I think it depends on when you take the 4/5 but I know what Tom's saying-- sometimes it's like a carnival in comparison to trains that serve a narrower slice of the city.

I'll let him come over and watch Supernatural with me. He'll like it. It has demons.

Some Japanese pitchers have been throwing a new pitch, called the Gyroball, where the ball spins sideways like a football. The pitch is flatter and straighter than what the batters expect.

I'm sure that downloading and watching TV on your computer is okay if you use Ubuntu Christian Edition.

Bad news for believeristas -- according to this morning's edition of Crazy Screaming Preacher On The 4 Train, you cannot be a Christian if you own a television.

Did he say what other options are open to us? I'm really not cut out to be an atheist. I don't have that much faith.

The Green Line El from Oak Park/River Forest was always good for a few religious guys preaching to zombie-fied morning commuters. The Blue Line, for some reason, NSM.

I've only ever seen one guy doing the preaching thing on a Red Line train. And nothing at all like that on Metra. Pro'lly because Metra costs more and goes way out into the suburbs.

I think it depends on when you take the 4/5 but I know what Tom's saying-- sometimes it's like a carnival in comparison to trains that serve a narrower slice of the city.

Definitely -- I only take it during rush hour, and only from midtown to Wall Street! We don't have room for any kind of bullshit. We've got people with money to make! And then there's me.

I work around the corner from GCT, so the 4/5 train is my friend. My annoying and unreliable friend who I don't really like but continue to hang out with anyway because avoiding them would just take too much effort.

Did he say what other options are open to us?

Um...I went with "turning my iPod up a little louder so I wouldn't have to listen to him any more." I think Jesus is okay with iPods.

Rats Run Wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y.

NEW YORK — A dozen rats were caught on video scurrying around the floor of a New York City KFC/Taco Bell restaurant early Friday, running between counters and tables and climbing on children's high chairs.

News crews flocked to the windows of the Greenwich Village neighborhood restaurant, which hadn't opened for the day. By midmorning, the footage was all over the Internet and television news shows, with onlookers giving a play-by-play from the sidewalk as the rodents moved about.

"He's coming for his close-up," one bystander said as a rat came near the window.

Employees came to work, but no customers were allowed in as health inspectors arrived.

"This is completely unacceptable and is an absolute violation of our high standards," KFC and Taco Bell said in a statement. "This restaurant has been closed and we are addressing the issue with the franchise owner. We will not allow this store to reopen until is it completely resanitized and given a clean bill of health."

The chains said construction in the basement on Thursday "temporarily escalated the situation."