TGIF Wild Card — 1.21.11

We’ve survived another week of winter in the viewtiful Inland Northwest — and are now headed toward Groundhog’s Day, which, in my mind is the beginning of the end for Old Man Winter. If winter approaches in three steps — Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas (notice the Oxford comma?) — then it departs in three steps: Groundhog’s Day, spring training, and daylight-saving time. And each day shines a little longer. Now, for your Wild Card …