[caption id="attachment_414" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="This is Getting Old"] [/caption] I'm sitting at my desk watching it snow again.  That seems like the only thing I've done forever.  That's not entirely true, it just appears that way. We've had three major snow events this winter already dumping more snow than we've seen in the past three or four years combined. And more to come. It has been even worse at Peggy's in Harrisonburg. They are up to something like 7  feet this winter plus their temperatures have run as much as 20 degrees colder than the farm and it is only about 100 miles away.  Yesterday, it was 10 below there, and a toasty 6 degrees here. [caption id="attachment_412" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Kagen Shoveling Snow"] [/caption] Following in his "Oompah's" entrepreneurial spirit, Kagen has started his own snow removal business.  He'll come shovel your snow for the low price of some mac and cheese and an oreo cookie. Big Red is starting the year behind last year's pace.  While the basketball games at Liberty have kept me busy, they have been terrible and I'm basically just covering my labor.  Couple that with the loss of three shows at the Richmond Raceway due to downsizing, we're running behind and I may need to float a loan from Kagen, whose business is thriving. Tank and Laura, the future Mrs. Tank, have been working the games with me.  I'll say one thing.  Tank found him a winner.  Laura has been a great addition to the Big Red team (except when she's teaching school). [caption id="attachment_413" align="alignleft" width="300" caption=""I've Got To Have Some Quiet to Read""] [/caption] Contrary to what my liberal friends would say, all of this snow isn't a result of global warming, the polar icecap, La Nina or atmospheric radiation. It's just a cyclical weather thing.  This winter is like the ones when I was a kid.  Of course that was a long time ago when Grover Cleveland was President and Georgia was a prison colony.  When the jet stream makes up its mind and goes back the way it has the past few years, Chicago again will once again  get all of this snow that's been hammering Virginia. This weekend, we'll be in Richmond for the RV Show at the Raceway.  Tank, Kaitlyn and Adam will all be on hand for that.  It's another of those full menu shows.  And, I'm strongly thinking of introducing Fried Hot Dogs for the first time.  They are awesome. [caption id="attachment_415" align="alignright" width="300" caption="LU Crews Have Done Great Job Getting Vines Ready for Games"] [/caption] The Firefly Funnel Cake Fandango is taking shape for next month.  It looks like I'll be meeting up with Jason in Louisville on the  8th and striking out for Austin, TX.  We'll probably have three or four stops along the way, and then spend five or six days at the SXSW Interactive Conference.   Big Red will be set up at a couple locations in Austin, but one is at The Molotov owned by Brad Womack of ABC's The Bachelor.  There we'll host a party of 500 of the Fandango's friends at SXSW.  Not only will I be slamming out the funnel cakes like crazy, but I'm sure there will be lots of Lemonade for the Firefly. After we leave Austin, we will have several more stops on our way back to Louisville.  I leave there and get back home as quickly as I can to get ready for our first race of the year at Martinsville. I'm sure you'll be getting lots of updates on the Fandango via Twitter, Facebook and our blogs.  And probably lots of pictures too. While I'm in Texas, I hope our new governor can get Virginia moved back from its current location outside of Ottawa.