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." We have a current temperature of 70° that feels like 70° with a wind out of the southwest @ 15 mph. There was supposed to be a  Gale Watch in effect until 11:00 a.m. Thursday, from Holland to Manistee, but that has been canceled. 

However, there is a Small Craft Advisory in effect until tomorrow @ 8:00 a.m. for Allegan, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, and Van Buren counties in MI that should keep small boats off of Lake Michigan. 

That Small Craft Advisory is accompanied by a Beach Hazard Statement for those same counties. High waves and strong currents will make swimming in the 71° waters and walking on the piers extremely dangerous. Windspeeds of 15 to 30 knots with gusts up to 35 knots may produce waves from four to seven feet and possibly up to 10 feet in height! The surf will definitely be up! The sun rose this morning @ 7:31 a.m. and it will set this evening @ 7:43 p.m.

What can I say? The 0 - 2 Lions will live up or down to expectations this season. They fell to the 1 - 1 Packers in Lambeau Field last night, 17 - 35. The Packers looked good, the Lions looked like, well, the Lions. 

Good news here in MI, as the Tigers displayed a glimpse of good things to come in baseball. Last night, they defeated that presumptive AL Central Champion other team from Chicago, 4 - 3. 

The Cubs were supposed to be a dynasty following their lone 2016 World Series Championship and look how that turned out. That other team from Chicago is expected to be a dynasty for the next several years too. However, with free agency and other factors, that will remain to be seen. 

Lots of teams should be good for many  years, but just look in Chicago at the Bears or NYC at the Yankees, or Houston and Astros or LA or San Diego or Seattle, or.. Well, you get the idea. Even the once high-flying Bulls in the NBA became at best mediocre when Michael Jordan left.

The Cubs play tonight @ 7:40 p.m. EDT versus the Twins, while the Red Sox go against the Mets @ 7:10 p.m. EDT.

My dental appointment went well yesterday and I have a follow-up today. Then I'm done for at least six months. I'm still doing P/T and home exercises for my yak.

I got into the kitchen yesterday to make two of my specialties, vegan Italian burgers and meatballs. However, Mary had already pressed some tofu, which we had as our dinner with a side of vegan noodles. I like that too, so it was not a tough call for me.

I am putting off the indoor chores until tomorrow to accommodate my dental appointment. 

Mary is making steady progress on her latest cross-stitch project, a pear, and it looks great as I pass it in the living room downstairs. 

So, that's enough for one day. Ciao.