Homework was made more interesting this evening when an earthquake (my first!) spiced things up.

I was sitting at my desk when I began to feel a vibration in the floor.  My first thought was that a large truck was driving by, but the noise was missing.  Several seconds elapsed before my mind clicked: it was an earthquake!

With the magnitude 5.6 tremor still in progress, I ran outside.  All of the non-Californians were giddy.  The natives couldn’t have cared less.