Dreams of a white Christmas will remain unanswered for most of us this year, except for areas of the upper Northwest down toward Colorado, around Minnesota, and a little of the upper Northeast.

In case you don’t have young candy-craving children at home, let us remind you this coming Sunday is Halloween. Of course, you can also tell it’s close by the sudden appearance of Spirit Halloween stores. New meme?

“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 Tokyo 2020+1 Olympics are in full swing, and with the 2020 tag, you know things are weird. The USA men’s basketball team, stocked with stars like Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard, snapped a 25-game Olympic winning streak by losing to France, 83-76.

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.

Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter who won 11 gold medals in the Olympics and remains the faster man in the world, announced the birth of his twin sons on Father’s Day.

Sorry if this seems like another story about a middle-aged white male doing something special, but Phil Mickelson, 50 years old, just won the PGA Championship.

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

We all sprang forward this past Sunday (except for those who used that as an excuse to miss the Monday morning Zoom staff meeting), and today is the Ides of March, so watch your back.