too effing hot

oh yeah who just installed a/c?!?! ME!!!!!

omg necessary evil = laundry room
recovering

frozen green grapes - yes!
i have only frozen berries. but these are good too.

xpost yaay tehresa!
i should just go and get an a/c tomorrow. it's the installation i really am not looking forward to. mainly b/c air conditioners are sharp on the back! silly

um yeah i have a small window unit in my wall hole so i had to cover up a bunch of extra space w/ duct tape which looks plain silly but guess what? i don't care!!!!

ned! when do you plan to be around? omg theresa congratulations

ned is here at the end of the month! we are planning a thing on the 28th.

thanks :) i feel so happy right now.

I'm gonna be on LI that w/e! Maybe I should try to figure out a way to come into the City for an evening.

make it the 28th because i am leaving for maui the next morning!!

i'm going to be on long island that weekend too!! my girlfriend's wedding is on the 27th, but actually i should be back here by the 28th. def keep me in the loop ;)

So South Florida is actually one of the cooler parts of the country for a change, eh?

I spent most of Sunday by the pool reading Sean Willentz and marveling at the wonders of central a/c.

x-post - Ha! I'm gonna laugh if we run into each other in Penn. It seems unlikely but I run into people randomly all the time.

Yeah, keep me posted too. Also - Maui! So jealous.

wir haben ein facebook page for the event. enbb, i invited you!
surm, are you on fb?

i am! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=533796257

added you - add me back and i will send you raggettime invite!

i suppose we will need a thread for this at some point for those not on fb.

done!

i know EN it would be too perfect =)

laguardia airport at 11:51pm: 92°F (33°C)

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that is NYC (and public transport from La Guardia)

are you serious? you took the train/bus from laguardia?? i did that once when i was 18 and carrying about 200 beanie babies in a variety of suitcases. never again.

you know a taxi to manhattan from there isnt that expensive...

I took the bus and train to Manhattan from LG last time I was there. I have two co-workers who go all the time and they do the same. But then I'm pretty sure that none of us were hauling around any significant quantities of plush animals.

I did bus / train from La Guardia yesterday at about 2pm, with only carry on luggage. I did it because it would be an experience.

I am now experienced, and 20 pounds lighter due to the experience!

There's a fixed taxi fare from JFK to manhattan of like $45. I can't imagine La Guardia is that different. Not expensive, but not cheap.

It's a crime that no trains go to either airport. In Chicago we're building a direct express train to both airports. Not bragging or anything.... :)

Newark is probably the easiest of the airports to get to, and its not even in NYC! Just hop on a NJT train from Penn Station, and 15 minutes later you're off to your gate. LaGuardia is the friggin worst with the subway/bus mix.

The EWR disney ride monorail from the station to the airport is a joke, way slower than it needs to be. Ride out from Penn is easily the nicest though.

these are good for manhattan (freaking expensive for brooklyn or queens unless there is a lot of you)

http://www.goairportshuttle.com/

yeah the shuttles are pretty cheap, but be prepared to be driving around for a loooooong time.

I was staying at a hostel at West....113th? I had to get out to Newark and, Christ, that was a long trip. MTA to 33rd to PATH to airport train, then I missed my flight after 2 hours of travel. Maybe I did something wrong, but man, that sucked.

i once got screamed off the laguardia bus and forced to get off at the wrong terminal. seriously half the bus was screaming at me. or at least the driver and one really, really loud woman. never again.

I was staying at a hostel at West....113th? I had to get out to Newark and, Christ, that was a long trip. MTA to 33rd to PATH to airport train, then I missed my flight after 2 hours of travel. Maybe I did something wrong, but man, that sucked.

-- Jesse, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:49 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Would have been quicker and easier to go to Penn station and get the NJT, a bit more expensive though (like 5 bucks)

woaaaaah, you actually took the PATH to Newark? Just take NJT it's literally 10-15 minutes.

Live and learn.

You know what really sucks? Flying out of Dulles. Never again!

xp- wait...I think I took PATH to NJT. Yes, that's it? I think I got on the NJT in NJ somewhere.

bell labs, why were they screaming at you?

you put a major kink in your route.

I love the ride out on the PATH or the NJT over the marshes of NJ.

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just in case the last 200 posts don't include this:

NEW YORKERS, FILL YOUR BATHTUBS WITH WATER

http://disasterreadynyc.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-best-blackout-advice.html

unless something's changed, taxis from lga aren't a fixed rate. i think i usually paid about $30 incl tip to go from there into the city.

(and our budget local car service, which often sends unlicensed dudes in busted minivans, only charges $18.)

I just won't pay $35+ to sit in traffic.

omg disasterreadynyc blog
feel bad that i want this, i mean, yknow for end times

i was yelled at because i went up to the front of the bus to ask the driver what terminal we were at, because they didn't announce it AND it didn't say which one on my ticket. but he insisted it was my terminal and i needed to get off now and then some other lady got pissed at me being in the way and every one started yelling.

I've wanted one of those for forever, rrrobyn.

It's a crime that no trains go to either airport.

either airport? trains go to JFK and EWR. LGA, the smallest of the 3, has no train, but the cab ride is pretty short and the cost to Manhattan (~$25 to 96th St) is about the same as traveling 1/2 the length of the island. there's a bus for people who don't want to pay for a cab or have a lot of time.

i feel like the silver one should say "iRifle'
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re blog, anyone who's THAT worried about disaster needs to leave NYC. beats sitting up all night on the edge of the bed w/ your "go bag."

Trains go to JFK? They didn't (that I was aware of) when I went in 2002.

Holy crap. That can't be a new line! I guess I was just completely retarded when I went before.

they did, even then, you had to get a bus to Howard beach, now there is a people mover to howard beach for the A and to jamaica centre for the LIRR, E, J and Z

I don't understand, but I was wrong wrong wrong. So very wrong.

I don't think it's a big deal to have a few things that make life better in case of power outages...where I grew up we filled the bath during lighting storms and blizzards, in case power went out and we had to gravity flush the toilet. Plus we always had a supply of candles and some camping gear that came in handy (like the Coleman stove). Hmm paranoia vs preparedness.

powercut in summer = barbecuing the contents of the slowly defrosting freezer