All CTA Tattler Entries in the Altered states Category

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05/14/08

Express buses and those unclear on the concept

04/23/08

El groping is common problem nationwide; "recidivist transit grinder" arrested in NYC

04/21/08

Happy First Anniversary to CTA Wedding Couple

02/27/08

Ban those annoying MP3-playing cell phones

02/15/08

Graffiti artists work over model CTA trains in exhibit

01/31/08

Try to take an empty seat? "Perverted; felonious; retarded!"

01/15/08

No Pants Day recap: "Everything can be more fun without pants"

12/10/07

Choice El reading materials

12/ 6/07

Too much of a hands-on experience

11/21/07

Why I am thankful this year

10/17/07

True Confessions: The behavior I try to hide on the CTA

10/14/07

Misplaced priorities: Prayer over transit dollars

09/25/07

Updates: Transit funding; more deep-cleaning details

09/18/07

El dressing

08/22/07

Here's why eating is prohibited on the CTA

08/21/07

Legs-spread-wide men raise ire of women passengers

08/ 8/07

Maggie stories: The humper and non-gay guy

08/ 6/07

A last wave - and then tears

07/17/07

Retracting the tracts

07/ 4/07

Memories of July 3 fireworks madness

06/21/07

Handing him his lunch

05/10/07

Sweet slumber interrupted

05/ 7/07

Drunk lady spews vulgarities

04/30/07

Who deserves the "priority seating" and what are the rules?

04/26/07

Puke-worthy bloody tale

04/12/07

Bag lady takes her good ol' time on bus

03/29/07

Life's little dramas

03/28/07

Scary schizo with steak knife

03/26/07

Battle of the stare-downs

03/ 9/07

The later-evening El crowd

03/ 5/07

Odd bus conversation on drugs, band members

02/23/07

Taking rowdy matters into your own hands

01/31/07

Beware of the DOTS from Japan

01/22/07

"Da Bears" echoes through train car

01/17/07

New ways to ignore your child

01/10/07

The homeless poet tangles with The Redhead

01/ 9/07

Turn that down please

12/12/06

Christmasy train sparks

11/27/06

The deliberate train surfer

11/ 1/06

Tricks, few treats on Halloween

10/30/06

Out the wankers with cell photos

10/12/06

Is it a Brown or Purple?

10/10/06

The black-shrouded lady

09/28/06

Pointed rants about God, the Irish and Hitler

09/27/06

The late-night school crowd

09/26/06

The crowded train crush

09/12/06

Don't you have headphones for that phone?

09/ 6/06

Does Tiger Woods take the Purple Line with his trophies?

08/21/06

Headline of the year: "Subway saw psycho"

08/10/06

Snore-ville Redenbacher

08/ 2/06

Seabiscuit shares Too Much Information

07/31/06

And the Geeked-Out Award goes to...

07/28/06

The universal subway etiquette guide

07/26/06

Some motormen make fun announcements

07/19/06

Doin' the Lean

07/ 6/06

What are you people THINKING?!?!

06/28/06

Like father like son

06/26/06

We know about wankers. What about gropers?

06/25/06

A letter to CTA brass about wankers

06/22/06

Let's stop the CTA Wanker

06/21/06

From the CTA Lost-n-Found: Streisand album

06/20/06

Sing it Alice: "School's out for summer..."

06/19/06

Shell Game rears its ugly head

06/16/06

Great insights and Tattler tales from fellow readers

06/15/06

Harrison crazies: Protect your wives!

06/13/06

Mom grooms son, harvests love

06/ 9/06

Restful repose for CTA riders captured

06/ 7/06

Let Julie your Cruise Director show you to your seat

06/ 6/06

A first for PDA voyeurs

06/ 1/06

Blue Line train transformed into art gallery

05/30/06

A real thumb-sucker

05/26/06

Nude woman on the Jackson platform

05/25/06

Riding the El with Frank

05/24/06

Page 1 news: The CTA is dirty!

05/23/06

The irate mutterer

05/22/06

Motorman plays to the Sox-Cubs rivalry

05/18/06

The fear of riding backwards

05/17/06

More tales from the "Crazies" front

05/15/06

Polite motorman makes for pleasant CTA ride

05/11/06

Nonsenical blathering, like clockwork

05/10/06

Nude man on the Sheridan platform

05/ 9/06

Horrible smell from Hobo Corner deposit merits varied reactions

05/ 7/06

All aboard the CTA Fashion Train

05/ 4/06

It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'

05/ 2/06

Lost in their iPod world

04/25/06

A surprising reply for the phone beggar

04/24/06

The "let-me-use-your-phone" rant

04/18/06

"I heard a loud *thump*" ...

04/11/06

"Doorkers" called-out on DC Metro

04/ 3/06

Unearthing the guy underneath all those paper hats

03/28/06

Shutting down the Shell Game

03/24/06

Talk about making yourself at home!

03/23/06

Confronting the rude seat hog

03/21/06

Getting the cold shoulder

03/17/06

Top o' the mornin' to ya

03/15/06

Delayed police action confuses riders

03/13/06

Take my lunch, please

03/ 7/06

Just pick up the $20 mister

02/27/06

Really stinking up the Hobo Corner

02/24/06

More fun at the old ball yard

02/21/06

Blind date impressions - he's no Valentine

02/14/06

Apologies for that smell

02/10/06

Do your grooming at home, please

02/ 1/06

Equal opportunity scariness

01/30/06

Subtle hints of couplehood

01/26/06

Hitting the snooze button too often

01/25/06

Clean with a Capital C!

01/24/06

Masked bandit?

01/19/06

Family affairs

01/18/06

Those naughty train announcers

01/17/06

Share your romantic CTA tales

01/16/06

Passenger gets nude in Sunday Red Line ruckus

01/16/06

A moment of understanding

01/13/06

The opposite of the Princess and the Pea

01/12/06

"Beautiful People Take the Red Line"

01/11/06

Cheap haircuts on the CTA

01/10/06

Picky seat choosers

01/ 9/06

Flowering dreams of summer

12/27/05

Please don't wrestle with the bus driver

12/22/05

Happy Holidays and Happy CTA Trails from the Tattler

12/20/05

Cops don't let sleeping guys lie

12/ 8/05

Hair twisting and public health

12/ 7/05

Lookin' good at 60

12/ 1/05

Life imitates art imitates life

11/29/05

Wankers, beware of Mimi

11/23/05

Caressing the feather duster

11/22/05

Sleepus interruptus for mint sucker

11/17/05

Urban earwax art

11/16/05

Whoopi G. must avoid the Cottage Grove bus

11/15/05

First vibrators, now S&M performance art?