Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, It is just past 6:30 a.m. in "The City." Amazingly, I was so tired last night and earlier this morning, that I didn't stir for any reason. Now that I have slept for nearly eight hours, I am going to blog a bit and go back to the rack.

Yesterday was an interesting day in sports, The MSU Spartans defeated Air Force, 35 - 21. I watched part of the game, and I think that Air Force gave the Spartans a good game. The Michigan Wolverines, under new coach Jim Harbaugh, handily defeated the UNLV Rebels, 28 - 7. The NIU Huskies fought valiantly and went into the locker room at half-time, tied 10 - 10. The final score doesn't really tell the tale, as the Huskies gave the Buckeyes all they could handle. A dropped snap on a punt attempt by the Huskies set up the Buckeyes for a score That punt attempt might have gone better, and the Huskies might have won. OSU did not look like a number one team to me. If I were the people who rank the teams nationally, I'd drop the Buckeyes in the rankings slightly.

In baseball news, the men in blue seem to not be satisfied with playing for the Wildcard. It looks as though they believe they can win their division. They nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the ninth inning yesterday, but they hung on and defeated the first place Cardinals, 5 - 4, before a sell-out crowd. The Tigers took 11 innings, but they beat the Royals 5 - 4, as the Tigers wind down their lackluster season, Worthy of note, is that two players the Tigers traded away, David Price, a pitcher, to the the Blue Jays, and Yoenis Cespedes, an outfielder, traded to the Mets, are having great years. It is possible that Cespedes mght win the National League MVP while playing for the Mets. Nice job on that trade Dave Dombrowski.

Speaking of Dave Dombrowski, the newly named GM in Boston and by extension, my beloved Red Sox, they also got a win, defeating the previously mentioned Blue Jays, 7 - 6. Some pundits are speculating that the Sox should tank the rest of the season and preserve their losing record for a strong draft pick. I certainly hope that Dombrowski isn't that devious. We'll see.

The Caps went out to Cedar Rapids, where they lost to the Kernels, 2 - 3. The next game is this afternoon at 3:05 p.m. EDT.

Elsewhere in the news, the index from Hades is nearing completion, I hope. At 90 pages and counting, it has been a long ride through the nether region. We will get that infernal document out today. Sadly, that activity has usurped nearly everything else in our lives. We did get out late last evening for a walkabout, and while out, I took some pictures of things in GH. That will allow me to close on a positive note.

The sun will rise at 7:29 a.m. and set at 7:46 p.m. But as I said, before I go, here are some pictures of GH.

It was still light out as we headed downtown.

Central Park, looking northeast from the west.

Art Walk is this week, and this is one artist's vision. 

These cars are located on the sidewalk in front of one of the banks. 

The sunset at night over the channel leading to the "Big Lake."

Sadly, to appreciate GH's Musical Fountain, you have to be there.

Ciao.