I've found that google has been slow for me across everything I do. All sites that I see google ads on are sometimes slow. Gmail has been really spotty. Checking stats (I use google analytics) has also been spotty.
I would say that the best thing you can do is temporarily disable javascript (in your browser's settings) until google gets their stuff back together.
thanks for the input. i tried disabling java on 2 different pc's w/ 2 different ie versions...and couldn't even get a "reply" page yesterday. this morning, with minimum traffic, all seems normal.
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I think the problem sorted itself out. However, Java is different than Javascript. For future info, make sure that it is Javascript that is disabled if it happens again.