Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

I'm going to keep it short and sweet this morning, because I need to save my strength for additional keyboard activities later this a.m.

In sports, the men in blue took it to the Pirates yesterday afternoon, 9 - 6. The Tigers and my beloved Red Sox had the day off. The Caps got a win over the Kernels, 4 - 1. Their next game is in Cedar Rapids on Saturday afternoon at 4:35 p.m.

With the luck of the Irish, Mary and I will be at the Michigan Irish Festival in Muskegon at that time. Good music is always the best way to warm the soul.

The weather in GH is actually the same as the forecast from the NWS. It is raining and STWD is in her hide-e-hole to escape the occasional thunder clap. If the forecast is accurate, there will be T-storms most of the day today. Saturday, the forecast calls for a drop to a 40% chance of storms by the late a.m., However, the wind will be blowing rather briskly at 17 mph.

As previously mentioned, my day today will be consumed by indexing related activities. Mary has the heavy lifting, I'm just a pair of hands at the keyboard. We'll stop for meals, but that's about it.

The sun will rise today at 7:32 a.m., but it won't be visible. Later this evening, it will set at 7:53 p.m. The high temperature is expected to be 72° after an overnight low of 59°, We have a current temperature of 69°, so the temperature will have to fall 10° before we get there. Ciao