[PRCo] Re: Thanksgiving Weekend Hobby Show

[Derrick Brashear]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Joshua Dunfield
<joshua.dunfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/18 Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>:
>> Just a comment that "Black Friday" is a Pittsburghism.  People in the
>> Midwest draw a blank stare if you say, "Black Friday".
>>
>> Bob 11/18/09
>
> Really?  A Google News search turns up stories from (at minimum) New
> York, Missouri, Kansas and Oregon.
>
> Now, there is a much more obscure usage that's a Pittsburghism: it
> originated in the CMU computer science department, meaning "grad
> student performance evaluation meeting".

Indeed, I used to see regular Zephyr commentary about it in that
context, but you and I are presumably the only ones here with that
context.

That day, though, I'll be having breakfast in Robinson, and finishing
the night with a production in the Cultural District. What happens in
between is still in the air.

-- 
Derrick