Word of the Day

Bronchitis (n.), a rodeo injury.

Rainy days in Phoenix are few and far between. When HTP and I first moved to The Valley of the Sun (they call it this for a reason), we learned that Arizonans treat rainy days in an almost reverential way. The reaction to rain is completely different here from anywhere else HTP and I have ever lived. A few drops of rain will make the news. Adults and children run outside and stare! People seem to forget how to drive. Car accidents multiply dramatically on rainy days. HTP and I equate it to the first snowfall from where we grew up only rain is a rare happening in our desert. Very little planning is done when it comes to drainage because of this rarity. It might not even be raining where you are but if it's raining somewhere else in the county or neighboring county the washes and some of the roads become flooded. If it is raining where you are, those same roads and washes will be filled to overflowing. Children will be playing and splashing in the water. There is always some idiot who decides to drive across one of the flooded roads and inevitably footage of them sitting on their car awaiting rescue will make the nightly news. It's raining here today. I imagine the news has been flashing flood warnings all morning. Tonight I'll get to see the newest idiot who has joined the ranks of history. Arizona actually passed an Idiot Law to cover this sort of idiocy. Now these poor brainless people get to pay all the costs accrued from their rescue. I imagine a helicopter rescue can add up to quite a bit. Rain. You got to love it.

Murphyism of the Day

Law of Unreliability

To err is human, but to really foul things up, a computer is required.