May I state for the record (Dear Reader Tomovoz, you may ignore the following for the next six months) that I really do not like (I shall abstain from using the "H" word, Dear Reader S. Woody White) how short the days are this time of year? It's dark when I arise and it gets dark long before it "should" in the evening. Am I the only one counting the days until Tuesday, after which the amount of daylight we see, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, begins to increase?