doodledee

Today is the shortest day of the year. At least I think it is. I heard something about it on the news a day or two ago. The sunset was at like 4:30 or something. That means a total of like 20 minutes of daylight, which you never get see anyway, because it's dark when you leave for work and it's dark when you come home. I wonder if that's enough sunlight for the tomatoes in my garden? I'd go check on them if it wasn't so dark all the time.

I gotta be honest, though, I don't mind the early nights in the wintertime. In the summer, it's great to be able to go hit balls at 9:00 or whatever, but come winter, it's all about maxin' and relaxin' on the couch. I think it's actually our nature as human beings to sit down once it's dark outside. More specifically, I think it's my nature to sit about 22 hours a day.

On the other hand, maybe early nightfall is stupid. After all, when you're downhill skiing under lights, the snow looks all flat when there are actually tons of bumps for you to catch your ski on and fall down the hill and get all cold because snow goes down your pants. And that's not good for anybody.

Nahh. Even with snow down my pants, I'd still take the early nights.