48.6˚F after a max of 54.9 here.

Walz continued with his “knucklehead” persona. Not the first time he’s done this routine of, “I don’t speak none too good.” I don’t know how you misspeak or misremember about such things as were you in the US or China during Tiananmen Square. Good grief, as a 10-year-old kid I can remember where I was seeing this on the news. Walz is turning into Sgt. Schultz rather than a folksy, awe-shucks! kinda guy.

Best of luck to your wife through these trying times. Please don't fill out her ballot though, that is voter fraud.

I've been wondering for a while why the Vegas odds makers favored Walz in the debate. The people who bet on Vance are probably going to double their money or so. I would be nervous to bet on something like that though. Who has the say on who won?

I think it can hit anyone at any age in this part of the country. I think it finally caught up to me in my late 30's/early 40's. I lived in the sun belt for the first 22 years of my life. So, I don't know if that delayed or sped up the process. By the time I got checked for it, my vitamin D levels barely registered in my blood work. I could barely stay awake and function. I had to go on 2 rounds of prescription level Vitamin D to even get up to the lower end of the acceptable range. Prescription level is 50,000 IU vs. a regular daily is around 2,000 IU. I just take it year round now (at my doctor's recommendation. I've also picked up SAD over the past 5 years or so, its gotten to the point I need to get a therapy light for this winter. I'm going to make a more serious effort to get outside a lot more this winter, hopefully I can turn things around.