Daddy has been busy with pre-season, which was last week. Classes start this week, as does the regular season. CMU scrimmaged Slippery Rock Univ. this afternoon. Mommy and Linley drove up to watch the team play. This was Mommy's second trip to SRU -- the first was 20 (!) years ago when John Madden (Step-Great-Grandfather) was inducted into the hall of fame. Mommy has been under the weather for about two weeks now with a nasty cold virus and an outer ear infection. Not surprisingly, Linley now has her first cold.