Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Melting in the Dark

Yes, at the suggestion of Brian W., I'm making you contemplate this horrible song. I'm only about 1.3 miles away, but it is indeed raining right now and I don't have a cake to leave out. I'll never have that recipe again...

(EDIT: I forgot to mention the untruth of this other Brian W. suggestion:
It Never Rains in Southern California)

It is in fact pouring, and there's been lightning, which I think doesn't happen out here very often. This killed our afternoon plans to lounge in the outdoor pool. In fact, it appears I may be staring rain in the face the rest of the time out here. Yep, Sunny California...and the news just said there was a 3.4 earthquake near Manhattan Beach. Never felt it. I sort of would like to feel a mild one, just to know what it was like. Add that to my hurricane junkie status, and you might think I'm a disaster maven. I hereby swear that I want to experience none of the following:

House Fire
Stampede (human or animal)
Workplace Shooting
Industrial Accident
Nuclear/Biological/Chemical weapons
Direct Tornado hit (though seeing the funnel cloud might be cool)
Bank Robbery
Jeb Bush presidency

Didn't see much at APS today, though the talks from the Nagel Lab @ UC were good. The Grier Group reunion dinner is tonight, though we may be swimming there...I'll see if I can get pictures to post. I did write to Congress to encourage them to fund science. You should, too, so I will get to stay employed.

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