  Tuesday night, I was at home alone. A lot of my friends are getting jobs and moving away... so I've had more time to myself lately. My roommate Dave was also gone. AND, my wireless network at home was down, so I couldn't get high speed Internet access. It wasn't until I remembered the truly disadvantaged in this world that I stopped feeling bad about not having Internet.
But even then, I'm afraid, that didn't last long. So... where was I? It was a cool storm. A *really* cool storm. It came up to Ann Arbor from the south. From the distance, it looked pretty exciting, so I got a glass of wine and went out on the deck. Lots of lightning and thunder and beautifully shaped clouds. The leading edge of the clouds was oval shaped as it advanced on the city. After a few minutes, the wind picked up and I could see dust swirling in the distance. It was incredible as it swirled around the top of a 10 story building downtown.
This mass of swirling dust was coming toward me. But when it hit me, it turned out to be rain. It was a gusher of a storm. I was marvelling at the power of nature for perhaps 10 whole minutes before I wished I had high speed Internet to track the radar. At least for 10 minutes, I was a normal person! 
