It's freezing out there. That's a sweater-wind out there. That's the sharp breeze you get in September that says "oh, it's over. It's so over." But let's just pretend it's an anomaly that has no portents for the future, and move along with some internet stuff. Short on content today; working on a column.

SCIENCE! This scrollable panorama of Mars is absolutely stunning, and I don't use that word often. I hate how everything that looks good is "stunning." This is stunning. The only problem: if I'm looking down on the lander and I don't see a pole . . . where's the camera? I'm sure people will seize on this to say the landing was fake. Yes, they wouldn't have thought of that, if they'd faked it. Big whoops there in the set-design department.

C'mon. They're don't have to fake anything when they are obviously capable of keeping it real.

LANCE LAWSON Here's your mystery for today. Match wits with Minneapolis' sharpest detective! Not only does he get a confession out of the guy in three panels without saying why he suspects the killer, the guy spills his motive. Downcast and abashed.As well he should be.

D'oh Yes, the second Simpsons post this week. It happens. It's odd, since I stopped watching the show almost a decade ago, back when it lost its heart and started being "Homer chooses a new stupid thing to do, with guest star Elton John." But Vulture notes:

Vulture polled current Simpsons writers to see which obscure characters they liked. I didn't recognize the first three. The fourth is the security guard who busts Bart for getting the four-finger discount on what, Bonestorm? Was that the name of the game? Hard to believe that Bleeding Gums Murphy is a fleeting figure - he's been in the credits since the show began, right? And while we all love Spider-Pig, c'mon. We only like him because of his song.

OOPS So you're heading into choppy economic waters with an outdated business model, nimble competition and technological change that's demolishing the very existence of your core product, what do you do? Why, load yourself up with debt, of course. You'll have to hit the link to see which industry I mean.

LANCE SOLUTION Had the rope broken when he was pulling on it, the victim would have been hurled away from the bale!

Enjoy the rest of your day. And bundle up.