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Some of you may remember that last year I was all into SwiftWXweather software.  As it turned out the tropical hurricane season was pretty much a bust and at least temporarily other activities took the place of my arm-chair weather forcasting.

But now that winter is upon us I’m back in the saddle!  My $14.50/month subscription has been reactivated and I’m running SwiftFX again!  This year it’s even more exciting than ever because I’ve added a mobile broadband card with integrated GPS to my rig and SwiftWX supports real time position tracking while I’m on the move.   Yea that features is a bit more useful for the tornado chasers out there but you have to admit it’s a significant cool factor!

So expect my weather blogging to increase again as well as a possible ad hoc podcast from the road.  I’ve been peeking at TalkShoeand my brain has been working overtime with the possibility of a live, on the road podcast.  (hint hint - you might want to create a listener account for yourself!)

It’s not yet Thanksgiving and we already had plowable snow!!!  This is great!!!  The changes in seasons is one of the reasons I would have a hard time ever leaving this region.  As it changes it reminds me of one of my favorite pieces of encouragement.

“No matter what the circumstances, you should never concede defeat. Never conclude that you’ve reached a dead end, that everything is finished. You possess a glorious future. And precisely because of that, you must persevere and study. Life is eternal. We need to focus on the two existences of the present and the future and not get caught up in the past. We must always have the spirit to begin anew ‘from this moment,’ to initiate a new struggle each day.” - Diasaku Ikeda