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by Bobby McCarthy
Copyright (c), 2003, My Daily Driver -- All Rights Reserved 
I was driving my car last week, oh wait a minute. My Daily Driver.com is usually published on the
15th of each month and I am writing this on the weekend of December 1st. So, the into should be, I
was driving my car a little over two weeks ago and it's 70 degrees and sunny. Yep, Southern
California weather right here in Southern New England.I am tooling around with all my windows down, my Chrysler Solid State AM radio turned up and I'm passing Christmas decorations on every lawn. If this is Global Warming, then sign me up baby! Normally, this time of year I would write about the perils of winter travel. Perhaps I would reflect upon my first "de-icing" episode of the season or remind you the importance of "snow blades" verses standard wipers. Not today. I have my shorts and tee-shirt on and I am flirting with kicking on the Chrysler Air-Temp AC just because its getting a little toasty in my black vinyl interior. It's December! It's snowing in Texas and and I just finished waxing my car while wearing sandals! It's December! 
For those of you who live in a "temperate zone", you are probably saying to yourself, "Jeesh, what's with
this guy? It's 70 degrees in December? What's the big deal?" Well my fair weather friends, it's a
giant treat to us hardy New Englanders.Now, don't get me wrong, I choose to live and drive in the Northeast. I enjoy each of the four seasons. Even winter. I love how a New England winter becomes a battle for survival. Just going to the local Mini-Mart can present itself as a life or death proposition. If you are not geared up with Everest tested expedition weight outerwear, than you are a tourist and we'll find your frozen body after the spring thaw. Normally by December 1st we have endured at least a dozen Nor'easters (just like in the movie The Perfect Storm only with feet of snow and a lot worse). This time last year, we had to climb out of the second story windows and walk to school in the snow uphill, both ways. I suppose by the time this issue goes to print, I mean to the web, we here in New England will be bracing ourselves against the oncoming glacial flow. I am also sure I would have implemented the use of a snorkel to allow breathing through the snowdrifts. Be that as it may, I will re-read this column and reminisce about the wonderful 70 degree anomaly that we experienced on December 1st. Is it Spring yet? 
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