Yes, I know the grammar is far from acceptable. But, that phrase was used over and over again many years ago by Roundy Coughlin.  Roundy - known as The Sage of Mendota was an elderly Madison sports reporter in the 60's. He used that phrase at least once in every broadcast sports report - often if there was a bit of irony associated with the story.

So after 42 years  of marriage, Meg and I often use that phrase - often totally out of context in our daily lives.

The rain of the past few days gave us the opportunity to stay home for a change, and to tend to household duties that have been severely neglected during several months of beautiful summer weekends. Housecleaning and organizing the piles of paperwork in my home office were the top two projects. Thank goodness for the rain. My sins of sloppiness are somewhat washed away.

What more could be fairer?

 Now I can catch up with the piles and piles of DVDs and tapes that have been faithfully recorded which are waiting for someone (me) to view them.

All hail TIVO!

 Fortunately, I have  some vacation time coming next week and intend to catch up a bit.  I hope the strike will be over after that.  The striking writers have legitimate concerns - don't get me wrong.  Some writers are not as good as their colleagues.  But the producers of the good stuff deserve adequate compensation.

As for me, my compensation for this blog is at no cost to you or Journal Communications.  You get what you pay for, I guess.

I hope to see you again next week!   Aloha