Welcome to Wednesday, your final hurdle before Friday afternoon's light beckons benignly from the edge of Thursday's horizon. Say your goodbyes to Tuesday — you two won't be meeting again (until, you know, next Tuesday).

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cuban national baseball team 4-1 in a friendly game that marked the first time an MLB franchise visited the island nation since 1999. It's not all explosions and intolerance out there, folks. There's also hope, and progress and common ground; try to hold on to that.

Remember that pro-gun poster girl from Palatka whose own kid shot her earlier this month? Authorities really, really want to charge her with something, because c'mon, allowing your 4-year-old potential access to a firearm is beyond grossly negligent, and sometimes being shot by said rugrat just isn't enough of a moron tax.

Seminole Heights: The beginning of the death of the cool?

And finally, two skydivers collided in mid-air during a Zephyrhills jump. Yup, you officially can't even jump out of a plane in Tampa Bay without experiencing gridlock.

This article appears in Mar 17-23, 2016.