Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

I just have to start with the sports news. Why?, you ask rhetorically. Because Cubs Win!, Cubs Win!, Cubs Win!. A 100 win season, so far, with six games yet to play. Can we say Cruise Control? Sure, I knew you could. The Cubs are very solidly in 1st place in the NL Central with a record of 100 - 56. Javier Baez hit a grand slam and drove in a total of six RBIs. Kris Bryant added a home run and reached 101 RBIs and 39 homers. This is his 2nd year in the Major Leagues! Last year, Rookie of the Year. This year, MVP? Oh yeah, the final score was 12 - 2.

Kyle Hendricks easily dispatched the 3rd place Pirates and may be en route to a Cy Young award. His major competition? Fellow pitcher Jon Lester, who is just behind Hendricks. It is no wonder that the Cubs didn't have a June Swoon. As the old third baseman, the late Ron Santo often said, "This is the year!" The Cubs play again tonight against the Pirates @ 7:05 p.m.

The Tigers are once again in freefall. They lost to the AL Central champion Cleveland Indians 4 - 7. The Tigers are still mired in 2nd place, eight games in back of the Indians and two games behind in the Wild Card race. Sigh. The Tigers and the Indians play at Comerica Park again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox were off yesterday, but their magic number is now just one game following the loss by AL East division rivals, the 2nd place Toronto Blue Jays. The Sox are for real with their 1st place record of 92 - 64. While not the Major League's best record, the Sox are a solid AL baseball team. I may have my head explode if the Cubs and the Red Sox ultimately meet in this year's World Series. The Sox are @ the Yankees tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

Trainspotting yesterday was perfect. Before I left for the morning safari with STWD, I spotted the southbound tandem of locomotives 2057 and 2019 @ 9:45 a.m. In tow were a single BC, eight CHCs, and one DBTC that was bringing up the rear. The northbound run occurred @ 4:52 p.m. while we were @ JWs for a pre-presidential debate snack. Upon hearing that lonesome whistle blow, I sprang from my stool to spot the same tandem of locomotives towing 16 DBTCs, two DWTCs, and 19 CHCs. All cars were fully loaded judging by the way the earth was shaking.

Earlier in the day, I made it to my haircut appointment after the morning safari and then we were off on the afternoon errands. A quick stop @ the KIA dealer to have that balky mirror switch replaced. The mirrors work perfectly now. Afterwards, we made quick work of a stop @ the big-box home center in Holland and a stop @ the grocery store that specializes in low price foods. That too went well. Our final stop along the route was @ Harbor Humane Society in West Olive. We have been talking about getting an additional fur child, so we stopped in the see who was available. Mary fell in love with a possible adoptee. Whether we can adopt depends more on how well Sugar and the potential dog adoptee can accommodate each other. We'll be trying that out in another day or two.

Finally, home to that JWs stop and then on to the presidential debate viewing. During the debate, we had a late dinner of soft tacos that Mary put together for our viewing pleasure. They tasted great.

Today, we have some paperwork to accomplish for the upcoming election, along with some phone calls and other activities. The aforementioned activities will consume far more time that we'd like.

The current temperature is 59° under partly cloudy skies. There is a forecast from the NWS for T-storms later this evening and into Wednesday with a 60% probability. The high-temperature today is supposed to be 61° after the sun rises @ 7:38 a.m. and long before it sets @ 7:32 p.m. Ciao.