If we were characters in a fantasy novel, we’d refer to the era that started Sunday morning at 2:00 a.m.

There are heat warnings in the Northeast yet nearly two feet of snow fell on parts of Colorado this weekend, and tornadoes wandered as far north as Michigan. The only relief?

November is shorthand for wet, cold, and messy weather for most of the country, and this year’s version starts this week. Rain sweeps from the Midwest to the Northeast, pushed by a cold front dropping 3-5 inches of white stuff across the upper Great Plains.

“May you live in interesting times,” the famous Chinese curse, seems painfully appropriate now. Apple’s been all over the news with new hardware and software, just as Microsoft Windows finally crawls from Win10 to Win11.

The 2020 Olympics start on Friday, July 23, 2021, because of the pandemic delay. Six new sports are featured: surfing, sport climbing, skateboarding, karate, and men’s baseball and women’s softball.

Underdog fans should be thrilled with the NBA Finals starting this week: the Phoenix Suns have never won a title, and the Milwaukee Bucks last held up the trophy in 1971.

Football fans are busy cheering or crying over their team’s picks in the NFL Draft Day extravaganza last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

In this modern Bizarro World, kids are back in school but still at home. Lucky for us, the cloud via the internet powers remote computing today. Can you imagine doing this in the 1980s?

In a year of nothing but curveballs, we may actually get some official ones soon. Last week we were hopeful but this week we’re confident. Major League Baseball’s long-delayed opening is set for July 23rd and 24th. First things first: have you picked your fantasy team?