There were a couple LaRouchies handing out fliers outside South Station this morning. They were announcing that the Fed cares more about European banks than they do about American citizens and thus is hyperinflating the dollar. One of them did get my attention, however, when he asked, "Sir, are you going to let Bernanke stimulate your package?"

Did anyone else see (or hear) the thundersnow this morning? At about 6:50 this morning I was driving past the Faulkner Hospital and the whole sky lit up, and a second later came the boom. We got a second round a few minutes later by Jamaica Pond.

On the 5:40 Franklin Line train last night passengers got to listen to this odd little exchange over the intercom:

Man: Hello, Mo.

(minute passes)

Man: Helloooo, Mo.

Woman: Hello.

Man: Got a flashlight?

Nothing after that, so we were only left to wonder why the man needed a flashlight so badly, and if Mo had one or not.

I wrote this letter to the governor just a moment ago and I thought I would share it with all of you in my moment of frustration.

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Dear Governor Patrick,

My neighbor just rang my doorbell begging for candy. I looked across the street and asked his mother why the light was out at their house. She tells me her husband is stuck at South Station and can't get home to dish out their own sugary goodness. The Greenbush line has taken cars away from the Franklin Line and that last train was so full that he couldn't even get on. On Halloween the T is as scary as ever.

Did anyone else see the helicopter flying over the Charles around 1:00 this afternoon? I was driving down Memorial Drive from the Harvard Bridge towards Harvard Square when I saw a low flying helicopter come over from the Kenmore Sq area and then over the Charles. It got real low and I think it landed a few hundred yards in Cambridge. I couldn't see exactly where.

I don't take the commuter rail in town every day, but when I do I've seen the same woman hawking the Metro at South Station for years. About this time last year I even saw her talking to candidate Chris Gabrieli on the platform one morning. Usually I saw her in the mornings on my way in. Tonight I saw her handing out free copies of the Herald on my way home at 5:10. Has the Herald stolen some of the competition's best talent?

In 2004, when I was downtown every day, there was a guy handing out copies of the Metro in front of South Station every night. He did more than just hand them out, however. He would sing and dance and wish everyone a nice night. I never read that rag, but I once wrote to the editor of the Metro to compliment them on such a great hawker. I miss that guy.