God laughs ...

 OK. So, chuckles, at least.

Chuckles, because here in Indiana it's been the Winter The Forgot How To Do Winter.  And then the NBA All-Star Weekend lands in Indianapolis, and what happens?

Thaaat's right. Winter suddenly snaps its fingers and says "Oh, right! I remember how to do this now!"

Which is to say, Indy got seven inches of snow yesterday, and that must have been God chuckling because he remembered the last time Indianapolis did one of these extravaganzas, a dozen years ago now. See, America came to town for the Super Bowl back in 2012, and that was in February, too. And of course it went off without a hitch because that's what Indy does with these deals.

Super Bowl? Pffft. What, you think a city that's played host to the Pan-Am Games and a fistful of Final Fours and welcomes the biggest single-day sporting event in the world (the Indianapolis 500) every year is gonna get its shorts in a bunch over a mere football game?

I covered three Supes in my time, and Indy's was easily the most well-oiled. And part of that was the weather, which was bizarre even for Indiana.

The week of the Super Bowl, see, it was 60 degrees in Indianapolis. In February.

Now it's 12 years later, and you get where I'm going with this, right?

Last week, see, it was 60 degrees in Indy again in February. A week later the NBA brings its yearly glitter show to town, and what happens?

Winter happens. 

More snow in one day than we've seen, total, the rest of this new year. Cosmic payback, maybe, for all that outrageous good fortune 12 years ago.

"Not this time, suckers!" you can imagine the almighty saying.

And then that chuckle.