Can't complain much about today.  Humanity and Planet Earth seem safe from any kind of world war or imminent disaster.  Only 68 days left in 2021.  Back in history, October 24 in 1929 was a Black Thursday, when the American stock market crashed.   By 1932 the market had dropped by 73% .  The equivalent would be the Dow Jones, currently at 35,677, falling to 9,833. My fantasy baseball season is over, for I primarily had players from the Los Angeles Dodgers playing the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.  Instead, the Atlanta Braves will go to the Houston Astros for Game 1 on Tuesday.  My fantasy regular teams did okay in 8-team leagues:  first, two seconds and a third.  Fantasy NFL not doing well.  Not playing fantasy NBA.  NCAA basketball begins on November 9.  Remember, Saturday night of November 6 is when daylight savings time ends. When I lived in DC, the Sunday  Washington Post  was an event.  Now and then, I added the Sunday  New York Times .  Here is what the  NYT  said this