I signed up for Sling TV (Blue package) a few months ago and am quite happy with it. $30 a month for several channels that I regularly watch, and if you want more they have on-demand streaming (I haven't done that so I don't know how much those items cost.) I have high speed internet and it streams into things like Roku, Fire Stick, Chrome stick, and some of the newer smart TVs with downloadable or installed apps.

The holiday shopping started here several weeks ago but got a big boost from Amazon Prime day. And it's just as well I did it early because the guys at the Legion hovel were doing all of their shopping on their phones and tablets and laptops and tying up the WiFi this afternoon.

No matter how many cushy beds I put out for the dogs, this darned puppy always wants to sleep on the rug on top of my rubber mat at my standing desk (that is rarely cranked to the standing position these days). Why is that? Is that mat really that comfortable, is it because she's into leaning on my lumpy feet, or just because I say no so she wants to do it? Inquiring minds and all that.