Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:30 a.m. in "The City."

This may or may not be a short blog. I guess it depends on what comes to mind as I write.

According to the NWS, the rain should be falling now. But this being GH, it isn't, yet. The current temperature is 67° under mostly cloudy skies. Cloudy yes, rainy, no. The rains were supposed to begin around 1:15 a.m. @ 60% and gradually increase to 100% by 6:00 a.m. Oh well, I am reasonably certain that the rains will come at some point this morning. They are supposed to continue off and on throughout today and into early Monday. At any rate, the sun will rise today @ 8:00 a.m. and set @ 6:59 p.m.

Sports news yesterday was only partially good. Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win! 8 - 4 over the Dodgers on the strength of solid pitching by Jon Lester and a pinch-hit grand-slam home run by Miguel Montero. According to baseball historians, there have only been three such grand-slams in the history of post-season baseball. In addition, Dexter Fowler led off the game with a hit and he was doubled in by Kris Bryant to give the Cubs an early lead. Javier Baez scored on a suicide squeeze play that happened after a missed bunt. It was quite a thrilling game, to say the least. The Cubs and the Dodgers play again tonight @ 8:00 p.m. EDT. They then skip a day before playing again Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

The Blue Jays fell once again to the Indians 1 - 2. That gives the Indians a 2 - 0 game lead in the ALCS. They play again tomorrow night @ 8:00 p.m.

College football was not a good day if you are an MSU or NIU fan. The Spartans fell to the Wildcats of Northwestern by a score of 40 - 54. That leaves the Spartans with an 0 - 3 record in the Big 10 and an overall record of 2 - 4.

The Huskies of NIU fell to the Central Michigan Chippewas 28 - 34. That gives the Huskies a record of 1 - 2 in the Mac 10 and an overall record of 1 - 6. Ouch!

The 2 - 3 Lions play the Los Angeles Rams today @ 1:00 p.m. The 1 - 4 Chicago Bears play the 1 - 3 Jacksonville Jaguars, also @ 1:00 p.m.

Ginger is doing well. She has adjusted to the "Cone of Shame" that she has to wear, but I don't believe that she likes it. Six more days Ginger, six more days. STWD is still adjusting to having a roommate. Once Ginger is free to get away, things should improve. Plus, we are getting a handle on her bathroom habits. It is s learning experience for everyone in the family.

I made it to the Irish Jam @ the library yesterday. We didn't have a large number of players, but we did have a nice cross-section of instrumentation. I hadn't played for an extended period before yesterday, but my bionic thumb held up well. I will give myself a day off today.

Mary did one of her least favorite things while I was out. She went to the grocery store. I believe that it was an overall good experience.

Today I'll be in the man-cave painting while Mary does some batch cooking. Those activities will occur post morning safari. Mary will go one way with Ginger and I'll go another with the intrepid one. Both of us will find time to read the newspapers and do some reading.

Otherwise, the day should shape up to be a quiet one. That's okay with me. Ciao.