Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:45 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature of 33° feels more like 26° with a wind out of the east @ nine mph. There are no alerts in the forecast from the N WS at this time. 

The skies are currently cloudy as we drop to an overnight low temperature of 32° before we rebound to tomorrow's high temperature of 39° under mostly-cloudy skies with a 40% chance for showers in the evening. Just what the Covidiots and Maskholes will be experiencing when they are downtown at 12:00 p.m. to watch the ball drop from the GHDPS hook and ladder truck. 

New Year's Day will see a high temperature of only 33° with a very chilly overnight low of 20° predicted. In addition there is also a 70% chance for snow in the evening. The sun will rise @ 8:16 a.m. and set nine hours and three minutes later @ 5:19 p.m.

We watched a great movie today on Netflix™ starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence entitled Don't Look Up!. I recommend this movie if you care about our planet.

We didn't accomplish much today. Mary and Ginger went to the grocery store for a small pick up and I finished three crossword puzzles. 

Last night @ 7:00 p.m, the Spartans of MSU face the Panthers of Pittsburgh in the Peach Bowl. Update this early morning. In spite of some early-game jitters, the Spartans dispatched the Panthers, 31 - 21. 

Also an update. Tonight, the Wolverines of Michigan face the Bulldogs of Georgia @ 7:30 p.m in the Orange Bowl. I've reserved my seat in the media room and asked for a big bowl of popcorn so that I can hopefully root the Wolverines on to victory. 

Otherwise there are indoor chores to be done, we still have to get those pictures hung, the outdoor Christmas decorations have to be taken down and stored for another year and that should be enough for one day.

Mary will continue her cross-stitching and I'd like to get more paint on canvas, but the lighting is never conducive to painting when the skies are cloudy all day. 

I don't anticipate going out and about for New Year's Eve due to my advanced age, my worries over the Covid-19 pandemic, and the fact that I've seen a lot of New Year's celebrations in my 70 years of life. I think that Mary feels the same, albeit she is younger than I. Ciao.