Rain Numbers - 2 March 2011

1.19", for today
1.25", for the storm
1.24", for the month
38.60", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 1 March 2011

.05", for today
.06", for the storm
.05", for the month
37.41", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 28 February 2011

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
10.81", for the month
37.36", for the (rain) year

Phil Collins Farewell Tour - Drums and “Take Me Home”

Rain Numbers - 26 February 2011

.04", for today
3.38", for the storm
10.80", for the month
37.35", for the (rain) year

(plus all the snizzling, early this morning…)

Yes, It’s About Food and Drink…

…but put down the food and drink; you’ll thank me!

The Brave Lass: Friday Frivolity: Laws Concerning Food and Drink

Rain Numbers - 25 February 2011

2.42", for today
3.34", for the storm
10.76", for the month
37.31", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 24 February 2011

.92", for today
.92", for the storm
8.34", for the month
34.89", for the (rain) year

God’s Ring Fingers, This Book Is Great!

24th DAY OF FEBRUARY, Feast of Saint Matthias, who preached to cannibals

Dennis called on Sunday, and let us know, among other things, that we should be expecting an agent from Los Gatos and her clients on Tuesday, between noon and 1:00p; since Dennis wasn’t feeling at all well, I was nominated to fill in…

Come Tuesday noon, the house was spiffed, Her Majesty en crate, and the vehicles outside the fence. What’s a girl to do? Grab a book, of course. On the side table in the living room was Seumas MacManus’ The Story of the Irish Race. I picked up where I’d left off, and pretty soon got lost in all the place names. Hoping against hope, I checked in the library, but no world atlas. OTOH, up one shelf and to the left from where the map sorts of books live are the (generally) Irish/Ireland books, and stuck in there was a little gem (besides that it’s a Newbery Honor Book).

I pulled Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman, off the shelf, because it didn’t look familiar, but definitely sounded interesting. Boy, was I ever right this time!!

Catherine, the daughter of a minor knight and his lady wife, is in her thirteenth year, in the year of Our Lord 1290, in England. The book begins thusly:

12th DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I am commanded to write an account of my days: I am bit by fleas and plagued by family. That is all there is to say.

Once I picked myself off the floor and carried on, there was quite a bit more hysterics following. I got quite a bit into the book, as our house viewers didn’t arrive until 1:30 or so, and discovered there was quite a bit more to Birdy’s life than silliness: when she finally gets to witness a hanging in a village, whether her curses actually work, dealing with her mother’s miscarriage, the wedding of the abomination (her brother, Robert)…

As soon as my Dennis impersonation duties were completed, back to Birdy I went, and finished up this evening. Oh my, well worth the effort! And I do wonder how she made out once she left home.

I can only hope that Saint Matthias had a fork with him…

Once Upon a Time, There Were 10… *

Docking pastry came up on the FOODWINE list this morning. What?? you might ask? That’s what I said. One of the nice gentlemen replied with this (Thanks, Stuart!):

A French guy, a British guy, and a New Yorker are walking through a jungle when, all of a sudden, cannibals appear and take them prisoner.

They are carried to the village and put before the chieftain. He says that they are all going to be skinned and their skins used to make canoes. He also tells them that they will have one last wish.

The French guy goes first and wished for a hand gun so he can shoot himself so he doesn't have to feel the pain of being skinned. The wish is granted, he shouts “Pour France!”, and shoots himself.

The British guy wishes for a sword so he can stab himself before being skinned. The wish is also granted. He shouts “God save the Queen!” and kills himself.

The guy from New York wishes for a fork. All the cannibals are puzzled but the chief grants the wish anyways. So the guy takes the fork, starts stabbing himself, and shouts “Here’s your %$#@ing canoe!!”

*with apologies to Jiminy Cricket

Rain Numbers - 22 February 2011

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
7.42", for the month
33.97", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 20 February 2011

.01", for today
7.41", for the storm
7.41", for the month
33.96", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 19 February 2011

.98", for today
7.40", for the storm
7.40", for the month
33.95", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 18 February 2011

.87", for today
6.42", for the storm
6.42", for the month
32.97", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 17 February 2011

2.97", for today
5.55", for the storm
5.55", for the month
32.10", for the (rain) year

“Historic” February Rain Numbers

At Rosemary’s yesterday, the subject of how we were doing this year, rain-wise, came up (given the spectacular noise the rain was making at the time); the consensus decided we were a bit behind:

