I know people like to claim St. Louis’ weather is particularly variable day-to-day or hour-to-hour, but somehow I’m not buying this one.

An image of a weather forecast for Lemay, Missouri from Sunday to Wednesday. The forecast for Wednesday has a high of 97 degrees, a low of 79 and a 30% chance of frozen mix.

An email subject line from Fracture: "Two complimentary prints are better than one"

I was disappointed on opening this email to learn that Fracture was not offering me two free prints, but was instead playing up the benefits of arranging two prints (which presumably they would like me to purchase) in an aesthetic way.

There was a lot of eclipse coverage in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch, but the only mentions of it I saw in today’s paper (the e-edition, anyway) were the editorial cartoon and “What to watch” on TV. More tomorrow, I’d guess.

St. Louis version of a sports equinox today, and the Cardinals earned their first win of the season. The rest of the teams didn’t fare so well.

  • XFL: Battlehawks lose 18-16 on 64-yard field goal
  • NHL: Blues lose 4-0 at home to last place Sharks
  • MLS: City SC lose 3-1, give up hat trick

Hello. I am not participating at the bird site anymore, which really puts a damper on my NICAR socializing. But I will be at NICAR. If you will be too, please be in touch. Slack, email, wherever.