Osler's Razor

First to write, and my own favorite, was this reflection on autumn by the Medievalist:

Oh red maple tree!
High expression of autumn,
Announcing winter.

For one thing, it reveals something intriguing about our friend the Medievalist-- he's from Minnesota, where the red maples real do announce that winter is close behind. There are real seasons here, and they move fast.

The Medievalist studied at the University of Minnesota, where he had fair-to-middling grades, but one great talent: He made incredible tacos. Upon graduating with a C average, he opened his first business, aptly named "Taco Savant." It was located on a hot corner of Dinkytown, near the UM campus, and he soon branched out to 37 locations in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, and Waco, Texas.

A mere five years after founding the business, the Spanish Medievalist sold all of the restaurants save the Waco location to Olson-Johnson Industries of Minnetonka for $37 million.

Now rich, he decamped to the remaining Waco location where a confused Baylor employed understood his taco-making abilities to reflect an academic aptitude for Spanish language and history, and he was hired as a full-time faculty member. Selling the last taco stand to the Fiesta family (who now operate it as "La Fiesta"), the Medievalist proved the confused Baylor employed correct, and now has risen to the top of his second profession.

Huzzahs, Spanish Medievalist!