at one station I read a report that the only escalator that worked and didn't have chunks taken out for repair was going up

Sounds like Federal Center half the time. The only working escalator to the platform goes up. Which doesn't work in the evenings, when 90+% of the traffice is heading down.

I think it was Wheaton. And the problem was that they had removed pieces of the non-working escalators so that it wasn't possible to use them as stairs.

If there's only one escalator working, Metro's supposed to have it going up ... which is possibly the only time I've seen this actually done.

Om reflection, I may be giving up on Criminal Minds; the new one ... it just isn't grabbing me. I'm not feeling any kind of ... well, anything ... from the characters. They don't strike me as being particularly intelligent or good at their jobs (except Garafolo). I can't work up much emotional investment in the investigators, the victims, their families, or the criminals. And I really need to get to sleep earlier .... The extra Garcia is nice (and WHAT did she have in her hair?), but if I get an hour of her working with people she has an actual connection with, I can do without it.

The original series, those people were smart, and not just Reid. Much as I disliked Mandy Patinkin, I wanted to see the stories and the other characters. But I may give up on them as well - I'm not liking the way it's trending. (yes, I know - blasphemy!)

I am torn about it. I think I'll put it on the tivo, and watch it if I feel like it. I think that the only reason I'm thinking about it is the Original Recipe has been sucking so much lately.

You're not alone. I'm giving it another couple of eps, see if it starts to get less weak-sauce, but then I'm gone. My wife's already dropped it; she's got much less patience than I do.

I watched The Mentalist tonight - and aside from the observation that I could be quite content listening to Simon Baker reading the phone book, the thing that strikes me is that Malcolm McDowell must get tired of playing creepy-ass sociopaths.

The Bones ep where Booth proposes has now been shown in Australia. Booth was... a bit of a jerk at the end of that ep, wasn't he?

and what a waste of a lovely ring. i hate futile gestures like that.

and what a waste of a lovely ring. i hate futile gestures like that.

Yes! What sort of a salary is he on, that he can afford to do that?

I am torn about it. I think I'll put it on the tivo, and watch it if I feel like it.

I'm kind of there, too-- I sensed a definite shift in last night's ep. Cooper wasn't mumbling as much and they showed them actually interacting with the local authorities and utilizing their facilities rather than setting up in some abandoned crack house.

Plus next week's ep looks as if it might focus on a character other than Cooper, so perhaps there's hope. (Yes, I'm being Pollyannaish, probably because of the Original Recipe suckitude.)