May 13th, 2011
Okay, it was a bad day at work and I’ve got a fucking headache and don’t really feel like going anywhere. That’s the beauty of MAD versus last year’s 365 blog, this year I don’t have to do anything if I don’t want to. But I still vow to have a new post for all of you who follow the MAD blog, because I appreciate you taking the time to check in everyday. And so tonight will be a return trip to my old friend that I visit when I don’t feel like venturing out too far—Penn Station.
Okay, here we are at the by now familiar Penn Station. Many a night has started here.
A calm escalator. Thank God for that, I've got an aching head from work and jangled nerves.
And speaking of jangled nerves and an aching head, I know right where I'm going tonight...
Papaya Dog! Even though they were rated number two in the Papaya Wars, they've got...
BEER!
And here's my spot in the Papaya Dog. I love it in here, a nice oasis away from the madness of the world. And the beer's are huge in here!
Gumby's all settled in...
The view from where I'm perched.
The hot dog is gone and now it's time for...napkin art!
My body of work and my third beer. The headache is gone, time to go home and pass the fuck out.
An empty escalator signals the way into the night. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
Penn Station
7th & 8th Ave. Between 31st & 33rd St.
212-630-6401
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When your napkins are hanging in a gallery; we'll all say that we knew you when.
Thanks for the surprise link. HOT DAMN ... I'm gonna' be a gazillionaire!
Some really good drawings there, the "blockhead" is my favorite and reminds me so much of Chris Cooper in American Beauty, the ex marine tough guy that made a pass at Kevin Spacey.
I have to go to that Papaya ........ where is it in Penn Station ? ... I never see it when I get off NJ Transit :(
@roadsidewonders: Don't forget to share the wealth when you make your gazillions! Remember who steered you there!
@Al: Ha! He did look like the guy from American Beauty! Nice observation!
@GENE: Yeah, it's in Penn Station, the basement floor. Best place in Penn Station to drink! A 32 ounce beer is $4.50!
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Holy Fuck!
Is it just me, or is that escalator particularly shiny today?
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@csp: All I like about it is the paycheck, nothing has changed.
@Harry: Holy shitballs! For once I'm speechless! Although I have to tell you, I called 1-900-ASK-HARRY and got a busy signal! I'm on the phone now to the Better Business Bureau, I'm talking to a man who sounds suspiciously like Don LePre!
@Biff: It's just you. I think someone put acid in your diet Coke.
@Colin: Quit hogging the phone lines!
Silly rabbit, I don't drink Diet Coke!
I can't top that Harry comment. I have to run and call 1-900-HARRY now, I need help with my acting chops ASAP! LOL!
@Biff: You're so high, you don't know what you're drinking! Let your freak flag fly!
@Barfly: I bet you get a busy signal! Colin's hogging the phone lines!
Harry, my acting question consists of just two words: Boobs? Hello, hello?
Marty, your posts just seem to be at their best when you're hung over and pissed...@Harry...loved your litttle valedictorian there....as for the pass-out pictures...I wish I still had my pictures of what we did to guys in my army unit when they passed out, absolute classics...and as for that Verizon add...I feel the same way every time I....well that's too much information for you all. Yeah, I know...shut up and catch yourself another drink, bonehead.
@Colin: Stop hogging the phone lines, and no: it’s not that kind of 900 number. Sheesch!
Also: I may have taught you: everything you know, BUT, not everything I know.
@Marty: Operators are standing by…
@Barfly: You got the
dime19.95 per minute (off-peak): I got the time@csp: Too funny!
$4.95 for a 32 oz'r?? That's great! Nathan's in Coney Island has 44 oz beers for 5 or 6 bucks if I remember correctly...I had a few of them last time I went so my memory isn't so good!
@Jaws: Then tonight's should be a fucking doozy, work still sucks, I'm pissed and hungover!
@Harry: They won't accept my collect call! Cheap bastards!
@Spike: Yeah, check it out next time you're in Penn Station! A good place to drink and it's good for people watching. And you're right about Nathan's in Coney Island, I need to get out there soon!
On The surprise link , what did she say ? All I was doing was looking at her Tits & wishing they would just pop the fuck out of her blouse .
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As for Me ..............................................
Oh The Monster Looks Like Jerry Garcia .
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another great visit to penn station...wish i could go somewhere so connected/ yet so disconnected....well hell i guess after three of those beers no matter where i was i would be there...
“I only drink to steady my nerves. Sometimes I'm so steady I don't move for months.”
~ W. C. Field
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@GENE: Well, looks like I'll be calling in sick to work that day! Maybe you should come a little early?
@rr: we'll have to hang out in there someday! And I always love a good W.C. Fields quote and that is a good one!
MAD...sounds great but a little too bright...maybe one of those dark places you've visited or you frequent....
“Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!”
~ Charles Dickens
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@rr: When we finally meet you can call the place! I look forward to it! To Charles Dickens!
it's worth.
@best Refills: Mary Worth?
o_0...... That's not passed out. that's just..... derp......
We were leaving White Castle on Lake Street after some clubbing and the guy sitting alone at a table had just polished off his slider and chips and was writing a poem in the paper plate. Move when the inspiration strikes you, huh?.......
@lzzrdgrrl: Exactly, strike when the iron is hot!
Damn - missed this yesterday, as I rushed home from work, then out again almost immediately, then from dinner, to a band, & then to THE CHILLMASTER (I feel so proud)! Marty, these are great drawings ... I think you ought to get a book together or something - the combination of writing & illustrations is terrific. Another excellent post - thanks!
@onemorefoldedsunset: Thanks, some day maybe I will compile a book of some of this stuff, but today I just have to get through work! On a Sunday, eccch!