Good morning GH. It is just past 9:00 a.m. in "The City." I decided that I liked a warm bed more that I wanted to get up last night, so this blog is not tardy, just fashionably late, like sports fans in LA.

Speaking of sports, thanks Howard Cosell, the men in blue are on a roll, as they won again over the Braves, 9 - 7. Edwin Jackson, the former Cubs pitcher whom the men allowed to escape to Atalanta, served up a couple of homers and the men pulled out another one. The Tigers weren't so fortunate as they lost to the Rangers, 3 - 5. My beloved Red Sox finally lost to the Royals, 3 - 6. The Caps hammered the Lake County, OH Captains, 11 - 1. The Bears in a meaningless pre-season game, defeated the Colts, 23 - 11. I say meaningless, unless you are one of the players trying to win a job or a place on the team.

Yesterday, we walked with STWD over to Center Town so that she could get a visit with the groomer and a sweet treat. Since I like to use the reward system when something unpleasant happens, I think that the next time something like that occurs, Sugar will associate it with a good thing.

Otherwise, I didn't accomplish much. I'm still frustrated by my small speakers, as they won't play for any length of time, even when hard wired to the music source. That's better than having iTunes turn on all by itself, but having solved the problem with the music service, I now have another problem. I know there is an answer, I just haven't uncovered it yet.

Mary made a new recipe for dinner last night and I pronounce it a keeper. It was a linguine with spinach in vegan Alfredo sauce and it was delicious. I give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating. I'd have given the recipe a 5, but I left off half a star, because I like to have things a tad saltier than Mary, who allows me to add salt at the table. Personal preferences I guess.

Today, I have to finish my household chores after the walk with STWD. The chores shouldn't take long, and then I can sit back and relax. I am going to start a new novel, since the book I am now reading by Ralph Nader, is becoming monotonous. I get his point, so like someone once said, "It's time to dismount when the horse is dead."

No trains, no pictures, and not much else.

According to the NWS, the chance of rain and T-storms is anywhere from 75% to 90%. Those storms may or may not happen between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Once again, I'll await the forecast from the intrepid weather dog.

The sun has already risen at 6:59 a.m. and it will set at 8:34 p.m., after those may or may not happen rain showers, Ciao.