MTArrrrrrggggghhh

It's 7:35 on a chilly Tuesday morning, and the city's lookin' like a ghost town (with apologies to Garth Brooks).

As of 3 am, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's workers went on strike - effectively crippling Manhattan's public transportation system and creating the kind of early-morning havoc we haven't seen since the early 80's (not counting, of course, a certain September morn a few years back).

I'm a general supporter of unions. Despite their omnipresence and their power, they continue to be necessary. But this strike seems ill-advised, given that the MTA's higher-up's acquiesced to all but one of the workers's demands.

If you're out there in Manhattan, you have my sympathies. The next days are going to be a bitch. If you're outside of Manhattan, count yourself lucky not to be dependant on an elaborate public transportation system.