Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City."

I wasn't going to get up, but once my yak reminded me that it was still there, the rest quickly became history. Is that a play on words, "The Rest", since I wasn't going to get any more this morning? A rhetorical question I guess.

At any rate, the current temperature is 33°, according to my DTWS here on the desk in my Blog Central/Weather Office/Music Room/Art Studio. The NWS is showing 32°, so not really much difference. The sun will rise today @ 7:10 a.m. and set later @ 8:22 p.m. In between, the NWS has added a Gale Warning for the "Big Lake", you know, that's when inexperienced sailors or boats and ships without instruments are advised to avoid leaving port as the winds will be a minimum of 34, and up to 47 knot!.

Plus, we are experiencing the fringes of Winter Storm Wesley, the storm that may drop as much as 30 inches of snow on the Western Plains States! The NWS is calling this another possible smaller "Bomb Cyclone", that are being caused by Climate Change. Here in GH, the NWS is telling us that the morning commute will be made more difficult by the icy road conditions driven by 27 mph winds and temperatures that will hover around freezing until later today. Ouch! However, once the sun has been up for a while, we are anticipating a high temperature of 50°. By the by, a long look out the WW shows snow on our roof and moisture on the pavement.

Speaking of the weather, the 3 - 8 in the NL Central Cubs looked like ice statues as they fell to the 6 - 4 in the NL Central Pirates, 2 - 5. Our $126 million RHP, Yu Darvish, looked very human last night, as he was unable to get out of the 6th inning and suffered his 2nd loss of the season to go to 0 - 2. Maybe RHP Jose Quintana can right the ship tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Cubs' pitching staff will be one man short as LHP Jon Lester has been placed on the 10 Day DL with a left-hamstring injury. Meanwhile, his roster spot will be taken by LHP Tim Collins, who was promoted from the Iowa Cubs for a hopefully short visit.

The surprising 8 - 4 in the AL Central, 1st place Detroit Tigers took another game from the 7 - 4  in the AL Central. 2nd place Cleveland Indians, 4 - 1, as Tigers' RHP Matthew Boyd struck out 6 and was solid through 6 innings. Today @ 1:10 p.m., RHP Spencer Turnbull will try to keep it going as he takes the hill.

My beloved, 3 - 9 in the AL East Red Sox are still struggling. They had an off day yesterday, but tonight's game @ 7:05 p.m. will be another chance for LHP Eduardo Rodriguez to help right the ship as the Sox meet the 5 - 7 in the AL East Baltimore Orioles.

Sports pundits are suggesting that there are several things the Sox can do to get back on track. Naturally, those involve the starting pitchers, the hitters, the fielders and the base runners. Gee, who could have guessed that? It was the immortal Casey Stengel who was quoted that basic baseball is all about pitching, hitting, catching, and throwing.

The 4 - 3 in the MWL East, 3rd place Caps, took a game from the 3 - 4 in the MWL East Lansing Lugnuts, 6 - 4. The Caps and the Lugnuts have another game today @ 1:05 p.m.

I had an epic fail in the kitchen yesterday. I attempted to make a loaf of French bread, but in the process, I made the loaf too large, i e too big around in the middle and not long and slender like French bread should be. So, when I stuck in the thermometer, the internal temperature never got over 140°. However, not unlike my long-ago experience with the pepper mill and my heat gun, the thermometer's plastic dial cover succumbed to the 400° oven heat when I didn't remove it from the bread and it melted down. Thus, I now have to get a new thermometer and we still have no bread. Here is a pic of the results of my "Efforts". chronicled by our Senior Staff Photographer, Mary, with her Smart Phone camera.

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So, while I went 0 - 1 in the kitchen, Mary went 2 - 0, as she made a terrific rice and bean soup for lunch and another of her enchilada casseroles for dinner. Both were keepers, while my French bread was sent to the ash heap of history. Sigh.

Today, another day of torture @ P/T and a concert in Spring Lake tonight @ Seven Steps Up as Peter Mulvey takes the stage @ 7:30 p.m. He is a singer/songwriter who plays guitar and so I'm sure we will enjoy his efforts.

That looks like enough for one day. Ciao.