Tues | Jan 22 Rumors of rain.
Wed | Jan 23 Dear God! Is that . . . WETNESS!?
Thurs | Jan 24 A tornado warning. In Long Beach. How gauche. Look, we’re earthquake people, so much more primal and old money. Ditto mudslides and brush fires with their spectacular images of destroyed multimillion-dollar homes. Tornadoes? So [...]

Rainy days are just an excuse to listen to Kate Bush on repeat:

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Don’t know how well you dudes can see this but last night’s intense torrential tear-down of water made the courtyard to my apartment building deeply unnavigable, unless you’re enormous-frog-hoverboat compliant. Anyone else rained in?

PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
The day after a heavy storm hit Long Beach, some finally found use for our perennially filthy beach.
The stormy sea spewed forth a treasure trove of bounty last night in the form of balls (of every conceivable sort: soccer, base, kick, foot, tennis) as well as toys, tires, coolers, (sadly empty) [...]