Didn't it rain brother, didn't it rain?

Not to turn this into the Weather Channel or anything but we had rain yesterday…serious rain….a lot of rain. We needed it…but not all at one time…over 4 inches in a couple of hours…at a fall rate at one point of 4.36 inches per hour. Cars stalled, trees down, and the ever present power outages of course. There was a good thing about the power outages though. When the stoplights go out cars slow down so rooster tails from speeding SUV’s are much smaller and they don’t hydroplane nearly as long before they hit a tree or another car. This gives the innocent Mini Coopers a fighting chance to escape being washed into the Chesapeake Bay and becoming a winter homes for a families of blue crabs. I hate when the power goes out. Books I have been dying to read lose their charm and aimless wandering around my apartment is all I can think of to do. The good news though is that it happened right at dinner time so I headed for my Evening Meal Emergency Room…Fuddrucker’s. The Everything Burger (aka The Gut Bomb), french fries swimming in jalapeno cheese sauce, and enough green Tabasco sauce doused pico de gallo food-product to qualify as a side dish did wonders for my spirits. I wandered over to Borders afterwards and poked around for a bit. When I paid for the book that was fated to follow me home, it turned out I had won a 15% discount coupon if I would only call an 800 number and respond to a short survey. I was thrilled beyond measure, well not really beyond measure, more like 15% thrilled I guess. My mom is going to be so proud of my achievement. I think we can work a deal here. You all send me your book orders and a check or money order for 90% of the price. I’ll get the books all at once and keep the extra 5% discount for my trouble. By the way, include $19.95 per order for the well known “shipping and handling” in your check or money order. Leaving Borders I saw a rainbow…not such a surprise really except that this one went from horizon to horizon. The full arc is something I’ve only seen once or twice. My mind works in odd ways though and I immediately pictured this sight as what the 'reveal' would look like if an interior designer from “While You Were Out” got involved with re-decorating the Saint Louis riverfront. Then greed took over as I considered the issue of whether or not a full arc rainbow came complete with two pots of gold. On my way home I drove by a short stretch of the Rappahannock River. The water had been low, slow and green the day before and yesterday it looked as if someone had spilled a giant 2% Starbucks latte. Now if there had just been something that looked like a 2 ton biscotti the image would have been complete. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it….