Really Coming Down

Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 - 1:55 a.m.

The rain has begun here in Anaheim; it's always a mixed blessing because everybody forgets how to drive and my allergies go away.

Today we get to go to the Queen Mary, where Dave will be playing. It's going to be raining hard, all day.

A few minutes ago, this early and very damp Sunday, I was microwaving a late dinner of pizza, and I had an epiphany.

At the event, I'm going to keep track of how many people say "It's really coming down!"

Ever since I was a child, I've heard that phrase and thought it was one of the dumbest phrases in western civilization.

What other choice is there?

Is the rain pretending to come down?

Does it have the option of going up?

Next time you have to go listen to people you don't know say a bunch of silly stuff, and it's raining?

Smile when you hear this phrase.

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Dave and I, and then later in the evening John and I played something we call "Prop Quiz".

Make a list of ten props from a famous movie, or at least one that both of you have seen, and arrange them in order from really difficult to really easy.

Make up any point system you want. The easiest thing to do is just keep count and the person who needs the least amount of props before guessing the movie title is the winner.

For instance, a list for The Wizard Of Oz would look something like this.

Apples
Basket
House
Hot Air Balloon
Snow
Fire
Oil Can
Curtain
Broomstick
Ruby Slippers

and so forth.

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Not a long post; there's a wedding to swim to in the morning!

Have a good Sunday, kids!

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