The weather outside is frightful

But not in a fun sing-your-way-to-grandma's kind of way. More like a better-start-mainlining-antifreeze kind of way. Too bad Time recently got rid of its age-old tradition of the Person of the Year spending a ceremonial Nude Night Outdoors.

In all seriousness, take a moment to think about what it must be like to sleep outside this week. And then think about the fact that there are people who actually have to do it. And then think about the fact that Mayor Williams believes the best use of public dollars is to shove them directly up Bud Selig's well-oiled ass. Nothing has made me happier recently than the City Council's rejection of the mayor's deal with MLB. But - as a Hall of Famer once said - it ain't over till it's over. In the meantime, your neighbors might be freezing to death.