I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but if anyone here got a random Facebook friend request last week from some weird person? That was probably me.

I'm not entirely sure how Facebook works, so I thought I'd try it out on some of you guys before I poke at people I used to know in high school.

I can't wait to see Joe! Unfortunately that won't be until Friday.

Damned travel schedule.

Looks like there's a chance I'll be back out here to program another show for these guys in November.

I can't wait to see Joe! Unfortunately that won't be until Friday.

I had no idea you'd be gone til then!

Yeah, I've got minions and minions for my minions that are running things for the first few days of the installation. My schedule is just crazy right now.

Yay for minions!

Heh. Well, by now they can look and see you've got other B.org friends, shrift, so it may help. On the other hand, I got a friend request from someone who'd gone to my college who I have NO memory of. I wrote her and was like "Do I know you?" and she's all "Oh, your name sounds familiar, did you work on [show with the theater group I was involved in]?" And I'm thinking "If I don't know you, and you only vaguely remember me, why would I be your friend, exactly?"

cab on fire at Rockefeller Center

Dude! Crazy!

Do any of the reports say what caused it? Or if anyone was in it at the time?

[edit: According to a commenter on Gothamist:

Here's the story without the dramatics: flames started coming out from under the hood. The cabbie got out of the cab & wasn't hurt. The cab never exploded (apparently, the gas tank wasn't full), but it did burn until it was a hunk of metal, plastic & glass. They just took it away on a forklift (picture from my office window here). I walked right past the whole thing at around 1:30 & didn't notice much of a smell at all. Now, it's 2:45 and the street is cleaned up & open to traffic.]

I think my favorite thing about the pictures is the people walking by casually in the background. Okay, I get it, I'm a jaded New Yorker too, but I think even I would turn my head and look if there was something ON FIRE across the street!]

I'm working on facebook stuff, too, shrift. And randomly trying to connect posting names with real names or facebook names. I found one guy from my high school class and college that I should really send a message to.

I'm in a foul mood today. Stressed and tired and cranky. The kids are not really cooperating with anything I try to get done and I'm just giving up on accomplishing anything until this evening when the coparent arrives to relieve me.

And I can't stop stress eating rice krispy treats.

Looking at the pictures of this cab on fire at Rockefeller Center should wake you up -- holy shit, it's crazy. [link]

Looks like Jack Donaghy's producing another misguided live special!

Also, yeah, crazy!

On the other hand, I got a friend request from someone who'd gone to my college who I have NO memory of.

Yeah, I took a quick spin around last week, and there are a bunch of guys I vaguely recognize from my nerdcore high school, but I can remember having, like, conversations with only one of them.

I'm working on facebook stuff, too, shrift.

I decided that, since I'm living in Chicago now and somewhat insulated from the small town gossip, I would try to be less invisible as Real Name me online. It's kind of terrifying, though.