Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City."

I may as well start with the weather report. The current temperature is 73° under rainy skies. In fact, I was outside with Ginger just after 11:00 p.m. and the rain as forecast by the NWS had begun to fall at that time. Fine with Ginger and I as we quickly came in and dried off. The showers are forecast to become T-storms around 2:00 a.m. and then taper off,  leaving a humid high temperature of 80° behind. I know where I'll be, inside and out of that heat and humidity. The sun will rise today @ 6:25 a.m. and set later tonight @ 9:16 p.m.

The weather report is also a great segue into the sports report.

The Cubs game against the Cardinals should have been called after the 7th inning with the Cubs up 3 - 2. Unfortunately, the game continued and the wheels came off the bus as the Cardinals scored nine runs in the top of the 8th en route to a 4 - 11 Cubs' loss. That loss ended the Cubs winning streak and kept them in 2nd place in the NL Central, one game in back of the losing Milwaukee Brewers. The Cubs and the Cardinals meet again today @ Wrigley Field @ 4:05 p.m.

The Tigers fared better as they defeated the Twins, 6 - 3. The win allowed the Tigers to remain in 4th place in the AL Central with a 44 - 51 record. At least they are ahead of that other team from Chicago. The Tigers and the Twins play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox topped the Angels in Anaheim, 6 - 2. They improved their 1st place record to 55 - 43 and have a 3.5 game lead over the 2nd place Rays in the AL East. The Sox and the Angels play again tonight in Anaheim @ 9:07 p.m.

Which leads me full circle back to the weather report. The Caps game in Beloit, WI was canceled last night due to lightning. The Caps still have a 2.0 game lead over the 2nd place Ft. Wayne TinCaps in the MWL East. The Caps and the Snappers play tonight in Beloit @7:35 p.m.

Today, I have no plans beyond reading and staying dry. My indoor chores are done and I want to give my yak a rest. Ever since we returned from Washington, D.C., I have had a constant baking yak. I know that that may seem unimportant in the cosmic scale of things, but as anyone who has had or still does suffer from a baking yak can attest, it lowers your level of tolerance for many things. At least I won't have to water today.

Mary will be working in her kitchen after we return from the morning safari. That safari will wait until the rains end around 9:00 a.m. before restarting @  10:00 a.m., or it will wait until after 12:00 p.m. after that mid-morning resurgence of the storm activity. I know that STWD won't go out if she senses a disturbance in the force.

So to close, let me say, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQJ8z4714w and ciao.