i haven't heard much about how this season of rain is going to be. i'm wondering if maybe we've had enough years of bizarre rain patterns that news of rain is no longer newsworthy. beyond typical weather reports, of course. i want a new spanish name for the season, goddamnit. So far we're up nearly five inches for a normal october. 6.85". normal is about 2.15". We're currently 2.82" over norm for the year. This is mostly due to Jan and Feb, which were 7.21" and 9.55" over norm, respectively. January was neat. We got nearly 6" on the 24th alone. We have 52.33 inches for the year, and two more months that typically run 6-8" each. but I want to know, should I expect more? if the current pattern stays we should see 18-24" Nov. and Dec., and then 30" in Jan. I don't think so. ARE YOU A BOY CHILE OR A GIRL CHILE?

Umm, spanish name for a weather pattern...mmm...El Gato in el sombrero?

Hey, Margret. Glad to see you back in here. You married yet? I propose for weather pattern: "El Nato".

It's snowing here. El blanco?

Married. Yes. HEHEHEHEHEHEH. Strangely, I feel exactly the same as I did before everyone got dressed up in a costume and came to my house and ate dips and drank beer. I'm now officially inviting everyone to haul ass to new mexico on your way to wherever people are really going when they end up in new mexico and drop in to see me.

k, will do. Next time I happen to be the Southwest, I"ll just nip on by...wait...am I ever in the Southwest?

The Southwest is creeping up steadily on my list of places I need to vacate in. When I was in Moab, I picked up a book that was a tour guide to the ruins of the southwest (Prehistoric that is).