Up until a week ago it was very hot and dry (for Wisconsin). This morning when I got up it was sunny and about 75 degrees and the couple inches of rain we've gotten recently makes my garden very happy.

I really do feel for you folks down there. Our next-door neighbors are planning on relocating to Phoenix. I think they're nuts.

Our politics is pretty screwy too, though, again, not nearly as bad as yours. We have a crazy freshman House Rep who screams obscenities at Senate pages and we have Ron Johnson. But our senior Senator is Tammy Baldwin and we had a liberal Supreme Court justice installed today, so we also some sunshine in our politics.