Six months ago I made a lifestyle change.  A major lifestyle change.  Major for a Los Angeles native.  I quit my habit of driving to work.  Cold turkey.  And embarked on an adventure known as the Public Transportation System for my daily commute and I have never looked back.  In fact, I will do almost anything not to have to drive in to work.  Including getting up an hour earlier!  After decades of driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the freeways and on roads that make the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland seem like a smooth ride, I swear I would have visions of car parts falling off as I negotiated my way through pot holes and bumps and more potholes, paying through the nose for gas and parking, I finally had enough.  I bought my commuter pass and have never been happier.

Well, if you know me, then you know I'm exaggerating...about the never been happier part.  Everything in life is a trade-off.  Relationships, jobs, schools, homes, vacations, staycations, hobbies.  Everything.  This my dear and fair readers is no exception.  Riding the LA Metro Line, be it bus or train, comes with its fair share of, well, things that you must put up with.  Granted, I am saving money and the environment.  That's the trade-off.

Enter, my purpose for this blog.  In the last six months, I have seen things and heard things worthy of the Wednesday Night NBC Lineup.  Maybe I watch too many sitcoms and have a really warped sense of reality but we humans are an interesting species.  Silly, I tell you.  Know that I include myself in that category.  If you ever want to get to know the human race in its rawest and most primitive form, ride the bus.  It is cheaper and maybe just as dangerous as an expedition to some far off continent.

The purpose here is not to belittle my fellow commuters or paint them in a bad light.  Most of the time, you will see, I am making fun of myself.  I invite you to see this as a way to make bearable the sometimes unbearable situations of a commuter's life.  Also, I think that most things that happen in real life are comical.  Even more so on the bus or train.  So my advice to you is to approach my posts as nothing more than what they are; a collection of stories told for your mere entertainment, maybe more for my own entertainment, but whatever. Some will be funny, some sad, and some downright not right.  So sit back and relax.  Well first I have to write the stories.  They are coming.  Believe you me, they are coming.