Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City."

When you go to bed at 9:00 p.m., it is not unusual to get up at 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. But that's okay, because I get to listen to overnight radio and the oddest things that are discussed by some of the strangest people. Maybe I"m one of those odd/strange people. I just don't inflict myself on the world through the telephone. But wait, as they say in those annoying commercials, there is this blog, so one never knows.

Yesterday was too wintry for me. Rain, almost snowy, and just a feeling that our little corner of the world had reverted to the Ice Age. Well, not really, but it was cold and windy.

I started out with STWD for our morning walk as Mary prepared for her regular Tuesday chat, but some fool decided it was time to get rid of some firecrackers, and so STWD pulled me towards the house so hard that when we returned to the mud room and the kitchen, I announced to Mary that we were back nearly before we left. Mary watched as STWD shook in fear and then raced up to her hide-e-hole. I felt so sorry for her, It took another two hours for her to overcome her fear and return to her pack.

Mary and I had finally coaxed Sugar out of her hide-e-hole and we all took an abbreviated walk to the newspaper box and the library to return a book.

I heard the southbound train go by about 11:00 p.m. last night, and I just watched the northbound run go through at 1:50 a.m. The regular cast of locomotives, followed by four CHCs and two DBTCs. In short, it was short.

Today, I may have to return the second speaker to the local retailer. The charging light does not go off, and that doesn't seem right. I've had both plugged into the wall for more than 10 hours. One of them the charging light went off, the other never has. The trouble is, I can't tell which is the one I've already exchanged and which is the older of the two. Sigh.

Today, I have no firm plans, but that seems subject to change every time I say that.

In sports, the boys in blue eked out a win over the Pirates, 9 - 8 They are now 8 - 5, but still in second place. The two teams play again tonight. The Tigers fell to the Yankees, 2 - 5. However, they still own one of the best records in baseball, and remain in first place with a record of 11 - 3. My beloved Red Sox, with a record of 9 - 5, are also in first place and are keeping those darn Yankees at bay in the A.L. East. The Caps also won over Great Lakes 6 - 5. Not much improvement on their record though.

The weather today doesn't look much different in the forecast than yesterday. A high of 44° sometime this afternoon under mostly cloudy skies. Rain/snow are possibilities. Tomorrow things begin to look better, and by Sunday we may get all the way up to 54°. What a difference from last weekend.

The sun will rise at 6:52 a.m., and set at 8:35 p.m. Ciao.