columbus circle as you d normally see at this hour. i don t know whether it s smart enough to look out their high-rise windows and say forget about it. also i heard as i was walking over the subway grates. one of those wonderful announcements. to me, i actually could decipher it and it was the trains are really running slowly. so everybody obviously knows what the deal is in new york city. so i usually bring my president s ruler out. there s not a whole lot of point because i m in a plowed area. i did dip over there and i was up to milliard fillmore. we re expecting 15 inches in new york city. here s what i don t get, carol. why are the kids going to school? they didn t cancel school today. i am like my kids are canceled up in connecticut. we re expecting a lot of snow up there, too. and i will tell you this. you know new york city. you lived here. and you know it s not normal for some stranger to walk up to you and say, hi. can i give you a free cup of hot