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Andy Arthur

Another weekend ahead that almost looks nice enough to head out of town. 🏑 But I think it best to wait for a bit better weather and maybe take off a three-day weekend next week or wait for Memorial Day Weekend. I'm getting tired of all this rain.

Today’s Almanac for Sunday May 12

Today’s Almanac

Night before dawn is 5 hours and 3 minutes,
Dawn starts at 5:03 am and runs for 30 minutes,
Sunrise is at 5:33 am which is 6 hours and 26 minutes before noon,
High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 12:51 pm,
From twelve noon to the sunset at 8:09 pm is 8 hours and 9 minutes,
Dusk lasts for 29 minutes concluding at 8:40 pm,
Leaving 3 hours and 19 minutes until midnight.

Truth in Advertising

With all apologies to P.J. O’Rourke and Mario Cuomo, I suggest the major political parties rename themselves to:

  • The Fun Suckers
  • The Big Mean

This would comply with recent regulations put forward by the “The Fun Suckers” to comply with recently adopted Truth in Advertising regulations because we don’t want our cars to burn us to death when they crash.

The Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven long, narrow, roughly north–south lakes in an area informally called the Finger Lakes region in New York, in the United States.