Slippery When Wet

What was it about last night's rainfall in the Boston area that made footing so unusually treacherous? I nearly fell on a number of occasions. Was there some unusual chemical compound coming down with the rain, that was extra-slippy? Or was it because of the way the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark? I didn't observe any actual *ice*, mind you -- just patches of wet sidewalk that were unexpectedly slippery. Or is the answer more obscure than either of those?

Slippery When Wet

What was it about last night's rainfall in the Boston area that made footing so unusually treacherous? I nearly fell on a number of occasions. Was there some unusual chemical compound coming down with the rain, that was extra-slippy? Or was it because of the way the temperature was hovering right around the freezing mark? I didn't observe any actual *ice*, mind you -- just patches of wet sidewalk that were unexpectedly slippery. Or is the answer more obscure than either of those?

Warcraft stuff

It's after Christmas, so the queues are back. In prime time, it can take from10-20 minutes to get onto a server. All the new people who got WoW for Christmas logging on at once, and all that. It's really just as well that the expansion isn't out yet -- that's going to cause another big surge in the number of people trying to play at once...

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Warcraft stuff

It's after Christmas, so the queues are back. In prime time, it can take from10-20 minutes to get onto a server. All the new people who got WoW for Christmas logging on at once, and all that. It's really just as well that the expansion isn't out yet -- that's going to cause another big surge in the number of people trying to play at once...

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