If you, the astute reader, wondered why our blogging has been perfunctory, even prosaic, here's the reason
February's lack of sunshine, combined with the biggest seasonal snow tally here in nearly three decades, has Chicagoans complaining of cabin fever. Through sundown Thursday, the city has received only 11 minutes of sun, placing it among the four cloudiest February starts since sunshine measurements began here in 1893, and ranking as the cloudiest such period in 22 years. A persistent overcast is predicted to linger Friday. If so, this Feb. 1-8 becomes the cloudiest on record during the last 115 years. [From Tom Skilling's weather blog -- Dreary February becoming 1 for the record books]
Excuse me while I self-medicate with whatever I can find. Caffeine probably.
"Apollo Health GoLite M2 Blue Spectrum Light Therapy Device" (Apollo Health)