@*!&%

There was a fire at One Broadway this morning, the building where MIT OCW headquarters moved to this summer. To my knowledge, everyone from OCW is okay, but one person went to the ER. The building is expected to be closed for a week.

This is freaking me out a little, because I feel like if I was still working there and had been in the building at the time, we would have heard the fire alarms, initially blew them off, and delayed exiting the building. (It's an MIT building—when does anyone exit promptly when they hear the fire alarm...?)

I found out about all this because my (current) boss had sent me a message around lunchtime saying that the Red Line was shut down between Park and Central because of a fire in a building in Kendall. I don't like it when crazy stuff happens in my stomping grounds... :(

In lighter news, I drove past the display below on my way home. I feel like it may have been more appropriate five or six months ago...

Also, Meryl and I went to The Cheesecake Factory with DaveH and Genius last night. I think the avocado eggrolls may be one of my favorite foods ever. I ate my leftovers (chicken madeira and shrimp scampi combo with mashed potatoes, and a slice of chocolate coconut cheesecake) for breakfast at work this morning. My boss claimed it was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen, and I'm pretty sure another co-worker was hovering over me at one point wondering WTF I was doing. I don't care. Food is good. :)