Not unlike Steve Martin's pre-taped weather broadcasts in L.A. Story, we seem to be getting the same weather report just about every day around here: Heavy rains continuing throughout the day, though this does nothing to alleviate the drought emergency we've been under. I guess that shows just how bad this drought situation was before the rains... in addition to offering perspective on just how much it takes to fill a reservoir, because the way the water has been flowing around these parts, you'd think it was water.

Play Time: Gamer.tv's Dinky Bomb.
Story of the Day: Man kills self with chain saw. Thanks Jones. A grisly tale describing what has to be one of the more unusual methods of suicide imaginable.
Story of the Day II: 2 rob Starbucks -- then serve coffee. Thanks Kyle.
Wild Science: Here come the ratbots. Thanks moonbender.
Follow-up: Melissa Virus Writer Is Latest to Be Convicted. Thanks Jonathan C. Forster.