We begin our second week of slightly abbreviated hours here at Huckleberries Central -- 9 to 5:30 p.m. I appreciate your patience while I tend to some personal obligations over the course of these two weeks. It might extend into next Monday. Beyond that, we'll be back where we usually are, creating mischief and bringing you the latest news and opinion, beginning at 8 a.m. Now for the first Wild Card of the work week ...