NBC Just can't get a break!

NBC's Black History Month Lunch: Fried Chicken, Collard Greens

• Feb 4, 2010 07:16 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

NBC, Black History Month cafeteria menu 

NBC apologized for and removed a sign in a network cafeteria listing a special Black History Month menu that included fried chicken, collard greens and jalapeno cornbread.

The sign, posted at network headquarters in New York, was photographed and tweeted by Questlove — the drummer for Jimmy Fallon's house band, the Roots, on Late Night — with an accompanying tweet saying, "Hmm HR?"

It looks like NBC wasn't pleased with the attention brought on by Questlove's Twitpic. The drummer later followed with, "I think I need a twitter break. I done started something. and now I must put out fire."
NBC officially declined to comment, but Kevin Goldman, NBC's vice president of communications, tweeted: "The sign in the NBCU cafeteria has been removed. We apologize for anyone who was offended by it."

Before the big storm

My apartment parking lot at 7:30 am

Pretty

Breaking news from the Washington Post

Just the first step to closing the office. 

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News Alert: Federal government to operate under 

unscheduled leave Friday
01:47 PM EST Thursday, February 4, 2010
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The Office of Personnel Management announced 

Thursday afternoon that federal employees may 

take unscheduled leave Friday, given the 

forecast of heavy snow around the Washington 

region. This allows those workers not designated 

as "emergency employees" to take annual leave 

or leave without pay without the prior approval 

of their supervisors.

It's coming

Yep, the storm is heading this way.  It should start snowing tomorrow morning and continue all the way through Sunday morning.  Lots of speculation on how much and when will the office close.  Will we have an early dismissal tomorrow or no work at all.  How about Monday?

It is sorta sucky too because I have my office's 7th Annual Chili cookoff tomorrow and my office parties are great.  Then, I'm thinking of a happy hour at the local watering hole that will likely be closed during Snowaplooza 2010v3.  Let's not even get started on my Sunday plans.  I have plans, which is remarkable.

But no worries on the food front (though I could stand to lose 4-200 lbs.) as I went to the store last night.  I also have parked my car in a stragetic spot and have 3 rolls of toilet paper and 3 boxes of kleenex. 

Amazing how 6 inches of snow makes everything look better

Pretty snowy trees this morning!

Snowy night at 10 pm.

Is it really necessary?

Today on the CNN ticker, I saw that someone invented a talking sex robot for the price of $7000.  Really? Is this really necessary? 
1. I'm pretending I'm a guy: Dude, why does it need to talk?  I usually just want to her to keep her mouth shut...or something like that.
2. According to COPS/Craigslist/HBO, you can get sex for like $10 -100 dollars depending on the depravity you desire.
3.  AND based on the spam emails I receive there is no need to spend $7000 for a robot.

That is all for now.

It's Snowing Again!

Yep, I'm not joshing.  It's snowing again in DC.  Snowaplooza 2010.2  It will be interesting to see what will be open tomorrow or what won't be.  Regardless, I will be going to work as I can walk in.