It's not often that I have occasion to update older dispatches. But it's not very often that the context that makes those older dispatches valid leap off the page and return from my most distant memory bank.

Yes, the price of gas has put a major crimp in my plans. But so has the weather. Have you stepped outside lately? Scary...

It's been moderately amusing to watch Doug Rafferty tooling around on Plowcam all morning. Except that as of 11:30 AM, he hasn't gotten around to my street.