Quote by RumpleForeskin
TGIF-type greetings to all who enter (even the ones who forget to close the front door once they're inside)

Curvy, many thanks for getting Big Bertha up and running. As for those mugs, well, a good soaking may be just what they need.

Vanessa, hope you've gotten to sleep. In case you have, I'll try to be a tad quieter than usual. If you're still awake, I will be even more boring than usual which should help with your insomnia.

Tawny says she'll be skinny-dipping in the hot tub later today and encourages all to join in the wetness. Me, I'll be sitting and rocking on the back porch, overseeing things, so to speak, and don't really care if anyone joins me, especially if the popcorn popper is popping.

Just for the record, it is now approximately five weeks until college football kicks-off. The pros will begin a week later. Courage, sports fans. Relief from the summer-time doldrums is coming.

Now those of us who have cleaned and wiped our own mugs into a semi-clean state of being will now approach Big Bertha and beg her to give it to us - 'it' being coffee, of course. Who else needs a drink?