Mommy...(grinning impishly)....IS it?

No, Brian, there is no Transit Strike. But if you manifest really really hard, perhaps school will be sort of off-kilter today anyway.

(reading over my shoulder) "Why Mommy?"

Well, I just have a feeling that you're not the only one who was (at least) half-hoping that there would be a strike...

"I wasn't JUST half hoping...I was 100 percent hoping!"

"See? I put in the 'at least' just for you..."

In a way, I have to say that despite all of my NOT wanting there to be a strike, a very small (and I mean VERY small) part of me sort of welcomed the break from routine...kind of like when there used to be snowdays when I was a kid (what happened to those things anyway?) I have a feeling that a lot of people that planned to not come into the city today in the event of a strike are still not coming in today. Hell, the subway is not going to be pretty today, strike or no strike. I don't relish the thought of skipped stops and long pauses in dark tunnels, care of surly conductors who want to be paid more money (and I am not saying they are wrong, hello, MTA budget surplus 2005?)

"Brian, do you have anything more to say?"

"I dunno. What does this button do, mommy?"

It publishes my blog, Brian.

YC