Gustav Holst wrote the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter in 1906. Conjuring images of bliss and falling snow, Holst ignored the reality that Christ was born somewhere where snow is exceedingly rare and temps are far more likely to be in the 50s and that winter is absolutely awful. Midwinter is indeed bleak, and this year it figures to be a bit more bleak than usual.
Both Ohio football teams are, as of yesterday, out of the NFL playoffs. That is only news in that the Cleveland Browns have finally made good on the promise of Baker Mayfield and were within a Chad Henne 14 yard scramble (words I never considered typing) of playing in their first AFC championship since even the oldest editors of this site were but wee lads.