Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:45 a.m. in "The City." I'm reporting from the newly equipped Weather Office where the new digital Weather Station is showing an image of a partly cloudy night sky, with an outdoor temperature of 48.6°, and 75% relative humidity. Indoors, the display shows that here in the Weather Office, the temperature is 68.2°, with 50% humidity. As time passes, I'll be able to include additional information as the station"learns" the prevailing barometric pressures and thereby can be more accurate. Such things as the Dew Point and the Heat Index will be available. I'm into the 21st century now.

In other news, Mary and I both worked hard yesterday. I did the chores in the downstairs while she multi-tasked, indexing, chatting, and surveying the various news sources. I'm nearly finished, she is not. We both accompanied STWD on the morning safari before Mary sat down to her chat. She did a nice job of adapting the menus as the applesauce that I made a few weeks ago had become a science experiment. I also printed out a copy of the novel I have been working on for many years.

No trains yesterday, but given the regularity of the non-holiday week runs, I should see two today.

In sports, the Cubs traded infielder Starlin Castro to the Yankees for a pitcher and a player to be named later, possibly another infielder. They also signed 34 year old free agent infielder Ben Zobrist to a $56,000,000 contract for four years. The pitcher in the trade Castro with the Yankees, Adam Warren, is a 28 year old right handed pitcher with a solid strikeout to walks ratio. He is projected to be able to start in the National League on a regular basis. At 28, he is just coming into the prime age for a starting pitcher. He spent his entire career in the Yankees organization. You have to like his name. Given the emphasis that Theo Epstein places on pitching, hopefully, Theo and his executive team have done their homework.

Today, I'll finish more of my chores, read more of my latest novel that I got from the library, and hopefully place more pieces in the jigsaw puzzle. I may even find time to play with the girls; all of that after the morning safari. Whew, I'm tired just thinking about my day.

The sun will rise at 8:04 a.m. and set at 5:09 P.M. Ciao.