"Dude I don't even feel it. Gangrene is for ****s."

In our opinion winter has been here for a couple of weeks. Once the temperature dips below 60 on a regular basis it's time to break out the hats and gloves. And since today brought the first significant snow (or freezing rain depending on what time you ventured out) of the season it's now time to embrace that winter is upon us. Weather.com says it's 34 degrees with a wintry mix ... so put the shorts and sandals away already.

We're no fashion experts, but something tells us that shorts on a day where the temperature is hovering around freezing is wrong. The girls who write the fashion blog at the Collegian haven't written about this yet, but we think they would jump on board (right girls?).

Adults wear pants when it gets cold. And regardless of what you say, it's cold. The majority of us are wearing coats, scarves and hoodies. But you insist on wearing shorts. Maybe it's because you have some "sweet tattoos" you're showing off on your legs, or you think because you're overweight you can't feel the temperature. It doesn't matter. Just stop. Take all your shorts, put them in the back of your closet and forget about them until April at the earliest. Unless you're going somewhere for spring break, in which case go for it.

And if you fail to take our advice don't come crying to us when they have to chop your legs off because gangrene has set in. I don't think they can do that surgery at Ritenour though.