From about an inch past my right elbow to about halfway down the forearm there is currently no skin.  This is because my faith in my thin speed tires to continue to grip the road on a tight turn on a wet road-- I was going downhill around a turn at about twenty-two miles an hour-- was misplaced.

We've been getting phenomenal amounts of rain lately.  As I type this we are being hit by a really powerful thunderstorm and rain shower, with the rain and the wind combining to create actual visual waves in the rain as it falls past my window.  You know things are bad when the rain is thick enough to have its own tide chart.