Wild Card/Monday — 1.31.11

Doesn’t the sunshine and the date on the calendar this morning, Jan. 31, make you want to smile? We may be going through a cold snap during the first part of the week. But February is just around the corner. Old Man Winter is losing his steam in this part of the country (although he seems to be tearing up a chunk of the eastern part). Soon, we’ll be talking about gardens and bracing ourselves against an infestation of tourists. Winter, for all its drawbacks, does a pretty good job of chasing tourists outtahere. Now, for your Wild Card …