)….new york post reported in front page headlines that osama bin laden was going to poison drugs and sell them in new york city. the united states drug enforcement agency says that staff at the post must be smoking weed. the story is nonsense.

****THE MOST WANTED TOUR IN THE BIG APPLE…. here are some happy visitors. you too can have a tour by going to TOUR INFO

**to listen to what other happy tourists had to say about the tour, just go AUDIO

**to see some additional happy tourists perform in short video productions go VIDEO

**to hear broadcast spots about some of the places i take folks to, listen to these commercials that were created for a "visit new york city promotion" at SPOTS

****CELEBRITY SIGHTING (media adulation)….matt dillon just hanging out. STAR

****JOKE DU JOUR (told to me by the passengers)….this week the punch line is “how do i get all that into the little square?” and you can hear it at AUDIO

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