Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 8:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 23° under mostly-cloudy skies. Today's high is forecast to reach 27°. The sun will rise today @ 8:11 a.m. and set later @ 5:41 p.m.

Although it is hard to tell, this rocking chair on the front porch was turned 360° by the recent Gale Force Winds.

I did take advantage of the sunlight that was streaming into my studio yesterday to add some additional strokes to my artwork.

I did it! I got our new WiFi router to recognize our printer and everything is now hunky dory. There's an old word for your edification. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the phrase hunky dory was derived from American slang around 1866. It has synonyms such as: copacetic, all-right, ducky, fine, good, satisfactory, and palatable. At any rate, the term may have come from the Dutch language or...

If you are into NFL™ football, the Tennessee Titans were toppled by the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday, 35 - 24 in the first game of the league playoffs, while the Green Bay Packers were also upended, this time by the San Francisco 49ers, 37 - 20. That means that in two weeks, the Chiefs and the Packers will meet in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday February 2, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. We are going to root for the 49ers to win and may watch the commercials.

As for what's really important in life, baseball, and as we know, baseball is life, the pitchers and catchers begin to report to Spring-Training on February 11, 2020. My beloved Red Sox will have a new and as yet unnamed manager due to the recent parting of the ways between former manager Alex Cora and the team. That is also true of the Houston Astros and A.J Hinch and the NY Mets, whose manager also recently parted with their teams. In the case of the Mets, their once and former recently named new manager, Carlos Beltran, had yet to manage a game for the team. Rumors abound, but no new names have been actually linked to any of the teams. All of this activity is the fallout from the scandal that engulfed the Astros 2017 World Series™ win.

Otherwise, today should be relatively pedestrian. I have some home maintenance to do, and perhaps some kitchen duties. I must do more reading and crossword solving too. Mary and I collectively got about 3/4 of the weekend puzzle done, but as always, this is the hardest puzzle to finish. So, it looks like it will be  great day in Michigan. Ciao.