Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with JOE WALSH!

An ode to slackers everywhere, a cut from the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack, 'Waffle Stomp'

It's been about a year, time for the MTA's inconvenient truth

As you'll recall, late last December this area had a whopper of a snowstorm. Legendary in fact. You'll also recall the utter ineptitude New York City responded with. Here in New Jersey there were problems yes but nothing like the hash the Big Appletini made of the blizzard. One story that stood out in helping explain the level of failure was that of the A Train stuck over by the Aqueduct and Rockaway Boulevard stations. Seven hours they sat. Waiting, not knowing, stuck inside. In a blizzard.

New York City Transit President Thomas Prendergast has looked over the reports of the past year, he's heard the experts and analyzed the data. He explained to a City Council hearing on winter preparedness what the data showed:

"We forgot about that train."

That answer is so Jeff Spicoli Johnny hears Ray Walston's voice as the timeless Mr. Hand in Fast Times at Ridgemont High "I Like that. That's nice. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to leave your words right up here for all my classes to enjoy, giving you full credit of course, Mr. Prendergast."

It won't happen again said Mr Eggonface as the MTA is now instituting 'Advocates' whose only job will be to care for the well-being of any stranded passengers. Kind of like a concierge when your train takes the ziggy. So problem solved and you can all go to sleep knowing a society of advocates have got your back.

Don't give them pepper spray.

The case of the $18,454 whiz

How well do you remember your Fast Times at Ridgemont High Jersey City? Remember when Brad Hamilton gets fired from All-American Burger and blames his buddy in the restroom by yelling "I hope you had a hell of a piss, Arnold!" Well Bayonne resident Kevin Denver took an $18,454 wee last Friday morning. Police were called in on a report of public urination at Broadway and 19th Street. They found Mr. Denver and checked for outstanding tickets and warrants (we hope he had zipped up by this time) and found he owed $18,454 from state Superior Court.

Hope you had a hell of a piss, Kevin.