The liquor store starts selling the liquor gift sets, it gets colder, Pyramid’s Snow Cap Ale, you get sick and the Red Sox play (the Angels) in the playoffs. The Packers have a bye this Sunday, the Celtics started the preseason and lost, but tonight’s baseball occasion is calling for a nice, homemade, (medium) rare roast beef, hard rolls, au jus, Ritz crackers and a relish tray with Uncle Dan’s dip.