The California Water Cycle

 The causes of most problems are solutions. We rarely unbuild big things that we've built. Instead we layer on solutions--some of them big new things that create their own big new problems. Sometimes you gotta just take out the big thing that started the whole cycle.

Soil Science Joke

 Mono Basin Textural Triangle:

Note that in some lentic zones you might encounter loamy sand, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or sandy clay. But there will be sand. In other areas you might encounter gravelly sand, cobbly sand, stony sand (not just near the dispensary), or bouldery sand.