16 February 2011 - 29.13"
17 February 2010 - 35.02"
16 February 2009 - 24.80"
19 February 2008 - 33.39" (that’s actually Boulder-Creek.com’s number; the weather station had been misbehaving…)
16 February 2007 - not keeping numbers (working in Indy…)
16 February 2006 - blogging other stuff (no clue why there’re no rain numbers…)
16 February 2005 - blogging other stuff (no clue why there’re no rain numbers…)
16 February 2004 - 30.94"

Rain Numbers - 16 February 2011

1.41", for today
2.58", for the storm
2.58", for the month
29.13", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 15 February 2011

.76", for today
1.17", for the storm
1.17", for the month
27.72", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 14 February 2011

.41", for today
.41", for the storm
.41", for the month
26.86", for the (rain) year

Somebeardy Is Living...

...the good life!!

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I See the Moon...

...But I’m not sure it sees me...

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My Hands Never Left My Wrists

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
- Kurt Vonnegut

Rain Numbers - 31 January 2011

.01", for today
1.34", for the storm
3.00", for the month
26.45", for the (rain) year

Ah! A New Day!!

And a lovely one, at that: blue sky, shiny sun, don’t remember if I saw any puffy white clouds…

Rain Numbers - 30 January 2011

.95", for today
1.33", for the storm
2.99", for the month
26.49", for the (rain) year

It’s Santa Cruz County…

…so you know who it’s all about (and that slot is marked “No Parking”)…

I snapped this on my way into the Keg this morning, between St Michael and St John, after having parked two spaces down. By the time I got back out (all I did was buy a bottle of Dr Pepper!), some genius had parked next to the Mustang and yes, *he* was over the line into my slot. Fortunately, there was no one on the other side of me.

Too bad I wasn’t driving the ’Burb (and didn’t have to head to Felton on the double)…

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Rain Numbers - 29 January 2011

.38", for today
.38", for the storm
2.04", for the month
25.54", for the (rain) year

Can You Hear Me Now?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.
- Mignon McLaughlin

Wikipedia’s stub on Mrs McLaughlin

Rain Numbers - 18 January 2011

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.66", for the month
25.16", for the (rain) year

Musical Inspiration

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.
- Leonard Bernstein

Rain Numbers - 15 January 2011

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.65", for the month
25.15", for the (rain) year

Resistance Is…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson

Me vs You

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar Wilde

Rain Numbers - 13 January 2011

.09", for today
.09", for the storm
1.64", for the month
25.14", for the (rain) year

Serious Is Funny?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
- Peter Ustinov

Rain Numbers - 11 January 2011

.04", for today
.04", for the storm
1.55", for the month
25.05", for the (rain) year

Much Easier In the Digital Age?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
- Robert Orben

Rain Numbers - 9 January 2011

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.51", for the month
25.01", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 7 January 2011

.01", for today
.03", for the storm
1.50", for the month
25.00", for the (rain) year

And I Don’t Think He Means Politically

From Quotes of the Day, today:

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Rain Numbers - 6 January 2011

.01", for today
.02", for the storm
1.49", for the month
24.99", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 5 January 2011

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.48", for the month
24.98", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 2 January 2011

.92", for today
1.47", for the storm
1.47", for the month
24.97", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 1 January 2011

.55", for today
.55", for the storm
.55", for the month
24.05", for the (rain) year

Happy New Year!

And many more.

“Historic” December Rain Numbers

Just for giggles, I thought I’d check the December monthly rain totals and see how this month matched up. And there they are:

December 2010 - 14.51"
December 2009 -  5.60"
December 2008 -  4.78"
December 2007 -  5.18"
December 2006 - not keeping numbers (working in Indy…)
December 2005 - 11.75"
December 2004 - blogging other stuff (no clue why there’re no rain numbers…)
December 2003 - 16.90"

Hammerhead, Great White, Tiger…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.
- L. M. Boyd

Time Is the Thief of Procrastination?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Procrastination isn’t the problem, it’s the solution. So procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
- Ellen DeGeneres

Rain Numbers - 29 December 2010

.58", for today
2.34", for the storm
14.51", for the month
23.50", for the (rain) year

Achieving Happiness

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
- Aldous Huxley

Rain Numbers - 28 December 2010

1.76", for today
1.76", for the storm
13.93", for the month
22.92", for the (rain) year

Snopes Says: True

An Impatiens variety, the (gorgeous) parrot plant:

snopes.com: Parrot Flower

Super Lobster!!

