We're really suffering here -- the Pavific has been twisted up way out in the deeper waters West by some storm or other, and as a result we are being mercillessly lashed with towering bands of white surf up to, oh, five feet high, and bitter wintry winds that drop the ambient temperature from 75 down to 68 and force us all to wear little paper thing jackets to stay comfortable. We're tough by nature here in Southern California -- ya gotta be tough to stay crazy in the face of mass opinion -- but this terrible winter is taking it out of us, and people are dropping like flies, not reporting in on Mondays with awful tales of mild flu-like symptoms. They seem to show up okay on Tuesdays though.

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