Naturally I don't realize it's raining until it's literally torrential

And now my clothes on the line are soaked again. So, uh, I'll just leave them to... get... wetter.

Edit: And now it's lightning out there. I AM NOT GOING OUT THERE.

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Pope Francis to release new marriage annulment process for Catholics

Cockroaches have personalities, study finds

First Days of School, Decade by Decade (First graders practicing cursive on the first day of school! And that little girl on the right? That was me through school. Every time we had to write on the board, I was the one who didn't have clearly delineated lines and ended up writing much smaller than I realized.)

Poll: Blacks, whites agree police treat blacks differently

There is a PLAGUE UPON THIS NATION, and lo its name is BAD REPORTING ABOUT CATS

Lives Displaced By Central Park Take Center Stage In New Play

Glowing in the dark, GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight

18 Maps That Will Change How You See The World

How so many of the world’s people live in so little of its space

Amid A Shortage Of Welders, Some Prisons Offer Training

I love the Victorian era. So I decided to live in it. (I notice she's not living the life of a poor Victorian sweatshop worker with three children and her sister's family in a tenement.)

Whose Fantasy? Who’s Fantasy?

Five Amazing Locations That Prove Why Staten Island Is New York’s Most Versatile Borough For Filming

Hummingbirds find protection building nests under hawks

Mummy brown (and other historical colors).

The most popular books in U.S. public libraries, mapped by city

The Opposite of Hoarding

Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middle Ages

How the Amish conquered the evangelical romance market

Yazidis Settle in Nebraska, but Roots Run Deep in Iraq

America’s national vacation problem

How a '50s-Era New York Knife Law Has Landed Thousands in Jail

Could some farming practices benefit tropical birds?

Frankenvirus emerges from Siberia's frozen wasteland

One Doctor's Campaign To Pay Those Who Risked Their Lives

Bitter brew: The inhuman story behind the UK's national drink

Greek crisis prompts a rethink on food waste

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