Today is the shortest day of the year (yesterday was pretty much as short as today will be, though). Sunset here is at 4:33 this afternoon (in other words, about a half hour before I even emerge from my office – meaning even on a sunny day, it’s pitch black by the time I get in my car, let alone when I roll into my driveway. And the sun will never get higher than 23.5° at solar noon. Ah, but tomorrow…. Tomorrow we gain a whole 4 seconds of daylight (at least up here in my latitude). It isn’t much, of course, but at least we’ve turned the corner.

We’re also on track for the least snowiest December ever. Of course, one fairly small snowfall will take care of that, but, still, so far so good. This year, we’ve had a total of 1.7″ of snow. Last year at this time, we were already over 70″. And it got worse from there.

So, it appears that everybody thinks House Republicans (like my teabagger, anti-abortion crusading “representative”) are being assholes over this payroll tax thing. Yes, everybody.

Don’t be too hard on them. They just can’t help themselves; Republicans have the “dick” gene, and it sure as hell isn’t regressive. Many of them actually inherited the dick gene from both parents. These are known as “Christians”.

Fortunately, they probably don’t need to help themselves, ‘cuz I’m guessing Democrats will find a way to help them out (again, don’t be too hard on them – they all have the “spineless weasel” gene).

Oh well, time to get going, I suppose. It aint Friday yet, but we’re getting there.