Good morning or god evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:30 a.m. in "The City."

I've come to a not so startling conclusion. When you get up early in the morning and then walk all over town in support of your latest fur-child, Mary walked even more than me, you get tired and you don't get up to blog until after 5:00 a.m. Of course, somewhere in there, you do household chores that needed doing, which also makes you tired. What a revelation.

At any rate, the current temperature is 48° under mostly clear skies. Later today when I am walking to the Irish Jam session @ the library, the high is expected to reach 67° under mostly cloudy skies. The 80% chance of T-storms predicted for tomorrow will come in the morning, but should not manifest themselves today.

The Cubs play tonight @ 8:00 p.m. EDT against the Dodgers in the Friendly Confines. Later this afternoon, the Blue Jays and the Indians resume their series @ 4:00 p.m. Last night, the Indians defeated the Blue Jays by a score of 2 - 0.

Later today, the MSU Spartans take the field against the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, IL. The Spartans are reeling and have limited chances for a meaningful post-season game.Sigh.

The Wolverines of Michigan have a bye this week.

The Huskies of NIU host the Central Michigan Chippewas. The Huskies are also struggling like MSU.

Our visit to the vet for Ginger went well. Ginger now has a "Cone of Shame" to prevent her from disturbing her recent surgical site. Overall, Ginger was pronounced in good health by the doctor. She also had her boosters for other canine related medical issues. She is still as cute as a button, but it is not an inexpensive proposition to be a pet-parent. Oh well, nobody said the job was easy when we took it.

Today, other than the Irish Jam session, I have no plans except to do some highlighting in one color, pink. I only have about 140 pages to read, comment upon, and highlight. I always say I won't be adding comments and I start out with good intentions, but then something comes over me and...

Mary is still awaiting some additional input from the publisher before she can begin her efforts. Maybe she can run-up my valences in the interim.

So there you have. Not much is happening in our little corner of the Tri-Cities. I'm fine with that. The sun will rise in about 2 1/2 hours @ 7:56 a.m. and set later @ 7:01 p.m. I'll be watching the Cubs latest efforts to make it to the World Series. Ciao.