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

Well, another sunrise is just around the corner. Our current temperature of 56° was reached about 4:00 a.m. and there is nowhere else to go but up from here. Once the sun actually rises @ 7:20 a.m. and before it sets @ 8:01 p.m., the NWS has forecast the high for today to reach 73° under partly-cloudy to partly-sunny skies. I'm not sure what the difference is.

I was really tired after my day in the kitchen yesterday. Mary made a dinner of my freshly made Italian meatballs and a baked potato and by the time I'd finished dinner, I was ready for a nap. So, I repaired to the media room and took one. I awoke and stayed awake last night, just long enough to watch the Detroit Lions and their new head-coach, Matt Patricia, look even worse than the Bears the day before, as the Lions lost to the Jets and their rookie head-coach and rookie quarterback, 17 - 48.

My beloved Red Sox had the day off before they meet the Blue Jays tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The Cubs and the Tigers should have taken the day off, as they both lost by identical scores of 2 - 3. The Cubs lost to the Brewers while the Tigers lost to the Astros. The Cubs now have a slim one-game lead over the Brewers before they meet again tonight @ 8:05 p.m. The Tigers once again face the Astros @ 6:40 p.m.

As I noted earlier, I was tired due to my day in the kitchen. I'd made the aforementioned Italian meatballs and those sausages. I guess I"m not as young as I used to be. Surprise!

At any rate, the meatballs turned out great, but I won't know about the sausages until later today. I guess that Mary will be making those garlic smashed potatoes, as I ran out of steam. That was her suggestion from the start.

Today, I have nothing planned other than my regular annual check-up with my internist and that's fine with me.  Ciao.