Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 6:00 a.m. in "The City."

My Desktop Weather Station (DTWS) shows a current temperature of 52° under cloudy skies. Later this morning, the NWS is forecasting a chance of passing showers, whatever that means. They are also forecasting a high for today of 58° by 1:00 p.m. I was planning on going out on my bicycle today, so perhaps waiting until early afternoon would be prudent. The sun will rise @ 8:05 a.m. and set @ 6:53 p.m.

What a great way to segue into my activities for tonight. Like last night, I plan to be sitting in the media room with STWD watching the Cubs take on the Dodgers. Game 4 last night saw the Cubs slumbering lumber come to life as Addison Russell went 3/5 as did Anthony Rizzo. Both men hit home runs as they ran up the score to a final of 10 - 2.

Tonight, the Cubs will have Jon Lester starting the game and hopefully their newly awakened offense will stay awake and hand the Dodgers another loss prior to both teams returning to the "Friendly Confines" for game 6 Saturday night @ 8:00 p.m.

The Blue Jays fell to the Indians in game 5 of the ALCS last evening which gave the Indians the American League Pennant. The Indians will host game one of the World Series™ on Tuesday, October 24 against either the Cubs or the Dodgers.

In a tangential relation to the Cubs, the late Lou Boudreau a former Cubs broadcaster was the player/manager for the 1948 Indians. He was an All-Star shortstop for the Indians and for one season in 1960, he left the Cubs' broadcast booth to manage the Cubs. His lack of success sent him back to the booth the following season.

In a further tangential connection, Boudreau's daughter, Sharyn, married former Detroit Tigers 31 game winning pitcher, Denny McClain. What a Kevin Baconish set of circumstances.

Sandwiched in there was the visit by the plumber to replace the corroded sink strainer. That stop came shortly after 8:00 a.m. and necessitated some serious hammer therapy, but everything went well for a professional. I also learned that the disposal was partially clogged by some stringy debris that we had put down it in the past. In another revelation, I learned that the front of the cabinets directly in front of and below the sinks folds out to reveal a debris trap for countertop debris. I never knew it was there and that it had leftovers from the mice that had visited our house before we moved in five years ago. All clean now.

Trainspotting yesterday took on a hi-tech aspect in the afternoon. In the morning, I used the traditional pencil and paper method of recording the southbound passage of locomotives 2019 and 2057 as they plied the rails of the RSTL @ 10:22 a.m. This was by far the longest train I have personally witnessed. Behind the locomotives were 20 CHCs and 47 DBTCs.

I was out in the yard with Mary and Ginger @ 4:54 p.m. when locomotives 2057 and 2019 passed by on their way north. Since I didn't have a paper or pencil available, Mary handed me the Smart Phone and I used the memo app to record the pertinent details of that passage. 14 CHCs, two DWTCs, and 17 DBTCs passed by.

Speaking of Ginger, she, Mary, STWD and I collectively took the morning safari, We stopped off at the Baker's Wife for a loaf of bread that was a delicious platform for Mary's Spicy Tomato Loaf, (STL), sandwiches that we had for lunch. I made my World famous Coleslaw as a side. I think I've got the Coleslaw recipe down to perfection now. Our dinner was some leftovers and Mary's roast beest slathered with her mushroom gravy. You know how I feel about that. No snacks for last night's Cubs' game, as dinner was eaten shortly before the first pitch. Sugar and I did share some potato chips that were in the mdia room.

Much of Mary's day was taken up with walking Ginger all over GH in an attempt to get Ginger trained for outdoor bathroom stops. We are making progress. I was able to get Ginger to do her duty last night and just a few short minutes ago. Mary also tried to do some indexing, but Ginger had other plans.

We finally got out to the Ace Hardware™ store in Spring Lake after a stop at the grocery store here in GH. Unfortunately, the Ace Hardware™ closed @ 6:00 p.m. and we arrived about 6:20 p.m. Naturally since we were on the other side of the bridge, we stopped @ Stan's for adult libations. As noted earlier, I plan to go out on my bicycle today to finish my hardware errands.

Mary plans to spend the day indexing. I have completely finished my highlighting work, so I will take my trip and perhaps do some household chores, or not.

That looks like enough for one day and so I'll finish with, Ciao.