Someone built an IGLOO (or a cave, really) about 3 doors down.
Still the best Christmas present ever (after the 100 subway tokens my Dad gave me the first year I lived in NYC).
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Feb 10, 2010 2:16:50 pm PST #7776 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2010 2:17:39 pm PST #7777 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NYC has snow melting machines.
Amy - Feb 10, 2010 2:18:10 pm PST #7778 of 30001
Because books.
Cash, I think some of it goes into the rivers, iirc. Or what Tom said!
Someone built an IGLOO (or a cave, really) about 3 doors down.
Ben builds an igloo every year! Just big enough for him to sit in, but still. Very cool.
Cashmere - Feb 10, 2010 2:18:38 pm PST #7779 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I had no idea a snow melting machine existed. Neato.
Hil R. - Feb 10, 2010 2:24:45 pm PST #7780 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Note to self: when cooking something that is supposed to solidify as it cools, wash out the pan while it's still warm.
I just tried a little bit of the chickpea tofu. It tastes kind of eggy, which I was not expecting.
lisah - Feb 10, 2010 2:39:38 pm PST #7781 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
wants a snow melting machine
Baltimore got a special environmental dispensation to dump snow in the harbor.
Jesse - Feb 10, 2010 2:42:27 pm PST #7782 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like it just doesn't stay cold that long in NYC, usually, as well. Most of the time I lived there, it was slush, not snow, we were actually dealing with.
Jessica - Feb 10, 2010 2:55:33 pm PST #7783 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
To be fair, a lot of NYC's snow also just winds up in big piles on the sidewalk corners. Anything that falls on a street in Manhattan melts pretty quickly because of the subways running underneath 24/7 (keeping things warm), but sidewalk slush can stick around for a while.
javachik - Feb 10, 2010 2:56:54 pm PST #7784 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Lisa and Bob: I am so sorry to hear this news. How terrifying. You guys have tons of peeps rooting for you.
Trudy Booth - Feb 10, 2010 3:01:13 pm PST #7785 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
To - well, I hate to say defend, but - I would assume that Snowmageddon '10 is the kind of circumstance where she is not in fact charging her patients, regardless of any 24 hour policy (that I am dead certain she has). But your contract with, and obligation to, your therapist is quite different than to your nanny.
And its SO much harder to re-schedule an eight hour shift with a baby. ::rolls eyes::
The only thing I can see not paying the Nanny if you cancel on her at the very last minute (regardless of reason unless you have some days like that built into your agreement) is some sort of travel allowance.
I had no idea a snow melting machine existed. Neato.
iirc, we were inventers or early adopters of snow melting machines.