Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City."

Once again I'm listening to George Noory on Coast to Coast AM. He is interviewing Dr. Gary Ridenour regarding the Zika Virus. People are calling with horror stories and conspiracy tales. In short, a normal night of talking about something other than the paranormal fare that usually dominates Coast to Coast A.M. on a regular night/morning. Later in the show, George and his guest, Linda Moulton Howe, will be discussing the dying off of oysters in the northwestern U.S., children with past life recollections, an alleged underground pyramid near Denali, AK, and house shaking booms in FL as reported by an U.S. Air Force veteran.

Ah, that's more like what I am used to. Now if they would just get to talking about the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, aliens and Martians and UFOs, or the Kennedy assassination conspiracies, my early morning hours would be complete.

I realized as I was reminiscing about TV programming that originated in Chicago, that I hadn't mentioned a few others that were part and parcel to our regular routine. Sunday mornings found us in front of the TV watching The Magic Door, a  Hebrew themed children's TV show that originated at WBBM TV in Chicago, and featured a host named Tiny Tov. Not to be forgotten should be Dick Coughlin, who hosted Bugs Bunny and Friends. Naturally, the show featured Dick with a rabbit in a tree and Bugs Bunny cartoons. My mother once took us to a personal appearance by Dick and Bugs at an early shopping mall in Arlington Heights, IL.

How could I have forgotten Ray Rayner and his morning show that featured Chelveston the Duck, Cuddly Duddly, a dog puppet voiced by Chicago TV alum Roy Brown, along with Ray's use of notes pinned to his ubiquitous coveralls to remind him about certain activities. Both Ray and Roy were also regular cast members on Bozo's Circus, along with Bob Bell as Bozo the Clown, whom I mentioned yesterday. They were regulars along with Ned Locke, a WGN TV weather man who moved from co hosting a daily show for children called Lunchtime Little Theater and another children's show called Paddleboat. He was the creator, writer and star of that show, which also featured Roy Brown as the puppeteer. Ned Locke also portrayed Ringmaster Ned on Bozo's Circus, a role for which he was most famous.

I got so carried away with my reminiscing, that I nearly forgot my sports report. The boys in blue handily defeated the Brewers, 7 - 2. That keeps them atop the NL Central with a record of 16 - 5. However, Kris Bryant rolled his ankle running the bases and had to get a "Precautionary MRI." The Tigers once again beat the As, this time by a score of 7 - 3. That means that they are still in 4th place in the AL Central with a record of 11 - 10. My beloved Red Sox lost to the Braves, 3 - 5. They are still in 2nd place in the AL East with a record of 12 - 10. The Caps also lost to the Kernels when the Caps visited Cedar Rapids. Alas, the Caps are in 5th place in the Midwest League East.

Moving on, Mary and I stayed in bed all morning just because. Well it was raining outside, so the day's activities waited for us to get up and get going. STWD waited too, as she is never in a hurry to go out in the rain. Currently, the NWS is reporting a temperature of 42° that feels like 36°. That's about the same as my Desktop Weather Station here in the Weather Office/Music Room/Editorial Office is reporting. Today's high is forecast to be 54° chilly degrees with a slight chance of more rain later this morning. We'll have to wait until Monday for sunny skies and temperatures to approach 60°.

Mary went to her meditation session at the library while I stayed in after going out on safari with the intrepid one around 1:45 p.m. She and I picked up the Grand Haven Tribune, which leaves me with that one to read along with the one from the day before. Collectively we made it to our 3:30 p.m. chiropractor's appointments. Afterwards, we made some stops at the "Re-Store" for some hardware items. Not to be left out, were stops at a medium size home center and the nearby big-box home center. As you can imagine, our day got away from us once again.

Today, Mary has a long distance IT assistance visit for an indexing software glitch and her regularly scheduled chat session. I have a date with the girls and the morning safari with STWD. I should be able to get to the newspapers and the crosswords too, directly after I replace the dryer vent on the outside of the PE. Whew, I'm getting tired just thinking about my day. I have plans to bake some chocolate chip cookies, assisted by my trusty Sous Dog too.

The sun will rise at 6:41 a.m. and set at 8:44 p.m. Ciao.