Through yesterday, our average temperature was a full nine degrees above normal. That's pretty extraordinary.

We'll be flirting with freezing each morning into early next week.

This is the driest, longest dry spell we've had since the drought of the 1950s, and back then we didn't have as many people. It's unlikely it will improve before the summer.

It's disappointing for both players because this group is pretty tight and they do feel for each other,

He use to come here once and a while, but he was a musician and you know kept pretty much to himself.

It wasn't a pretty game, but that makes no difference at this point. Whether you win by one or 21, the object is to win and keep playing.