Maybe it’s best to stay in this morning while the rain falls and consider city and state budget deficits.  To help you along, SF Appeal has some crunching on Muni costs including its crystal ball prediction that more lines  may be dropped. Muni’s daily costs pencil out at more than $2.2 million a day to run all 76 lines, the SF Appeal reports.

Funny to think of this in relation to the police official’s comment that Muni serves as a getaway car for criminals.

The California Budget Project released a 19-page analysis (Will it rain that long?) this week of the governor’s proposed budget, which  promises to  turn even bloodier if federal funds fail to come through.

Jeeze, maybe it’s all too depressing and instead of numbers it’s best to watch old movies or this video of life at Arinell Pizza at 509 Valencia St.

Best of all–it’s supposed to clear up today so get out and enjoy the sky.

There’s also lots going on tonight.

Enjoy, lc

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