Summation

judgement and judgment

one of the words i most often mis-spell is "judgment". i always spell it "judgement"

of course ... it should really be spelled "judgement" right??? luckily, even though MS Spellchecker says i am wrong with my spelling, dictionary.com says i am right.

why do bands do an encore?

why does every band do an encore????? I mean ... aren't we hip to that game by now? Everybody cheering loudly hoping the band will come back on stage and sing their two most famous songs that they "forgot" to do in the real performance.

Like are we really worried that when the lights in the stadium are still off that the band is not going to come back? It seems like every band does the encore trick ... you'd think, after all these years, that an ingenious band would come up with a new stunt.

I'm hoping a smart band manager will some up with a new stunt that we can get excited about. Or if we are going to do an encore tradition, maybe make the audience do something harder than just cheering to get the bonus performance. Like the bands' taxes. Or collectively eat a 10-meter marshmallow. Or a certain number of people have to take their cloths off. Or a collection is made for charity and only when a certain amount is collected will the band come up again.

(special thanks to Shane Reilly who has been complaining about encores for years)

Why does it rain more at night?

It seems from my experience that it tends to rain more at night. why is that? sure it is colder at night -- but what does that have to do with rain?

I searched and found an answer on Ask a Scientist by that I am not sure I agree with:

Some types of precipitation are diurnally affected, such as thunderstorms that result from surface heating. These storms usually form in the afternoon, and may extend well into the nighttime, before dissipating in the early morning. Other thunderstorms associated with frontal movements may occur at any time, when conditions are favorable.

The heavy rains you mention usually occur in California as a result of
storms moving onshore from the Pacific ocean. But time of day usually is not a factor in these precipitation events. These storms may seem to occur during the evening and night, because people tend to be at home more at those times, and are more aware of adverse weather conditions. During the daytime, when they are at work, these rain storms may be less noticed.

It seems it really does rain more at right (at least in California) and that I’d actually notice it more in the day (because I am awake and sit by a window).

Thoughts?