Rain in July?

In San Francisco?

Well, it happened last night. When Brandy and I awoke this morning (waaayy too early), it was obvious that it had rained ovenight.

I think it's great. A little rain washes away some of the dust, pee and detritus that tends to build up in San Francisco during the summer. The occasional summer rainstorm is one of the few things that I miss about the Midwest.

NBC11 said that it was the first time it had rained on this date since 1849.

You know what else happened in 1849?

• France issued its first postage stamp
• Elizabeth Blackwell became the United States' first woman doctor
• James Polk became the first U.S. President to have his picture taken
• Minnesota became a state
• The Department of the Interior was created
• Hungary declared its independence from Austria, only to be recaptured by the imperialist Austrians, who also captured Venice that year
• St. Louis nearly burned to the ground
• Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for anti-government activities but his execution was cancelled at the last minute
• Luther Burbank, Ivan Pavlov, and Crazy Horse were born
• Just months after having his picture taken and making way for Zachary Taylor, James Polk died
• Dolley Madison, Edgar Allen Poe, and Frédéric Chopin also died

Crazy.

I wonder if, in 2165, someone's going to look back at 2007 and make a similar list of events. Even more, I wonder what will end up being historically notable at that point.

Here's to living in the moment.