It started raining while I was on the road to my house, and my rear brake stopped working.

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Some days, they (told themselves they) were lucky because it started raining and they allowed themselves to go home early.

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And then it started raining.

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As the art directors scrambled to address last-minute requests and the copywriters (including yours truly) banged away on final, final versions of those blessed sentences no one supposedly reads anymore, it started raining hard as hell with thunder and lightning, a major rarity in Northern California.

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