Would I lie about a thing like that? Take a look at its picture:

Copperpots: Lobster Thermador

Rain Numbers - 26 December 2010

.09", for today
1.58", for the storm
12.17", for the month
21.16", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 25 December 2010

1.49", for today
1.49", for the storm
12.08", for the month
21.07", for the (rain) year

I’m Dreamin’…

Huh! A Lot of Residents Would Ask the Same Thing…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say “I want to see the manager.”
- William S. Burroughs

Warm & Dry While it Rains

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Rain Numbers - 23 December 2010

.01", for today
8.34", for the storm
10.59", for the month
19.58", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 22 December 2010

.67", for today
8.33", for the storm
10.58", for the month
19.57", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 21 December 2010

.91", for today
7.66", for the storm
9.91", for the month
18.90", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 20 December 2010

.26", for today
6.75", for the storm
9.00", for the month
17.99", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 19 December 2010

2.73", for today
6.49", for the storm
8.74", for the month
17.73", for the (rain) year

You’d Think We Lived in a Rain Forest!!

On the way to Mass; 2.24" already…

Rain Numbers - 18 December 2010

2.12", for today
3.76", for the storm
6.01", for the month
15", for the (rain) year

Hee Hee!

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
- Victor Borge

Rainy Days Are Here Again!

We’ve gotten 1.37" this morning…

Rain Numbers - 17 December 2010

1.48", for today
1.55", for the storm
3.89", for the month
12.88", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 16 December 2010

.07", for today
.07", for the storm
2.41", for the month
11.40", for the (rain) year

Bumper Snicker

More like a major guffaw, actually! Spotted on a PT Cruiser at Felton Faire.

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Rain Numbers - 14 December 2010

.32", for today
.32", for the storm
2.34", for the month
11.33", for the (rain) year

Don’t Know How Often…

…it’s true, but it is interesting…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
- George Jean Nathan

Rain Numbers - 12 December 2010

.01", for today
2.01", for the storm
2.02", for the month
11.01", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 11 December 2010

.01", for today
2.00", for the storm
2.01", for the month
11.00", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 10 December 2010

.07", for today
1.99", for the storm
2.00", for the month
10.99", for the (rain) year

Strawberry Bellini

Never heard of a Strawberry Bellini; sounds totally heavenly!

PYBT: Strawberry Bellini: My Dirty Little Secret.

Rain Numbers - 9 December 2010

.05", for today
1.92", for the storm
1.93", for the month
10.92", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 8 December 2010

.55", for today
1.87", for the storm
1.88", for the month
10.87", for the (rain) year

Pretty Scary, Eh?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
- Thomas Sowell


It gets worse: “…In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.”

Rain Numbers - 7 December 2010

.01", for today
1.32", for the storm
1.33", for the month
10.32", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 6 December 2010

.15", for today
1.31", for the storm
1.32", for the month
10.31", for the (rain) year

The Best Place to Hide is Out In the Open…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Rain Numbers - 5 December 2010

1.02", for today
1.16", for the storm
1.17", for the month
10.16", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 4 December 2010

.14", for today
.14", for the storm
.15", for the month
9.14", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 1 December 2010

.01", for today
1.63", for the storm
.01", for the month
9.00", for the (rain) year

House Dog!

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Rain Numbers - 30 November 2010

.01", for today
1.62", for the storm
5.54", for the month
8.99", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 29 November 2010

.01", for today
1.61", for the storm
5.53", for the month
8.98", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 28 November 2010

.01", for today
1.60", for the storm
5.52", for the month
8.97", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 27 November 2010

1.58", for today
1.59", for the storm
5.51", for the month
8.96", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 26 November 2010

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
3.93", for the month
7.38", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 22 November 2010

.19", for today
?.??", for the storm
3.92", for the month
7.37", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 21 November 2010

.45", for today
?.??", for the storm
3.73", for the month
7.18", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 20 November 2010

1.53", for today
?.??", for the storm
3.28", for the month
6.73", for the (rain) year

No, my arithmetic isn’t that bad (I hope…); we were gone for a couple of days…

Rain Numbers - 10 November 2010

.06", for today
1.23", for the storm
1.24", for the month
4.69", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 9 November 2010

.19", for today
1.17", for the storm
1.18", for the month
4.63", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 8 November 2010

.01", for today
.98", for the storm
.99", for the month
4.44", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 7 November 2010

.97", for today
.97", for the storm
.98", for the month
4.43", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 1 November 2010

.01", for today
.78", for the storm
.01", for the month
3.46", for the (rain) year

Dude! Make Up Your Mind!

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
- Peter de Vries