Good morning GH. It is 55 degrees in the "The City," as we head for a sunny high of  76. Some of you may recall that I began to use "The City" as an homage to an old radio and television show, Dragnet. That program was set in Los Angeles, California which the show's star, Jack Webb referred to in the opening as "The City." He said it in the following manner, "This is The City, Los Angeles, California. My name is Friday, I carry a badge."

For those of you with a good memory, you should be able to recall his rank and his badge number. He always referred to the commander of the unit that he and his partner, Frank Gannon, worked in this way. "The boss is Captain Smith." Joe Friday and his partner always wore the same clothes in the television series so that they could swap parts of various shows in and out for better continuity and cheaper production costs. In that regard, he was a pioneer.

Author's note: There seems to be no particular agreement on what makes a city a city nor a town or village what they are. Some say that a town is larger by population than a village and yet smaller than a city. However, if Chicago, IL is a city, and Cicero, IL is a town with a relatively large population how did our city get to be city given that our population is between ten and eleven thousand people in the off-season. Grand Rapids is a city, Holland is city, and yet we have many towns and villages in this state too. Go figure.

But I digress. On Wednesday, I actually did the lawn mowing on the palatial estate. Sugar the Weather Dog only got one longer walk today, but she also got to go to the "Bone Zone," so I doubt that she would complain. I did get in some music time and reading too. All in all, the day was great for walking and just being.

Today, more music, some additional reading, and of course more walking with Sugar. Sometimes she can be very insistent that we get some walk time in, and for that I have to thank her. If not for Sugar, I might not get out as much and that would be bad for me. Otherwise, not much is planned.

In sports, the boys in blue derailed the Pirates 4 - 2 in the team's final home game. The Tigers triumphed over the Twins, 1 - 0. My beloved Red Sox topped the Rockies, 15 - 5. That's about all that was important in sports. For those of you who are into Formula 1 racing, the new Ron Howard movie, Rush, comes out here on Friday. Personally I can't wait. The film has received great critical reviews.

So that's about it around here. Tea time awaits and that is always a great way to start the day. Ciao.