First, baseball = zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, I'm sorry, is the season over yet?

Caroline - Your first colonoscopy? Woohoo! So exciting! Ughhh... (Sorry to hear about the resulting issue though.) Ah, getting older is so much fun!

Out here, the "California Snow" has quit falling for now. All the ash and soot from the fires has created quite a mess, and the fires have been devastating to say the least. We're lucky in that we live in an area where all we really have to do is deal with the "Snow" and breathing issues. Thankfully our house wasn't in danger like so many others. As selfish and egotistical as Southern California can be, it was great to see so many people come together to help those in need. Gives you hope in humanity.

Came home from the PDF 50th Anniversary Symposium in New York a little more educated and a lot sicker! My first flight from NY to Dallas was full of people 75 and older, all of whom were sneezing, wheezing, coughing, and hacking the entire way. The flight attendant told me "we're screwed" since the cabin was a flying germ lab.

Then my flight from Dallas to home, I sat next to a couple who just returned from Europe who were sick as well. By the time I got off the plane, I wasn't feeling all that well and the next day it hit my like a ton of bricks! I was sick for a week and since I'm a PD person, I can't take 99% of the cold and flu remedies out there, so I suffered through it. It was brutal and good lord did it make me more stiff and rigid. I made the tin man look like an Olympic gymnast! I was teaching one of my college classes and one of my students, who is an EMT, told me that I looked like I was going to pass out and that maybe I should sit down. And she was right!

But I'm feeling better finally and can get back into the swing of things. Can't believe the holidays are right around the corner. Time sure flies...

Have a good week everyone!

Todd, see this is what I like about the train...NYC to Harrisbut after PDF 50th for me...everyone can sit alone. Every two seats on the aisle is occupied by one person...no close contact.

Yes, Baseball season is officially over...zzzzzzz for me too!

Have they begun to venture a guess as to the long-term inpact of all the particulates that have been inhaled by the millions of people; e.g. x10 normal for rubber, metals, paint, etc.? Not to mention the other air issues it caused. I can only assume it will be worse that 9/11 impact on health, which of course is still being argued...ridiculous.

I LIKE baseball - really enjoy going to the Diamondback games (we only go once a month during the season). But I've grown to hate baseball on TV - all that SPITTING. Every camera shot is someone spitting. What's with that?! It spoils it for me. At the stadium you're too far away to see them spit ...

Which is probably why I still like going to the ballpark.

My son is headed your way in his big Volvo truck to deliver a load. He is in South Dakota sleeping now, but he will be headed you way sometime early in the morning.

I too enjoy watching baseball. In Minnesota we have a secondary league called the St. Paul Saints, which is more popular than the Minneapolis twins. (Bye-Bye Torey Hunter.)

The Saints really put on a show. They open the game with their pet pig mascot. It is an outdoor stadium by a railroad track. Between innings they play games with the kids in the crowd. An example: Have a child put is forehead on the bat and circle it several times and then watch them try to run the bases.

Their is a woman who sits in the stands and gives haircuts to fans watching the game. The players are very approachable and love to give the kids autographs. Is is truly a "Field of Dreams." Went to a game once and met Jackie Christianson there.

Vicky