Hydrophilia

It's finally raining again. Makes me happy, though the last two weeks of brilliant, warm days and chilly nights were the most beutiful extended stretch of weather I've seen here in a while.

The next big peace demo in SF is Feb. 16 -- a day after most cities, on account of the big Chinese New Year's Parade that takes place on the 15th. Sunday the 16th, start down at Justin Hermann Plaza about noon, march tot he Civic Center, as usual. But as today's Chronicle reports, people are also putting a lot of energy into planning demonstrations to take place when the war starts. The flier lists two dozen choke points where a group of a few dozen people holding an intersection can effectively shut down morning commute traffic flowing into the city.

Good idea, but on the first day after the start of the war, won't most people stay home to watch it on CNN?

And because they're focusing on the morning commute, they're ignoring the biggest, easiest choke point of all: the spot on the eastbound approaches to the Bay Bridge where all traffic narrows to three lanes. Not that I'm recommending doing anything like that.