No lawn watering today either.

Thanks to a mostly cloudy day followed by a nice downpour, my dirt is damp.

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The Red Sox are so deep into the suck hole that I'm not sure they can dig themselves out.

I'm not going to stop watching them but I'm not going to force myself to stay awake until 10:30 at night just to see them lose.

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I guess if you can be transgender, you can be transracial, right?

For instance, I am a mutt. My family comes from all over europe with probably a little sprinkling of American Indian. If I suddenly decide I want to be Irish, I can just become Irish, right? Or what about Navaho. If I suddenly decide I want to become Navaho, I just have to announce the I am transNavaho, right?

Wait! Even better! What if I say I'm transMashantucket-Pequot? Does that get me a taste of the Foxwoods Casino action?

I'm waiting for the first dingbat to come out and claim that he/she identifies as a dolphin or a rabbit....

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Try these links:

• How stupid do you have to be to issue a bomb threat at quitting time. Back in my day, we called in our bomb threats just before lunch.



• Excuse me?



• Key phrase in this story: "...a package of bacon was found in his pocket."