Not even sandbags can protect you from another article about rain. (Photo: Associated Press)

Another day, another deluge of articles about rain. Are you tired of this story yet? If not, you will be — exactly three sentences from now! It's gotten so bad, apparently, that the District is again offering sandbags to residents while also limiting them to four. The rain kept away that curious breakfast-taco truck near our Rosslyn offices, but a few food trucks braved the elements. The weather also didn't stop TBD editor-in-chieftain Erik Wemple from taking the temperature of area newspapers and saying what we've all been thinking for some time now: Why does the Spanish-language Washington Hispanic have a gringo title?

But what, exactly, does a little precipitation have to do with the arts? Don't ask me! I haven't gotten much sleep since TBD's launch, which apparently is making me dumber. Still, I'm better off than teenagers, who are going deaf, reports the Post. I don't see why that's such a big deal since teenagers don't, like, listen to anyone anyway. The problem, of course, is that "even a slight hearing loss can cause psychological, social and learning problems for kids," and such kids grow into stunted adults, like Snooki, who are criminally annoying.

I think I know why journalists can't stop writing about the rain: It's a river that never runs dry. Like right now, in this roundup! But there are other bottomless wells, depending on your obsession. Like aquatic metaphors and climatic idioms! And exclamation points! Or, at the City Paper, it's Lenny Campello, author of 100 Washington Artists, who turned the tables on the alt-weekly by rewriting its coverage of him. Here at TBD, we can't stop writing about yarn. And Beatles cover bands. And the Fillmore. Unfortunately, it seems that, with the buzz over our launch having subsided, all anyone really cares about is our resident mouse. That little critter has several reporters spooked, but hey, it could be worse.

¡Basta ya! I won't, unlike the rain, wear out my welcome. Stay dry today, folks. But if you get wet, don't forget to tweet about it! We're all dying to know the details.