The picture on the "cover" of this article is that of my office which is a two story building not a one story building which may be deduced from viewing the photo. As of Tuesday the Governor of my home State of Oregon (go Ducks & Beavers) declared a State Of Emergency because the State infrastructure is in shambles as a result of a nasty storm that pounded us for five thousand five days which seemed like an eternity. I have shoveled north of 100,000 lbs of snow and am thinking of entering into the World Strongest man competition as a result. For those of you who watched Rocky IV, Rocky's training regimen in Russia is child's play compared to that of Ross Silver shoveling snow while having at least one of my two boys on my shoulders shouting orders to me about areas of snow I did not fully dig out and how I need to not take breaks and dig faster.  I read an article this morning that stated across the nation, the average temperature is 16 degrees. I realize global warming is real but good grief, it sure feels like global cooling instead of warming. To those about to bash me as an uneducated dunce with a keyboard for that last comment, I fully realize an effect of global warming is hotter summers than the historical mean and colder winters than the historical mean. Don't worry, there is some semblance of a brain inside the head of the person typing this letter, I think :).