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