Decius wrote:

I apologize in advance for how admittedly poor this article is.

This seems like the sort of thing an editor should have done something about:

“If you go to Google Trends and track the number of times it is mentioned, the curve is almost algorithmic from a year and a half ago.”

By 2012, the presidential candidates will be pandering to a new demographic, promising to roll back the steam tax, while vowing to eliminate our dependence on foreign water.

When I read this ...

It is that rarity, a phenomenon with the potential to capture a wider audience, offering a genteel and disciplined alternative to both the slack look of hip-hop and the menacing spirit of goth.

... I couldn't help but be reminded of this ...

To be sure, time marches on.

Yet for many Californians, the looming demise of the "time lady," as she's come to be known, marks the end of a more genteel era, when we all had time to share.