After my last post (about snow in Indiana), my wife made it very clear: “You are a wimp,” she said. Ok, I admit it.

Last week was fall break at Notre Dame (like spring break, but in the fall – an idea that all institutions of higher learning should seriously consider). It snowed in South Bend the day before I left for a week back home in Austin. It snowed in South Bend the day after I got back this week. In Austin, during my fall break visit, it got up to 92F. I may be a weather wimp, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out which of those two weather patterns is the more desirable. I’m happy to leave six months of cold to those who are tougher and more fool-hardy than I.